SAMSUNG: Samsung SCH-A930

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Samsung SCH-A930

After introducing its V Cast Music downloading service earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, Verizon Wireless has steadily expanded its lineup of music phones. The options range from a simple upgrade to the LG VX8100 to the totally new Samsung SCH-A950. And now, just weeks after Sprint introduced its newest music phone, the LG LX550, Verizon gives us the Samsung SCH-A930. Clad in basic black, the SCH-A930 offers much of what you'd expect from a music phone, including EV-DO support, Bluetooth, and an external memory card slot. In an improvement upon the UTStarcom CDM-8945, the SCH-A930 has external music controls, but they aren't as user-friendly as those on the SCH-A950. Also, our EV-DO coverage was quite inconsistent. The SCH-A930 is competitively priced at $149, but you can get it for as low as $39 with a service contract.erizon Wireless takes a new design tack with its Samsung SCH-A930. Clad entirely in black, it looks a bit different from the carrier's other music phones--not quite as eye-catching as the Samsung SCH-A950 but a step above the UTStarcom CDM-8945.