Comments on: Vodafone Samsung 360 M1 Preview

By: Nkem

Nkem — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:44:44 +0000

The Samsung 360 M1 is the worst phone I have ever used. It is unbelievably slow. The touch screen ceases occasionally and it is very user unfriendly.

By: Dani Niven

Dani Niven — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:52:52 +0000

This is without doubt the worst pile of CRAP the phone world has ever seen. Vodafone staff must have been on a big bonus to shift this. No Vodafone renewal for me.

By: Benji

Benji — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:27:23 +0000

Yup, As above I have never regretted getting a phone until the day I was palmed off with this utter pile of ****. I actually find myself happier with my old broken LG where the down button doesn't work than wait 10 mins to read a txt.

By: Edinburgh

Edinburgh — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:32:51 +0000

Again - I would reiterate the comments. This was a hard sell by Vodafone staff and a dreadful, dreadful phone. Very slow. Combined with complete lack of acknowledgement from Vodafone.

By: Stu Mason

Stu Mason — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:17:08 +0000

Without any shadow of a doubt the worst, hardest to use and most pointless phone I have ever had! Again like the above I was conned into having this phone on a 2 year contract, it does nothing.

By: Rod Macansantos

Rod Macansantos — Fri, 28 May 2010 07:15:24 +0000

I have problem removing unwanted sms that is stored in my control panel, by pressing the "mail" icon and selecting "Inbox" I can see a lot of messages stored (actually now I have 43). These messages increase everytime I load my cp. It is alarming because as I re load it, the number of stored sms increases. This might eat my cp and memory card space. What shall I do to delete all these unwanted messages?

By: matt donaghy

matt donaghy — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:49:36 +0000

I have to agree with the above review, I lost my Nokia 5800, a phone I really liked, bought one of these as a replacement, its awful, very slow and difficult to use, stuff that was easy to do on most phones is a nightmare on this thing, it insists on creating a 360 account, done that, but it still won't connect to the internet. Finding numbers is labourious and you need pin thin fingers to text at any speed, then its seems impossible to re-send anything that didn't go, its the worst phone I've had in years, wish I'd forked out the extra for another Nokia, but I'm stuck with this.

By: kriswithak

kriswithak — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:12:01 +0000

I've been lent an M1 by my father whilst my Sony C905 goes back (again) because the speakers don't work. But my god, I think I'd rather have a silent Sony than this Samsung rubbish. My dad, who is not an expert in phones, was tricked into taking this phone on his last upgrade by a salesperson at a Vodafone store who promised it was easy to use and perfect for him. Well, he used it for 30 minutes before putting his sim card back in a 6 year old Siemens phone. I've borrowed it now and realised just how awful it is. The first thing that I noticed was that it took ages to start up. Then I had to create a 360 account... which was easier said than done. Eventually I got into the phone and tried to bluetooth my contacts list from my Sony. The Samsung couldn't read the standard vcard file. So I had to upload from my sim card, which then meant I had to edit every contact back into a normal format that looked like a name rather than 1~smith;b for example. Then the hell I created when I added Facebook... Suddenly my "phonebook" was full of everyone on my facebook as well as my normal contacts. Oh great. So every time I wanted to make a call or send a text I had to wade through people's facebook contacts and their updates trying to find a phone number. Eventually I managed to delete facebook off the phone and then manually remove all the contacts from it. But the phonebook is still stupid with some kind of "3D" effect... just awful and completely senseless. Every phone I've ever used has a list, but Samsung and Vodafone clearly thought this stupid rotating thing was a step forward. Things got worse. I managed to set an MP3 as my ringtone but became stumped when I tried to use my usual MP3 SMS alert. I have now discovered that Samsung and Vodafone have clearly decided that I shouldn't be allowed to do this and that I must choose one of their three horrible little noises. None of which are audible when anywhere where noise levels are above a whisper and are quite frankly a bit fluffy. But I am sure you know best... Ever since I have had a colour screen mobile (sometime back in the early 2000's) I have had a photo wallpaper, sometimes my car and more recently my other half. But again Samsung and Vodafone have decided that they know better, obviously all I want to look at is their awful cheaply made and clearly iPhone immitating menu. Even when the phone is locked or in sleep you only get a clock in the font of their choice. The touchscreen itself is awful as well, it is so slow. And the text input is particularly poor. If you are using the predictive text and want to use a word that isn't there you have to come out of predictive using a backward menu system and enter it, before going back to predictive. There is no "Add Word" facility. Bad. Really bad. The camera is poor (only 3.2mp, I had that four years ago on a Sony C series) and there is no flash, not even an LED. The apps available are shocking and there is nothing I would even want. At least you decided that I must have your F1 app and your Time Out app. I don't know how I lived without them. To conclude, this is a terrible phone and if you are considering buying one don't. If you don't like it and it doesn't suit you then you are stuck with it. Oh yes, Vodafone tie you into a TWO YEAR contract and refuse to accept any exchange whatsoever. What next? Well, hopefully my C905 will be fixed again and I can get back to a Sony. As for my dad, he's just spent £90 on a C510 Sony to replace this. And once the contract is up he'll be leaving Vodafone after 15 years as a loyal business customer. And so will I, and so will my brother and my mother and my girlfriend. Well done Vodafone and Samsung. Job well done.