The Virgin Mobile Arc?

Question

I had bought the Snapper from virgin mobile a while back. that was a huge mistake! it wasn't very pretty, it was fat, weighted a lot, and when you received a text message it showed you some of it before you even opened it up. that annoyed me. but recently the numbers and letters are starting to fall off. it's time to replace it. i really like the Arc on the site. i've read a lot about it and i think im going to buy it but i have two questions about it.

1. on the site it says it has a camera, but does it have picture messaging?

2. when you open a text does it give you a preview of the text before you open it?

thanks so much. and if you'd like to throw in different information about the phone i would be more than happy ;]

Answer 1

1 i think it might have picture messaging. 2  No it wont because my freinds have that phone  

Answer 2

OK, I have this phone and I love it!! I will answer your first two questions, then I will give you my personal review.

1.) yes there is picture messaging on this phone

2.) Nope, it just says "One New Message", no preview

Here is the review

First I will discuss the design. This phone gets an A in that department. The phones curves makes it fun to hold, and the glossy black on the exterior makes it stand out from the crowd. Red and Black makes it a Virgin Mobile phone. Ok, so lets get to the pros and cons.

Pros: (+)

(+) design (gotta mention it again)

(+) GREAT battery life

(+) fast!!

(+) mobile i.m and e-mail

(+) OK camera for only a VGA

(+) downloadable games, ringtones, wallpaper, etc.

(+) GREAT sound quality

(+) cool camera features: you can have the phone closed and use the external screen for self-portraits.

(+) GREAT reception

(+) Bluetooth

(+) Voice Command

(+) small and light

(+) speaker located on outside :-)

(+) ability to set screensavers as wallpapers

And here come the cons ;-(

(-) external screen is quite small, but ok for displaying time, signal strength, etc.

(-) external screen is low in quality

(-) when a picture is assigned to the external screen, you can barely tell what it is :-(

(-) will freeze sometimes !!!!

**Despite the few flaws, I believe this phone is great. I think its one of the best Virgin Mobile has put out. The cons can be lived with, plus there are way more pros. The last star is lost because of its freezing and poor external screen, but hey you can't beat the price for only $50!!

Hope this helps :-)