Samsung A897 Mythic

  • Released 2009, November
    108g, 12.7mm thickness
    Feature phone
    189MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 3.3"
    360x640 pixels
  • 3MP
    240p
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  • 1150mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung A897 Mythic - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2009, October. Released 2009, November
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 114 x 52 x 12.7 mm (4.49 x 2.05 x 0.5 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 3.3 inches, 30.0 cm2 (~50.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~223 ppi density)
 TouchWiz v2.0 UI
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 8 GB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 2000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 189MB
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 320p
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, A-GPS
Radio No
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera)
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
MP4/H.264/H.264 player
Organizer
Photo editor
Voice memo/dial
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 252 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
Misc Colors Black
SAR EU 0.68 W/kg (head)    
Price About 120 EUR

Samsung A897 Mythic - User Reviews

  • The phone is still going

  • Does anyone know if I can connect via wifi, or do I have to buy a plan from AT&T? Or Do I get a new phone?

  • This phone sucks. I tried to work with it for a year now and its been letting me down. And now the touch screen on the phone STOPPED WORKING. I was only going to use it until I got a new phone but I decided to keep it because it has all of my contacts on it. But now I got a new phone I can't even look at my contacts anymore. So thank you Samsung for making the absolute worst most difficult phone I've ever had

  • Use the LAN connection or USB

  • how can i get pictures out of the phone n my bluetooth and memory card slot arent working. I really want the pictures since i wont be using the phone anymore.

  • I have this phone at the moment and I would warn everybody who's living outside America to DO NOT BOTHER WASTING YOUR TIME buying this piece of shit of a touch screen phone.It is a waste of money.....! The phones' internet browser is not working nothing is working that needs internet acess and yo add to it,it don't have wifi. Screw you AT&T your the worst!!!!!

  • hi frnd ..i need ur support, plz let me know how could it be possible for me to get a touch pad of this handset? i really need it

  • hi frnd ..i need ur support, plz let me know how could it be possible for me to get a touch pad of this handset? i really need it :( i live in INDIA n how can i get its touch pad(screen). while all samsung companies have hands up....

  • hi frnd ..i need ur support, plz let me know how could it be possible for me to get a touch pad of this handset? i really need it :( i live in INDIA n how can i get its touch pad(screen). while all samsung companies have hands up....

  • hi frnd ..i need ur support, plz let me know how could it be possible for me to get a touch pad of this handset? i really need it :(

  • hi frndz ..i need ur support, plz let me know how could it be possible for me to get a touch pad of this handset? i really need it :(

  • u can't video call by this because this feature not supported by this cell

  • it does not work the screen. pls reply urgent

  • im not able to make video call from it

  • im not able to make video call from it

  • I used to have this phone. I started having problems with the Touchscreen and I couldn't recalibrate it and when I did it would last for a minute and go back to being messed up. This phone is definitely outdated and I hated it after I started having problems with it. Buy a better phone!

  • am having serious problem with my new samsung A897, when the phone is lock and i did open with it .. it's keep telling me to press the lock button and when i make calls i cant hear the person am calling only if i put it on speak ...pls help me out???

  • 900 hsdpa does not work I have the phone unlocked using orange network it does not pick up 3g on the 900 band. Everithing works fine but only on edge even though this phone is supposed to support quad band 3g. I have other phones live my samsung galacy ace works great on the 900 hsdpa band. The purpose o me gettig this phone was to use a usb modem and back up phone sad to see the 900 3g band does not work. 3g on the 850 band works great but my internet provider which I have a contract with uses only 900

  • dont wifi for samsung A897 mythic

  • can somebody tell me what is the price of this set?

  • How do you tether with this phone?

  • When texting using the T9Ab how do you delete the odd "words" that come up on the drop down list??? I went to an ATT store and they had no clue.

  • Keyboard is virtual. turn sideways when in text mode.

  • Is your phone under contract? If not, then you are not racking up additional minutes under your $10 family unlimited data plan. You may incur additional charges if you are under contract.

  • How people can use the GPRS service out of AT&T sim? Please give solutions in this case. Thanks.

  • if u have a computer keyboard, fix it n use it....if u have activation card, pls dial *228 n say " alpha Q" 10 times....u will be getting unlimited internet usage for 6months God Bless

  • where can i get a copy and print a manual for my mythic a897 thank you

  • this phone is cool but where is the keyboard?

  • if you are downloading a ringtone from att it auto locks so you cant send it to other people and they get money for them also it only works on the phone u download it too

  • The 850 3G band will fine on Telsta an d Telecom NZ..

  • how do you do this

  • I have had the phone for a couple months. I pretty much like it but i have one issue with it. Everytime that i download a ringtone, the phone automatically locks it. I have tried to unlock them but i've had no luck. I have been meaning to call at&t but i haven't gotten around to it. Can somebody help me?

  • I recently figured out that I can tether with this phone and have been able to do so without any problems. However, I do not know if this is racking up any extra charges. I have the internet plan with the phone ($10/month) as well as unlimited texting. Am I being charged extra?

  • I wish this phone had 1. Wifi 2. Threaded SMS 3. The option to get rid of that ever-increasing annoying butterfly screen saver background (Don't worry, there are other backgrounds) 4. The Message icon doesn't move when you place it on a specific place on the screen. (When you receive a text it jumps). Other than that, its a pretty good phone.

  • how do u milk money wth samsung

  • I've seen in defferent places where some people said that they were wifi capable, is it that there is a way to unlock them in order to get the wifi to work. Since we know that providers do lock some capabilities on phones. As for our friend who couldn't see the need for wifi. I had an Iphone I got from Canada and I was using it as phone with AT&T without data plan and surfing the internet with wifi only and it was just enough for me, I was also able to make international longdistance call through Skype on wifi.

  • This phone looks nice on the outside but is rather unimpressive in the inside. What bothers me most is that this $100 phone lacks wifi and has an extremely subpar battery life. This phone is designed to milk money out of data plans but, with its battery life, I highly doubt you'll do much surfing.

  • thats not true. mine does it, but my moms doesnt and she wishes it did. just have to tamper with it i guess

  • How did you convert it?

  • Angela Angela my dream's phone...I love much much

  • If you want to set an mp3 that is over 300k as your ringtone, it can be done. You need to covert the mp3 to a 3gp file and transfer it to your phone. Works perfect.

  • I really like the sound quality. I wasn't expecting much but doesn't sound to bad. I got it used (at&t) and it was locked but I got an unlock code from here and am now using it with iwireless. overall I'm pretty impressed with it.

  • I got one from AT&T, and have it unlocked to use with a KCell SIM here in Kazakhstan. Everything works great except for FB and mobile browser (Cannot access service). It seems AT&T locked the browser to go thru their proxy or some sort of similar network specific config. Does anyone know how to reset this to factory settings?

  • I got one from AT&T, and have it unlocked to use with a KCell SIM here in Kazakhstan. Everything works great except for FB and mobile browser (Cannot access service). It seems AT&T locked the browser to go thru their proxy or some sort of similar network specific config. Does anyone know how to reset this to factory settings?

  • If you wish to use the browser at a starbucks, McD's,etc. then you need the wifi to avoid the cost of a data plan. I am usually within a wifi area, so it is convenient to look something up. If I am not in a wifi area, I am probably doing something more interesting then going on the net.

  • From Technical Support as Samsung in response to my enquiry of the band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & UMTS 850/1900 are supported. UMTS 1700/2100 are not supported. So for those who want to use 3G in Australia - not suitable.

  • Thanks!!! I got it to work right after I posted the question.

  • You can only assign ringtones that are a maximum of 20 seconds and 300KB or less. I used Audacity to crop audio files, then export as mp3 and adjusting sampling rate to reduce the file size. I'm having difficulties with converting video to appropriate aspect ratios now. Works ok with tv shows, but movies might be another issue.

  • 1) Are all the Samsung A897, made for AT&T or are there non-branded ones available? 2) If anyone has a AT&T one, could you tell me if the specs is the same as listed here on gsmarena...which is: HSDPA 850/900/2100 or is it only the GSM 850/900/1900 bandwidth. 3) I have not seen it advertised anywhere with the bandwidth HSPDA 850/900/2100...this is the bandwidths that I need in Australia

  • if you need to ask that question. then id just go get it unlocked.

  • Can anyone help? I've already uploaded mp3 ringtones to the phone, but cannot assign them to any of my contacts....it says the file is "Too Large". If I were to get the phone UNLOCKED, could I then set any of the mp3 ringtones to my contacts? Or, should I get a bigger memory card, instead of saving all the ringtones on the internal memory. Thanks!

  • Resolution on this phone is good 360x640 but mythic is only capable to play mp4 (movies or videos) converted to 320x240 max. On top of that, the butterflies as an unremovable wallpaper is a dream of any heterosexual male ( nightmare )

  • Just got this phone yesterday, I love it except it does not consistently detect touch and movement in the same way each time. Yes, I've re-calibrated it. Impossible to use the web, half of the functions do not work in the browser, can't search, can't find Media Net, slow to load pages, can't tell if it's on 3G can't read the small icon... going to give it away to someone who doesn't use the web and get my Razr2 V9x back that I love.

  • My phone is about three weeks old, and I think it's great. The only thing I dislike is you can't change the wallpaper on lock and unlock, it cycles. Butterflies and flowers or cool, but for men...... And you can't download your music and make them ring tones. Remember its a cell phone and anything else that is installed on it is what we in New Orlens call Lagniappe. GO SAINTS!!!!!!

  • What planet are YOU from?

  • I have had this phone for a few weeks. The good: Screen resolution pretty good; Java browser is very good; Phone clarity is good; Nice compliment of apps; The bad: battery life is poor if using the browser alot - really poor; This is not a smart phone - so you can't add other apps and/or run multi task applications; e.g. the email will not have instant update because it is access thru the browser. In that respect, most smartphones will be better, but as a non-smartphone, unlimited data service is only $10/month thru ATT. I'd say if you don't need a email constantly (you sit next to a PC) and/or it's not worth and extra $20/month, non-smartphone is the way to go and this is pretty nice.

  • Speaking of Mythic as a fun phone, sensitivity of the screen is a major problem.The screen needs to be pressed hard for it to recognize the touch or the motion of your finger. In addition, there are some icons in the menu that you just can't get rid of( for all of the additional services) and that is annoying because it makes your menu bigger and more clogged than it should be. That seems to be characteristic of everything these days, though. Also, it doesn't seem like you are able to adjust the images for the screensaver. The phone just cycles through its pre-programmed images that some of them are just immasculating... haha

  • Mythic is a good phone for those who like touch phone with lot of entertainment. This is not good for business purpose but for fun.Phone is loaded with everything you can think of ,smart messaging, 2000+ phone book , 198 MB internal memory,E-mial , IM, Social netwokring, mobile TV . Its very easy to use. If you are really looking for a phone of entertainment this is a really good option.This is not iphone but has everything like.Light weight is a add over iphone , you will hardly notice its weight as compair to iphone. i am using and finding it full of entertainment. Catch : Do not compair with iphone or go buy iphone. this is simply a good phone without compairision. Iphone is a phone in every hang but this one is lil different with a lot of feature. I will rate it 8.5 out of 10

  • This phone does not require the data plan.

  • This phone SUCKS!!!! Cheep version of IPhone 1)Extremely insensitive screen makes it impossible to browse the internet and word documents. 2) No option to lock icons on the main screen, often they move around and disappear by itself. OS needs work!!! Half of the programs and pictures are locked (at&t) and can not be deleted. Call quality is good. I've had some issues with reception (today in the basement my Mythic phone had 0 bars and Nokia with att had 4 bars)Battery life is not an issue. on the average day i use 2 out of 5 bars of the battery indicator (some calls and nonstop music) . Funny thing to mention, my mythic just rebooted by itself. I've had mythic for a week, I hate it.

  • i need to remove few sys pictures as well. anybody know how to unlock it.

  • I think that most of the A897 Mythic's specs. Isn't correct . Pls gsmarena rewrite the correct specs.

  • how do you get rid of the stock photos on the phone? they are locked, but you can't unlock them to delete. the locked keypad screen scrolls through the photos and it seems that it goes to the butterfly and flower pic rather often.

  • 3 hours talktime

  • I don't understand the need for wifi. Don't you have to get a data plan for the phone, which means internet beyond the cafes? Perhaps, if it's an unlocked phone on another carrier, but then data usage is so costly I'd think wifi would be would be the last thing to worry about. If there's advantage to wifi I'm missing, please tell me.

  • Hello all. I have seen some comments that for the price tag is not worth it. Well if you get a new contract or renew your contract you can get it for free. Not through AT&T but through wirefly.com ... They have this and many others to choose from, from free to $150.00 depending on your taste.

  • no wifi? u kiddin me samsung?

  • kidding? this phone doesn't even have wifi.... what is this the 80's?

  • i cant weight till christmas to get this phone it is going to be awsome my friends are going to flip this phone rocks

  • could always just spray paint it.

  • hello. To samsung management team . I want to offer to you to make each model of your phones with more than 2 colores , and let`s your customers themselevs select and choose their favorit color .

  • This is JUST wrong.. why would you make a phone with BIG screen and not have WiFi... might as well just get an iPod touch to watch the videos and get more apps library!

  • go with the JET!!!!

  • I've played with the Mythic for several hours on two different occasions at two different AT&T stores. The first time I was totally unfamiliar with the Samsung Touchwiz interface and I found myself lost at times. After reading the user manual I went for a 2nd spin. I liked the interface after learning how to use it. Call quality is good. Call waiting is easy to use and the 3-way/join feature is a neat option. Messaging is easy although I think the real keyboard on the Samsung Impression is easier for text input than the virtual keyboard, at least as a first time user of both the Mythic and the Impression. The screen resolution and size is very good. The camera is adequate with it's auto focus and flash, but still not a replacement for a real camera. I struggled with the web browser on both Mythic phones. I got frustrated with the factory browser and installed Opera Mini, and found it much better than the AT&T tweaked Opera browser preinstalled on the phone. On numerous accounts the phone seemed to lag or totally lock up and quit taking input to the browsers. At times it even displayed an error that forced me to shut down the browser. All said and done, I love the features of the Mythic but the jury is still out on using it for web browsing. I'm chomping at the bit for a "REAL" full blown review from GSMArena to see if they too find browser and lag issues or if it was just my inexperience with the interface that caused the problems I had.

  • I just got this phone today, and so far I'm loving it ! I love the interface, its fast and easy to use. The camera quality is ok. A bit pricy but worth it! the only downside is that theirs no wifi ;( Everything else is great! I recommend this phone to everyone who likes a basic touchscreen phone!

  • All Touchscreen Phone with NO WiFi OMG fatal error

  • This is the best phone that is sold right now that isn't a smartphone.

  • samsung made better phones than this its a no thanks

  • Great phone looking forward to it

  • First again, you guys need to stop with phone thing, boring!