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the Samsung Galaxy ring for virgin mobile it costs 150 dollars off contract runs android 4.1 jelly bean and has a dedicated camera button but do you want to buy it maybe not I'm jessica's all court for CNN and this is your first look the ring is one of a couple hundred fifty dollar phones for virgin mobile specs lineup generally from phone to phone but on here performance unfortunately is a little bit worse it has a four inch Super AMOLED display here it's on full brightness looks very rich and colorful one thing you notice though is when the screen is off it looks really bad it's sort of dim and has the strange cast and blackness on the sides that makes it seem like they're sort of a filter on top it's very highly reflective and that unfortunately plays a role when you're looking at the content it just isn't as sharp and crisp as other phones next to it physically the phone is compact looks like a lot of other Samsung phones so much so that I sometimes got them confused and picked up the wrong phone while I was reviewing this one very glossy sides and surfaces slips easily into pockets it is compact enough to tote around there's a dedicated camera button on the side there's also a microSD card slot on the other side that will take up to 64 gigabytes and external storage on the back is a 5 megapixel camera with flash unfortunately this one underperformed with mediocre shots that were usually doll and a little bit blurry same goes for the 720p HD video audio did not pick up very well an image was also the same sort of dull flat coloring inside you've got a dual-core Qualcomm processor that should be all right but I found the phone very slow data wise the phone will also be slow because it is 3g not 4g enabled sometimes i found that it took up to five minutes to fully load a website overall if you are looking for a budget smartphone keep looking there are other options on virgin mobile and other carriers i would skip this one myself I'm Jessica doll court this has been your first look at the samsung galaxy ring you can read my full review at cnet com you