The Samsung Mythic runs TouchWiz 2.0 interface, which makes the device extremely user friendly. The interface makes the handset standout from the rest by offering great features and options such as integrating the phones accelerometer with the UI and utilizing 3d capabilities throughout the interface. With the good also comes the bad typically, however that doesn’t seem to be the case here. Samsung does a great job of taking their time developing phones to cover all their loose ends that several companies so often overlook and have to go into damage control later instead of making sure it’s taken care of beforehand. However when you pack all the features and a large display into one phone, the battery life is going to be less than expected. Making phone calls on the device in urban areas such as downtown Orlando.

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Pros: The Samsung Mythic is a sleek, slim, lightweight, and very customizable device with excellent performance that comes with a noteworthy added bonus, AT&T’s mobile TV.

Cons: The streaming video is nice, but hasn’t quite reached perfection and needs some improvements. The browser only has two zoom settings.

On the Mythic you will find a brilliant and incredibly well refined 3.3 inch LCD touch display that has 360 x 640 pixels that is easy to use yet not too sensitive. The size of the Mythic comes in at 4.49 inches tall and 2.06 inches wide. With a weight of only 108 grams or 3.8 ounces (that’s an entire ounce lighter than the 4.8 ounce iPhone and that’s a lot of weight to cut on a smart phone with similar features), the Mythic is one of the lighter devices on the market, and makes for effortless transport. Carrying the phone in your pocket is perfectly fine, because of the non bulky body style.

The design of the Mythic is a clean sleek body, and carries several similar features that portray a close resemblance to the Omnia II. On the sides of the phone, for instance on the left, you will find the volume rocker, and the top of the device sports the 3.5mm headphone jack and charging port. Of course on the front of the handset is the display, but also you will find a physical send key, end key, and back key which are becoming more and more rare in the industry (which I personally believe should remain on phones, i’m definitely in the PRO call/end call buttons) being left off of the touch display. The 3.2 megapixel camera will be found on the back of the device like most of their counterparts on the top left.

The Samsung Mythic certainly has a great look to it, but what’s even more impressive than the former is the TouchWiz 2.0 interface, created by Samsung, and has been upgraded for a better all around mobile user experience. Complete with taps and re-arrangeable menus, the Mythic offers a great deal of customization features for the user to give a feel and look of their own. The interface is considered a cube-based interface with 6 sides and is commonly referred to as the multi-media cube. One of the more recent additions to the UI is the 3D enabled interface, that gives several parts of the device a 3d feel and more importantly direct access to applications from the unlock screen which should save you those few precious taps and seconds. The new accelerometer support for motion-response navigation throughout the device, cannot be forgotten, however I am not certain about how practical this feature is considering the ease of the already simplistic nature of navigating your mobile device these days (though the accelerometer is great for exercise apps and other uses). With the new upgrade of TouchWiz 2.0, the widget bar is still located on left, and can still be placed on the desktop. It was definitely going for the “wow” factor for the featurephones, and as most of you probably know by now the Mythic offers At&t live TV, Social Net, At&t Music, and e-mail functionality.

With all the improvements made by Samsung to TouchWiz, gives the Mythic a nice new feel and user experience while keeping them in a comfortable grey-area. Not being a jaw dropper, but then again Samsung didn’t create the Mythic to do so (at least I don’t think so, they’re just trying to stay on par with competition and I think they’re doing a fine job of it), it’s still packed with features that will make any mobile user enjoy their time spent with as many multi-media entertainment features as one could hope for without sacrificing the functionality one would (and should) expect from any new product release from Samsung or any other manufacturer for that matter. With all that the phone has to offer, there is still that itch on the smartphones back that no one has been able to scratch(sub-par battery life), effectively anyhow. It makes logical sense that a large touch-screen display with a tremendous array of features that would cause the battery life on the Mythic to be far from stellar (at least you can replace the battery on this bad boy yourself, take that Apple users). However with the Mythic being a featured phone with options like a touch display, creativity within their newly upgraded TouchWiz 2.0 UI, and mobile LIVE TV from AT&T, it raises the bar on certain standards the whole cell phone industry should be following and forced to move forward with.