Hands-On With The Samsung Behold II

The Google Android-powered Samsung Behold II for T-Mobile has an interface that doesn't look much like other Android phones.

On the back of the Samsung Behold II, you'll find a 5-megapixel camera, the same resolution as on the original Samsung Behold.

There are volume buttons on the left side of the Samsung Behold II. It's a pretty slim, but heavy phone.

The lock and camera buttons are on the right side of the Samsung Behold II. There's a MicroUSB port and a 3.5-mm headphone jack on the top.

Pressing the "cube" button on the lower right of the phone brings up this bizarre spinning cube interface.

The Quick List menu on the Samsung Behold II looks a whole lot like the menu from a Samsung non-smartphone.

The applications drawer pops out from the side of the Samsung Behold II's screen. Many application icons are very different from the standard Android icons.

The Behold II's camera app looks like other Samsung cameraphones' interfaces, and it's a dramatic improvement from the standard Android camera app.

Many aspects of the Behold II's interface are much plainer than the stock Android interface shown on the Samsung Moment at left.

I can't tell why Samsung made some of the small changes in Android's interface, like they did on the messaging app shown here.

Another pointless alteration: the dialer. I like the standard Android dialer, at left, more.

Samsung's changes extend to the call log, as well.

The Samsung Behold II photo gallery, at right, looks rather plain compared to the stock Android app.

The Behold II's Wi-Fi setup screen, on the other hand, is much more interesting than the standard Android options.