Samsung and Google account

I just went from Verizon to Virgin which is a whole lot cheaper from a dumb phone to a Samsung Galaxy Reverb and I wanted to know what is the advanage of having a Samsung and Google account? All I ever did was talk on my phone but now it would be nice to read my emails so I have to activate my Samsumg and Google account on my Phone?

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The Google account will allow you to keep track of your contacts, apps (google play), calendar, and gmail.

The Samsung account you get access to these services:

Samsung Apps
Download selected applications for Samsung devices on Samsung Apps

Samsung Music
All the music you want in one app: your music + millions of songs + radio

Samsung Books
Enjoy reading thousands of books, newspapers, and magazines

ChatON
Talk and share your life through ChatON, Samsung global messenger

Family Story
Share photos, events and messages with friends

Samsung Link
Manage your contents any time any place

Find My Mobile
Manage your missing devices in a secure way

Media Hub 1.6
Enjoy a Universe of Entertainment at Your Fingertips.

Samsung WatchON
Samsung WatchON allows users to consolidate, discover, and control their digital media across multiple devices.

Smart Appliance
You can control your Samsung home appliances outside of your house with ease and simplicity

Keep in mind that "Find My Mobile" (samsung dive) is not available on US phones, unfortunately.

Originally Posted by lostsoul65

I just went from Verizon to Virgin which is a whole lot cheaper from a dumb phone to a Samsung Galaxy Reverb and I wanted to know what is the advanage of having a Samsung and Google account? All I ever did was talk on my phone but now it would be nice to read my emails so I have to activate my Samsumg and Google account on my Phone?

I have used phones by HTC and Samsung; I only activate the Google account and import Comcast email throught gmail.

Sorry about the new post but couldn't reply
The Google account will allow you to keep track of your contacts, apps (google play), calendar, and gmail.
I'm not sure what this means. I keep my contacts on my phone and apps if I get any. Do I neet these accounts to access my email from cox.net which is my provider

The Samsung account you get access to these services:
Do I need the Samsung account to have a google account?

These might be dumb questions but I'm new at this because I never had a smart phone before

Merged this into the original thread - did you get an error when you tried to reply?

Anyway - if you contacts are already on your phone and you don't want to back them up, use your calendar, download any apps, or use gmail, then you don't need to hook up a google account.

You don't need the Samsung account either if you don't want any of the features listed above. You don't need one to have the other.

Email from your provider is independent from Google and Samsung - if you need help setting up your e-mail the steps should be similar to this: http://cellphoneforums.net/samsung-g...ry-4g-lte.html

No need to set up/activate your Gmail and/or Samsung Account to use your phone to text, call, and read emails. If you want to install apps though from Google Play Store, which I think you would want to later, you need to set up a gmail account or use an existing one, to be able to download apps to your phone, same with Samsung.