Samsung C3050
This is a relatively new phone on the market, being released around February this year. I've had this phone since May, so I have been using it for a reasonable amount of time and have a good idea on all of the features and reliability.
Looks
The phone has the usual Samsung ... Read review
Advantages: Tons of features, listed in review. Good sound quality, Easy to use, Small and Light. Cheap. Disadvantages: Limited Ringtones, bland schemes.
=== Samsung C3050 ===
This is a relatively new phone on the market, being released around February this year. I've had this phone since May, so I have been using it for a reasonable amount of time and have a good idea on all of the features and reliability.
== Looks ==
The phone has the usual Samsung looks, with Samsung pasted very clearly above the screen on the phone. How many people need reminding what make ... ...is black. Above the bold SAMSUNG sign, there is a tiny speaker if you look hard enough. Below the screen is the general left right up and down keypad, which is a large rectangle with the Enter button in the middle. To the left of the keypad, you have the usual Green button, which doesn't actually show up in green and to the right of the keypad you have the usual Red button, which doesn't actually show up in Red. When you slide the phone up to reveal ... more
Samsung C3050
This is a relatively new phone on the market, being released around February this year. I've had this phone since May, so I have been using it for a reasonable amount of time and have a good idea on all of the features and reliability.
Looks
The phone has the usual Samsung looks, with Samsung pasted very clearly above the screen on the phone. How many people need reminding what make their phone is every time they look at it? I suppose most phones have this, but it is a bit annoying. The C3050 is stylish and easy to hold, it's design is a bit strange because it has two blocks of silver on the top and bottom, but the case itself is black. Above the bold SAMSUNG sign, there is a tiny speaker if you look hard enough. Below the screen is the general left right up and down keypad, which is a large rectangle with the Enter button in the middle. To the left of the keypad, you have the usual Green button, which doesn't actually show up in green and to the right of the keypad you have the usual Red button, which doesn't actually show up in Red. When you slide the phone up to reveal the number pad you will find that it is a bit strange, different to the normal Samsung number pads. It has a normal 8 button number pad but the pad is one large piece of what looks like shiny foil, which has three plastic silver lines stuck to it. I'd say this is slightly going over the top with it, but ohh well.
What Can The Phone Do?
Other than the general SMS, Phone book and Phoning services that all mobiles have as standard, this budget phone has some extras. The phone can play most of the latest Mobile games, which you can download onto it. It's equipped with a Voice Recorder which is very easy to use but lacks slightly in quality. It has Bluetooth, countdown timer and a music player, which plays mp3's. The mp3 player is pretty good but it does lack in quality compared with Ipods and Walkmans. It has a limited 0.3 Megapixel VGA camera which isn't the best of quality, but it does the job for general off hand photos if you need it. With the camera comes a camcorder which is the same quality as the camera. I haven't had any problems with the camera or camcorder, but if I want to take pictures with any quality in them, I use my 10MP Fujifilm Camera. You'll also find an organiser, with Calender, Memo, World Clock, Calculator and a Currency Converter. All of these work fine, but I have to confess I haven't used them much. It has an FM radio, which is pretty limited where I am, it doesn't pick up many radio stations even though they ARE there, another point with the radio is that you have to have your earphones plugged in to use it. Lastly, the phone can set up too 5 alarms, and you can select which days of the week you want the alarm to go off. This is very useful for me because I use it as an alarm Monday to Friday but I don't want it waking me up at the Weekend, with my old phone I had to turn the alarm off on every Friday and back on on Monday.
What's In The Box
In the box you'll find the phone, never would've guessed that. You'll also find a Mains charger for the phone, a battery which goes in the phone, the headphones for the phone and the manual and drivers. Disappointingly the phone doesn't have a USB cable, and it doesn't come with a memory card either. You can buy a USB cable for a few £ on Ebay and you have to buy a memory card if you want one. The phone takes up to 8gb SD cards or Micro SD Cards.
Battery Life and Usability
The phone has a battery life of 7 hours talk time and 340 hours of standby, this is plenty of time for me and I rarely have to charge up my phone, maybe because I never use it! Still, it's a reasonable time for anyone really. The phone is durable and I've dropped it once, not even found a scratch to it yet, but as a general rule, Don't drop it. The phone is small and light so I hardly notice that I have it in my pocket. In a way this might be a bad thing, because you won't notice if it's gone! The sound quality of an incoming call is very clear, making it easy to use.
What Else DO I like About The Phone?
- On the main screen there is a bar down the side, which has listed different places that you can go to, this is very helpful if you want to quickly get to your messages. - The time is permanently on the screen, top right hand corner, strangely you can get another time to come up just underneath it, But having the Time there and the Date there is helpful. - You can set your phone to show your number on the home screen, which is also useful because if you forget your number and your asked for it, it's there! - As most Samsung's have, the C3050 is no different, It has the feature that you can set the Left and Right keys to short cuts to get to certain areas. I have mine set to go to the Mp3 Player and a new message.
Overall
Overall I think that this is a very good phone. It's limited with it's features and some of the features that it has aren't that good, but you have to remember for the price your paying for this, you shouldn't expect anything more than what you get. The phone is mainly for those on a tight budget that don't want one of these fancy Iphones and aren't fussed about the extra features which the phone comes with. This is a phone that you buy if you want a phone, If you want a Camera, buy a camera, if you want an Mp3 player, buy an Mp3 player. For me it's exactly what I'm looking for. Yes it has it's downsides, such as the lack of a USB cable, but overall it is a very good phone for the price.
Other Features
Battery - Standard battery, Li-Ion 800 mAh, up to 340 hours standby time and up to 8 hours talk time Camera - VGA, 640x480 pixels camera Data Features - EDGE, GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots, 32 - 48 kbps), Bluetooth v2.0 and USB v2.0 Display - 2-inch TFT (65K colours/176 x 220 pixels) display Size and Weight - 97 x 47.3 x 14.9mm Networks - 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Memory Features - Comes with the normal Phonebook which stores up to 100 contacts, 30missed, Recieved or dialed calls. Builts in 60MB of memory and a card slot to expand the memory up to 8GB with a MicroSD card. Sound - Speakerphone, Vibration alert, MP3 ringtones and Downloadable polyphonic
Other Features - SMS & MMS Messaging, FM radio, WAP 2.0/xHTML, Browser, Games, MP3 player, Java MIDP 2.0, Bluetooth messenger, Voice memo, Organizer, Calculator, Calendar, Alarm, Clock, Mobile Tracker,T9
Any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
