The Samsung K3 is the slimmest subscription-enabled MP3 Player on the market. The K3 uses Samsung's OLED display with a light emitting touch-pad, a combination that has garnered... more...critical acclaim.
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none that I can think of, perhaps a bit easily scratched if not treated well
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This was a bit of an impulse buy for me. I was tidying up shelves at work (Currys) and came across it as it had just come into store that day. It was priced at £89.99 on special offer and then I got my 10% staff discount.
It is on amazon at around £75 - £100 so not a bad price for such a stylish player.
**Design**
This is the slimmest MP3 player in the Samsung range. It is black with a silver trim and very shiny.
The screen is 3cm x 3.5cm. Below the screen is the touchpad that lights up. There is a blue circle which is the "OK" button and this is surrounded by four blue arrows which are used to scroll through the various menus.
At the top left of the touchpad is a small curved arrow which is the back button, and opposite that at the right hand side is a button which looks like a page, this opens the options menu whilst a song is playing.
The display is very bright and the colours used are blue and cream.
**Menu Interface**
When it is turned on the "Music" screen comes on, you can then scroll left or right to access "FM Radio", "Photos" and "Settings" to enter any of these menus you press the blue circle and to get back you press the back arrow.
**Features**
Within the music menu you can play and organise tracks by artist, album, tracks, genre and playlists (which you can set up for things such as exercise or driving)
The FM radio is very clear and has a good range.
I have 2 photos stored on my Mp3 player, I don't really see much point in it to be honest but they can be viewed quite clearly. I just have a picture of me and my boyfriend and one of Brian Molko that I took at a Placebo gig as they make me very happy.
This MP3 player is 2G but it also comes in 4G. It can hold about 500 songs but this will be less obviously if you have a lot of photos stored.
**Durability**
I thought that with the touchscreen design of this product that it would be very easily damaged but I have had it kciking around in my bag for 4 months now, sometimes wearing its little sock I bought it, sometimes not and it just has a few small scratches on the back. This was probably due to my keys being next to it in the bag though!
The touch screen interface remains in perfect condition.
**Battery**
It charges up via USB, i just tend to let it charge up when I am changing my songs about. The charge lasts for ages, certainly a week on about 3/4 charge. (depending on the volume and frequency of use)
**Extras and Specs**
This player came in a very attractive box with headphones, USB cable and an installations disk. The disk was easy to use and comes with Samsung Media Studio to transfer songs. It is an easy to use program but I still prefer just to drag songs into "My Computer" - less faffing about!
The player itself is 9cm x 4cm and 6mm thick.
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