New Mid-Range Samsung C3050 Slider Phone UK
The simple yet stylish and sexy looking Samsung C3050 slider is one of two new handsets to be announced by Samsung recently. Falling into the mid-range category both the Samsung C3050 slider and Samsung C3010 candybar offer an affordable alternative. Equipped with everything you need to keep you in touch, in tune with your music and up to date with the latest news headlines the Samsung C3050 is a worthwhile pocket sized companion.
UPDATES:
29/04/09 – Samsung C3050 Stratus Released on T-Mobile deals
10/05/09 – Samsung Stratus C3050 on Pay As You Go
24/08/09 – Pink Samsung C3050 on Pay As You Go
14/09/09 – Purple Samsung C3050 Pay As You Go
Samsung C3050
Offering quad band GSM connectivity with GPRS support and EDGE data technology, Bluetooth v2.0 and USB 2.0, the Samsung C3050 offers simple solutions for accessing and transferring data. The internal memory capacity is somewhat limited with only 60MB but with the presence of a microSD card slot the phone will support external expansion up to 8GB.
Samsung C3010 and C3050
As well as the MP3 music player and integrated FM radio the Samsung C3050 is also fitted with a basic VGA camera that has a 640 x 480 pixel resolution and surprisingly good quality results for your pictures and for viewing purposes the 2 inch LCD TFT display screen comes in very handy indeed. The phonebook supports details for as many as 1000 contacts and the battery life proves more than adaquate with 8 hours of talk time and 380 hours on standby.
Other features included on the Samsung C3050 are Bluetooth messenger, organizer, JAVA supported capabilities and a built-in WAP browser, speakerphone and voice memo function.
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May 9th, 2009 at 11:56 am
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November 7th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Like most phones these days the manual pre-supposes a great hi-tech knowledge as it’s only 2 sides of an A4 sheet. I could not be bothered getting online every time I need to find out something. I’m middle aged and not really au fait with all the capabilities of this low cost feature packed phone.
For the price it’s got more capabilities than anything else I found at this budget.
However, (I’ve only had it a couple of days) the lack of a USB direct connection is a pain so I will have to study up. I still can’t figure out how to work the radio without plugging in the headphones. The headphone connection is not the standard 3.5mm jack so I’m expecting to pay a small fortune if I ever lose those supplied.
The ringtone volume is pitiful and of the 20 installed ringtones, 18 are pure sonic diarrhoea. I would be ashamed to be heard being called in public with them.
The camera is more of an extra feature than anything serious.
I’m really more of a talk and text man than phone freak but for the price (£25 after top-ups and subtracting the worth of free time supplied) I really can’t beef.
The zeros on the phone numbers (but not the clock) have a diagonal type slash so they look like 8s. Very confusing if your sight isn’t great.
I also doubt the stated standby time
As a low-tech guy it’s hard for me to really judge all the possibilities but I would give it only 1 point for usability as the ringer volume, non-standard headphone jack, vomit inducing tones, “trendy” zeros and manual let it down.
But hell, for the price I can’t complain!