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An entry-level phone that will probably give rise to the term "cheap is cheap" at first you'll find it hard to believe for a qwerty phone with wifi and facebook integration to be priced at 3,490 pesos, but believe it, because basically, "you only gonna get what you pay for". The phone looks good no doubt about that and it's slim with dimensions only at 111.2 x 61.2 x 12 mm and weighs at 93g, it's compact enough to fit almost unnoticeable in your pocket and it has a metal bezel on the sides that gives it an elegant look. The Samsung Chat 335 at first glance and feel will impress you, but navigating its features is a different story, yes! it has a sizable screen at 2.4 inch, but resolution and viewing angles are poor, you just have to look straight in to get a good view or use the right kind of theme to get a cleaner contrast, I guess that's what LQVGA display means.
Qwerty phones are made for one thing, fast texting, but with the chat's keypads so squeezed in together people with large fingers will have a hard time texting, does this phone come in pink or red? coz it seems like only lady-fingers will fit in. Believe it or not it uses an optical trackpad but the phone is too slow you'll find it most of the time annoying, it skips, it lags and at some time not responsive, but a good feature to attract customers or should I say deceive them.
The Samsung Chat 335 has a built in wifi but the browser is so limited you'd probably won't use it to browse the web, it kind of reminds me of the DSi browser wherein you'll get sick and tired of reading the word "out of memory" but in fairness facebook and instant messaging works and to my amazement it plays youtube videos directly on its browser.
The Samsung Chat is also a multimedia device it has a built-in FM radio and plays MP3s and videos in MP4 and 3gp formats, one good thing about this phone is the use of a 3.5 mm audio jack, which allows you to plug in your headset of choice, you can also up size your memory up to 8gig using a micro sd card for more music and video storage. The phone also features a 2 megapixel camera but the pictures are extremely grainy, but then again, it might have something to do with the poor LCD maybe viewing it on a different screen or printing it, will the true quality appear, however, it is yet to be tested.
BOTTOM LINE: The Chat may not be the nicest entry level phone in the market, but it is still a good 2nd phone to have, it may not be effective in some of its features but nevertheless, effective in doing the basics "call and text" and the long battery life made it a reliable phone.
- Samsung Chat 335 Full Specifications -
2G Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Dimensions: 111.2 x 61.2 12mm, 93 g
Keyboard: QWERTY
Display: TFT, 256 colors, 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inch, optical trackpad.
Sound: Vibration, MP3 ringtones, loud speakers, 3.5 mm jack.
Memory: Micro sd uo to 8GB, Internal 60 MB.
Phonebook: 1000 entries with photocall.
Connections: GPRS, EDGE, Wifi 802.11 b/g, bluetooth, micro USB.
Camera: 2 Mega Pixels, 1600 x 1200 pixels.
Features: SMS, MMS, Email, IM, WAP 2.0/xHTML,HTML, stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording, java MIDP2.1, SNS integration, Music player, Organizer, Voice memo, predictive Text input.
BATTERY: Li-Ion, standby - 520 hrs, talk time - 12 hrs.
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