Samsung 3650 Corby review

7 Apr, 2010 | Category: Samsung

3650, Corby, Samsung

Touch-screen phone Samsung S3650 Corby is addressed to young technology enthusiasts and social networks. Implies that price is not the latest features but great variety of features is absolutely relevant to the audience. The phone has a nice design, corners are rounded. Seems solid, even if plastic is not as successful as the expensive phone.

Size fit into the normal range. It is quite thin, having a thickness of 12 mm. Its dimensions are 103×56.5×12 mm and weights 92 grams with battery included and candybar layout makes it easy to carry in any pocket of jeans or any small bag. S3650 Corby is available in lots of vibrant colors which shows that the phone is for young people. Each cell phone package comes with two colored enclosures (Fashion Jackets) that can be changed by the user liking.

Display

In the front is 2.8 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 240×320 pixels. Not even the most powerful or the most readable in sunlight, but they do good work. Underneath it was the D-pad consists of three physical barrel. Call and end keys / reject calls are placed on the extremities and the middle button is key in any way prior to return. Unfortunately pricipal rival, LG KP500 Cookie, Corby Samsung has a built-in stylus. On the right side are two buttons, one to lock the screen and another dedicated to camera. They are quite large, but the choice to install them joined not inspired. You must always look to press, not to confuse them with each other. Also on this side and there is also a microSD memory card slot, but under the battery cover.

Upper and lower side is clean. Dorsal part is occupied by 2 MP camera and an external speaker. Charge the battery cover all the dorsal side and like the rest of the shell is made of plastic. Here to note that the battery is under the cap. Samsung Corby is powered by a standard lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 960 mAh, which in theory hold in standby mode about 730 hours and up to nine hours of talks. Indicate times of those from Samsung correspond with reality, the phone battery fits in the official data. The terminal has an internal memory of 50 MB, but because it has a microSD card slot, the user can do to upgrade up to 8 GB.

Interface equipped with TouchWiz UI with Widgets included Samsung S3650 Corby homescreen provides three panels that can be rotated at will. The screen can be filled with interesting widgets that are placed in a drop-down list. You can run several widgets at once. TouchWiz is well optimized for touch, you do not need the stylus. I seldom met lag response in general is moving well. The phone comes with multitasking capability, which allows Java applications to minimize the background, but there is no button that allows switching between applications, so multitasking is much said. Samsung S3650 Corby supports SMS, MMS and email. SMS, EMS and MMS are stored in a mailbox, the e-mail when holding a separate inbox. E-mail messaging service supports standard POP3 and IMAP4 protocols. When users send messages, is able to do the standard virtual alphanumeric keypad. Unfortunately, for those who prefer QWERTY keyboard, Corby is not available or when the phone is tilted.

Phonebook and File manager:

Phonebook from Samsung Corby has it all. Up to 2000 contacts can be saved, each with multiple fields, allowing each store 5 numbers, 4 email addresses, links and so on. Each contact them can be attributed to a picture, a song and a specific note. Play even a video can be associated with a contact. Phone numbers can be displayed on the SIM card, phone or both, simultaneously. Common function helps you get closer to your friends and your photo album or video. Corby Samsung S3650 allows you to quickly connect to YouTube, Facebook, Flickr etc.. and you can upload files directly on these sites. The phone automatically stores usernames and passwords for these sites.

The File Manager is very useful, allows you to organize memory. There are predefined folders for music, pictures, movies, but you can create new ones.’s Music player Samsung Corby presents well even if the model is not a terminal dedicated to music. The volume buttons can change the physical side, located on the right side. The music player interface buttons there Repeat, Shuffle and Equalizer. FM radio with RDS has a nice simple interface and includes manual and automatic frectventelor scan and store up to 20 FM stations. There is also the option of recording the radio and music recognition service, much like the Sony Ericsson’s TrackID. Like other functions, the calendar has plenty of time management functions. Can display all events within one day, weeks or months. You can add more events, each with different alarms.

Other preinstalled applications are an audio recorder with a 60-minute limit. There is a simple calculator, a stopwatch and a converter of sizes. I’m pleasantly surprised at the existence of a viewer from Microsoft Office documents such a phone. You can open Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF. An interesting function is included on the Smart Unlock Samsung Corby. If enabled, allows you to unlock the phone with a motion which consists of drawing the letters on the screen of your choice. Besides, points may be associated with a specific application or a person from the contacts list so that when the phone will start automatically unlock application that will be called or person associated with the letter chosen. One of the strengths of lovely Corby is access to social networks for young, big fans of such applications.

The phone has a lot of widgets that provide connection to the most popular social networking sites, video or photo from facebook, micro blogging platform Twitter, YouTube and to Picasa, Friendster, MySpace, Photobucket or Flickr.

Camera

Corby’s photo sensor is 2 megapixels, no autofocus or flash. The terminal is capable of recording QVGA video at 15 fps and video capture are saved in MP4 format. Camera lens is unprotected, so making them an easy target for amprete or dirt. The camera is activated automatically by dedicated button on the right side. However the navigation camera interface is very intuitive and easy to use. The only function that compensates the poor performance of the camera is framing your face Smile Detection allowing the subject, allowing a better catch it. Photographs are a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. Image quality is not spectacular, but I had too much expectations from a 2 megapixel camera.

Internet

Internet browsing is not very easy, because Corby has broswer-u supports WAP 2.0 XHTML and HTML. Web browser is surprisingly good for a phone of this class. Flash support, a rare thing in phones not smartphones. Zoom easy to use, with a double to the area you want to increase your. Big minus is the lack of fast internet connectivity options, so you do not have to hope that prices will see more videos on YouTube. Data transfer is also very easy, both Bluetooth and USB. If the user selects option Mass Storage Device, you must have a phone attached microSD card.

Conclusions

It is distinguished by:

• Quad-band GSM
• 2.8-inch screen with 240 x 320
• Internal memory 50 MB microSD slot up to 8GB
• 2 megapixel camera, video recording, FM radio with RDS
• TouchWiz interface
• Integrate social networks Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, etc..
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v.2.0
• View Office documents
• Interchangeable frames (Fashion Jackets)
• Price relatively low (about 500 EUR)

It disappoints us by:

• No 3G
• Camera has no autofocus or flash
• No acceleration for rotating the screen
• No QWERTY keyboard on screen
• microSD slot is under battery

Corby conclusion is simple, you can afford it and has an attractive touch screen functions modest. Is created to be small to handle applications for social networks of young people and be in trend. Colored carcasses (Fashion Jackets) helps to be trendy. Quality-price ratio make it stay competitive.