This is one addiction that no one complains about. I had purchased the X-100 about 2 months back for about Rs.6650 ( and that was before Samsung slashed the MRP to Rs.6750). The piece itself is sleek and I was lucky enough to get the one with a silver front cover. The phone presents itself well to the value customers with features that are normally associated with a budget phone including 65, 536 colours, GPRS, MMS and so on. The C-100 also falls in this segment but loses out due to its rather inproportionate screen and the abscence of MMS. The display is comparable to those of expensive phones with a resolution of 128x128. The screen is a good 30mmx30mm and the LCD contrast can also be adjusted upto 15 points. The phone however does lack an IrDA. The phone weights a light 80g. The standby time of the phone is 230 hours and it gives about 3hrs of talk time.
The phone supports animation as the background with 5 default animations (including three of National Geographic) and more downloadable ones. Speaking of downloading, the phone has a mind-boggling 9mb for pictures and sound and an additional 1.5mb for java downloads, something unheard of in a budget phone. This is where the phone really kicks in. It has two preloaded and deletable Java Games-Snowball Fight:the name explains the game and Bubble Smile:a logic game. However the problem is about downloading newer games since most of the games are designed for Nokia phones.
However it is still possible to find compatible games. The ringtones are an excellent 40 track polyphony. Both midi as well as mmf ringtones are supported with a maximum limit of 32Kb per ringtone. The vibrating alert is quit strong to be felt easily while in a shirt or trouser pocket. The reception quality is good and the voice is easily audible. Other features include a 1000 no. phonebook, a well thought of organiser, stopwatch, calculator, conversion utility, alarm-clock which switches on even when the phone is off. The phone especially comes alive with GPRS support which is fully utilised by the Openwave WAP 2.0 browser. So as long as you don’t care about flashy cameras and FM radios and still want a colour phone to show off to your friends, then this is it.