WHEN I DECIDED TO BUY A CELLPHONE MY PRIMARY CONCERN WAS A CAMERA AND FM RADIO, I WAS ABOUT TO GO FOR K300I OR 6610i ( DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT HAS A POOR SCREEN WITH A PATHETICC CAMERA AND DATED LOOKS . ALSO MY FRIEND 6610I WENT KAPUT 3 MONTHS AFTER HE BOUGHT IT)WHEN I CAME ACROSS IT . I HAD NEVER READ OR HEARD ABOUT IT BUT I LIKED ITS LOOKS AND AVAILABILITY OF CAMERA AND FM.
SO I BOUGHT THIS IN SEPTEMBER 2005.
PROS:
GOOD VOICE CLARITY FOR CALLS
EASE OF USE
GR8 AESTHETICS
GOOD CAMERA
- AWESOME SCREEN( 64 K TFT)
GOOD ORGANISR, 3 ALARMS( V. IMP)
VOICE RECORDER WITH ABOUT 30 MINUTES RECORDING( MAY RECORD MORE DEPENDING ON MEMORY)
- does not hang( colleagues using models old samsungs like c100, x100, x640 had warned me against samsung for this major reason but this particular model has not hung even once in 11 months compared to earlier models that have hanged atleast once like nokia 2100, nokia 3300 during my usage)
EASY TO NAVIGATE( EACH ITEM IN THE MENU OR SUB MENU HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A NO. UPTO THE LAST CHILD OF THE TREE AND CAN BE ACTIVATED BY PRESSING THE SAME NO FROM THE KEYPAD WITHOUT HAVING TO SCROLL DOWN/UP)
CONS:
CONTACTS CANNOT BE COPIED ( ALL AT A TIME )FROM PHONE BOOK TO SIM
RINGTONES LOGOS ARE NOT NOKIA COMPATIBLE AND HENCE CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED FROM SMS SERVICES SUCH AS 8888, 8243, 7827.
NO COMPOSER
DATACABLE AND HEADSET( MINE GOT DAMAGED) NOT READILY AVAILABLE .
NO VIDEO RECORDING OR PLAYBACK
NO MP3 SUPPORT
MEMORY LOW ( 3 MB)
NO PROFILES
RINGS OR VIBRATES OR VIBRATES THEN RINGS( CANNOT DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME)
INFRARED HAS LIMITED CAPABILITIES( ONLY PHONEBOOK TRANSFER)
POOR HEADSET( NOWHERE COMPARED TO THAT OF 3300, CANT CHANGE RADIO FREQUENCIES VIA THE HEADSET BUTTON , POOR BUILD , PATHETIC SOUND QUALITY)
java games for this model not available from indiagames, bpl mzone( not really a fault of the phone but a shortcoming for the usr anyways).
BETTER ALTERNATIVES( FOR FEATURES)
MOTOROLA L6, NOKIA N GAGE, LG C2500
BETTER ALTERNATIVES:( FOR VOICE CLARITY AND RECEPTION , SCREEN CLARITY)
NIL
( IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT LOOK NO FURTHER , GO BUY THIS ONE RIGHTAWAY)
to sum up you get a good hardware loaded with poor software.