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Aiming the younger segment, Samsung has developed the Corby model considering all current trends in the layout, functions and financial possibilities of the young. Looking fresh, colorful and accessible to social networks, this Samsung mobile phone was a best seller in just a week after the appearance, and we will provide an explanation in this review.
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For a small budget and functions included, the Samsung Corby is an easily acceptable compromise, especially if we see that many technology features used on other more pretentious models, are included in this lovely phone. From Zoom, intelligence unlocking and animated widgets, to Nice-BREW Web browser, Corby seems to be similar to the Samsung Jet, which is about three times more expensive.

Its dimensions are 103 x 56.5 x 12 mm and 92 grams in weight with battery included. The Candy-bar appearance makes it easy to carry in any pocket or any small bag. The case is made of glossy plastic, which will attract a lot of fingerprints and dust, but is quite resistant to scratches. On top of the screen you will find the ear-speaker and in the bottom, three hardware keys, the call, reject and back key.

On the back side it has a 2 Megapixel camera, a camera sensor and a speaker. The back panel is XpressCover type and it can be replaced. In the standard package you will receive two such panels, each having different colors. On the sides you will find a camera shutter and screen lock button, located quite close to one another, which may disturb some users that will accidentally press both of them at the same time.

On the left you will find the volume control buttons and a universal port (which can be used to charge the phone, attach headphones or connect it at a PC). Perhaps a USB port would be much more efficient, but economic considerations have prevailed in this solution. Traditionally, this port is protected by a plastic dust cover.

This Samsung mobile phone comes equipped with a 2.8 inch TFT touch screen which has a native resolution of 240 x 320. Even if this display is neither one of the best nor the most readable in sunlight, it does good work, offering clear images and high-quality of colors. For taking photos, the Samsung Corby is equipped with a 2 Megapixel camera. This camera takes decent pictures, except for situations when you want to isolate a subject from the background – here the lack of autofocus and manual adjustment of focus penalizing such an attempt.

In low or artificial light situations, you better quit to take photos because you will not be able to get clear pictures. The only feature that compensates the poor performance of the camera is the Face Detection, allowing you a better face capture. Camera’s interface is very well optimized for touch control and it is one of the most comfortable on a touch screen device.

The connectivity is one of the strongest points of this Samsung mobile phone. With support for four GMS bands, EDGE and Stereo Bluetooth, for this price segment, it can handle things more than honorable. Of course, it can be penalized for lack of Wi-Fi or 3G, but anyway, it is not a smart phone.

With a 950 mAh battery, many people would comment that autonomy is low, but when tested, it proved to be a champion at this chapter, keeping up this Samsung mobile phone for about four days of intensive usage and a up to a week in standby mode. The Samsung Corby is that kind of phone which you wither like at first sight, or do not like at all. Equipped with a TouchWIZ UI interface and a lot of attractive Widgets and having a price of $215, this Samsung mobile phone attracts many customers.



Being more powerful than any other mobile communications device, the HTC TyTN II takes connectivity to the supreme level. The HTC TyTN II supports all kind of networks and guarantees that you will be capable to stay in touch with your friends anywhere in the world.

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When it comes to design, this smart phone is very similar to the first TyTN but it is more solid and it brings a lot of changes. The HTC TyTN II is neither small nor ultra-slim, having a case made of resistant plastic with 112 x 59 x 19 mm in dimensions and 190 grams in weight.  With a rubber-non-slippery back, rounded edges and a sliding spring-assisted mechanism, this mobile phone feels very comfortable in the hand and it is easy to use.  If you slide the display, a full QWERTY keyboard will be revealed. Anyway, from the front side, it looks exactly like a regular smart phone, having a 2.8 inch touch screen, a secondary camera for video-calls and some navigation keys placed below the display.

These navigation keys include a D-pad, two soft keys, an OK button, a Message, a Windows and an Internet Explorer button plus the classic Call and End keys. On the left side you will find a wheel key (similar with that wheel key used on old Ericsson models) and a secondary OK button. These two keys help you to use this smart phone with one hand. Above them, a Voice Command button is placed. On the right side you will find the Power On/off key, a camera shutter and a stylus pen slot. On the bottom part, the HTC TyTN II has only a miniUSB port and a microSD card slot.

The 2.8 inch TFT touch screen has a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, the same resolution that other smart phones have. It supports 65K colors and handwriting recognition. Even if this display is not the best touch screen used on a smart phone ever, it is still very responsive and you will get a great quality of colors. For more accuracy, you can use the stylus pen which comes with this smart phone.

In photographic terms, the HTC TyTN II comes with an integrated 3.15 Megapixel camera which is capable of taking photos at a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels and record clips with a speed of 30 fps. Because it lacks a flash, this camera can be useless if you want to take photos at night or if you are in a poorly lit room. The QWERTY keyboard is excellent. With 41 keys, including a Fn key, a Wi-Fi key and a My Documents key, this keyboard is very useful if you are a fast writer. The keys are large and offer positive feedback when you press them.

Powered by a Qualcomm MSM7200 400 MHz processor and 128 MB of RAM memory, this smart phone is faster than his predecessor. The internal memory is a bit low, having only 256 MB of free space. But if you want more, you can extend it up to 8 GB with a microSD card. For other connectivity modes, the HTC TyTN II has Wi-Fi, GPS, miniUSB, Bluetooth and supports GPRS, EDGE and 3G networks. The standard Li-Pol 1350 mAh battery has enough power to keep this smart phone up for 6 hours of conversations and up to 400 hours in standby mode. Anyway, because in our days new smart phones appear in every day, this awesome smart phone keeps the price at a low level. It costs only $249, a half-price of, for example, Nokia N97.

The Nokia 7373 is an upgraded version of Nokia 7370 and it is part of Nokia L'Amour series. It is a visually impressive cell phone which is available in a variety of colors (for example Powder Pink and Bronze Black), with a slightly more male graphic. The Nokia 7373 has the same spin mechanism as the 7370. It is a compact phone when closed and for opening you only need to push the keyboard on any side.

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The exterior finish of the phone is amazing, with a developed area, greatly decorated with a relief finish. A negative aspect is that the phone must be opened to access to its functions - while other phones that have rotary or sliding mechanisms have at least some navigation keys on the outside, so the phone can be used even when it is closed. With a case made of resistant plastic, with 88 x 43 x 23 mm in dimensions and 104 grams in weight, the Nokia 7373 seems to be a cell phone designed especially for women, but it fits great in your hands even if you are a man.

The Nokia 7373 has the same high resolution display like its predecessors. It is equipped with a 2 inch display with a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Even if this display supports 256K colors, being a bit glossy you will have some problems to see images if you are under sunlight. For taking photos, the Nokia 7373 has an integrated 2.0 Megapixel camera which can take pictures at a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels.

This camera can also record clips, but not at an awesome quality. This cell phone also has a competent music player, with a media player compatible with MP3, AAC, WMA and other popular formats. The audio quality is quite good, with simulated 3D sound from two speakers and stereo headphone jack.

An improvement for this phone is that Nokia manufacturer has added a MicroSD memory slot. This means you can extend the 8 MB of internal memory up to 2 GB to store MP3 tracks, photos or videos. In the package you will find a 128 MB card, which is enough for starters. The Nokia 7373 has all the other features that you might expect from a mid-level phone: Bluetooth and USB connectivity, high speed internet, high quality MP3 ringtones, headphones, speakerphone and Java games. Nokia 7373 phone is impressive, well above the 7370 version. It not only looks interesting, but it is also efficient. If battery life were better, it could be categorized in 5 Stars Category.

The standard Li-Ion 700 mAh (BL-4B) battery is capable of keeping this mobile phone on up to 2 hours and 30 minutes of conversation and up to 250 hours in standby mode. These values are not the best for a phone in our days, but nobody said that the Nokia 7373 is a perfect cell phone. With many great features and a small price, this handset can be a great choice if you are looking for an elegant cell phone. With a price of $190, the Nokia 7373 is an amazing cell phone which anyone can afford.

The Sony Ericsson Satio was one of the most awaited phones of 2009. This Symbian smart phone with large touch screen manages to impress both by design, as well as by the features. The 12 megapixel camera is one of the best ones ever seen on a cell phone. Despite these enviable performances, the Sony Ericsson Satio failed to become very popular. Many other phones with similar features appeared and Sony Ericsson is not yet known for smart phones.

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In terms of size, the phone fits very well into the normal smart phone category.  It has 112 x 55 x 13 mm in dimensions and a total weight of 126 grams. To maintain a normal weight for Satio, the manufacturer has chosen a resistant and high-quality plastic which is available in three colors (black, silver and Bordeaux) and it makes this phone very solid and very attractive.

The front side is dominated by a large 3.5 inch touch screen.  Above it, there is an ambient light sensor, a secondary camera for video calls and of course, the loudspeaker. Under the screen we have only three keys: Call and End keys, and Menu button. For such a large touch screen the Sony Ericsson Satio could not lack a proximity sensor. On the left side you will find a button for locking the display, a universal port (for attaching headphones, charger and connect to a PC via USB) and a microSD card slot.

On the right side you will find five buttons: two buttons for volume and zoom, a camera shutter, a button for opening the gallery and a key which helps you switch the camera shooting modes. The power button is placed on the top and on the bottom part the Sony Ericsson Satio has a speaker.

On the back of the phone you'll find an impressive 12 Megapixel camera which has a Xenon Flash and a LED Flash. The two small holes around the camera are designed for sensors that measures and adjusts image brightness during photo capturing or video recording. This camera is capable of taking pictures at a maximum resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels and recording videos at a VGA resolution with a speed of 30 fps. The Sony Ericsson Satio has a 3.5 inch touch screen with a native resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. Supporting 16 million colors, this display makes the Satio an excellent smart phone. It offers superior image quality with a great contrast and brightness for a TFT display.

When it comes to connectivity, the Sony Ericsson Satio is equipped with GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSUPA features for data transfer and many other high-end features like Wi-Fi, DLNA Bluetooth, TV-out, USB 2.0 and GPS. Sony Ericsson's web browser supports Flash and JavaScript Satio.

Powered by a powerful ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics processor and 256 MB of RAM memory, the Sony Ericsson Satio is capable of loading the pages quickly. The large screen is suitable for Internet use. I noticed however a problem when scrolling pages in the browser, running is not uniform. The browser can open multiple pages at once. He did well even with web pages that contain more flash applications.

To be a part of the top-smart phone category, the Sony Ericsson Satio comes with a standard Li-Pol 1000 mAh battery capable of keeping this cell phone on for up to 4 hours and 50 minutes of conversations (3G mode) and up to 340 hours in standby mode. Even if these values are a bit low, considering that this phone is equipped only with high-end technology and having a price of $479, this phone is one of the best in the entire world.

Today, on the market, you can find a lot of mobile phone models, each being very powerful and having a lot of technology features. The Nokia N Series mobile phones are the best handsets in the world being the result of a combination between a multimedia cell phone with a business class smart phone.

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One of the Nokia N Series mobile phones which shocked the world being equipped only with top-technology features is the Nokia N70. With a case made of top-quality paint in a great combination between silver and black and a high-quality construction, this cell phone is very attractive. The Nokia N70 comes equipped with a 2.0 Megapixel camera, a 2.1 TFT display (with a native resolution of 176 x 208 pixels) and 22 MB of internal memory (which can be extended up to 8 GB with a RS-DV-MMC card). Powered by a TI OMAP 1710 220 MHz processor and having a Symbian OS 8.1a, Series 60 UI interface, the Nokia N70 is capable to run applications quickly without lag.

If you want to have a cell phone which can replace a digital camera and even a video-camera, you can choose the Nokia N90. No other phone has recorded and played movies at a resolution as high as Nokia N90, which makes it the ideal champion for travels, while searching for a new apartment or family gatherings. The 0.1 Megapixel video-camera (352 x 288 pixels) means four times more than the other cell phones with video recording capabilities.

It comes equipped with a 2.1 inch TFT display (with a native resolution of 352 x 416 pixels), an external 65K colors display (with a native resolution of 128 x 128), a 2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and 64 MB of internal memory (which can be extended up to 8 GB with a RS-DV-MMC card).

The Nokia N95, another Nokia N Series mobile phone, is technically, one of the most advanced smart phones ever created, providing satellite navigation GPS, a 5 Megapixel camera and autofocus, 3G video calling and any other features that you can think of. If you've used another Nokia N Series phone or a Symbian handset, then it will surely impress you. It comes with a 5 Megapixel camera (being the first phone with such a powerful camera), a 2.6 inch TFT display, integrated GPS navigator, Wi-Fi and 160 MB of free space (which can be extended up to 8 GB with a microSD card).

But this mobile phone has its positive and its negative aspects as well. Powered by an Dual ARM 11 332 MHz processor; 3D Graphics HW Accelerator, 64 MB of RAM memory and having a Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1 interface, it runs very slow for a modern smart phone.

The battery life is also a bit too short. It is capable of keeping this phone up for only 6 hours of conversations and up to 200 hours in standby mode. But with such a lot of power and high-end technologies, these negative aspects will not be a problem. Anyway, the Nokia N Series mobile phones, even if they have the most powerful components and a lot of top-features, the price for a unit is not that low because technology is not so cheap.