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Samsung B7320 Omnia PRO and B7330 Omnia Pro, are not the only models, from Samsung's portfolio that are competing with the BlackBerry devices. These two models both include a QWERTY keyboard within a candy bar form factor. However, Samsung has planned to steal as many customers as they can from the Canadian manufacturer. This competition started two years ago when BlackBerry decided to create phones with more appealing features, but still sporting the QWERTY keyboard. Therefore, other manufacturers, such as Samsung decided to include QWERTY keyboards within its products.
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Even so, BlackBerry lacks a side slider QWERTY phone, while Samsung has at least two, one business orientated and the second one based on the business model, but equipped with a designer logo. Samsung B7610 Omnia PRO was first announced in June 2009 and released in September 2009. This phone sports a more HTC look, than BlackBerry look. However, the B7610 Omnia Pro looks great, conservative but stylish. It's conservative because the front, left and right sides are all black, while the back cover sports a patterned style (flame waves). The front cover sports a glossy black material around the huge display, while the front keys sport a metallic look, similar to the frame included on the sides. The materials used within this phone are extraordinary, and the build quality is flawless, worthy of Samsung logo.

On the front case, above the display you get beside the "Samsung" logo and the earpiece, the ambient light sensor, the proximity sensor, and the second video camera that enables video calling. Under the display you can find three keys, the back key, the call key, and the end call key. The full keyboard slides from the right to left. The QEWRTY keyboard includes good sized keys, but lacks space between them. However, Samsung successfully created a great keyboard, which delivers excellent feedback, which can easily be used when typing in a hurry. The keyboard sports a backlight so the typing process is very comfortable within any light environment conditions. With a height of 112.6 mm, wide of 57.8 mm, deep of 16.2 mm, the B7610 Omnia PRO weights about 159 grams.

The above values should make you understand that this Samsung phone is by far portable or light. Samsung included within the B7610 Omnia PRO a 3.5 inches AMOLED resistive touch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, capable of rendering 16 million (but the effective value doesn't exceed 65000 colors).  Beside the common by now accelerometer sensor for auto rotate, you also get an advanced R touch screen display. The performances delivered by this phone are almost similar to what an entry level netbook has to offer, with the Samsung S3C6410 processor with 800 MHz and a dedicated graphics accelerator, and 256 MB RAM. Therefore, the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional (upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5) will run smoothly on B7610 Omnia PRO.

With the excellent hardware specs, this phone can easily be considered a true business device. The onboard memory has a value of 1 GB, expandable if using the micro SD memory cards, or the Trans Flash memory cards, up to 32 GB tested. The connectivity department is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS (4+1 / 3+2 slots) with a varying speed from 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, Class 10 EDGE with a maximum speed of 236.8 Kb per second, HSCSD, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, version 2.0 micro USB connection, HSDPA with a 3.6 Mb per second speed, and the Wi-Fi connection with 802.11 b/g profile.

Samsung also included within the B7610 Omnia PRO a 5 megapixel digital camera with a maximum photo resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, featuring auto focus, dual LED flash, wide dynamic range, panorama shot, geo tagging, image stabilization, and face and smile detection. This digital camera is also capable of video recording within the VGA mode, 640 x 480 pixels with 30 frames per second. it is nedless to say that this phone with the latest Windows Mobile operating system packs all the possible applications, including an extended music player, an extended video player, a photo editor, pocket office - including editing and viewing Word documents, Excel documents, and view Power Points presentations and PDFs.

Samsung included in the B7610 Omnia PRO a lithium Ion battery with 1500 mAh, capable of 580 hours in standby in the 2G network (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and up to 480 hours of standby in 3G network (HSDPA 900 / 2100). In the talk time department, the B7610 will provide up to 12 hours in 2G network and almost 7 hours in 3G network. Overall, this product is certainly interesting to say at least, since Samsung delivers a complete business phone with a form factor that lacks in the BlackBerry's portfolio. The second Samsung phone to be presented in this article is based on the B7610 Omnia PRO. However, this phone is orientated to the business customers that demand the ultimate style within their devices. The latest Samsung phone released with the "Giorgio Armani" logo is not just a nice looking phone, but a rather powerful phone even for the business users. For the time being it was only announced in October this year. The release date is still unconfirmed.

The B7620 Giorgio Armani is the styled twin brother of the B7610 Omnia Pro. In the design department, Samsung improved this phone, with a stylish look. Even so, the overall look (by details) is similar to B7610. The only form factor difference is that if needed the B7620 can flip its display with a consistent angle (not more than 145 degrees). However, the details make the difference. Therefore, you will easily observe the gold frame that surrounds the upper case, and the gold looking panel on the back cover. This phone is certainly luxurious but I am not sure about the design at all. Maybe too much gold within an economic crisis might make you feel seek as well. However, the QWERTY keyboard can be opened from right to left.

This keyboard is thankfully not gold, but black, and not metallic but rather a rubbery material, with excellent sized keys, sufficient space between them. Even more, thanks to the material used within the keys, you get a good grip when typing improving the overall usability of this phone. The feedback and key layout are similar with what B7610 has to offer. In terms of design, this phone looks nice if you like opulence. The build quality is remarkable, but the handling has a minus from me, because all the metallic body makes this phone too slippery. On the front cover you can find above the display, beside the "Giorgio Armani" logo the second video camera, the proximity sensor, and the ambient light sensor. Under the display, Samsung included the call key, the end call key and the back key. With a height of 118.5 mm, wide of 58.3 mm, deep of 16.4 mm, this phone weights even more than B7610, 164 grams.

The above values (in terms of dimensions) show once again that this phone is build based from the B7610 Omnia PRO. Samsung included within the B7620 a 3.5 inches AMOLED resistive touch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, capable of rendering up to 16 million colors (but only 65000 effective colors). The same processor, Samsung S3C6410 800 MHz with dedicated graphics accelerator, and the same RAM value are included in the hardware specs of the latest Giorgio Armani phone. Even more, Samsung decided to add the same operating system, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional (upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5).

As expected this means you will get excellent audio and video player, photo and video editing, and business applications, such as Pocket Office for viewing and editing (only a few documents formats) Office documents and PDFs. The onboard memory was improved from 1 GB found on the B7610 Omnia Pro to 8 GB found onboard the B7620, expandable value if using micro SD memory cards, or Trans Flash memory cards up to 32 GB. The connectivity department is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS, Class 10 EDGE, HSCSD, Wi-Fi with 802.11 b/g profile, Bluetooth version 2.0 with A2DP, micro US 2.0 connections, HSDPA with a maximum speed of 7.2 MB per second with the HSUPA sporting a maximum speed of 5.76 MB per second. the B7620 also sports an excellent digital camera with a 5 megapixel value, sporting a maximum photo resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, including autofocus and LED flash. The same features found on the B7610 can be found on board the B7620. This camera can also record video within the VGA resolution, 640 x 480 pixels with 30 frames per second.

Samsung added the same Lithium Ion battery with 1500 mAh providing the same values of standby time and talk time, 580 hours in standby in 2G networks, 480 hours of standby in 3G networks, 12 hours of talk time in 2G network and 6 hours of talk time in 3G networks. For an average user these values mean at least 3 days of autonomy, depending on the usage. Overall, the Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani is the overpriced model of the B7610 Omnia PRO. If you need to make a statement you can buy the B7620. However, the B7620 is not better than B7610. Even more, the B7610 Omni PRO is a more balanced phone, sporting a conservative look, yet modern, and sufficient specs for any user, either business or multimedia fan.

Is that time of the year when all manufacturers are rolling out as many devices as they can in order to consolidate their portfolio before the shopping season. It seems like this year, mobile phones manufacturers are launching as many phones as they can to compete with BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry devices started to become one by one a market success. Therefore, the other manufacturers are trying to bring into their product the BlackBerry vibe, either for the business users or normal users who wants a top level (high end) phone. Samsung is one of the few manufacturers that are starting to release phones with full QWERTY keyboard, with both candy bar form factor and slide form factor.
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A Samsung phone that is attacking directly the BlackBerry share of the market is the B7330 Omnia PRO announced in September this year, with a release date of end of October 2009. This phone sports an excellent business design. Samsung successfully merged normal materials with nice finishes and created a conservative, yet styled design. The front case of the B7330 Omnia Pro includes a nice glossy frame that surrounds the display and a matte grey plastic frame with a full black keyboard (with ten red keys, the number keys).

Above the display you get beside the earpiece an ambient light sensor, and the second video camera that enables the video calling. Under the display you get the four way navigational key (up down, left and right) with the centered OK key. on the left side of the four way key you get one soft key, the home key, and the call key, while on the right side of the four way key you can find another soft key, the back key, and the end call key. All the navigational keys are well sized, easy to use, and made out of a nice material.

Under the navigational keys you can find the full QWERTY keyboard, with acceptable sized keys, made out of the same material, and that offers great feedback. However, unless you are really familiar with a QWERTY keyboard, don't try to type in a hurry because you just might write a completely different message. The top and bottom part of the B7330 Omnia PRO lack any ports, slots or buttons.

On the right side of this phone you can find the covered (with glossy black plastic) memory card slot and the dedicated camera key, while on the left side, Samsung included the volume controls and the combo port (or universal port) with the headset / charger / connectivity cable, also covered with the same glossy black plastic cap. The back cover of this phone sports a glossy black plastic finish, which makes the B7330 too slippery. Samsung included in the upper side, centered, the 3.2 megapixels digital camera lenses and the loudspeaker grill. Unfortunately the camera lacks LED or Xenon flash, but includes auto focus. Overall, the B7330 Omnia PRO sports a nice design with a good build quality.

The build quality is almost solid, but can't be considered flawless because of the back cover made out of a rather thin glossy plastic. With a height of 114.9 mm, wide of 59 mm, deep of 10.8 mm, the B7330 weights about 107 grams, making this phone easy to carry around. The B7330 Omnia PRO works in 2 G network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, and 3 G network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100. Samsung included a 2.62 inches TFT display with a resolution of 320 x 320 pixels, capable of rendering about 65000 colors. Thanks to the ambient light sensor, this display will provide sufficient brightness under any environment light conditions.

The 528 MHz processor and the 256 MB of RAM are more than sufficient to run the latest operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 standard. It is needless to say that this operating system is flawless. Some people prefer S60 software for their business applications, but in the light of day, the Windows Mobile 6.5 standard is the best solution for a business orientated phone. Neither iPhone OS 3.0 or Android have successfully achieved the level of the Microsoft operating system for mobile phones.

Samsung added about 270 MB to the onboard memory value, expandable by using micro SD memory cards or Trans Flash memory cards up to 32 GB. The connectivity is well ensured by the Class 10 GPRS with 4+1 / 3+2 slots, with a varying speed from the lower 32 KB per second up to 48 Kb per second, HSDPA with the higher value of 7.2 MB per second, HSCSD, EDGE Class 10 with a maximum speed of 236.8 Kb per second, HSUPA with 2 MB per second, Wi-Fi with 802.11 b/g profile, Bluetooth version 2.0 with A2DP profile, and USB connectivity.

Beside the front cover camera for the video calling, B7330 Omnia PRO includes a 3.15 megapixel digital camera with a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels including auto focus and geo tagging. This isn't the best camera ever embedded into a phone, but it is an average camera for a business phone model, since it is highly unlikely to see 8 megapixel cameras on business phones until the end of next year. By know you probably already realized that Windows Mobile 6.5 standard includes beside excellent audio and video player, Microsoft Outlook Mobile, Pocket Office, which enables you not only to view, but also to edit Word documents, Excel documents, and to strictly view Power Point documents, and PDFs.

By doing so, Samsung successfully completed the user experience. The on board Lithium Ion battery has a value of 1500 mAh. However, we must wait for the final version to hit the stores before jumping to conclusions regarding the offered battery. Overall, the B7330 Omnia PRO can be considered a good competitor against the BlackBerry, especially because it its line you can find more than one phone. The direct sibling of the B7330 Omnia PRO is the B7320 Omnia PRO. This Samsung model sports a better design, by all means. The B7320 Omnia Pro was first announced on May 2009, and released a few months later, in August 2009.

With a height of 111.8 mm, wide of 59.6 mm, deep of 12.6 mm, the B7320 weights more than B7330, 110 grams. Even so, it not a big phone, or impossible to carry around; more likely it's the other way around. The B7320 sports an excellent design, with a full brown metallic - plastic case. Samsung has successfully merged these two materials and created a beautiful look. The front cover sports around the display a glossy look, while the front frame is made out of brown metal. Above the display you get beside the "Samsung" logo, the ambient light sensor, and the second video camera for enabling the video calls.

Under the display you can easily find the navigational buttons, which look exquisite made out of a trans-lucid material (basically similar to plastic). However, the style overcomes functionality. Therefore, be prepared to press hard on those navigational keys in order to get a proper feedback. As you already imagined, the B7320 includes a four way key (up, down, left and right), with a centered Ok key made out of stainless steel. You get two more buttons in the navigational pad of the B7320 than in B7330.

Therefore, you can find two soft keys, the home key, the mute key, the call key, the lock switch, the back key and the end call key. Under the navigational keys you can find the same QWERTY keyboard from the B7330, with acceptable sized keys, including several empowering keys such as messaging, browser, sync, or even camera key. I suggest you take your time when typing a text for the first time with this keyboard, since you might need some adjusting time. You can find on the right side of this phone the micro SD memory card slot (covered with a nice brown plastic cap), while on the left side you can find the volume controls and the combo port, headset / connection / charger (covered with the same plastic brown cap).

On the back side of this phone you will get a 3.15 megapixel digital camera, and the loudspeaker grill. The B7320 Omnia PRO works in both 2G network (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and 3G network (HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100). Samsung included in this model a 2.4 inches display with a 320 x 240 pixels resolution, capable of rendering up to 65000 colors. The available operating system is Windows Mobile 6.1 standard, upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5. Even more, you don't need to worry about hardware specifications, because this phone will run easily the latest operating system thanks to the Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz processor, with 256 MB of RAM.

The same business applications are also onboard, Pocket Office, Microsoft Outlook Mobile, Adobe Flash Lite, Windows Media Player 10, and others. The on board memory is only about 100 MB, expandable value using the micro SD memory cards or the Trans Flash memory cards, up to 16 GB.

The connectivity department is well ensured, but not as fast as the one found on the B7330, with Class 10 GPRS (4+1 / 3+2 slots) with a varying speed from 32 Kb per second and 48 Kb per second, HSCSD, HSDPA with a maximum speed of 3.6 MB per second, HSCSD, Class 10 EDGE with a maximum speed of 236.8 Kb per second, Wi-Fi with the 802.11 b/g profile, second version of Bluetooth including the A2DP profile, and second version of USB connection. The included camera on this model is a 3.15 megapixel camera with a top photo resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels including several features like auto focus, geo tagging, and face and smile detection. The Lithium Ion battery included within the B7320 Omnia PRO has a value of 1480 mAh, sufficient for 590 hours of standby time and up to 10 hours of talk time. For an average user these values mean about 3 days of autonomy.

Overall, the Omnia PRO B7320 is a more stylish competitor for the BlackBerry aiming the public that want the BlackBerry only for the connectivity, design, and QWERTY keyboard. The second phone, B7330 Omnia PRO is strictly aiming the business user who needs a business phone, with a conservative look, and a QWERTY keyboard. Even more, Samsung successfully delivers two candy form competitors for the BlackBerry devices.

Everyone is looking for the best mobile carrier to subscribe to. But not always we find what we are really looking for from one mobile carrier. Maybe you need special features in the subscription with let's say O2 for personal use, and other features from a certain subscription form Orange.

So, what is there to do in such cases? When you find yourself balancing between two mobile carrier providers you get two choices, either have two phones and try desperately not to forget one of them, to lose them, or even forget to charge them, or just buy a dual SIM phone. Sure, you might say that only unknown manufacturers offer such phones, especially the ones from China which are copycats of other mobile phones, but reality might contradict you.
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I can't praise Samsung by introducing last year the first dual SIM phone that looked exactly like F480, but I can say that in 2009 Samsung successfully offered a full line of dual SIM phones making their portfolio almost complete with any possible line potential customers might need. "Almost" because Samsung still has to expand their business phone line. Therefore, some of the most purchased dual SIM Samsung phones are D980, B5702 and C5212.

Samsung D980 was one of the first Samsung phones to provide the dual SIM option. In terms of design, the D980 resemblance the F480. The front side sports the touch screen display, with the earpiece located above, and call button, end call button and ok button below the display. The phone is made out of a glossy black plastic. Unfortunately, this means you will get a lot of fingerprints on it and minor scratches. Even more you might find the D980 slippery. Even so, the design is completed by the stainless steel frame which matches the stylus material.

The design is not spectacular, but it looks good. The build quality is worthy of the Samsung logo. With a height of 97.5 mm, wide of 55 mm, deep of 16.3 mm, the D980 weights about 117 grams, making it extremely portable and easy to slide into any pocket. Samsung D980 runs in for both SIM 2G networks, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM1 and GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM2. Samsung included in the D980 a 2.6 inches TFT resistive touch screen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution, capable of rendering 256000 colors.


You can find onboard this phone about 45 MB, expandable value using the micro SD memory cards, or the Trans Flash memory cards, up to 2 GB supported. The connectivity is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS (4+1 / 3+2 common by now slots) with a speed from the lowest 32 Kb per second to the highest 48 Kb per second, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 2.0 USB connectivity, Class 10 EDGE with the highest speed of 236.8 Kb per second. a nice feature is the embedded 5 megapixel digital camera with a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels featuring auto focus, and dual LED flash. Also available is the video recording in QVGA mode with 15 frames per second. The Lithium Ion battery with 1200 mAh only offers 200 hours of standby time, and about 3 hours in talk time.


Overall the D980 brought nice features for a Samsung pioneer in the dual SIM line. The D980 was announced in the summer of 2008, and was released for commercial sale in October 2008. In chronological time, the second released dual SIM mobile phone by Samsung was the C5212. This phone was announced in February 2009, and released on May 2009. By unknown reasons this phone is also known as Samsung Fizz. Its design is rather conservative. The C5212 sports a classic candy bar look. The front side sports a 2.2 inches display.

Above it you get the earpiece and the "Duos" logo, while below it, you can find the navigational pad including the four way directional key (up, down, left, and right) that centers the OK button. You also get two soft keys and the call key and end call key. Under the navigational buttons you get the alpha numerical keys.


All the keys on the C5212 offer a good feedback. However the build quality should have been better, since you some flex when pressing the buttons. All the C5212 is made out of matte black plastic. Even so, if your hand is a little wet this phone might just slip through your fingers. The final conclusion on the design is that it looks somewhat cheap, and it feels the same. The Samsung excellent quality in build and materials used lack in this phone. With a height of 112.7 mm, wide of 48.6 mm, deep of 14.3 mm, the C5212 weight about 98.7 grams, making this phone the thinnest or lightest in its line.

Both SIMs can run only in the 2G network, GSM 900 / 1800. Samsung included a 2.2 inches TFT display with a 176 x 220 pixels resolution, capable of rendering about 256000 colors. On board the C5212 you can find 60 MB, expandable value with micro SD memory cards or Trans Flash memory cards up to 8 GB. The connectivity is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS with a varying speed from 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, Class 10 EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, and 2.0 USB connections.


Samsung included in this phone only a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with the higher resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels. You can also record videos in QCIF mode with 15 frames per second. The embedded 1000 mAh Lithium Ion battery provides a standby value of 250 hours and a talk time of about 3 hours. These values are small, especially since this phone should be capable of at least 7 hours of talk time, after all that is way you bought a dual SIM phone. The last phone in this article is the dual SIM B5702. Fortunately this phone doesn't suffer from "aka" syndrome like C5212. Announced in February it was released in June 2009. Its design is certainly improved than the one found on the C5212.

The form factor is slider, and the case is made out of silver and black plastic, with several metallic finishes on the back cover and surrounding the navigational pad plus the stainless steel frame. This design resemblance with other Samsung models but even so it looks nice. On the front cover, above the display you get the earpiece and the "Duos" logo, while below the display you find the four way keys (up, down, left, and right) centering the Ok button. You also get the call key, end call key, the back key, and two soft keys. The navigational pad and the alpha numerical keyboard are well built and provide nice feedback.


Overall, the design is certainly worthy of Samsung logo, with a nice design a great built quality. With a height of 106 mm, wide of 52.5 mm, deep of 16.9 mm, the B5702 weights about 120 grams. This phone runs only in the 2G network, GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 and GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 2. Samsung included in the B5702 a 2.4 inches TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels, capable of rendering about 256000 colors.

Samsung included on board the B5702 about 50 MB; expandable value thanks to the micro SD memory cards and the Trans Flash memory cards (up to 8 GB). The connectivity is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS with the common by now slots and a speed from 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, HSCSD, Class 10 EDGE with a speed of 236.8 Kb per second, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and USB 2.0 connection.


Samsung also included a 3.15 megapixel camera with a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels with autofocus. Unfortunately the videos taken with this camera will not really impress anyone in the VGA mode with 15 frames per second. The included Lithium Ion battery of 1200 mAh will only offer 220 hours in standby time and 11 hours and 30 minutes in talk time. These values are way more acceptable than the ones found on the C5212. Overall, Samsung has guessed well that diversity, even in the dual SIM line, is something you need to access market success.

It seems like Samsung is still rebranding and repositioning every phone in their portfolio. It's not just the camera phone orientated, or multimedia phones, or even the business phones that are getting a rebranding over the limit. It's quite clear that Samsung is mostly trying to put on the market some brand new lines. And yes, some of these lines do contain products with the same overview but different feature approach and distinctive price tag.
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On a previous occasion I wrote about the Samsung entry level audio orientated phone, which delivered under average and average performances for a small price tag. There were two sliders and one clamshell. These three phones were announced in June this summer, and released two months later in August. However, Samsung didn't release the "M" line for cheap music orientated phones.

The first of its kind was released this year in February and by know it still the proud owner of an excellent design. The Samsung M7603 or Samsung M7600 Beat DJ also known as Samsung Platine includes an excellent design. Although, it clear that packs the same strange colors found on the three cheaper models, the M7600 Beat DJ looks more attractive and successfully integrates several designs, because at a first glance you can't really understand that this is a phone. It might look like jewelry, or a mobile game platform, but M7600 Beat DJ is at its core a mobile phone.

Beside the unique design, the Samsung Platine also sports other key features such as the WQVGA AMOLED touch screen display, 3.2 megapixel digital camera, 8 GB memory card included in the retail package, GPS receiver, 3.5 mm audio jack, Office document viewing, and excellent music player. Even so, this Samsung model also includes several main disadvantages, such as the slightly slow interface, and no full keyboard either mechanical or digital on screen.

With the new M7600 Beat DJ Samsung is trying to improve its music line, and this phone might just be a strong competitor for that matter of fact. Samsung M7600 Beat DJ can easily fight Sony Ericsson Walkman phone models and Nokia Xpress Music phone models. Even so, it is impossible for the Platine to be compared with the iPhone (especially the 3GS model), or the new X6 from Nokia which is certainly a new instance in this game. Even if, the M7600 Beat DJ sports an excellent design, the materials used in the build are all plastic. These plastics are painted in three different colors (the M line colors). However, Samsung included in this design nice finishes like the metallic frame and the glossy surface that surrounds the touch screen display. So, the metallic frame with black glossy cover and dark grey with vibrant violet might be something that only a few users are looking phone.



Again, Samsung is not conservative at all and included in the market a strange looking with strange colors phone. I am just going to say it. It frustrating not to know which the bottom side is and which is the top side of this phone. You probably have to look on the back cover to see where the camera lens is to understand how you should hold this phone. Even so, above the display you get the small earpiece and the ambient light sensor. Beside these two elements, Samsung also included a second digital camera for enabling the video calls. Below the display you will find a dark grey looking line. Believe it or not that line actually contains both the call key, the end call key, and centered between them the back key.

Unfortunately a point in minus is the fact that these keys are not visible at all. Even more frustrating is that between this keys line and the display you get the virtual keys for controlling the music. Not even these keys are noticeable. Better read the user manual before starting to use the M7600 Beat DJ. On the left side of the phone you get the volume controls, the lock display switch and the micro USB port which is covered by a purple plastic (what else). On the other side you can easily find the memory card slot (micro SD), and the special camera key. On the top, Samsung added the 3.5 mm audio jack, also covered by a purple plastic cap, while on the bottom you get the stereo speakers. Everything with this phone is symmetrical.

If you enjoy geometric figures and element like median and other special features then this phone might just surprise you day by day with something new. On the upper center of the M7600 Beat DJ you get the 3.2 megapixel digital camera lenses with a dual LED flash. Overall, if we let the design apart, this phone is extremely well built, and it proudly caries on the Samsung quality build. Samsung M7600 Beat DJ runs in 2 G network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and in the 3G networks UMTS 900 / 2100. Because of its dimensions, this phone doesn't sport a 3 inches display. With a height of 112 mm, wide of 51 mm, deep of 13.9 mm, the M7600 Beat DJ weight about 99.7 grams.

Samsung included in this phone an 2.8 inches AMOLED capacitive touch screen with a maximum resolution of 16 million colors and a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels and an included accelerometer sensor for a better usability.  The display is great, offers vibrant colors, and it delivers good brightness even in direct sun contact. Samsung included in this phone about 50 MB onboard (small unit for a music oriented phone). Therefore, the memory card was necessary to be part of the retail box. The Platine is compatible with micro SD memory cards (Trans Flash memory cards) up to 16 GB. The connectivity is ensured by the BPRS Class 10 with 4+1 / 3+2 with a various speed starting from 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, HSCSD, Class 10 EDGE with a maximum speed of 236.8 Kb per second, version 2.0 micro USB connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, and HSDPA.

However, this phone lacks Wi-Fi. Therefore, it lacks a full connectivity package. The digital camera included has a value of 3.15 megapixels and can take pictures with a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. It sports auto focus, LED flash, face and smile detection and Geo tagging. Although this camera is not state of the art, these features with the quality pictures taken provide excellent user experience. You can also use this camera to record some videos in VGA mode with 15 frames per second.

The Touch Wiz interface is good. The phone works not extremely fast, but it does the job in optimal time. This interface it is fully customizable. Also the operating system includes excellent features such as the media player, the Office document reader, the organizer, calendar, phone book and many others. Samsung included in this phone a rather small battery for a touch screen device, a Lithium Ion with 960 mAh, which should provide about 400 hours of standby time in 2G networks and 300 hours of standby time in 3G networks.

Also, the talk time vary from 7 hours in the 2G network to 4 hours and 30 minutes in the 3G network. For an average user these values mean about 3 days of battery autonomy. In the retail box, Samsung added beside the phone and battery, the charger, the 3.5 mm headset with remote, the CD software, the USB cable, and the 8 GB memory card. Overall, the M7600 Beat DJ is a solid phone with a nice retail box. Probably the decision factor over to buy it or not will remain the "love it or hate it" design, which is found on every phone in the "M" line from Samsung.

It is no surprise that manufacturers are continuously trying to improve all the phone ranges, in order for their portfolio to be up to date. Unfortunately, this is not always good for some of the mobile phone manufacturers. To understand the bigger picture, let's take two manufacturers, Nokia and Samsung. As you might have noticed by now, Nokia is more conservative when it comes to entry level models. It never really released a true entry level range. However, Nokia does include in its portfolio several entry level models, which provide (depending on their price tag) different features for all the potential customers.
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Most of this Nokia phones carry the logo "classic" end are labeled as being part of "2xxx". Samsung, on the other side, is trying desperately to improve its leadership positioning by adding on the entry level phone range not only middle range features but also a complete line with different form factors phones. One of this new lines, released by Samsung this summer, is the M2x10. It contains three models, M2310 a clamshell mobile phone, M2510 slider phone, and M2710 also a slider. The Samsung M2310 can be considered the entry level in this new line.

Its design respects the line's pattern providing a nice silver finish (plastic) with purple on the outside, while once opened the M2310 sports a matte black plastic with a purple keyboard. The design is either lovable or hate able. Basically, it is up to you if it worth even looking at it. The dimensions and weight makes the M2310 ultraportable and easy to slide into any pocket. This phone has a height of 93 mm, wide of 45 mm, deep of 17.6 mm; the M2310 weights about 84.7 grams. The build quality is good, not exceptional, due to too much plastic used, but good. All the keys offer a nice feedback, but they feel kind of cheap when you touch them.

Samsung enabled only GSM calls within this device, with the 2G network GSM 850 / 900/ 1800 /1900. The external 1.1 inches display is too small with only 96 x 96 pixels resolution. Compared with the lid's height a 1.1 inches display is way too small for a 2009 phone. The internal display sports a 2 inches diagonal screen with TFT technology rendering up to 256000 colors on a 176 x 220 pixels resolution. Nice features are the dedicated music keys, the integrated 3.5 mm audio jack, and not only the MP3 - WMA - eAAC player but also the MP4 and 3GP player. However, the small internal memory (9 MB) won't be enough not even for your pictures. Therefore, Samsung added in the spec list a memory card slot, compatible with micro SD memory card and Trans Flash memory cards up to 8 GB.


The connectivity is ensured by GPRS Class 10 with 4 + 1 / 3 + 2 slots, 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, HSCSD, Class 10 EDGE (up to 236.8 Kb per second), version 2.0 micro USB connection, and Bluetooth version 2.1 with A2DP. Both 3G and WLAN lack from this phone. Samsung included in the M2310 an 800 mAh Lithium Ion battery which should provide about 350 hours of standby time and 7 hours and 30 minutes of talk time. For an average user these values mean about 2 and half days of autonomy. Another feature of the M2310 is the built in VGA camera which can take pictures at a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels (video recording is also available in QCIF with 15 frames per second). Overall if you like the design Samsung M2310 is an entry level music oriented phone.

The second phone model available in this line, M2510 provides a different form factor design, but keeps the same colors and curve lines. Therefore the phone is made out of black plastic (on the front cover and keyboard, this plastic will be a little slippery, but by far glossy) with several purple finishes. Just like the M2310, the M2510's design sports the "love it or hate it" motto. The build quality is the same as the one found in the M2310. The M2510 runs only in 2G network, GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. With a height of 99.5 mm, wide of 46.5 mm, deep of 15.7 mm, the M2510 weights about 90.5 grams, making it, just like the M2310, very portable and easy to handle.


You basically get the same resolution of the M2310 (176 x 220 pixels) on a 2.2 inches display found on the M2510. The display has the TFT technology sporting about 256000 colors. Also present on this phone, are the 3.5 mm audio jack and the dedicated music keys. The onboard memory is in the M2510 about 15 MB; expandable using the micro SD memory cards (Trans Flash memory cards) up to 8 GB. The connectivity is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS  (4+1 / 3+2 slots) with a various speed from 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, HSCSD, Class 10 EDGE with a speed up to 236.8 Kb per second, micro USB connectivity and 2.0 Bluetooth with A2DP.

The 1.3 megapixel digital camera included in the M2510 provides even with the maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels mediocre pictures. Samsung included in the M2510 the same battery as in the M2310, the Lithium Ion with 800 mAh, offering about 360 hours of standby time and 8 hours of talk time. Overall, the M2510 doesn't bring many changes that M2310. The main difference is the form factor. The last phone in this line, M2710 sports a clearly better design. You get nice plastic materials, that don't feel cheap. The black really works with the blue, and the keyboard has a nice metallic finish.


The build quality was improved, and the functionality was raised with the improved feedback of all the keys, either navigational or alphanumerical. Unfortunately, M2710 lacks 3G, and runs only in 2G in GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. With a height of 96 mm, wide of 46 mm, deep of 16 mm, the M2710 weights about 95 grams, keeping a small profile. Samsung included in the M2710 a 2.1 inches TFT display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels capable of rendering about 256000 colors, and featuring an accelerometer sensor. This phone also includes the dedicated music keys and the 3.5 mm audio jack. However, the built in memory (of only 20 MB) has to be expanded using micro SC memory cards, Trans Flash memory cards with the highest accepted value of 16 GB.

The connectivity is basically the same, sporting the Class 10 GPRS with 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, Class 6 GPRS with 177.6 Kb per second, HSCSD, Bluetooth version 2.0 with A2DP and micro USB connectivity. The same Lithium Ion battery is included in the M2710. Overall, Samsung created an interesting cheap music orientated phone line. However, it lacks conservationism, trying too hard to look attractive (while in fact for some M2310 and M2510 might look horrible). For now, Nokia still offers better entry level phones with its "2xxx classic" phones.