Apr 26, 2011 02:44 PM
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I am Back again with another review. This time its Samsung galaxy mini/pop S5570. It’s an android based phone and probably the cheapest available at Rs 8800(purchased at Bhopal on 24-apr-2011). My roomie got one and I have been toying with it. Without wasting many words let’s get to point.
1) 1) Design and durability:
It’s a sleek phone with 3.2 inch touchscreen display which fits easily in your hands and screen is large enough to read any text very well. It has a captive touch which means you can tap at two different points on screen at the same time Thus it has pinch to zoom feature. Screen is bright but I am disappointed with its built quality, it’s plasticky and feels cheap. Its durable but plastic is of low grade.
2) 2) Connectivity and navigation:
It features Bluetooth, WAP, GPRS, EDGE, WIFI, and 3G up to 3.5 Mbps, thus have all the connectivity option you require. Internet works like charm. It has Google maps and navigation built in but the downside is it requires strong internet connectivity thus this features is not useful in Indian scenario. Yes it’s true that Google maps is better than nokia’s ovi maps but for navigation in India nokia is better as it does not require internet access and maps can be pre-loaded into device thus save you from internet or data charges.
3) 3) Music, camera and multimedia:
I am disappointed here. Music is not at all loud nor is even the headphones supplied good enough. It has a 3.5 mm jack means you can connect speakers or other headphones to it but music output is not that great. Good for people who like casual listening. It has 3.2 MP camera with no flash. Picture quality is ok but just ok when compared to other Samsung phone like wave 575 or wave 525 in same range. Operating system i.e. android, it has is also one of the reasons of its quality.
4) 4) Processing, productivity and battery life:
It’s smooth and responsive. It has a 6ooMhz processor which gets your work done. Performance is good and doesn’t feel lagging(only except at the time when it reads memory card.). It has up to 16 GB storage. Talking about productivity, it has android 2.2 a mobile operating system just like windows for your PC. Because of its presence this mobile get really productive as many apps are available on android marketplace like adobe pdf, eBook reader, quick office(by which you can read and edit word, excel and presentation files), YouTube(to watch YouTube videos), live TV(mtv, aaj tak, bindass, utv movies and you don’t require 3G for that normal sim will do), real player, Mozilla Firefox opera etc. etc. marketplace has more than 60, 000 apps divided into different categories(most of them free) thus give you all type of productivity option.
Battery life is average. [NOTE if you purchase make sure you turn on internet only when you want to use it or else it will drain battery quickly, it’s with every smartphone you buy]. It lasts for a day after one charge.
Conclusion:*
This is probably the cheapest android phone in the market as of now; it is good for the people who want more of work, internet and productivity from mobile and less of music, camera and other multimedia. As it has android initially it can seem to be confusing for new mobile users, I recommend nokia for them or else I recommend this phone(white colour esp.) as it a good deal.
P.S: awaiting critics and queries. If you want to ask any question just leave me a comment of message and I sure will reply. Thank you and have a nice day.
