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General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
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3G Network | UMTS 2100 | |
Announced | Not officially announced yet | |
Status | Rumored |
Size | Dimensions | 103 x 56.5 x 12 mm |
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Weight | 90 g |
Display | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors |
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Size | 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches | |
– Smart unlock – Cartoon UI |
Sound | Alert types | Vibration, MP3 ringtones |
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Speakerphone | Yes | |
– DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) |
Memory | Phonebook | 1000 contacts, Photocall |
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Call records | Yes | |
Internal | 50 MB | |
Card slot | microSD, up to 8 GB, buy memory |
Data | GPRS | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps |
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EDGE | Class 10, 236.8 kbps | |
3G | Yes, 384 kbps | |
WLAN | Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g | |
Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | |
Infrared port | No | |
USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
Camera | Primary | 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels |
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Features | Smile detection | |
Video | Yes, QVGA@15fps | |
Secondary | No |
In this review I will be talking about the newest addition of Samsung’s Corby range of mobile phones which is the S3370 or Corby 3G as it is also named. We have seen a lot of these types of handsets here at tracyandmatt.co.uk now so how does this one compare to previous ones?
The Corby 3G is not the best specced phone but it does come with an attractive price tag both on PAYG and on contract. This could well be the deciding factor.
Want to find out more about this handset? And to find out where I think it sits in the market?
- Product: Samsung S3370 (Or Corby 3G)
- Price: From £59.99 Pay as you go and from £13 on a 24 month contract direct from Three
- Summary: A very user friendly entry level device that offers many social networking options such as Skype, windows live messenger and also the addition of last fm
- Best of- light and compact, very inexpensive
- Worst of- Resistive touch screen, camera, a little too small
- Buy it now from: Three.co.uk
Samsung Corby Games
- The S3370 handset
- Battery Charger
- MicroUSB Headphones/Hands free
- Quick start guide/user manual
Samsung S3370 Corby 3G Review Specification
- Screen: 2.6 Inch TFT 256k Colour Touch Screen (240 x 320 Pixels) Imaging: 1.3 Megapixel Camera
- Messaging SMS (Text Messaging), MMS (Multimedia Messaging), Email
- Music Player (MP3 & eAAC+)
- FM Radio RDS
- JavaT Games
- Downloadable Games
- Touch-Wiz 2.0 User Interface
- Screen Auto Rotate Accelerometer
- 3G HSDPA
- Bluetooth® A2DP
- Quad Band (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
- Social Network Compatible
- Facebook Application
- MySpace Application
- MicroSDT Memory Card Option
- 4.8 Hours Talk Time
- 450 Hours Standby
- 86 g
- 99.9 x 53 x 12.9 mm
Samsung S3370 Corby left side
Samsung S3370 Corby right side
On the back of the phone at the top is the 1.3 megapixel camera, the Samsung logo and the speaker at the bottom.
Samsung S3370 Corby back
Samsung S3370 Corby bottom
Samsung S3370 Corby front
- Sleek Design
- Simple User Interface (Touch-Wiz 2.0)
- Very inexpensive to buy on pay as you go and contract
- Camera
- Exclusive to three network
- Resistive touch screen
As for the menu within the S3370 this is in keeping with the simple and easy to use feel that I spoke about earlier, the icons are clearly marked which in turn makes them really easy to read.
At first all 3 of the home screens are blank to enable the user to customize them with side widgets. Below are all 3 of the screens with examples of the types of widgets available.
Once in a call on this handset I found it to be less than satisfactory as even when there is very little background noise I found it increasingly difficult to hear the person on the other end of the phone even when the in-call volume was on full! On a couple of occasions I was actually forced to end the call as I was finding it so hard to hear people, less than happy to be honest.
![Samsung Samsung](/uploads/1/1/8/5/118539665/947473350.jpg)
Now onto what I believe to be the best attribute of the S3370, the music player. Now whenever an opportunity arises for me to review a Samsung device I am always looking forward to listening to music on them as let’s face it, Samsung and as a company they have created some brilliant music players and televisions so they know a thing or two about audio. So far in my relatively short reviewing career I haven’t once been disappointed with the sound quality on Samsung phones and this one is no different as when I looked at the specifications and price of the handset I was definitely more than impressed with the audio especially as this device is so small. There are though in my opinion a few issues with this particular music player. The main ones being that there’s no equalizer options, which I personally use quite often on various devices that I own myself so this is an important feature that I expected to see on this handset but found it to be lacking in this area. One other thing that isn’t as much of an issue though is that the player doesn’t display album artwork even though in my case all of the music tracks were on the memory card . The player did display the track information such as artist, album etc which is why it’s not a big problem but more of an annoyance to be honest. One thing about the design of the handset here is the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack which is a disappointment to someone like me who isn’t a person who owns a Samsung phone so doesn’t have a pair of my own USB style headphones to use so for Samsung to save money in this area is poor in my opinion.