Cell Phone Reviews by Cellphonedia

Samsung S200: Samsung S200 is the top quality handset that has an outstanding elegant design. The phone is quite lighter than the conventional Samsung phones and weighs only 75g. The fantastic color display of the phone with the screen resolution of 128*144 pixels provide the excellent image view to the user. The phone supports 256 colors.

The user can activate the standby mode of the phone by using two side keys and the screen turns in to the mirror. The external display of the phone has a resolution of 96*64 pixels that can show the text up to three lines and one line with the icon. The keypad of the phone is well balanced with the smooth plastic key that are of the standard size and enough space to be pressed easily.

The menu is of the phone is categorized in a well manner and provide easy access to most of the utilities. The list of the items in the menu is accessible by both the navigation key and the volume key. It can be accessed by the number also.

The phone supports all the basic features of the cell phones including the massage, calculator, clock, games. The phone book allows the user to save five number of every contact along with the email and the URL. The number can be divided in to five different groups. One additional category is of “without group”. The user can name the group and set special ringtone, picture, or SMS tone for the group. The search option within the group ensures easy access to the contacts. Eight frequently used numbers can be assigned for speed dialing.

Message can be sent either in the EMS standard form or concatenated form. A user can attach a set of pictures or melodies with the message. The message can be created in several languages.

The phone has a typical call list that can store ten numbers for all categories. The phone has separate timers for the incoming and the outgoing calls. The other basic features of the phone are organizer, date and time, alarm clock and calculator. The network setting allows the user to choose the network manually apart from the usual network setting. There are two pre installed games in to the phone. The Wap-browser of 1.2.1 version ensures fast downloading of music, new picture and melodies.

The battery of the phone gives excellent back up. According to the company the battery supports about 160 hours backup in the standby mode and the 210 minutes of talking. Most of the user review reveals that the backup is of 3 days if the average taking time is 45 minute in a day. The time to recharge the battery is about two hours.

Qualities

• Good Volume of ringer.
• Strong Vibration alert.
• Good network setting.

Drawbacks

• Difficult message inputting.
• Insufficient Contact list.
• The screen blurs under the sun.