Preview:
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Finally a serious and solid construction (decisive criterion for me), no cracking, good quality plastic, pleasant to the touch, sealed dust / water IP67
A legible keyboard, accurate and comfortable typing.
A template not that tall (happening in pockets), lightweight (115g with battery), a very nice grip.
A nice interface and fairly well designed, fluid, which does not block ... very inspired by the Nokia philosophy (we found it very quickly).
All preferred features and the rd-vs VIP contacts and may be placed in direct access to the home screen.
The agenda is for once very usable and functional enough on these small screens.
The screen is sharp, with good definition. The brightness is manually adjustable. In full sun, no magic, it's still the TFT ...
SMS with T9: Works well, the implementation is successful and practical.
There's even a flashlight laser diode for cutting steel (okay, I'm wrong ...), but still super convenient (technical room key at night ...).
The average range is 1 week (white area with a signal from 1/5 to 3/5). The total charge takes 3 hours.
To optimize battery:
disable 3G (switch to GSM 900/1800) if you do not use the Internet.
disable Bluetooth when you do not need it.
The network sensitivity is in the average, slightly down compared to the best historical Nokia ...
Radio and Mp3 sound is clear and powerful.
The sound and hands-free telephony is well audible, but lacks a bit of power (in practice you will always remain fully).
The sound quality is OK for 2 speakers (not "nazillard" without the Hifi either ...).
Bluetooth: Great, soon as I get in the car, the phone connects itself to the hands-free car stereo (pioneer)
Incoming and outgoing call without problems, no bluetooth disconnection met if the pairing is done well (visibility and permissions configured 2 sides).
Starting the phone 20s. Alarms also work off-alarm telephone (super convenient).
Internet, facebook, twitter, video ... to forget, here we bump ...
PC Software / Sync Outlook 2010 (tested under Win 7 x64):
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Everything from your software "Kies" to download on the Samsung website.
PC Connection Cable (Micro USB socket single size standard) or Bluetooth without any problems.
Slow to start, not very intuitive, but the interface is clean and everything works without bugs, such as cable bluetooth.
Make some tests with test directories to assimilate the logic of synchronization and the impact of the initialization of sync newspapers.
Synchronize directly with Outlook without using Google, it's happiness. And everything works!
Kies also allows maj firmware (about 45 minutes without touching the phone, but it seems slow advance anyway!). SHIFT correctly, no PB.
In the end, everything works. No connection worries, bug or blockage encountered with the latest software (Kies v2.1.x.xxx, December 2011) and firmware (B2710PSKF1, 2011 / Q2).
Details for improvement:
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Cable PC not included, purchase separately.
For contacts, the search function is limited to the names or surnames:
Unable to find a contact by keyword or company name if one does not remember the contact (unlike the old Nokia symbian S60).
But without third party application, iPhones and Android are no better ...
France Website Samsung outdated. We must go to the website German or English for the info ...
Rubber keyboard friction resistance to be monitored in time ...
Some navigation details to be optimized:
- GPS is not stored with other apps but is in the phone settings ... weird ... The coordinates should be kept in memory or sent via SMS ... there should be recorded at the hand ...
- The appointment of the day on the home screen does not achieve the timetable directly harm ...
- After finding a contact, the central "OK" button is used to change the plug, it is the left button serves to call. the reverse would have been more intuitive ...
- The field "note" of a contact scrolls from right to left on one line. We would have preferred a full screen display.
- The "notes" field of a contact is truncated to 100 because. Sync Outlook at the ... damage ...
In short, nothing very penalizing ...
Summary:
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One of the few alternatives to the dictatorship smartphone and all their disadvantages, on a real niche and with good positioning.
Super daily practice, do not take the head:
The sturdy, reliable, easy and pleasant to use, good battery life, basic needs (contacts, SMS, Calendar) covered assets.
Bluetooth hands free and sync Outlook carefree.
No major gripe, no significant bug. Part of good phones. I am very satisfied.
With a still affordable price, what more?
