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Samsung M7600 Beat dj is a music cell phone with outstanding design, excellent audio quality and good built-in camera.

Overview:

Samsung M7600 Beat dj features 2.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen, GPS receiver with A-GPS support, DivX and XviD video compatibility and 3.2 megapixel camera. Moreover, the Samsung phone has accelerometer for screen auto rotation, microSD memory card slot and radio with RDS. Still, its most recognizable feature is the unusual, yet very functional design.

Samsung M7600 Beat dj pros:
+ MicroSD card slot (up to 16 GB), 8 GB card in the box
+ Outstanding design
+ Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, Google Maps
+ Quad-band GSM and 3G with HSDPA support
+ Standard 3.5mm audio jack
+ Office document viewer
+ 2.8″ 16M-color AMOLED touchscreen display of WQVGA resolution
+ 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
+ Proximity sensor for auto screen turn-off
+ Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
+ DivX/XviD video support
+ Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
+ Smart dialing

Samsung M7600 Beat dj cons:
- No virtual on-screen QWERTY keyboard
- Limited Flash support in browser
- User interface is quite laggy
- BeatDJ app could’ve been better and more responsive

The design:

Samsung M7600 Beat dj measures 111 x 51 x 14 mm and weighs slightly less than 100 grams. The phone is made of high quality plastic and thanks to its rounded edges it really stands out from the other phones, even the Apple iPhone. The front of the Samsung M7600 Beat is dominated by the 2.8” display showing 16M colors in WQVGA resolution. Above the display you can find the video call camera together with ambient light detector. Blow the screen are the Call and End keys as well as the Back button. The right side of the Samsung M7600 Beat houses the microSD memory card slot and the camera key, whereas the left side features the connectivity port, the volume rocker, lock slider and the lanyard eyelet. The back of the phone hosts the 3 megapixel camera lens together with the LED flash and self-portrait mirror.

Performance:

Making phone call with the Samsung M7600 Beat is a real pleasure. There are no reception issues and the in-call sound quality is top-notch. The battery performance is good and the biggest issue with the Samsung M7600 Beat might the sometimes laggy interface. Although there are predefined folders for different multimedia files to be stored in the Samsung M7600 Beat you can easily move all the files and the Samsung phone will handle them without any effort. Reading files from the memory card is fast even if you use a 16 GB cards.

Multimedia:

The Samsung M7600 Beat is a music DJ so it not only has great music player but also a quite nice music mixer. When you run the BeatDJ application you will see a few buttons controlling Samples, Filters, REC and Scratch and so if you play some music you can also mix it on your phone. Although there are only ten filters and 20 samples it may be quite good fun.
When you run the music player on the Samsung M7600 Beat you can not only browse your music library by artist, genre, album and so on, but you can also choose an equalizer preset, or create your own, custom equalizer. You can also go for the 5.1 virtual surround and Bang and Aloofness audio amplifier. The general sound quality in Samsung M7600 Beat is very good.
The 3.2 megapixel camera in the Samsung M7600 Beat can take photos in up to 2048 x 1536 pixels and record movies at VGA resolution at 15 fps. The camera interface is entirely touch optimized and so it is easy and pleasant to use. As you get plenty of settings such as white balance, shooting modes and so on the image quality is more than decent.

Menus / ease of use:

Samsung M7600 Beat features the TouchWiz user interface which along with the unusual Samsung phone design makes a really good impression. The homescreen and the icons have been refreshed and look modern and appealing. The main menu is displayed as an icon grid while the submenus are shown as a list of items. The general impression of the UI is very positive, yet it is sometimes a bit laggy and may be annoying in the long run.
Selected Samsung M7600 Beat features and specifications:
Display Resolution

• 240×400px

Display Color

• 16M

Display Technology

• OLED

Input / Navigation

• Touch Screen Display

Vibration

• Available

Ringtones

• MP3
• 72 Channels Polyphonic

Connectivity
Compatible Networks

• UMTS 900
• UMTS 2100 (3G)
• GSM 900
• GSM 1800
• GSM 1900
• GSM 850

Positioning System

• Integrated GPS

USB

• v2.0

Bluetooth

• v2.0

Audio Output

• 3.5mm Audio Connector

EDGE

• Class 10

HSCSD

• HSCSD Support

GPRS

• Class 10

Software
Operating System

• Proprietary

Java

• MIDP 2

Hardware
External Memory

• microSD

Internal Memory

• 50MB

Sensors

• Accelerometer

Camera Resolution

• 3.15 Megapix

Camera Flash

• LED

Video Recording

• Available

Battery

• 960 mAh

Estimated Price

• 512.20 to 628.50 US$

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