Samsung S7350 Ultra s
Samsung S7350 Ultra s is yet another very interesting slider with large screen, 5 megapixel camera and a bunch of other very interesting features.
Overview:
Samsung S7350 Ultra s features a built-in GPS receiver, very good connectivity and a 2.6” 16M color TFT display. The phone is capable of displaying high resolution video with DivX and XviD support. Additionally, the Samsung S7350 Ultra s can easily view MS office documents so it seems it is equally good for works and for leisure.
Samsung S7350 Ultra s pros:
+ Large 2.6″ 16M-color TFT display of WQVGA(400×240) resolution
+ 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and plenty of other features
+ Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
+ D1 video at 30 fps and slow-motion video recording
+ Built-in GPS with A-GPS support
+ Hot-swappable microSD card slot (support for up to 16GB)
+ Accelerometer sensor
+ DivX and XviD support
+ Quad-band GSM and dual-band (900/2100 MHz) UMTS with HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) support
Samsung S7350 Ultra s cons:
- Initial memory card initialization is quite slow
- No full-featured voice-guided navigation software
- Video recording quality isn’t good
- Inadequate flash performance
The deign:
Samsung S7350 Ultra s measures 109 x 50.5 x 12.6 mm and weighs 108 grams. The front of the Samsung phone is dominated by the large 2.6” screen. Below the screen you can see the d-pad surrounded by four controls. When you slide the phone open you will see the comfortable alphanumeric keyboard. The top of the Samsung S7350 Ultra s is completely bare, whereas the bottom features the microphone pinhole. The right side of the Samsung phone houses the camera key and the microUSB port. On the left side of the phone you will see the volume rocker and the lanyard eyelet. The back of the phone is plain when it is closed but when you slide the Samsung S7350 Ultra s open you can see the 5 megapixel camera lens, LED flash and the self-portrait mirror there. The overall built quality of the Samsung S7350 Ultra s is very good and seems durable.
Performance:
Unfortunately, the Samsung S7350 Ultra s has a TFT screen which does not assure very good direct sunlight legibility. The battery life of the Samsung phone, on the other hand, is very good. The phone supports MicroSD memory cards up to 16 GB, however the initialization of the card takes too much time. It can be an issue if you change the cards very often, but if you use only one card I think you can live with that.
Multimedia:
The Samsung S7350 Ultra s is an excellent device for browsing the Internet. Thanks to the large screen and a good browser all the pages are displayed fast and just as you would see them on your computer. As you also get features as find on page, minimap and virtual pointer browsing the web with the Samsung S7350 Ultra s is a real pleasure.
The Samsung S7350 Ultra s has very good music and video players. The music player displays album artwork and has a few equalizer presets to choose from. More importantly, is has a very good sound quality. The video player supports DivX and XviD videos which you can watch in portrait and landscape modes.
The camera is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera capable of taking 2560 x 1920 photos. You get a whole bunch of features for the camera including a few shooting modes, face detection, color effects and smile shutter. The image quality is very good and if you are not a professional photographer it will surely be more than enough.
Menus / ease of use:
The Samsung S7350 Ultra s has the Samsung proprietary, flash based user interface. The overall impression of the interface is quite good as it looks nice and is customizable. You can set the wallpaper, choose from a few themes and run several applications at the same time. Samsung S7350 Ultra s is one of the first Samsung phones to feature the Search as Spelling which might be knows to people using Sony Ericsson W508, or Sony Ericsson T707 as smart dialing. The phonebook in Samsung S7350 Ultra s is quite capable: it can store up to 100 contacts with multiple fields. You can also assign ringtones, to contacts, or groups of contacts, add a caller’s image (you can even add a video here). All in all, the Samsung S7350 Ultra s is a very capable phone for a reasonable price.
Selected Samsung S7350 Ultra s features and specifications:
Screen
- 2.6 Inch 16 Million Colour Screen (240 x 400 Pixels)
Imaging
- 5 Megapixel Camera
- LED Flash
- Auto Focus
- Smile Detection
- Camera Geo Tagging
- Picture Album
- Video Player (MPEG4, H263, H264, WMV9 & DivX)
- Video Record (30 Frames per Second)
- Second Camera
- Video Calling
- Picture Wallpaper
Messaging
- SMS (Text Messaging)
- MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
- Predictive Text
Sound
- Music Player (MP3, AAC & WMA)
- FM Radio RDS
- Polyphonic Ringtones
- MP3 Ringtones
Entertainment
- Downloadable Games
- Java™ Games
- Organiser
- Phonebook
- Organiser
- Calendar
- Clock
- Alarm Clock
- Calculator
- Speaker Call
- Call Log
- Document Viewer
- GPS Receiver
- AGPS Function
Connectivity
- 3G HSDPA
- Bluetooth® with A2DP
- USB
- GPRS
- EDGE
Network
- Quad Band (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
- HSDPA 900 & 2100
Internet
- WAP 2.0
- XHTML & HTML Browser
Memory & Talk Time
- MicroSD™ Memory Card Support
- 4 Hours Talk Time
- 350 Hours Standby
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