Samsung S5350 Shark - A Great Entry Level Phone For You

By Simon Drew
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Are you looking for an entry-level smart phone that is very affordable and yet has all the main features that you need? If so, then you should definitely consider the Samsung S5350 Shark, which was specifically created to target the lower mid-range market. It is the first to be announced from the latest series of Samsung, which follows the steps of other mobile phone lines from this company such as the Corby, which specifically targeted the market for touch screen mobile phones.


The Appearance

This affordable smart phone measures a mere 115.2 x 46.7 x 11.9 mm. It weighs only 99.2 grams with battery. It comes in classic black and has an internal antenna. Its 2.2 inch QVGA screen supports up to 262k colours and has a brilliant screen display resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The candybar design and classic lines will surely make this phone popular with a lot of users.

The Specifications

This mobile phone can store a total of 1000 contacts in the address book and can log a maximum of 30 received calls, 30 outgoing calls and 30 missed calls. It has an internal memory of 100 MB. If this proves insufficient for you, you can always expand the memory by using a 16 GB microSD memory card.

As you would expect, this phone supports polyphonic and MP3 ringtones and has a vibrating alert. It can also send and receive SMS, MMS and email messages to keep you connected all the time. It has all the basic features that you need from a phone - a clock, alarm, calendar, calculator and voice memo.

The Samsung S5350 Shark can be used to connect to 2G networks (GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900) and is capable of 3G network connectivity as well through HSDPA 900 and HSDPA 2100 (3.6 Mbps). It also has Class 10 GPRS (4 + 1/3 + 2 slots) with speed of 32 to 48 kbps and Class 10 EDGE with speed of up to 236.8 kbps. It uses a standard lithium ion battery 900 mAh which lasts 10.5 hours of talk time and 450 hours of standby time. It has a USB 2.0 port and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP.

The Features

This smart phone isn't behind when it comes to entertainment features. For one thing, it has a built-in camera (3.2 megapixels) with autofocus and smile detection. Resolution stands at 2048 x 1536 pixels. The camera also has a video capture feature at 15 frames per second.

The Samsung S5350 Shark has a built in radio and a multimedia player that can play MP3, eAAC+, WMA and WAV audio files and MP4, WMV, H.263 and H.264 video files. It has DNSe technology (Digital Natural Sound engine), which is an audio enhancement technology developed by Samsung for their various products such as portable music players, DVD players, TV sets and even mobile phones. It has one-click access to various social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace. It also has Google Maps to help you locate new areas.