Plemix

Shiny large touchscreen phones in all shapes, forms and sizes, with or without hardware keyboards…what they all have in common is a price tag that not anyone can afford. After the very first “budget” touchscreen phone- Cookie by LG, we realized that owing one is only a piece of cake. Now, Samsung’s S5600 is coming head to head with Cookie . Nice and welcome, we are taking the advantages of the contest. It’s time to check out whether it meets up with the expectations of us or not.

What’s inside? The phone, a charger, a battery, a USB cable, a handsfree and a manual too.

Being the small brother of Samsung Jet and Onmia II, of course, it shares some of the features set of those high-end device. Yes, the outlooks, obviously!(but all changed to mini size) If you think the S5600 is about to change your views regarding outlook or visual aspects of a phone with a huge touch-screen as Jet or Onmia II, well, you are bound to be sorely disappointed. It got 2.8 inches only but compact and light.

At the top of S5600 is a protective cap hiding the standard miscroUSB port that's used for connecting the charger, data cable and headset.

On the left, there is a simple volume rocker.

The right hand side is with only two keys available here - the camera key and the Lock key.

You may see the 3.2 MP Camera here with LED flash whereas the Cookie only got 3 MP without flash. Also, the S5600 comes with smile detection.

The only way to get access to the memory card slot is by removing the back cover and battery. The S5600 got 80MB internal memory, whereas the Cookie got 48 MB only.

The S5600 comes with the latest implementation of the TouchWiz user interface much like the one on Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH. And added a new touchscreen feature called Gesture Lock, which enables users to simultaneously unlock the phone and open a menu item or an application just by drawing an alphabet letter on the unlock screen.

The music player has a dedicated widget, allowing quick access to the full version of the application by only a single tap. You can also start, stop and alternate tracks straight from the home screen if you prefer. And the player is nicely touch-optimized including fast forward and rewind, just like the Pixon.

With HSDPA 7.2 mps for high performance full internet browser to meet the growing demands of the new internet-savvy generation plus the camera flash and smile detection in S5600, but all absent on Cookie . The S5600 although at mid-level phone but at a proper price to pose a serious threat to the LG Cookie in the budget touchscreen solutions class. I can say: S5600 is the champion in the contest against LGCookie .

Samsung GT-S5600 Video Review

# posted by plemix @ 10:02 PM