Samsung C5212

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quality cheap phone

6 Oct 2009 Milan

9 out of 10

You need 2 SIM ?

and If you not need WiFi and 3G and very quality camera

Then, this is very good phone for you.

Samsung C5212 Duos is a neat dual SIM mobile phone with classic bar design, comfortable controls and a basic but practical set of features. It is probably going to be the cheapest dual SIM solution by a respectable brand on the market. It's also the most compact and looks attractive enough for the estimated price bracket. I am not hesitate to recommend it as wel solution.

Pros

A new number can easily be saved in either the phone memory or on one of the two SIM cards. The new feature here is that the contact list has four view modes: phone memory, SIM 1, SIM 2 and phone and SIM simultaneously

Cons

only dual band

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C5212....More than a Dual SIM Mobile!

24 Sep 2009 Usman Afzal

8.7 out of 10

Samsung C5212 is a good attempt as far as Dual SIMs are concerned. Here is my review:

 

Big Display screen with low pixel numbers: 2.2 inches, 262 K TFT with 176 x 220 pixels. For this screen size, pixels count must be 240 x 320 pixels.But ofcourse, the video playback is still far better than Samsung E250. You can't feel the low pixels when using Opera Mini on C5212.

Phone Profiles: Now, you have profiles like Normal, Silent, Driving, Meeting, Outdoor, Offline with option to edit one or create your own profile. Call alert type/ Messages also has Vibrate + Melody simultaneously and you can assign any MP3 file (included your FM recorded MP3 files) as Messages/ Email/ caller tones directly from memory card.

FM Radio Recording: You can record FM Radio programs/ songs as 60 minutes long MP3 files on internal memory or memory card at audio bitrate of 128 kbps/ 16khz sample rate/ mono channel.

Phone Call Recording: You can record incoming/ outcoming phone calls as 60 minutes long AMR files. Just make or receive a phone call then go to "Options" and select Option # 8 which is "Conv. Record". You can pause/ resume the recording during the process.

Both SIMs active: Believe me, C5212 dual SIM features are better than China mobiles because it has two transcievers with two IMEI numbers and both the SIM's are active and online, no matter which SIM is assigned as default.

When I am talking to someone on SIM1 and another person is calling me on SIM2, then I gets a pop-up message on screen with other person's name (if his name is saved on my phonebook) or his phone number and with options to "Accept" or "Reject" the phone call.

Full Screen Video Playback: C5212 can play MP4 and 3GP videos in full screen landscape mode. During playback, press # key to switch over to full screen mode.

Minimize of FM Radio/ Audio Player: You can minimize both the FM Radio and Audio Player. During minimize mode, you can do many other tasks like writing/ sending messages,read/ edit phonebook, bluetooth file transfer, internet browsing, play JAVA games/ softwares (like play FM Radio or MP3 files alongwith Opera Mini web browser!). During using Opera Mini, you can still control the volume of audio files through side volume keys.

 

EDGE on both SIM Slots: Both the SIM slots (SIM1/ SIM2) are EDGE class 10 supported.

Default Memory Setting: You can assign default memory as Phone memory or Memory card for Camera, Camcorder, Voice recorder, FM radio, Bluetooth, WAP downloads, Message downloads (for attached items of Emails/ MMS etc).

Mixed reaction about WAP Browser: The WAP browser is NetFront v 3.4 with VIRTUAL mouse pointer. You can see or delete browsing history, Cookie options, JavaScript option, display image option, play sound option, smart-Fit view mode or Desktop view mode, virtual mouse pointer (ON / OFF). You can save images present on displayed web page on memory card. All above features are good but I was very disappointed to see that It still doesn't support video streaming (like rtsp). So, no "YouTube" video streaming is possible.

Battery backup: Battery duration is excellent for me (more than 2 days or approx 50 hours) although I also use Opera Mini for approx 1 hour, FM radio/ recording for approx 30 minutes, MP3 player for approx 30 minutes, 1 or 2 phone calls, 4 or 5 text messages, email checking on daily basis.

Mass Storage Mode: Unlike previous models, when you plugin C5212 through USB cable with PC, the Windows will show two removable drives under "My Computer" section. One is Memory card and other is internal memory (in my case, it is 54.3 MB total internal memory).

Easy JAVA Games installation: Place JAR and JAD file in the same folder on memory card and select JAD file then select "Options/ Install". It's so simple! By default, maximum JAR size is 400KB but you can increase it to even 4MB by entering a simple code *#52828378#. Works well to install large JAR files.

No Document viewer: Disappointed but atleast I can read/ edit txt files from Opera Mini 1.27 mod.

Pros

Big screen size, default memory settings, feature-rich phonebook, Music player & FM works alongwith Opera Mini,Fullscreen video playback,Assign files for phone caller from card, Assign MP3 for sms from card, Fullscreen pics with zoom from card, 8GB MicroSD, dual SIMs, FM radio recording, phone profiles, 3 themes, random wallpapers, Menu Transition Effect (Slide, Door), JSR 75/ 135 API supported, Dual clocks with two cities on home screen, Advanced Image Editor, excellent battery approx 50 hrs

Cons

Low pixels (176 x 220) with big screen, No document viewer, No rtsp video streaming,No support to start camera from JAVA midlet, slightly slower than my previous E200/ J150 mobiles, New PC Studio is slower than version3, user guide has not even 40% of information about it's features!

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Sansung C5212C

13 Jul 2009 Ramesh

7.3 out of 10

The Phone is a great Piece to use. Excellent stand by and talktime. Ideally you dont have to reboot every time you want to switch sims. In the standy mode just choose the number and press the SIM SWITCH key and look at the signal bar the other SIM would be highlighted.

Pros

Dual SIM Dual Stand by
Ease of Use
Price

Cons

3GP Video format is not supported
Only 4 playlists are there with 30 songs max in a playlist while the phone supports a 8GB card that can hold 2000 songs!!!!!
Keypad auto lock depens on the LCD light period

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