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Posted: 30 May 2011
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: Cricket - Available (Since 10 Jun 2011) Alltel - Available (Since 29 Aug 2011) U.S. Cellular - Available (Since 27 May 2011)
Links: Samsung Chrono manual Samsung Chrono Official Page

The Samsung Chrono is a basic clamshell phone with 2" color display. It has VGA camera, GPS, Bluetooth, and speakerphone.

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Samsung Chrono specifications

also known as Samsung SCH-R260, Samsung SCH-R261

Pros

No pros

Cons

It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.67 inches)
Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Low-resolution camera (0.3 megapixels VGA)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Device type:
- Feature phone
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Clamshell
Dimensions:
- 3.70 x 1.83 x 0.67 (94 x 46 x 17 mm)
Weight:
- 3.14 oz (89 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.00 inches
Resolution:
- 240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 200 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144
Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- - CSTN

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 5.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (496 min)
Stand-by time:
- 21.9 days (526 hours)
  the average is 21 days (498 h)
Capacity:
- 800 mAh

Camera

Camera:
- - 0.3 megapixels VGA

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - XHTML, WAP 2.0

Technology

CDMA:
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access. A technique of multiplexing, also called spread spectrum, in which analog signals are converted into digital form for transmission. For each communication channel, the signals are encoded in a sequence known to the transmitter and the receiver for that channel. The foremost application is digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800MHz band and 1.9GHz PCS band. CDMA phones are noted for their excellent call quality and long battery life.
- 800, 1900 MHz
Positioning:
Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.
- GPS

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Threaded view, Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.1, EDR
USB:
- - Yes
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- Features:
  Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
  - USB charging

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Hearing aid compatibility:
- - M3, T3
- Voice dialing, Voice recording

Shopping information

MSRP price:
- - 20 $

Alternative variants

We list only the specs that are different than the main variant

Samsung Chrono AWS

Technology

CDMA:
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access. A technique of multiplexing, also called spread spectrum, in which analog signals are converted into digital form for transmission. For each communication channel, the signals are encoded in a sequence known to the transmitter and the receiver for that channel. The foremost application is digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800MHz band and 1.9GHz PCS band. CDMA phones are noted for their excellent call quality and long battery life.
- 800, 1700/2100, 1900 MHz

Other features

Hearing aid compatibility:
- - M4, T4

Samsung SCH-R261A

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