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Posted: 08 Mar 2011 Announced: 08 Mar 2011
Market Status: Released
Release date: 22 Apr 2011
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Samsung Corby II is a candybar GSM touchscreen phone with affordable price. It has 3.14" display, 2MP camera, FM radio with RDS, 3.5mm headset jack, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and supports up to 16GB microSD memory cards.

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Samsung Corby II specifications

also known as Samsung S3850

Pros

No pros

Cons

Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (127 ppi)
Slow data means slow Internet browsing (EDGE)
Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Low-resolution video capture
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
Lacks a proximity sensor that turns the display оff during a phone call

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
- Candybar
Dimensions:
- 4.33 x 2.39 x 0.46 (109.9 x 60.6 x 11.7 mm)
Weight:
- 3.60 oz (102 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 3.14 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.
- 127 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
Touchscreen:
- - Capacitive

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 9.50 hours
  the average is 8 h (496 min)
Stand-by time:
- 25.8 days (620 hours)
  the average is 21 days (498 h)
Capacity:
- 1000 mAh

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 26 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD, microSDHC
- Maximum card size:
  Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memory expansion slot that can be added
  - 16 GB

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Features:
  - Smile detection, Panorama, Night mode
Camcorder:
- - 320x240 (QVGA) (30 fps)

Multimedia

Radio:
- - FM, Stereo, RDS
Speakers:
- Earpiece, Loudspeaker

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Dolfin 2.0
- Supports:
  - HTML, XHTML, WAP 2.0

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- EDGE

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input (T9)
E-mail:
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 3.0
Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
- - 802.11 b, g, n
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
- Computer sync

Other features

Notifications:
- Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Silent mode, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced:
- 08 Mar 2011

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