Samsung Messager Touch

Samsung Messager Touch R630 is oriented towards the younger crowd that prefers the no-talk form of communication thanks to text messaging.The phone sports Samsung's tried and true TouchWiz interface. Nowhere close to being garnered as a premium offering, the Samsung Messager Touch features a 2.6” touchscreen, landscape sliding QWERTY keyboard, TouchWiz user interface, Bluetooth, and a 2-megapixel camera.

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Samsung Messager Touch specifications

also known as Samsung SCH-R631, Samsung SCH-R630

Pros

No pros

Cons

  • Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (154 ppi)
  • Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
  • Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
  • Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
  • The camera lacks autofocus
  • 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

    • Side-Slider
  • Dimensions:
    • 4.13 x 2.12 x 0.59 (105 x 54 x 15 mm)
  • Weight:
    • 3.81 oz (108 g)
      the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

  • Physical size:
    • 2.60 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.

    • 154 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:
      • Yes

Battery

  • Talk time:

    Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours

    • 5.00 hours
      the average is 8 h (496 min)
  • Stand-by time:
    • 12.0 days (288 hours)
      the average is 21 days (498 h)
  • Capacity:
    • 1000 mAh

Hardware

  • Built-in storage:
    • 100 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
  • Camcorder:
      • Yes

Internet browsing

  • Browser:
      • Yes

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
  • 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.

    • EV-DO

Phone features

  • Phonebook:
    • 1000 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
  • Organizer:
    • Calendar, Alarm, Calculator, Tip calculator, Converter, World clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Memo
  • Messaging:
    • SMS, MMS, Predictive text input

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth:
      • 2.1, EDR
  • USB:
      • USB 2.0
    • 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, AAC, 3GP, MIDI), Polyphonic ringtones (72 voices), Vibration, Silent mode, Speakerphone
  • Hearing aid compatibility:
      • M4, T3
    • Voice recording

Availability

  • Officially announced:
    • 24 May 2010

Shopping information

  • MSRP price:
      • 50 $

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