Samsung Star 3 DUOS
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- Posted: 19 Jan 2012 Announced: 19 Jan 2012
- Market Status: Released
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The Samsung Star 3 DUOS is the DUAL SIM capable brother of the Samsung Star 3 and it comes with the same 3-inch capacitive QVGA LCD display, a 3.2-megapixel camera which can record QCIF videos, the TouchWiz Lite user interface and 20MB of internal memory extendible via a microSD card slot accepting cards of up to 16GB. In terms of connectivity, you get EDGE speeds, Wi-Fi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0. The battery is 1,000mAh.
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Samsung Star 3 DUOS specifications
Pros
- Small dimensions (4.02 x 2.28 x 0.45 inches)
Cons
- Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (133 ppi)
- Slow data means slow Internet browsing (EDGE, GPRS)
- Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
- Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
- Low-resolution camera (3.2 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:
- 4.02 x 2.28 x 0.45 (102 x 58 x 11.5 mm)
- Weight:
- 3.35 oz (95 g)
the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)
- 3.35 oz (95 g)
Display
- Physical size:
- 3.00 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.
- 133 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
- Capacity:
- 1000 mAh
- Type:
- Li - Ion
Hardware
- Built-in storage:
- 20 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
- Slot Type:
Camera
- Camera:
- 3.2 megapixels, Immobile
- Camcorder:
- 220x176 (QCIF) (15 fps)
Multimedia
- Music player:
- Supported formats:
- MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA
- Supported formats:
- Video playback:
Video playback - Video support such as MPEG4
- Supported formats:
- MPEG4, H.263
- Supported formats:
- Radio:
- FM, Stereo, RDS
Internet browsing
- Browser:
- Opera mini
- Built-in online services support:
- Facebook, Twitter
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, GPRS
- Multiple SIM cards:
- 2 slots
- Global Roaming:
Global Roaming - Global Roaming is the convenience of having a mobile phone to make and receive calls, send and receive SMS while you travel overseas with your regular mobile number. Usually the Global phones support multiple frequencies like - 900/1800/1900 mhz.
- Yes
Phone features
- Phonebook:
- Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
- Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator
- Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input
- E-mail:
- IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Push e-mail
- Instant Messaging:
- Windows Live / MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk
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:
- 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
- Headphones connector:
- 3.5mm
- Charging connector:
- microUSB
- Computer sync
Other features
- Notifications:
- Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
- Voice recording
Availability
- Officially announced:
- 19 Jan 2012
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