Samsung Galaxy Chat Review

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Posted: 23 Jul 2012, 06:14, by Ray S.

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Camera:

The Galaxy Chat comes with a basic 2MP snapper. Still on this part? OK, so it also has a bunch of settings which are also present with pretty much every other Samsung smartphone. No surprises here.


Camera interface

The pictures themselves aren't pretty. Colors are dull and everything is quite blurred. It's good to know that it's there, but otherwise we can't imagine that many users will be “taking advantage” of this camera.



Outdoor samples made with the Samsung Galaxy Chat


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Indoor samples

Video is captured at 320x240 and 15fps, and, as you might expect, it's very hard to look at. In our opinion, Samsung should have included at least a 3.2MP shooter in this phone. Let's hope that the price will justify it.

Samsung Galaxy Chat Sample Video:

Multimedia:

The TouchWiz music player is easy to use and pleasing to the eye (as much as the QVGA screen allows it to be). It comes with the mandatory EQ presets and the ability to set a custom EQ, but that's not all. There are also a few additional options, which allow you to add Reverb, Room Size and Clarity effects to your tunes, if you like what you hear.


The TouchWiz music player

The handset easily plays MPEG-4 video at resolutions that are higher than its native one (meaning most video that you'll ever find). However, in order to play other codecs like DivX or Xvid, you'll have to install a third-party player like MX Player.

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1. bobfreking55 posted on 23 Jul 2012, 06:35 2 0

we seriously need more portrait qwerty android phones - i find this very pretty to look at.

i wish BB goes android.

6. Jyakotu posted on 23 Jul 2012, 12:50 0 0

Hell, we need more QWERTY Android phones in general, high end especially.! QWERTY phones are now being reduced to low-mid range devices.

7. mas11 posted on 24 Jul 2012, 03:01 0 0

DROID 4 ftw

8. Raymond_htc posted on 26 Jul 2012, 08:07 0 0

RIM BB may go for Windows phone 8.

2. Tonivstono posted on 23 Jul 2012, 07:50 0 0

ICS + Qwerty Key.....This is sick....:D

3. kamil posted on 23 Jul 2012, 09:10 1 0

looks like samsung and bb had an unwanted child LOL!!!

4. neutralguy posted on 23 Jul 2012, 09:14 1 0

If they made a high end version of this, blackberry will cry.

5. mobilefuture posted on 23 Jul 2012, 11:48 0 0

can this run games like ninjump or temple run?

15. anoopkrishna09 posted on 07 Nov 2012, 22:17 0 0

ohhh sure

9. andyboi_ph posted on 26 Jul 2012, 21:32 0 0

well, this one is good considering entry level, low-priced but comes with ICS and touch screen too! what more can we ask for? I'll get it in a heartbeat for an alternative phone in the future.

10. sagarsamy posted on 29 Jul 2012, 05:01 0 0

may i knw the date whn this cell gone be launged

11. kingstandup posted on 08 Aug 2012, 18:25 0 0

Very nice phone. Always wanted to see a good Android phone with a QWERTY keyboard.

12. raam31 posted on 12 Sep 2012, 03:16 0 0

Samsung has a tendency of lauching new category phones with low feature and low specs 1st, later once they gauge customer feedback then they come with a bang with inproved version, this has always worked for Samsung, look at earlier touch screen phones by samsung and then they came with full force with Galaxy series. Im sure they will come and surprise us with next gen chat series from this category soon.

13. ajeet posted on 02 Nov 2012, 07:19 0 0

guys please don't think to buy this phone....
very slow process. if u want to dial a number or want to search in ur contact list then u have to wait of atleast 15 to 20 second to open dial screen, this waiting time may increase if u have downloaded few application online. and many top rated application doesn't supported by this phone.
internal memory is just 2GB not 4GB & more than 1GB is filled by its preinstalled application. So u will b getting just 990 MB for your use..
And out of 445MB RAM 65% of its RAM is already used by its operating system.
i just purchased 2 weeks ago & now i m planning to sell...
I strongly recommend not to buy this piece of s**t…
be carefull...

14. anoopkrishna09 posted on 07 Nov 2012, 22:15 0 0

u have to install android booster from play store.noo complaint at alll iwas using this phone still one month.its nice cute phone.

16. Vikky posted on 30 Nov 2012, 10:08 0 0

Please tell me How to use onscreen keyboard to type messages...??
As in the review it says "we can use onscreen and qwerty keyboard both."
I am only able to use qwerty keyboard.
Is there any setting to use onscreen keyboard??

please help.
Thanks

17. rxdue (unregistered) posted on 18 Feb 2013, 03:07 0 0

Yeah u can. :D Go in setup>language and integration>displays are in keyboard or something like that

*sorry for my english*

18. rxdue (unregistered) posted on 18 Feb 2013, 03:09 0 0

someone know how to take a screenshoot with this smartphone?

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