• Three New Samsung Touchscreen Phones for India

    Three New Samsung Touchscreen Phones for India

    Techtree News Staff, May 11, 2009 1729 hrs IST

    The Samsung Star S5603, Star S5233 and the Samsung Beat DJ

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Lastly, we have the Beat DJ, which runs Samsung's DISC User Interface incorporates Bang & Olufsen audio technology. The Beat DJ has 50MB of on-board memory - expandable to 8GB with micro SD cards. On the imaging front, this one sports a decent 3.0 megapixel camera. The speakers too are B&O branded and and are powered by their ICEpower amplifier.

The Beat DJ will retail at around the Rs. 18,990 mark.

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(23) Comments
Rajmohan
,Trichy, on Dec 24, 2010 12:36 PM
im plannin 2 buy samsung monte...is it d rite fone 2 buy.....pls pls tell some suggestions....im desparately in need for ur reply.....:):)
javad saleem
,bangalore, on Oct 10, 2009 10:50 AM
Hi,i am planning to buy a touch screen mobile. I have zeroed it down to samsung star wifi, and nokia xpress 5800, which one is a better? and i would like to know to whether samsung star can be connected to a laptop and use laptop keboard to type messege and send it vuia phone.that option is available in nokia n70 . please help me out thank you
harmeet
,delhi, on Jun 01, 2009 04:04 PM
Pros: Neat Looks, Good battery backup, typing using the keypad whether it is numeric keypad or QWERTY keypad is very comfortable. Browsing internet over GPRS is quite a good experience. Touch screen is quick to respond, I would not say as good as IPHONE but better than a lot of touch screen phones available in market at least I find it better than HTC phones. Another good feature of the phone is that when you have paired the device to a different mobile phone you can browse the paired phone using your own phone. Sound quality is pretty good. Speaker phone works very well. Using camera is also a pleasure with so many inbuilt options for editing it is really worth it. I really enjoyed working with Widgets, it is one of best experiences I have had with Samsung Star. Cons. While you are browsing the phone and now if you want to go back to the previous screen there is no way to close the window except for using the buttons located at the bottom of the phone, which at times is not acceptable. Stylus is not inbuilt in the phone you have to tie it to the phone. Switching to speakerphone while talking is a cumbersome task especially when you are used to NOKIA’s and MOTOROLA’s. Browsing photo contacts is not as smooth as shown in the advertisement. Smile shot never worked for me, I made so many types of faces but it would just not click. Organizer is limited to just 300 entries which is a shame. Going back to a previous word using the keypad is a pain, so lets say if you have typed “Samsung star is a touch screen phone” now if you have to edit this line and you want to get rid of STAR either you deleted everything after STAR or use finger to go to the word STAR which at times doesn’t works and you have to take out the stylus which again is a pain as it is not inbuilt. The keypad should have left arrow key or a right arrow key. There is no indication of missed call unless you unlock the phone, like in Motorola you get a beep every 5 minutes and in Nokia the whole keypad flashes. Please do not expect anything from the manual, it is one of worst manual’s you can get with a phone, very disappointing work by Samsung. The worst of all the three buttons at the bottom are not illuminated. I have not connected the phone to the computer yet, so can’t comment on the interface.
ashrey
,Gurgaon, on Jun 04, 2009 02:27 PM
hey it looks like u dont like ur cell so will u sell it further if yes then at wat range
CHANDRASHEKHAR
,BHANDARA, on Jun 04, 2009 01:49 PM
I WANT MY H S C BOARD RESULT MY SEAT NO.15630
prasanth
,trichy, on May 23, 2009 09:16 PM
sir samsung mobile amount please sir
amogh
,chennai, on May 30, 2009 07:27 PM
presently its abt 9k,might get down to 8.5k within 5 months
manoj
,mumbai, on Jun 04, 2009 11:23 AM
no resale value
ashrey
,Gurgaon, on Jun 02, 2009 11:21 PM
but LG cookie sucks more it has no wi fi no 3g no usb no pcsync no zoom no flash cant decide wat to take wat not to so guys tel which is best and cheapest touchscreen phone
Uday
,Mumbai, on Jun 02, 2009 07:00 PM
I recently bought this mobile after a long fight in my mind between LG Cookie and Samsung Star. Features like Smile Shot and photo contacts made me to choose this than LG Cookie becoz rest of all the features are same. Smile Shot didnt worked for me either till now. but taking photos with this feels like you are using a digi cam. Harmeet i totally support your every point about the mobile. Going to the previous letters while typing any thing is a real pain. When compared to LG Cookie it is not having that options where we can write on photos taken with the stylus itself, it is a bit thik than LG Cookie and is not having inbuilt stylus so another problem. Samsung though expandable upto 8GB they are not giving any external memory with the mobile where as you can get 1GB memory with LG Cookie. I bought it for 9.9K recently additionally memory card and scratch gaurd. So guys think once and twice before you buy, it is not bad but we also have option like LG Cookie which costs the same.
harmeet
,delhi, on Jun 02, 2009 05:34 PM
Another limitation of this samsung phone, though it has JAVA MIDP 2.0 but you cannot install any java application and it has been confirmed by Samsung Customer care. Again what a shame
syed khan
,amritsar, on May 24, 2009 10:03 PM
KOOOOOL PHONES .. N E WAYZ TEL D STORES OF SAMSUNG IN AMRITSAR
Anonymous
,Mumbai, on May 24, 2009 03:38 PM
These phones look perfect. Would love to read the reviews before I decide to buy one though
Himanshu
,Dehradun, on May 22, 2009 01:46 PM
I would have thought to buy these phones, if they would have had wifi.
Aravind
,bangalore, on May 20, 2009 05:56 PM
damn i have been waitin for this phone!!!! when is it in the shops???
sahil
,jammu, on May 20, 2009 03:55 PM
samsung beat dj what is price
Avi
,Bangalore, on May 11, 2009 09:14 PM
Can you correct the pictures, the S5603 and the S5233's pictures are for the wrong phone.
Anonymous
,delhi, on May 19, 2009 12:15 AM
they are correct i noe coz ive got s5233
victor duvbiama
,lagos, on May 17, 2009 01:32 PM
pls. i want to know more about samsung mbolie pone
susanta
,bangalore, on May 12, 2009 12:59 AM
nice phone
Anon
,Jalandhar, on May 11, 2009 07:32 PM
How do u know? or u just said it coz these graphics plus "The phone also comes bundled with Google applications like Google Search, Gmail, Google maps." seem to suggest android. Also Samsung actually planned to release some android handsets during second quarter of 2009.
Vivacious
,Delhi, on May 11, 2009 06:53 PM
They look like android phones ? can anyone confirm
Anonymous
,Bangalore, on May 11, 2009 07:00 PM
Nope. They use Samsungs proprietary OS with their Touch Wiz interface thrown on top of it

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