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  Samsung SGH-C140

  Frazier Barretto, Mar 05, 2007 1610 hrs IST

  The Samsung C140, being an entry level phone, has a very basic design. Nothing flashy about it, it's just a bar type phone.

  Battery life, 500 entry phonebook, 600 KB internal memory, Speaker, GPRS, Mobile Tracker.

  Un-ergonomic keypad, Poor build.

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Page 1 - The Design Page 2 - The Verdict

Today, we have with us a simple entry level phone from Samsung. The C140, at least, the numbering suggests that it is better than the C130; but then its Samsung and the numbering used by companies is mostly all haywire. Leave the numbering aside as there isn't much we can argue about that and proceed with the write up.

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Samsung SGH-C140

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Design

The Samsung C140, being an entry level phone, has a very basic design. Nothing flashy about it, it's just a bar type phone. The dimensions of the phone stand at 104.2 x 44.2 x 16.2 mm, making it smaller and lighter than the C130. The phone just weighs 69 grams. It has a very plastic build; it may not appeal to all, but it does look a bit elegant. The face of the phone is divided into two parts, the screen and the keypad. The area around the screen has a very glossy finish and the keypad has a rubber type finish. The screen of the phone is a 1.5-inch CSTN 65K color display with a 128 x 128 pixels resolution. The keypad is quite small and makes typing out an SMS pretty troublesome. It requires you to use your nails at times to press a few of the buttons, mostly the '*' and '#' buttons. You will realize whenever you try to lock or unlock the keypad.

The back of the phone has a matt finish plastic and there is a glossy plastic ring running around the phone. The left of the phone has a headset port with a plastic dust cover. The bottom of the phone has the charging port. The headset is a standard 3.5mm port. The build quality of the phone wasn't the best considering that these low budget phones are for ruff-n-tuff use. Only the phone looked like an eye candy.

Page 1 - The Design Page 2 - The Verdict

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