Samsung Beat270

Samsung Beat270

Prasad Naik, Dec 23, 2008 1239 hrs IST

A stylish dual-slider music phone with decent all-round performance.

Good design, Good audio quality, Comfortable keypad, Decent camera.

Low resolution display, No dedicated music keys, Low battery life.

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Design and construction

The Samsung Beat270 is a dual-slider handset, a form factor that was pioneered by Nokia with its N95 Smartphone. Unlike the N95, the Beat270 does not have dedicated music keys below the slider. Instead, it houses two powerful stereo speakers underneath.

The dimensions of the Samsung Beat270 are 103.2 x 48.2 x 16.9 mm and it weighs 101 gm. On the face of the Beat270 is the 2.2" display and below it is the unique circular navigation key cluster. The navigation keys are surrounded by a circular ring of light that looks really cool in the dark when illuminated.



Sliding the phone up reveals the Call, End, Clear key and the alphanumeric keypad. Sliding the phone down reveals the stereo loudspeakers.



On the right side of the phone is the right loudspeaker grille at the top. Below it is the headset/charger/data cable port, which is protected by a flap. The camera shutter key is at the bottom.

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MOBILOVER
,, on Mar 05, 2009 11:45 AM
SAMSUNG PHONES are always handicapped in one way or other way regarding: 1.Battery life. 2. VERY Slow file system. 3. NO new folder can be created in main Menu. 4. Message or other text writing is not smooth though the keysad is good. In any Writing mode auto-capitalization of first letter is not done always.Symbol selection is complex. T9 mode is not so smooth as in NOKIA phones. 5. WEB browsers are always devoid of full menu. WHY? Even old Samsung C100 had a full OpenWave browser! 6. Opening Voice/Conversation recording during call is complex,e.g., during active call press OPTION>MENU>APPLICATION>VOICE RECORDER>ON. Troublesome. WHY are they making such IMPERFECT but most beautiful phones?
Arun
,Cochin, on Dec 23, 2008 06:59 PM
hey, seems the phone u reviewed isn't a samsung phone- the label under the screen reads 'Anycall' and Anycall happens to be a Chinese manufacturer who makes those stunning ripoffs. I don't know, but this review doesn't seem legit! Weird, you guys... eager 4 da christmas hols, huh? That phone ain't a samsung for sure- though it looks EXACTLY the same (screen included)
Prasad_N
,Mumbai, on Dec 24, 2008 10:50 AM
The handset we received was straight from Samsung India. I don't think Samsung would send us a Chinese rip-off of one of their own phones.
badtechtree
,bangalore, on Dec 23, 2008 07:35 PM
What weird guys are you people, don't even know how to copy and paste.. too bad.. shame on you techtree......

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