Apr 20, 2009

Review - Samsung i7110 Mobile Phone

Review - Samsung i7110 Mobile Phone

Introduction

The still relatively "fresh" Samsung i7110 mobile phone combines elegant design with cool multimedia-rich and business facilities. Starting from about EUR 330 (without contract) is the camera with 5 MP camera available. The 54 MB internal memory seems at first sight is quite small, but he is using MicroSD card expandable up to 16GB - for around 40 EUR you get a 16 GB card. Other features include HSDPA (only the "slower" version with up to 3.6 mbps download), UMTS, EDGE radio, integrated FM transmitter, calendar, video telephony, as well as the operating concept using touchpad. We were curious to find out it tests.

Samsung I7110 Mobile Phone

Processing

The battery compartment cover is made of stainless steel and is easy to open and sits very fit way
Back of the Samsung I7110 Mobile Phone
The Volume control buttons and USB port are well integrated
The integrated loudspeaker was positioned at the rear


Processing Characteristics
1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - From her appearance resembles the cellphone of "Soul" for Family, stainless steel cooler and less plastic. A beautiful wagon.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Matt, slightly rubberized plastic with a smooth metal back.

3. Housing dimensions - With a weight of 125 grams and its dimensions of 118 x 52 x 12.9 mm, the I7110 is still comfortably in the hand and is still almost in nearly every pocket stow.

4. Goodness (sharpness / resolution) of the display - 2.6-inch AMOLED display with 262,144 colors and a resolution of 240x320 pixels. Excellent in color and sharp display, great color, lush black, high brilliance.

5. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - -NA-.

6. Quality of the battery compartment lid - The battery compartment cover is made of metal, can easily open, close, and also sits fit.

7. Quality and scope of the supplied items - USB cable, software, user manual, headset, charger, car charger, car mount, 1 GB Micro SD Card with Adapter.

8. Processing Result - The modern mobile phone consists of a combination of plastic with stainless steel and with its dimensions and the acceptable weight looks good in the hand. The operation using touchpad navigation is good overall, although the Navi unit sometimes reacts too quickly. The keyboard, with its scores for uniform pressure point. 262,144 colors are displayed on the AMOLED display sharp and brilliantly presented. The fit-seated the battery compartment cover, stainless steel confident for the I7110. The accessory is more than the standard because it is by adding a Micro SD card of 1 GB incl Adapter and the entire automotive accessories will be significantly high.

Business Functions
1. Supported networks - Quadband, W-CDMA, GSM: 900, 1800, 1900, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS Class 12.

2. Reception and voice quality - Even if the maximum network coverage is adequate, the pilot has no problems with a good reception quality. The voice playback sounds natural, but slightly overcast. Background sounds are hard to hear, but a slight noise is heard.

3. Voice quality of the speaker - When switched speaker is strong noise in the background to hear the playback. In addition, the voice sounds somewhat overpowers and minimally distortion.

4. Battery life (under normal use) - The battery life with our test model is not properly verified, since the battery was defective. According to Samsung, the battery life is usually at 2-3 days.

5. Storage of contacts - First name, surname, phone, telephone, email, video call, internet phone, push to talk, name, position, Synchronization: Private, Public, None; Add detail: title, first name second, additional name, alias name, mobile phone, mobile phone ( private), mobile (business), telephone, telephone (office), Email, Email (private), email (business), car phone, video call, video call (private), Video call (office), Fax, Fax (private), fax (office), Pager, DTMF, Internet Phone, Internet Telephone (private), Internet phone (office), push to talk, SIP, department, position, Assistant ( in), assistant (in)-Phone, Partner (s), children, web address, web address (private), address, address (private), address (business), Birthday, Anniversary, Memo.

6. Profiles - General, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager, offline, all profiles are preset and can be easily adapted to your own wishes.

7. Calendar settings - New Entry: Meeting: Subject, Location, Start time / at the end of order / date, alarm off / on, Repeat: no repeat, Daily, Weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly, yearly; Synchronization: Private, Public, None; note : Subject, Start time / at the end of order / date, alarm off / on, sync: Private, Public, None; Anniversary: event, date, alarm on / off, sync: Private, Public, No task: Subject , Due Date, Reminder: off / on, Priority: Normal, High, Low, Synchronization: Private, Public, No, week view, task view, date open; settings: tone calendar, reminder interval: 1 minute to 60 minutes, the default view: Monthly View , Week view, Day view, task view; week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; Type the week view: calendar week, week, end.

8. Notes feature - Notes: Open: send a message, as email, via Bluetooth; New Memo, Delete, Find: telephone number, email address, web address, input language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish; editing options: copy, cut; tags: mark, mark everything; synchronization: start, settings, quit, no character limit.

9. Built in voice recorder (dictaphone) - Sound recording, delete, rename the clip, play, send a message as an audio message, as email, via bluetooth, search, sort by: date, title, size, use sound as a contact as ringtone; Order: copy, move; markers: markers, all marked; show details: Clip-name, format, duration, bitrate, sample rate, size, date, time, Open gallery: Options - Visualization: Type 1, Type 2, Type 3; Equalizer: Standard preset, rock, jazz, Live, Pop, Classic, Bass, Treble & Bass, Dance, Treble, Party, Club, Hall, Soft, Soft Rock, 3D Dynamic, 3D Surround, Wide 3D; quit; The recording is usable, but a little noise in the background must be accepted. The voice playback sounds muffled and slightly overcast.

10. E-mail functionality - Connection type: POP3, SMTP and IMAP4. Setting the Email Accounts wizard is done, thanks to e-mail in just a few steps. With a rapidity, almost like being in the home PC, is the downloading of the settings quite rapidly. Send and receive emails is also done very smoothly.

11. Internet Functionality - The loading of web pages is with HSDPA 3.6 uncompromisingly quickly. Even elaborately designed pages are in full quality and very well read out. Man has the choice between Portrait or Landscape.

12. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. Synchronization with Outlook is, as usual from Samsung, smoothly.

13. Other Features - Real Player, Viewer & editor, video editor, FM Trans Meanwhile, downloads, Frings, DLNA, ShoZu, FIFA 08, Asphalt 4, Road Sync, instant messaging, speed dialing, voice mail, GPS data, points of orientation, printing, navigation (for 2 full years), GPS +, itineraries, travel guide, GyPSii, Calculator, Converter, Smart Reader, Zip, Quickoffice, Adobe PDF, file manager.

14. Conclusion - The quadband mobile phone, with HSDPA 3.6, EDGE, UMTS, WLAN and Bluetooth for relatively rapid and easy data transfer. Calendar, contacts and profiles correspond to the practical standard and Samsung are not to criticize. The note features are not particularly rich, but the I7110 has no character limit. The voice recorder leaves in the background audible noise. The result is still usable, by the acoustic limitations but not above average. The email account is with the e-mail wizard, and easy retrieval of messages is done fairly quickly. Finding and opening websites is done extremely fast thanks to HSDPA. The presentation is in portrait or landscape and is also very clear. In addition, the pilot over two games for entertainment and various other equipment items, such as navigation or FM Trans intermediaries, which the Samsung I7110 phone upgrade.

Micro SD slot and camera button


Multimedia Features
1. Camera equipment - 5 mega pixels with 4x zoom; shooting mode: single shot, multiple recording (only at 640x480 and 320x240 is possible), full reception, recording mosaic, panorama, smile; portrait, landscape, sports, indoor, beach, sunset, dawn, autumn colors, waves / Snow, Night Scene, Backlight, Fireworks, Text, Size: 2560x1920, 2048x1536, 1600x1200, 1280x960, 640x480, 320x240, White Balance: Auto, Daylight, White, Fluorescent, Cloudy; effects: no effects, S / W, sepia, sharpen, negative ; shortcut: mode, recording mode, timer, photo light, Display, Settings: General: Image Stabilizer: On / Off, Wide Dynamic Range: on / off, shutter sound: Off, Shutter 1, 2, 3; sound is recorded: a / from; Contrast: -100, -50, 0, 50, 100; Saturation: -100, -50, 0, 50, 100; sharpness: -100, -50, 0, 50, 100; default file name: text, date ; Used Memory: Phone memory, memory card, GPS: on / off; Photo: Quality: High, Normal, low; ISO: Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400; Metering: matrix, spot, medium-weighted, single shot is: Record and save , Automatic saving, flash: on, off, automatic, timer: off, 3, 5, 10 seconds; Exposure: +20, +15, +10, +5, 0, -5, -10, -15, -20; postprocessing options: send a message, as email, via Bluetooth; Image: assign a contact as a background image as a caller, turning left, right; zoom, full screen, delete, rename, stop, Sorting by date, title, size, format and Order: copy, move, Markers: Mark, all marked; Printing: PictBridge, DPOF, Bluetooth, show details: format, date, time , resolution, size, color, finishing options with the Viewer & Editor: tilt and rotate, crop, resize: 72x64, 64x57, 57x51, 50x44, 43x38, 36x32, 28x25, 21x19, 14x12, 7x6; &Kontrast; Automatic brightness enhancement: Auto Levels, Auto Color, Auto. Brightness, fill light, effect: original, black and white, negative, old photo, Blur, Sharpen, Solarize, gray lettering, black lettering, gray sketch, color sketch, oil painting, color: Red, Green, Blue, 9 frames; Clipart add add text, emoticon add storyboard: Transition, Preview, Insert: insert media, insert Textclip; story: paste, mix with paste, duration: 2, 3, 5, 10 seconds; Remove: Select remove all impurities move settings : Resolution: Automatic, CIF, QVGA, QCIF, length: 512 KB, 1 MB, 2 MB, no limit, default file name, used memory: phone, memory card, save, cancel, exit.

2. Photo Camera quality - In daylight and normal lighting conditions the camera made the cell phone very good results. Shapes and colors are lifelike and vivid displayed. At night, the camera also can convince - and all along the line. An astonishingly good contrast, only low noise and good color rendition ensure happy faces in the test team.

3. Video-equipment - Playback formats: DivX, MP4, Slow: 1 / 8, 1 / 4, Size: 640x480, 320x240, white balance, effects, quick access and settings, such as camera, sound: on / off; postprocessing options: Play, Start / End set to add subtitles, audio: audio dubbing, live dubbing, Preview, Settings: Resolution: Automatic, CIF, QVGA, QCIF, length: 512 KB, 1 MB, 2 MB, no limit, default file name, Used Memory: phone, memory card, save, cancel, exit.

4. Video quality - Under normal light conditions are very natural colors and tired out. The overall image sharpness is excellent. Even if you make faster movements, are hardly visible pixels. In the darkness can only achieve results if we truly the motive behind her runs. From the distance results are barely discernible. In low light, the result will noticeably better. The coloring is weakened, but still very recognizable.

5. Facilities of the built-in Music Player - Forward, rewind, pause, stop, artists, albums, playlists, tracks, genres, composers, to current titles, updated library, library details, finish, the music menu, Visualization: type 1, type 2, type 3; coincidence: a / off; Retry: off, repeat all, repeat song, FM Trans intermediaries; Equalizer: Standard preset, rock, jazz, Live, Pop, Classic, Bass, Treble & Bass, Dance, Treble, Party, Club, Hall, Soft, Soft Rock, Dynamic 3D, 3D Surround, Wide 3D in play list, select a ringtone, quit.

6. Sound quality of music player - The quality of the MP3 player is not above average, but still good. The speaker is positioned on the back, but the songs you want in fine quality. Ups and downs do not sound very dynamic, but rather a clear and homogeneous. The built in EQ is an effective way of working - it is possible without difficulty, the playback quality of source material. The included stereo headset with good sound surprised: Round, harmonious and sufficiently powerful songs were played back repeatedly.

7. Radio yes / no, sound quality of radio - Channel: Speaker Enable / Disable; transmitter will automatically save 50 channels places; Automatic upward search, automatic search downward; Manual Search, Save, Record, go to gallery, background playback settings: Note save phone memory, memory card, radio text: on / off, end ; Channel names can also be added. The character limit is 20 characters per Name. For better orientation of the antenna are the recording to be very commendable. The individual stations are in good, almost noise-free quality of play.

8. Memory Card Storage Capacity - 54 MB internal - expandable up to 16GB.

9. Conclusion - The photo / video equipment, which is simple and easy to operate, has useful additional settings. The results are for the 5 MP camera highly commendable. Clearly and simply can be built MP3 player used in very good aspects. A playlist is created quickly and easily. The sound is good - not spectacular, but homogeneous and round. The operation of the radio is very simple. It has lush seats and 50 channels with scores almost outstanding sound. The mobile phone has an internal memory of only 54 MB - but it is expandable to up to 16 GB.

5 MP camera
The headset sounds very well and sits comfortably in the ear


Handling / Menus Feature
1. One-hand operation for key functions - Yes.

2. Call execute (with the menu item "Contacts") - Easy to Run a call and easy to find contacts.

3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - The entire handling of contacts to create, edit or add, is very simple and runs smoothly.

4. Readability of the display - Under normal lighting conditions and at night very good readability of the display. In direct sunlight or other light you can hardly read the display. Of course, also the choice of a background image or subject matter.

5. Keys - Equal pressure point.

6. Handling the navigation elements on the menus prospecting - The touchpad takes the user quickly to the desired menu item. The sensitivity of the touchpad, however, is partly so big, so you can literally pass out slips. (If this annoys: The touchpad can be disabled) Navigating with the scroll button (without Touchpad function) is intuitive and easy starting.

7. Overview of the menus - The menu icons are clearly arranged and easy to recognize.

8. Scope of the menus - The extent of the menu is the menu with plenty of sub-items equipped, but they do not overwhelm the user.

9. Graphic design of the menus - Samsung typical, timeless design.

10. Opportunity for the assignment of shortcut keys - The standby menu is customizable, and therefore arranged horizontally or vertically and serves as the shortcut to the menu. These can be easily and according to their own needs to be adjusted. In addition, you get the right and left of Navi key addition to the menu soon.

11. Message Handling - Message: Send, Add recipient, Insert Content: image, video, sound, text, Presentation, Other: business card, page, note, other files from phone memory, memory card, head character fields Cc, Subject, Send Options: message: Automatic, Text, multimedia messaging, text pagers; character encoding: Full support, limited support; Message details: date, time, type, font size: Standard, Large, Normal, Small; language: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish; end audio message: recording, broadcast, Add Recipient, sound replace: New sound clip from Gallery; Save sound clip, sound clip to listen to, Message details: date, time, type, size, font, such as communication, email: Connect, e-mail at: New, All; Email settings: Connection settings, User settings, Retrieval settings Automatic retrieval.

12. Service photo and video - Legal simple use of the camera with all its many additional functions.

13. Operation of Music Player - The MP3 player is easy to operate. Playlists are easily created and also the handling is easy.

14. Reading Cards - The reading of MicroSD cards of various sizes are done quickly, the existing data, where the file is visible, easily noticed.

15. File Management - Easily create folders and move data.

16. Conclusion - The handling of the Samsung I7110 is due to the operation of the touchpad scroll button is relatively easy. Running a call, adding contact information as well as the readability of the display in normal light and at night get plus points for the phone. The response of the touchpad is a little too fast. The menu has a sensible and modern menu size. The simple operation of the photo / video camera and MP3 player are also plus points of mobile phones. The writing of SMS / MMS / emails is intuitive. The Samsung I7110 Cards can quickly and easily and get the existing data, where possible, re-enter. Moving data is also easily and smoothly.

Overall Conclusion

The Samsung I7110 Mobile Phone is elegant and practically equipped
The Samsung I7110 phone captivates with its rich furnishings and the elegantly-simple optics without playful elements. The inner values know to inspire, because the 5 MP camera delivers excellent results. In the darkness just as they can during the day points. The internal memory of 54 MB is far too small, one uses the capabilities of the phone, but thanks to Micro SD card is the external memory up to 16 GB extensible. The music player can also sound like good, whether it's internal speaker or the high-quality headset uses. The radio should not be hidden, because the playback sound fairly scratch-and noise-free. The intuitive operation using (sometimes too responsive) touchpad allows easy handling of the entire menu scale. With HSDPA 3.6, UMTS, WLAN and EDGE, Internet pages are loaded very quickly and class shown. Even emails can easily be downloaded and are very well read. The Samsung pilot is priced in the upper middle class (from 330th ca - €) and has the stuff into a stylish companion with superior multimedia and Internet skills.


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