Samsung Focus phone review

Samsung Focus phone review

Samsung Focus

Here is a short consumer review of the new Samsung smartphone - the Windows Phone 7 operated Focus /also known as Samsung SGH-i917/. The Samsung Focus is the lightest weight Windows phones at launch. It has a 4" Super AMOLED display that's gorgeous and responsive to touch. Like other Windows Phone 7 smartphones, it has a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 3G, WiFi and a 5 megapixel camera with flash. It's currently the only Windows 7 phone that supports removable microSD cards.


Samsung Focus main features
-4.0” Touchscreen with Super AMOLED™ display
The Super AMOLED screen gives you a razor sharp, cinema quality image. It makes surfing the web and reading texts much easier in bright sunlight. The brilliant display allows you to quickly access the information most important to you with Live Tiles on your start screen.
-Windows Phone with downloadable apps via Marketplace
-Social Networking Integration
Now your calendar, contacts, and social networking sites are fully integrated through Windows Phone People Hub. It makes staying in touch with friends and business contacts much more efficient and streamlined.
-5MP Camera & Camcorder
The 5 megapixel camera with flash and auto focus takes razor sharp photos and videos. For sound quality, the 3.5 mm headphone jack allows you to listen to music with high-end headphones rather than just simple ear buds. And Wi-Fi is always handy when you're out and about. The Camera + Pictures Hub contains your entire collection of photos and videos, including the ones saved to your phone and even pictures your friends have recently posted on Facebook or Windows Live.

Samsung Focus specs
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2010, October
Status Available. Released 2010, November
SIZE Dimensions 124.7 x 64.3 x 9.9 mm
Weight 119.4 g
DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB
DATA GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, image stabilization, smile detection
Video Yes, 720p@25fps
Secondary
FEATURES OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7
CPU 1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java No
- AT&T U-verse Mobile, NavigatorSM, FamilyMap, Radio, myWireless
- Digital compass
- Microsoft office document viewer/editor
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 30 min

Samsung Focus video review

A video review of the Samsung Focus Windows 7 Phone on AT&T