Samsung Star NXT S5233

Overview

Samsung NXT S5233: Best in its Class

By Amrit

The stylish Samsung Star NXT S5233 is great for browsing the web, listening to music, watching video among other features. The Samsung Star is also powerful enough to let you perform more than one action at a time. You can use other programs while listening to the music player. The camera lets you take high resolution photos anywhere you go.

Display and Dimensions

The phone flashes a 3.0 inch TFT display with 240x400 pixels resolution, packed with 155 ppi pixels density. With the touch screen, all of your important apps are displayed and can be accessed with the touch of a finger. The dimensions of the phone are measured as 104 x 53 x 11.90 mm and weighs at 93.5 grams. It has accelerometer sensor.

Camera and Storage

The Samsung Star includes a built in 3.2 mega pixel camera, so that you can take pictures anywhere you go; the high resolution photographs taken with this camera measure 2048 x 1536 pixels. The camera even features smile detection for better focus on the camera's subjects. This camera also includes video support, allowing video recording at 15 frames per second. The phone does not come with secondary camera and the user can't take the benefit of video calling. The internal memory of the phone is 50 MB and has 16GB expandable memory which can be used while inserting microSD card. The user can store 2000 contacts in phone book as well as can save 500 SMS in his or her handset.

Connectivity and Battery

The handset supports connectivity options like Bluetooth v2.1, GPRS, EDGE and WAP 2.0. It works on 2G (GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz) network frequency and does not have the support for 3G network. It is equipped with a Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery which provides an outstanding talk-time of 10 hours and a stand-by time of 800 hours which is enough for long talks and conversations.

Multimedia and Other Features

Whether you use Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Email to stay connected, the Samsung Star has features to enable you to stay connected everywhere you go. Quick messaging can be done through SMS, MMS, and Email; can access Facebook and Twitter through apps and the built in browser. The bottom line is that this phone is great for staying connected to all of your friends and relatives through social networking sites, email and other services. It is also a portable media player that contains a radio, MP3 player, video player, and web browser. With its own file manager and document viewer, the Samsung Star is a portable extension of your computer, sync files through web based services.

It has a built in FM radio with RDS. With the Samsung Star you can listen to MP3's stored on your internal or external memory, as well as through applications like Shazam's music service, Google Play, and other web based apps. This phone has a number of apps designed to make your phone useful, right out of the box. These apps include mobile widgets, photo contacts, Shazam music service, Google Talk, and more. This is also a great mobile companion, capable of organizing documents and files. The Samsung Star comes equipped with a file organizer and document viewer compatible with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files. Additional apps are just a few clicks away. The Samsung Star allows you to download more apps, such as games and other software.

Shades and Price

Available in Pink, White and Black shade the phone comes with a price tag of Rs. 10,041.