Spice S-7000

Overview

Highly Recommended Phone

Overview of Spice S7000

The Spice S7000 is a full touch screen phone produced by Spice Mobile after partnering with Disney for the movie, Prince of Persia – Sands of Time.

Spice S7000 Design & Build Quality

The Spice S7000 looks like a generic touch screen smart phone. It has a white cover with chrome at the edges. The phone has a 3.2-inch WQVGA resistive touch screen (262K colors) display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. The pixel density is 146 ppi (pixels per inch). It is also vibrator enabled for call and message alerts besides having polyphonic ringtones (MP3/WAV/Midi). It operates using a standard Li-Ion 880 mAh battery with a maximum talk time of 3 & ½ hours and a stand by time of 220 hours. It is also a 2G enabled phone (GSM 900/1800 MHz) and has an internal antenna.

User Interface and Comfort to Use Spice S7000

The phones Operating System (OS) is Java while its Icon Grid Menu features 3 pages. It is well laid out and easy to browse though it is a bit sluggish.

Telephony & Phonebook

The phonebook allows for 1000 entries. Its call log for the dialled, received, and missed calls displays the last 20 calls for each. It also has the hands-free loudspeaker.

Messaging & Emails

This phone supports SMS, MMS and EMS features. It can store up to 1000 SMS. There is a predictive option for text editing. Other features in the Messaging Menu include:

• SMS Templates
• EMS
• MMS
• IM
• Concatenated Messages
• Send to Many
• Sent to Group
• SMS Counter

Gallery, Photo Viewer and Video Player

The phone has an inbuilt memory of 16MB but supports external microSD memory of up to 16GB. It has a Java enabled photo viewer and a great video player.

Spice S7000 Music Player and FM Radio

The phone’s Music Player is equipped with reverb effect 3D digital surround sound. It has a decent FM radio app that allows for scheduled FM recording.

Spice S7000 Camera and Image Quality

It has a 3.2MP camera but with just the basic features; night mode, white balance and color effects. The image quality is not so great.

Video Camera and Video Quality

The video camera records at 15 frames per second and plays media at 30 fps. It supports video files in avi, MP4, 3gp, wmv, flv, mov, rm, rmvb and dat formats. The video quality is excellent.

Spice S7000 Connectivity Options

The connectivity options for this phone include:

• Edge
• GPRS Class 10 (4 + 1/3 + 2 Slots) 32 - 48 Kbps
• Bluetooth version 2.0
• Data Cable

Organizer and Other Utility Tools

The phone has the standard organizer features such as:

• Calendar
• To-Do list; and
• Voice Memo

The other utility features are:

• Games (Java Supported)
• Alarm
• Calculator
• Currency Convertor
• World Clock (Both 24hr and 12 hr formats)
• Incoming Call guard

Web Browser and Applications

The phone has an internal java supported GPRS/WAP internet browser. There is the Opera Mini Browser app that comes with the phone.

Google Maps and GPS

This phone does not have either of these features.

Distinctive Features of Spice S7000

The phone comes with exclusive content from the Prince of Persia movie. It also has plenty of stand-alone social network apps including Yahoo!, Facebook, and Nimbuzz.

Value for Money

Spice phones are usually good value for money. The S7000 is no different. On average, the phone costs Rs. 6,000 (approx., may vary) but it is important to note that most of its competitors cost at least twice as much.

Verdict

Spice S7000 is a good buy for a touch screen phone. The User Interface may be a bit sluggish and does not support the virtual QWERTY keypad but for its price, it is a highly recommendable phone.