SCH-R351 Pinger

CDMA QWERTY Performance


Samsung launched the qwerty phone for lower middle class. This time moving on the path belonging CDMA is still little. Phone SCH-R351 series is nicknamed Pinger is only run on CDMA lines. In fact there is only one frekuens, 1900 MHz only. Because it, Pinger present in cooperation with Smart Telecom, by bundling the total program. There's no SIM card slot. With the injection system, be Pinger can only be used by Smart course, not with the operator (CDMA) Other.

Price for less than $ 100, Pinger pretty confident. Some entertainment features are buried in it although not optimal. Let's say a minus camera features a video recorder. Entertainment features that can be enjoyed include 1.3 megapixels camera, music player, Bluetooth A2DP, opera mini, external memory slot, and the main thing is the link to get into social networking sites and chat, such as Facebook and Yahoo messenger.

SCREEN
Provisions display with TFT technology, 262 thousand color was quite good. With the screen dimensions of 44 x 36 mm or 2.2 inches is still too small for a phone with a great body. Yet there is still plenty of room left on the edge of the screen that can be utilized.
Testing: Displaying pictures and writing SMS
Value: 3
Note: The screen is made of plastic that are not easily scratched

Messaging
This one feature at a maximum less Pinger. Facilities messages available only as SMS. This is also very limited. Capacity of text to be sent only limited to 160 characters. If you want to write a message more than that, have had to write and send SMS again.
Testing: Writing and send SMS to GSM operators
Value: 2.8
Note: The process of sending SMS to GSM operators took no more than 5 seconds after the send button is pressed.

KEYPAD
The size of the qwerty keypad is owned Pinger, slightly below average. Ditambahlagi with rada space cramped keypad, causing a little less comfortable in using the keypad. But the keypad itself responds pretty good.
Testing: Write text messages and chat
Value: 3
Note: Many available shortcut keys

MUSIC
It is the music player feature as an element of entertainment. There was no arrangement that can optimize the sound, such as equalizer, bass boster, and others. Voice of the speaker was not good. But when tested by using the Bluetooth A2DP headset, the sound quality terdongkrak out. Unfortunately this music facilities are not multitasking.
Testing: Play music with A2DP Bluetooth headset
Value: 3
Note: It is 3.5 mm audio slot

INTERNET
Using Opera Mini browser, connect to the virtual world can be quite reliable. It is also not separated from the service support Smart. Internet connection gone pretty fast and good. Especially to get out into the social networking sites like facebook and chat.
Tests: Go to the facebook site and upload photos
Value: 3.1
Note: limited screen size can really affect the time to surf the internet.

CAMERA
The quality of 1.3 megapixels camera. Classified as a mediocre and perfunctory. Images of ordinary dihasilkanpun. Diekplorasi and can not be processed in such a way. Without a flash and other settings, the camera performed just Pinger is a complement. In the settings menu there are options that image quality will be produced.
Testing: Take a picture in space
Value: 2.9
Note: There is no flash and editing photos

Memory
Has an internal memory of 55 Mb, is sufficient to support the operational standards. But for more optimal, are available external memory slot that can accommodate memory cards up to 16 Gb capacity. It's also hotswap.
Testing: slipped 8 GB memory and store various types of data
Value: 3.1
Note: There is good menimpan all the data in external memory so that the phone does not work slowly because of internal memory full.

Performance
Pinger perform well overall. Although on the one hand, there are many limitations in some ways. Function as a reliable communication device, including making calls and receive calls with bluetooth headset A2DP. Even with the music player function, browsing with opera mini, and others.

Battery Performance
According to existing data, this phone can standby up to 240 hours and working non-stop up to 2 hours. When testing, use a standard telephone, SMS and internet sometimes, within 2 days, the battery decreases only 1 bar.

FINAL SCORE: 3

Audio Test Results
Music 92.6 dB
Ringtones 103.2 dB
Human Voice 68.7 dB