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There are phones that are difficult to be classified or described. This device is more than just a “business-phone”. This is a phone that combines the best features of representatives of different categories in the harsh realities of the mobile market and is almost something unique. A new model Samsung F250 is bright, memorable, comfortable, functional and of course available. It seems to be a culinary masterpiece. So let’s start baking the cake.
Design
Samsung F250 is associated not only with the cake. Plump shape, color palette resemble éclair.
Despite the impressive size of Samsung F250 (94 x 46 x 18 mm) and 85 g of weight, it seems almost airy.
In the users hand it does not cause any discomfort, just on the contrary.
It’s not a secret that Samsung produces a huge number of models, which have a very short lifetime in the market. In one word it is a perishable product. Nevertheless, in such volumes all devices from Samsung have some insanely attractive effect. With regard to Samsung F250 this is the slider mechanism.
When we see prefix Le Fleur in the name of the phone from Samsung, we understand the pastel colors and floral body. The first rule in this case worked. However F250 is also available in white and silver colors.
Thus, the phone in the silver version is not feminine and quite suitable for progressive young people.
Summing up arguments concerning the design of F250, I’d like to note once again the magical properties of this device. Others should pay special attention to this fact.
Display
Screen is located on the front panel, made in a mirrored version. It has 262 thousand colors, TFT, the physical size is 32 x 40 mm, but the resolution is only 128 x 160 pixels. In order to navigate it easily, such authorization is typical for mid-level phones about two-three years ago. In practice, it is quite noticeable, but could be better.
The rest of the screen corresponds to modern requirements and it is quite suitable for viewing pictures, videos, Internet and text. In addition, the display has good viewing angles. In sunny weather to it is not very comfortable to work with F250 because of the dark design of theme menu.
Keyboard
Functional buttons are located on the outside, harmoniously with the general set up of the phone.
Navigational pad, flanked by a silver frame, harmoniously blends into the image, creating a complete picture of F250. Two soft buttons of transparent plastic are miniature in size, but easy to use. And that is important – do not spoil the general picture.
Navigation buttons support music features. However, starting the music by pressing Play does not work; it opens the default web-browser.
The numeric keypad is made in the RAZR format. At first sight you think that it is made of metal, but, unfortunately, it is not. Only the texture is “under metal”, although it is hidden inside transparent plastic buttons, which are smooth to the touch.
Menu, functions, capabilities
Test results of any phone is the subjective opinion of the author, and not more. So I want to tell about those things that can not be seen within five minutes. Usually first you notice such things as calendar, organizer and other standard features of modern phones from small to large. The standard features, migrating from the phone to phone, are quite comfortable and not worth a special attention.
This slight digression may be considered complete, let’s go back to the functions, which I would really like to mention.
First one, of course, is a music player. Getting to the player can be done in two ways – from the main menu and by pressing a special key. The player interface is made in the same purple color as the entire phone menu.
For music applications, you can see the artist name and song title of the assessment file to be played on a 5-point scale, the current time and the length of the entire track, as well as the active configuration at the moment – continuous playback, equalizer, etc.
The main space is occupied by the album cover.
Music can be divided into the following categories: All, Recently, recently reproduced, often reproduced. However, it is possible to sort songs by author, genre, albums, composers, pod casts.
The most convenient option is creating your play lists, and adding and removing songs from the sheet can be done directly from the phone.
The last thing what I want to say in relation to the music player is that it can work in the background, so that the user is free to listen to music and at the same time do another useful action.
There is a Bluetooth 2.0 (profiles Headset, Handsfree, Stereo headset, Basic printing, Serial port, Dial-up networking, File transfer, Object push), so that you can listen to music and wireless headphones.
Camera
Installed panel lets you take pictures with a resolution of 1.3 MP that in these times is the minimum.
Work with the camera will have a horizontal position, not because it’s more convenient, but because of the fact that it is the only way get to control the camera.
Maximum resolution of photos, as we expected, is 1280 x 1024 pixels, and you can choose the quality from three options.
F-250 model also supports a number of functions: serial shooting, manual and automatic white balance settings, ISO and choice frames-vignettes.
Videos are recorded in 3GP format with a maximum resolution of 176 x 144 pixels. Rollers are obtained quite tolerable, without hesitation, you can send to your friends via MMS.
In order to store the images you can use 20 MB internal memory of the device or microSD card up to 2 GB. Card slot is located under the battery.
Conclusion
So we have have baked the cake. I can not say that F-250 is an ideal low-cost phone, but it gives more than others. Choosing F-250, the user gets a nice design and good functional set at a level that is typically offered by slightly higher class of phones. For example, Li-Ion battery (800 mAh) without problems allows the device to work 4 days (up to 20 minutes of calls per day, up to 30 minutes of using other functions).
Throughout the rest, F-250 has showed small defects (such as the possibility of an answer only when you open the phone) which doesn’t play any role to such an extent that is not reflected in the survey.
