Samsung E250 (SGH-E250) slider design mobile phone is a tri-band GSM mobile phone which features 65K colors display, integrated VGA camera with 4x digital zoom, Media player, GPRS/EDGE connection, Bluetooth with A2DP, and stereo FM Radio.
The tri-band GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 network ready Samsung E250 mobile phone is equipped with large 65536 colors, 32 x 40 mm size QVGA TFT screen with image resolution of 128×160 pixels for remarkably vivid, crisp pictures. The screen allows up to 8 text lines with 4 lines reserved for service needs.
Weighting just about 80 gms, the Samsung E250 mobile phone features a single VGA camera with 640 x 480 pixels image resolution and it offers 4X digital zoom and built-in LED flash light. It allows picture storage in standard JPEG format in handset memory or in extended memory.
Samsung SGH-E250 also can records up to an hour of video with sound in QCIF resolution at 15fps offers quality images. Video recording and decoding formats in H.263 and MPEG4 + AAC covers all the bases.
Samsung E250 mobile phone also sports a built-in MP3 media player which which supports MP3/ACC/ACC+ music formats. Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) Bluetooth for stereo sound allows listning to music on bluetooth compatible headset absolutely wire-free. In addition, the Samsung E250 is equipped with stereo FM radio with auto-tuning and 9 station preset memory.
Slide-up designed Samsung SGH-E250 mobile phone comes with 10 MB of internal shared memory and it supports microSD memory card with hot-swap functionality for external memory with virtually limitless storage capacity.
Supporting Polyphonic (64 channels) ringtones and MP3 ringtones, Samsung E250 offers upto 1000 entries phonebook with Photo call and 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls records.
Samsung E250 mobile phone offers range of connectivity including Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPRS Class 10, with upto 48 kbps speed and EDGE Class 10, with upto 236.8 kbps speed. EDGE network connection allows ultra fast data transmissions, and faster downloads and file transfers. Bluetooth technology enables communication with other Bluetooth compatible devices and gadgets such as color printers, PDAs and laptops for instant sync-ups, data transfer and print jobs in a flash.
For wired access, Samsung SGH-E250 offers USB v1.1 for conventional hook-ups. MMS and EMS is a breeze with JAVA technology and WAP 2.0 providing easy access to a wide range of content and applications.
Samsung E250 mobile phone comes with Standard Li-Ion 750 mAh battery which allows upto 250 hours of stand-by time and incredible 5 hours of talk time on full charge.
Samsung has been pushing their phones in the Indian market for a long time now, but most of their models have always had something missing. Take, for example, the E880: a really compact phone which still includes a 1 megapixel camera, MP3 player, 80mb memory, Bluetooth and all that jazz. What’s missing? FM radio and a card slot. The more recent super-slim X820 also had all the aforementioned features, but again lacked an FM radio and a memory card slot. Even their higher end models such as the slim slider, the Ultra Edition 1.9 (D900), lacked an FM radio tuner in spite of being so expensive. This has been a problem for Samsung. Other competing brands have something in the sweet spot (the mid-range) – the Sony Ericsson Z550i, the Nokia 6085 and the LG KG300 Dynamite. Go a little higher and you get the new Nokia 6300 or the Sony Ericsson K550i. These phones are all-in-one and don’t cost too much. Samsung has nothing in this range.It’s this problem that Samsung is trying to tackle with the new E250. The E250 is a very inexpensive all-in-one phone. It looks very stylish and only costs Rs. 7,000. Will the E250 revive Samsung’s performance in the lower mid-range segment alongside The Nokia 6085 and the Sony Ericsson Z550i? Let’s find out.
The E250 is also one of the first three phones that Samsung has launched with security features such as Mobile Tracker, Emergency SOS alert and Privacy lock. We’ll talk about those later.
Design
The E250 looks almost exactly like the D900 which costs more than twice as much. It’s surprising why Samsung would want to do this – it’s one thing to give budget buyers an excellent looking phone and it’s a completely different thing to actually clone the design of the highest end phone in your catalog and sell it for cheap. D900 owners are upset because now every average to mid-range buyer can now consider upgrading to a phone that looks like it costs Rs. 18,000.
The E250 looks hot. It’s slim, it’s stylish and it’s a slider. In fact, the E250 is the only slider phone that looks this good and sells for this price. Compared to the 6085 and the Z550i, the E250 clearly stands out. Unlike other low-end slider phones, the E250 has a spring-loaded slider, so you just need to nudge it up or down and it does the rest by itself. The little ridge right below the screen (which facilitates sliding the phone open) is a little too flat in the E250, making it a little difficult to use. You’ll be better off sliding the phone up by holding its sides. The sliding construct, however, feels solid and has very, very little play. It won’t break easily.
Buttons and ports on the E250 have been kept to a minimum. There’s a microSD card slot on the left side and a headset/charger port on the right side. Combining ports saves space, but because of this, you won’t be able to use the headset to listen to music or the radio while you’re recharging the phone. On the left, there is also the volume rocker. There is no shortcut to launch the camera or music player, other than the navigation pad shortcuts, which are configurable.The phone comes in three colors – silver, black and a relatively uncommon pink. The silver one looks fine, but the black is the real deal. Don’t get me started with pink!
Samsung SGH-E250 Mobile Phone Features
- Tri-band: GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
- 65K colors, 128 x 160 pixels, 32 x 40 mm QVGA TFT screen
- 10 MB internal memory (shared)
- microSD memory card, hot-swap functionality
- VGA resolution digital camera, 640×480 pixels, 4x digital zoom, LED flash
- Video recording and playback, QCIF format
- Stereo FM Radio
- Media Player supporting MP3/AAC/AAC+ formats
- Polyphonic (64 channels) ringtones / MP3 ringtones
- 1000 entries phonebook with Photo call
- 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls record
- GPRS Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps speed
- EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps speed
- USB v1.1
- Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- Voice memo (up to 60 min)
- Built-in handsfree speakphone
- Li-Ion 750 mAh standard battery
Stand-by: Up to 250 hours
Talk time: Up to 5 hours - Dimension: 99 x 50 x 13.9 mm
- Weight: 80 gms