The Samsung C3050 offers a budget price but extensive functions

The budget market for mobile phones is growing, as people either need a cheap phone or a replacement for lost or stolen handsets, the Samsung C3050 fits into this particular niche. It's primarily a phone which although it has a raft of functions and looks stylish is priced at a very competitive price band. The aim of Samsung is, with this phone, to provide a viable option to an expensive handset, and it achieves this aim comfortably. Although it may not have all of the latest gadgetry or innovations, it also does not come with the price tags that are usually associated with those types of phones.


The phone comes with a useful camera which provides VGA quality at 640 x 480 pixels, this is of sufficient quality to take excellent snapshots on the fly and keep them for viewing later on the impressive display screen. The camera also provides the means to take video footage and playback, this is offered at 15 frames per second and is also good enough quality to provide suitable viewing pleasure. Blue tooth and USB are both provided for additional connectivity. Internal memory is 15 Mb but is expandable via the microSD slot up to 8 Gb.

The phone also comes with an MP3 player to allow the playing of downloaded music as well as an impressive FM stereo radio which incorporates the useful RDS facility. A handy organiser provides the option to keep useful appointments and events stored to ensure nothing is missed and a voice memo facility provides the means to record and playback voice notes to help when a pen and paper is not around.


The Samsung C3050 provide a handy 2.0 inch TFT screen with a resolution of 120 x 160 pixels, good enough to display images in a clear and crisp way as well as with good colour representation by offering 65,000 colour variants through the display. The phone also incorporates a number of additional features such as GPRS, EDGS and has a battery life of approx 7 hours talk time which is excellent.

The Samsung stratus is a phone which provides a viable budget priced mobile phone for those that are looking for such an alternative. The reasons for requiring one can be numerous however the choice of phone is limited. This phone does not look out of place compared to many higher priced handsets and as such is an option that is worth looking at within the lower priced phone market.



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