Samsung Metro 3600
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Affordable & Smart Clamshell Phone
Friday, October 02, 2009After the success of Metro 3500 & 3310 Samsung India has now come with a clamshell phone under Metro brand name - The Metro 3600. It is a entry-level yet feature rich handset which supports quad-band GSM service. In terms and looks it comes with full metal finish which looks quite upmarket in comparison to other clamshell models available in market. Metro 3600 offers 30 MB of internal shared memory that allows upto 1000 number phonebook with photocall feature and upto 30 dialed, 30 received and 30 missed calls records and is equipped with expandable memory slot supporting microSD memory card (upto 2-GB) with hot-swap functionality for external memory.
It also offers a Call Time Limit feature which allows users to keep check on the talk time used per month for better control. Multimedia contents can also transfer to the phone via USB data transfer cable or Bluethooth wireless connection. It offers range of connectivity including Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, GPRS Class 10 – with upto 48 kbps speed, and EDGE Class 10 – with upto 236.8 kbps speed. Metro 3600 is equipped with 880 mAh Li-lon battery which allows about 3 hrs of talk time on full charge and upto 210 hrs of standby time, the new Samsung Metro 3600 comes with MP3 ringtones and the ability to download other ringtones and songs. Plus, it includes two popular Bollywood hits, set as ringtones by default.
Metro 3600 features a 1.3 Megapixel camera facing front side of the folder handset with maximum still picture resolution of 1280 x 960 pixels and has built-in LED flash light with digital zoom feature. It also allows picture storage in standard JPEG format in handset memory or in extended memory and the digital camera also offers Photo effects and option for Photo quality settings while shooting still pictures. It can also record video in QCIF resolution at 15fps offers quality images. Video recording and decoding formats in H.263, 3GPP and MPEG4 video formats. The handset also allows video playback that supports MPEG4, 3GPP and H.263 Video formats.
The handset is also armed with mobile tracker feature that helps users track their phone in case they happen to lose it. In an event of being lost, stolen or misplaced, the Mobile Tracker feature sends an SMS prompt to a pre-determined number whenever the SIM card is changed thus improving chances of recovering the handset.
In addition, the handset also offers Hinglish SMS feature which facilitates faster typing and makes messaging more fun, as it recognizes both English and Hindi words. Applications includes voice recorder, calculator, clock, timer, stop watch, and alarm. In addition, the handset also offers document viewers applications supporting MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and PDF file formats. Samsung Metro 3600 is available in India for about Rs. 5600.00 with 1 year standard warranty.
Main Features Of Samsung Metro 3600:
- 2.2" 256K Colors CSTN display
- 30 MB Internal Memory
- MicroSD memory card (upto 8-GB), hot-swap functionality
- GPRS Class 10, 32 – 48 kbps speed
- EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps speed
- Bluetooth v2.0 With A2DP
- USB v2.0
- Java 2.0
- 1.3 Megapixel Camera, 1280 x 960 pixels resolution
- Video Recording, MPEG-4 / 3GPP H.263
- WAP 2.0, Netfront 3.4 browser
- Handsfree Speakphone
- Mibile Tracker
- Hinglish Messaging