Updated 14 Feb, 2012, 6:01 pm IST

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Samsung SGH-E250

16 Apr, 2007, 11:44 am IST | Aalaap Ghag | Smartphones

Multimedia
Multimedia on the E250 is a standard set: an MP3/AAC player, 3GP/MP4 video player, an FM radio tuner, etc. etc. Unfortunately, the sound quality of the built-in loudspeaker is not very good. The volume is pretty low as well, so you can’t really use it as a speaker-phone unless you hold it very close to your ears, defeating the point of the feature. Even the headset, though capable of good quality, sounds just about okay with this phone.

MP3s can be used as ringtones, but they need to be placed in the phone memory for that. But you don’t need to do this manually - the phone is kind enough to ask you if you want to copy the file to the phone memory if you choose an MP3 from the memory card. Ringtones also suffer from the low volume problem, especially with MP3s. The phone doesn’t support TV output like the Ultra Editions do.

Sound quality on the Sony Ericsson Z550i and KG300 is fabulous and loud enough to let you hear it from another room.

Camera
Probably the biggest downer in the E250s the camera. A simple, dated, VGA CMOS camera that can only go upto a maximum of 640x480 with the pictures. It does offer all the settings that other 1 megapixel (and higher) camera phones offer, such as shooting modes and white balance, but these are simply a joke. There is no LED flash on the phone. It’s pointless to try and talk about the quality of the images, but to maintain consistency, I’ll put them here so you can decide for yourself.

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The pictures can be resized and sent by MMS or email.

Even the Nokia 6085 has a similar VGA camera, but the Sony Ericsson Z550i and LG KG300 offer better cameras – 1.3 megapixels and 2.0 megapixels respectively.

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