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When I featured this handset a little while ago in my feature - Music and Radio Mobiles under Rs. 3,500, I was anxious to test the device to its fullest capabilities and, I’m glad I did. The recession may not have hit as bad as others but having a basic mobile handset that can still dish out a certain level of multimedia will at least keep a sensible perspective on spending. Samsung’s Guru Series caters to the lower end segment but incorporates plenty of relevant features into these otherwise basic handsets. Form Factor It’s a simple candy bar handset and features a very large keypad with Hindi and English text. Since the handset’s prime focus is audio, the five way nav-pad is etched with music keys. The 1.6-inch CSTN has a 128 x 128 pixel resolution with 65K colors. A set of volume keys are located on one side with the proprietary all-in-one port for charging, connecting the USB and the handsfree. The good thing is that the handsfree has a 3.5mm earphone adapter. The handsfree earphones provided are good enough to deter you from spending more money to buy another set of earphones. What was a bit disappointing is the lack of a hot-swap slot for the memory card (microSD – up to 2GB). You’ll have to remove the battery in order to remove or insert the card. The handset may seem a little bulky and considering the handset lacks too many features it could have been a lot slimmer. But the weight does give it a bit of a balanced feel. On the whole though, it’s a good looking handset in all its simplicity. Features and Performance With a typical Samsung UI that’s easy to navigate, there’s not too many issues that I had with this handset. Before we go any further into the features that the E1410 employs, let me just clarify for all, the E1410 does not have Wi-Fi, even though the website may state that it does. Audio I was genuinely impressed with the E1410’s audio quality. The levels were well adjusted and sound quality was much better than just good. The bass line has a very resounding thump and the highs are well designed and not too sharp. For audio adjustments there are plenty of EQ presets to choose from including a Surround, Wide and Dynamic options that dramatically alter the audio. Aside from just the quality the handset is capable of dishing out all of your audio at a high enough decibel level to easily keep the sounds of the city at bay. You can create playlists directly on the handset and an easy way to do this is sort music in folders according to your tastes and then create a list. One thing I did notice, and this pretty much holds good for most other lower end handsets, is that you’ll have to copy your music files into a specific, pre designated folders in order for the player to read them. Initially I had placed my files on the drive in a folder I created and was wondering why they refused to show up in the player’s interface even though I was able to play them from the My Folders directory. The Speaker phone is really loud, which I personally have an issue with when it comes to music and not calls. The reason being you’ll have some idiot on the train playing his music via the speakerphone and not the earphones and annoying all around with crappy music. |
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