Sporting a 2.8 inch capacitive touch screen, Samsung Corby definitely makes a strong statement in the Mobile market. With no real competition in the low end Touch Screen scenario, Samsung tries to strengthen its hold in the sub Rs 10,000 / $240 Touch screen market. After good success with Samsung STAR and STAR 3G, this phone is expected to consolidate its hold.
The phone has an unusual rounded shape rather than a typical bar shape of Nokia 5800 or Apple Iphone. Also the phone comes in funky colors like Caribbean Yellow,Pink etc. Lets look how it compares against other similar full touch screen phones in terms of dimensions and thickness
Samsung Corby S3653 Black and Yellow Face book app
Samsung Corby – 103 x 56.5 x 12 mm
LG Cookie KP500 -106.5 x 55.4 x 11.9 mm
Nokia 5800 – 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm
Nokia 5530 – 104 x 49 x 13 mm
Samsung STAR – 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm
Nokia X6 – 111 x 51 x 13.8 mm
Nokia X3 – 96 x 49 x 14 (Not a touch screen) mm
Nokia N97 – 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 (18.2 max) mm
Iphone 3Gs -115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
Nokia E71 – 114 x 57 x 10 mm
Nokia N97 mini – 113 x 52.5 x14.2 mm
The phone is definitely a slim one in its league also very light weighing at 94 g. And its screen is bright and as you would expect from a capacitive touch screen, doesnt support multi touch etc.
But Samsung Corby comes preloaded with variety of Apps for the internet hungry youth, Orkut,MySpace,Facebook, Twitter,Yahoo messenger,Google Talk, Gmail , Youtube, Flickr,Picasa to name a few. It comes with 27 widgets preloaded and you can still download 75 more from samsung site for free.
Samsung Corby S3653 Home Screen
It has a inbuilt memory of 64 MB and supports upto 8GB in External Memory Cards. The phone comes with 2MP camera without Autofocus, with One touch zoom. In connectivity Corby supports Bluetooth A2DP (streaming stereo music over bluetooth). There is no 3G and Wifi.
The phone comes with an office viewer, but strangely Samsung omitted On Screen QWERTY keyboard, which might be a turnoff for many considering this phone is targetted at social media fans. Also there is no accelerometer to Auto rotate the screen mode between Landscape and portrait.
Specifications
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Dimensions 103 x 56.5 x 12.4 mm
Weight 90 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photocall
Internal 64 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8 GB, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels
Features Smile detection
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White, and Festival Orange; 2 Fashion Jackets
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Find Music recognition service
- H.263/H.264/MP4/WMV player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- T9
Well if you have sub 10k budget Samsung Corby S3653 is definitely a good buy. The price of Samsung Corby S3653 is Rs 8600 ($ 200 ) and you might end up getting more discounts during Diwali or New Year offers.
Tags: Full Touch screen phones, Mobile Reviews, Nokia 5530, Nokia 5800, Samsung Corby S3650, Samsung Corby S3653
Thanks bough the croby this diwali and having great time with it. I connect with my friends at one touch ..perfect phone for teens
Great phone at this price. Great sound clarity, features and picture clarity and the screen sensitivity is also very good…..
Very good mobile phone
this fone sucks.what a sucking fone dont bye this fone.specally u get irritate while writing message
This phone si excellent!!! I love it it’s so nice and good for teanegers!
Hiiii…
I bought a samsung corby its great …… But there is no pc suite cd with the phone and i am not able to connect my phone over pc and transfer my contacts from my pc because its askin for mobile USB modem 1.0 software and i am unable to find one through net …. So could any one pls help me out with this problem …….
Download Samsung’s PC Studio suite, this phone runs on that, well mine does, oh by the way, this phone has 3G here in New Zealand on the Vodafone NZ Network.
dude just goto settings, den phone settings… PC connections n den select MASS STORAGE . Now try connecting to ur pc ..vil surely workkk
REGARDS
amit
Does this phone come with 2 gb memory card and usb cable also .
@jedge
try zedge.com
Hi all
Simillar Jack
I bought a samsung corby its great …… But there is no pc suite cd with the phone and i am not able to connect my phone over pc and transfer my contacts from my pc because its askin for mobile USB modem 1.0 software and i am unable to find one through net …. So could any one pls help me out with this problem …….
its a lovely phone
my dad also bought me a Samsung Corby phone and I love it. You can make fake calls. I have the color pink.
CAN SUMONE HELP ME WID D PC SUITE
I HAV DE SAME PROB AS JACK N MAHESHH
SUMONE PLZZ HELPPP !!
@navya
PC suite /PC studio direct download link:
http://downloadcenter.samsung…..3.0.IH4.exe33
referrer:
http://in.samsungmobile.com/su…/software.do
hello m using corby its a nice phone
i read in sum reviews dt it supports wmv video but m nt able to play any wmv file
does this really support WMV format..
thanx
yeah as said by navya an othrs thr is no pc suite cd wid this. wen i couldn’t connect my mobile wid my pc it looks like a dooms day fr me. it looks like have been handicapped by some sort of technical prob. please let me know a solution pls………
Which messenger supported to samsung corby? i want to use yahoo or gmail id as in messenger.
Please help…
Thanks and regards,
Ajay
can we put wifi on it, though it does not have 1?
give me theams of samsung corby
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Samsung TXT Corby
how much is the samsung corby ?
yes , corby was too good … but i too need the pc studio can any one help me how to get it!
the samsung corby is great its just a step away from perfection by needing a usb cable
I have s3653(samsung) phone , and I m not able to charge it from USB port. However when I connect it to USB( even for 2 hrs), it shows charging but when I disconnect it battery doesnot gets charged.
Hi,
Just bought S3653 Corby in 7k , luving its sensitivity and all features, to pc synch go to
http://in.samsungmobile.com/support/softwaremanuals/software.do
and download synch software and njoii
maybe it’s broken..i have one too..but i can charge it using it’s usb port..
can anyone tell me how to get themes and wallpapers for samsung corby s3653? i couldn’t find one.. i just like to change my wallpapers and themes into a new one…