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Samsung Corby S3653 Full Touch Screen Phone review

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 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

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

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65 Comments to Samsung Corby S3653 Full Touch Screen Phone review

  1. mani's Gravatar mani
    October 25, 2009 - 12:11 am | Permalink

    Thanks bough the croby this diwali and having great time with it. I connect with my friends at one touch ..perfect phone for teens

    Current score: 3
  2. October 26, 2009 - 10:50 am | Permalink

    Great phone at this price. Great sound clarity, features and picture clarity and the screen sensitivity is also very good…..

    Current score: 2
  3. November 6, 2009 - 5:11 pm | Permalink

    Very good mobile phone

    Current score: 1
  4. user's Gravatar user
    November 8, 2009 - 11:50 pm | Permalink

    this fone sucks.what a sucking fone dont bye this fone.specally u get irritate while writing message

    Current score: 3
    • ....'s Gravatar ....
      July 31, 2010 - 6:20 pm | Permalink

      u freak. u just dont have money so ur saying that stupid

      Current score: 1
      • kunal bansal's Gravatar kunal bansal
        September 2, 2010 - 1:29 pm | Permalink

        u chut

        Current score: 0
  5. Karim's Gravatar Karim
    November 9, 2009 - 10:16 pm | Permalink

    This phone si excellent!!! I love it it’s so nice and good for teanegers!

    Current score: 1
  6. Jack's Gravatar Jack
    November 17, 2009 - 12:25 am | Permalink

    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 …….

    Current score: 6
    • January 22, 2010 - 12:17 am | Permalink

      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.

      Current score: 5
    • amit n's Gravatar amit n
      March 6, 2010 - 11:15 am | Permalink

      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

      Current score: 2
  7. Rohit's Gravatar Rohit
    November 17, 2009 - 9:57 am | Permalink

    Does this phone come with 2 gb memory card and usb cable also .

    @jedge
    try zedge.com

    Current score: 3
  8. Mahesh's Gravatar Mahesh
    November 21, 2009 - 4:07 pm | Permalink

    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 …….

    Current score: 2
  9. November 23, 2009 - 6:09 pm | Permalink

    its a lovely phone

    Current score: 4
  10. HannahBanana's Gravatar HannahBanana
    November 28, 2009 - 1:54 pm | Permalink

    my dad also bought me a Samsung Corby phone and I love it. You can make fake calls. I have the color pink.

    Current score: 2
  11. Navya's Gravatar Navya
    December 6, 2009 - 3:21 pm | Permalink

    CAN SUMONE HELP ME WID D PC SUITE
    I HAV DE SAME PROB AS JACK N MAHESHH
    SUMONE PLZZ HELPPP !!

    Current score: 1
  12. technolaziness@gmail.com's Gravatar technolaziness@gmail.com
    December 7, 2009 - 9:26 am | Permalink

    @navya
    PC suite /PC studio direct download link:

    http://downloadcenter.samsung…..3.0.IH4.exe33

    referrer:
    http://in.samsungmobile.com/su…/software.do

    Current score: 0
  13. RAHUL's Gravatar RAHUL
    December 17, 2009 - 11:12 pm | Permalink

    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

    Current score: 2
  14. james's Gravatar james
    December 18, 2009 - 2:24 pm | Permalink

    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………

    Current score: 1
  15. ajay's Gravatar ajay
    December 22, 2009 - 11:01 am | Permalink

    Which messenger supported to samsung corby? i want to use yahoo or gmail id as in messenger.
    Please help…
    Thanks and regards,
    Ajay

    Current score: 2
  16. carla's Gravatar carla
    December 22, 2009 - 3:28 pm | Permalink

    can we put wifi on it, though it does not have 1?

    Current score: 0
  17. vishal's Gravatar vishal
    December 26, 2009 - 4:13 pm | Permalink

    give me theams of samsung corby

    Current score: 4
  18. joeyjuviyani's Gravatar joeyjuviyani
    December 27, 2009 - 7:08 am | Permalink

    The Samsung TXT Corby is a new mobile phone from Samsung after Corby series previously introduced the S3650. This new series Samsung mobile phones trying to reach a younger audience. Samsung GSM Corby TXT, the company focuses more on the frequent SMS-er. The Samsung TXT Corby is alotted with a physical QWERTY keyboard for exceptionally fast and easy longer can type text or SMS messages.
    Samsung TXT Corby

    Current score: 1
  19. December 31, 2009 - 10:14 am | Permalink

    how much is the samsung corby ?

    Current score: 0
    • April 1, 2010 - 10:11 pm | Permalink

      samsung corby is rs 7000 yesterday i bought

      Current score: 0
  20. Praveen kumar's Gravatar Praveen kumar
    December 31, 2009 - 1:11 pm | Permalink

    yes , corby was too good … but i too need the pc studio can any one help me how to get it!

    Current score: 0
    • kishan's Gravatar kishan
      May 1, 2010 - 2:52 pm | Permalink

      can i help you mr. praveen kumar

      Current score: 0
  21. Etseoghena's Gravatar Etseoghena
    January 2, 2010 - 2:53 am | Permalink

    the samsung corby is great its just a step away from perfection by needing a usb cable

    Current score: 0
  22. January 5, 2010 - 12:38 pm | Permalink

    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.

    Current score: 0
  23. mukesh's Gravatar mukesh
    January 12, 2010 - 11:24 am | Permalink

    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

    Current score: 0
    • faraz shah's Gravatar faraz shah
      July 17, 2010 - 3:51 pm | Permalink

      i bought corby s3653 at 6k along with usb cable,pc suite,5 back panels,2covers,charger,1 stereo headset, 2gb memory card.1 data kit and 1mic cable gud na.but its strange that many of u did,nt got many of the things.sad!

      Current score: 0
  24. Melissa's Gravatar Melissa
    January 30, 2010 - 9:23 pm | Permalink

    maybe it’s broken..i have one too..but i can charge it using it’s usb port..

    Current score: 0
  25. CAS's Gravatar CAS
    March 8, 2010 - 6:02 am | Permalink

    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…

    Current score: 0
  26. diana's Gravatar diana
    March 15, 2010 - 3:00 am | Permalink

    you can downland the software frm this site :

    http://www.samsung.com/download/Model_Select.aspx?type=Mobile+Phone&typecode=18&subtype=GSM(2G)&subtypecode=1801&model=GT-S3650&filetype=UM&language=

    Current score: 0
  27. bok's Gravatar bok
    March 15, 2010 - 9:22 am | Permalink

    got myself a corby s3653… juz wanna ask if it can play youtube videos? other advices or needed applications to play other media streaming like youtube? any applications to play FLV format on Corby? where can i find it..?

    Current score: 2
  28. March 21, 2010 - 12:47 am | Permalink

    hello friends
    is corby gets orkut or not
    plz give repy yar

    Current score: 0
  29. edna's Gravatar edna
    March 21, 2010 - 6:11 pm | Permalink

    i want a samsung corby though i dnt knw how much it costs in dollars….. anyoneb tell me

    Current score: 1
  30. farhan's Gravatar farhan
    March 24, 2010 - 11:02 pm | Permalink

    I have 1 question to ask.please help me.

    I have blocked some of the numbers using samsung corby but know i don’t know how to block them.

    please reply (its urgent)

    Current score: 0
    • AYAZ's Gravatar AYAZ
      June 19, 2010 - 4:37 pm | Permalink

      go through app settings-call -all call there is an option auto reject u can do it from there

      Current score: 1
  31. April 1, 2010 - 10:07 pm | Permalink

    yesterday i bought this phone rs 7000 .
    This phone si excellent!!! I love it it’s so nice and good for teanegers!

    Current score: 2
  32. saurabh adake's Gravatar saurabh adake
    May 11, 2010 - 4:38 pm | Permalink

    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…

    Current score: 2
    • duke's Gravatar duke
      May 11, 2010 - 7:33 pm | Permalink

      @saurabh adake
      try orkut

      Current score: 1
  33. Ja's Gravatar Ja
    May 23, 2010 - 9:03 pm | Permalink

    compatibility issue!!! Cannot be connected to a PC with the windows 7 OS. No PC studio can help you do that. If anyone knows better- I will be glad to learn.

    Current score: 0
    • Sachin's Gravatar Sachin
      August 30, 2010 - 6:33 pm | Permalink

      Use there are 3 option in PC connetion (Setting – phone setting – pc connections) select Mass storage and save.
      Now check you will able to connect your phone to PC having windows 7

      Current score: 1
  34. Toya's Gravatar Toya
    June 2, 2010 - 10:16 am | Permalink

    Is this phone a T mobile phone???

    Current score: 0
  35. Toya's Gravatar Toya
    June 2, 2010 - 10:17 am | Permalink

    Is this corby a T mobile Phone???

    Current score: 0
  36. Aniket's Gravatar Aniket
    June 5, 2010 - 6:24 pm | Permalink

    hey guys i have samsung corby s3653 i need mailbox settings for gmail account plz send me settings on my email aniketisskywalker@gmail.com. i tried lots of settings but i get no response error. plz do reply.

    Current score: 2
    • duke's Gravatar duke
      June 13, 2010 - 8:35 pm | Permalink

      @Aniket
      If your operator is vodafone , you are out of luck.

      Current score: 0
  37. ranjan's Gravatar ranjan
    June 13, 2010 - 5:21 am | Permalink

    Im now able to play videos from youtube.how can i?

    Current score: 0
  38. duke's Gravatar duke
    June 13, 2010 - 8:37 pm | Permalink

    @all
    Anybody having problem in continuous shooting mode of camera. I am able to take one shot only while it should take 10.

    Current score: 0
  39. arjun's Gravatar arjun
    June 17, 2010 - 6:49 pm | Permalink

    it’s an excellent phone for the teenagers

    Current score: 0
  40. AYAZ's Gravatar AYAZ
    June 19, 2010 - 4:44 pm | Permalink

    i have been using this mobile past 3 months there is no prob at all and having good features in it really stylish and nice phone but the prob is we r unable to connect pc

    Current score: 0
    • Sachin's Gravatar Sachin
      August 30, 2010 - 6:34 pm | Permalink

      Use there are 3 option in PC connetion (Setting – phone setting – pc connections) select Mass storage and save.
      Now check you will able to connect your phone to PC

      Current score: 1
  41. vivek's Gravatar vivek
    June 24, 2010 - 12:56 pm | Permalink

    i have samsung corby s3653 but not install Yahoo! Messenger & Skype

    Current score: 0
  42. Rakesh Sudan's Gravatar Rakesh Sudan
    June 26, 2010 - 12:23 am | Permalink

    The phone S3653 with me may work with AT&T,could anyone confirm?Also if the phone supports bluetoouth earphone..

    Current score: 0
  43. atal's Gravatar atal
    July 16, 2010 - 4:53 pm | Permalink

    i wants to get samsung corby 3653 . friend plz tell shall i get r not…
    thx
    Atal

    Current score: 0
  44. Satish's Gravatar Satish
    July 21, 2010 - 5:29 pm | Permalink

    hi dudes

    solutions for u

    the price of samsung corby 3653 is 6800 rs.
    we get the following in the box
    1mobile 5 backpannels
    2 pouches 1 ear phone set 1 charger 2pc studio cds 2gb card 1datacable

    changing ur theme
    menu – settings-didplay sett.-main menu style-style- custom theme then browse ur pics

    i have samsung pc studio cd which supports samsung corby
    if u need means mail me at
    r for any solutions contact me r male me

    satish_8585@yahoo.com

    ph no 9849891011

    Current score: 0
  45. Tani's Gravatar Tani
    July 24, 2010 - 10:54 am | Permalink

    Hey can one inform me that how is teh sound quality of the speaker and whether i will be able to swch between the application when i listening to music…ex msgng or checking photos.plz lemme know coz i m planning to get a new phone.

    Current score: 0
  46. satish's Gravatar satish
    July 27, 2010 - 11:14 pm | Permalink

    Hi friends

    S there is technical deffect with pc studio of corby 3653

    uninstall all samsung drivers and pc studio frm ur lappy or desktop
    and den install the pc studio and drivers of samsung Metro 3600 phone

    restart ur pc after uninstalling the older pc studio nd even installing the new one too

    surely it works
    iam using in the same manner

    Current score: 0
  47. marg's Gravatar marg
    July 28, 2010 - 4:09 pm | Permalink

    How can I block text messages from a certain number in my samsung corby?
    thanks a lot!

    Current score: 0
    • satish's Gravatar satish
      August 1, 2010 - 2:34 pm | Permalink

      blocking a message in samsung corby
      is not possiable.
      becoz it does not such feature
      but we can phone calls

      Current score: 0
  48. satish's Gravatar satish
    August 4, 2010 - 1:17 am | Permalink

    hey friends i want to hide sum personal information in my samsung corby
    so is there any java application for it
    even iam also serching for it
    if any body had such application means plz kindly inform me

    Current score: 0
    • duke's Gravatar duke
      August 7, 2010 - 3:43 pm | Permalink

      use inbuilt privacy lock

      Current score: 0
  49. karim's Gravatar karim
    August 19, 2010 - 4:30 am | Permalink

    hi :) this phone is really nice but i have one problem…its when i run ebuddy it says to me u need to enable java apps from your internet settings and i searched but didnt find anythin :) i have the s3653 wi-fi thnx

    Current score: 0
  50. botchag's Gravatar botchag
    August 21, 2010 - 2:06 pm | Permalink

    Question: Can you install an ms office or an equivalent in the samsung corby? I really want to see if I can use it to view and make documents.

    Current score: 0
  51. August 27, 2010 - 9:25 pm | Permalink

    hey i got the samsung corby with usb, pc studio and everything u ask 4
    i got it with 150 us dollars

    CHAO,
    Chelsea

    Current score: 0

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