Samsung SCH-F309 Elegant cell phone and reliable entertainment features

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Design
Design for Samsung SCH-F309 is Bar-shaped phone. long and thin is the first impression when you’re holding it, because the dimensions are carried 11.3 x4, 6×1, 1 cm. front view of this phone is quite simple glance. But the size and arrangement of the keypad with metallic silver color gives the impression spacious and comfortable.

CDMA products similar to other bars, this phone seemed mild. He weighs only 74 grams. But it does not reduce the number of ports and the important buttons should appear on the side. There mikroUSB port and 2.5 mm audio port on the right side. While on the left side is the settings button to raise or lower the volume.

Different from the phone in general, on the back of the phone, the camera is placed as if embedded into the. So do not be parallel to the body of the phone. Although it looks a bit strange, but this position makes the camera more protected from friction or pressure when placed on the media lying rough.

screen and user interface
This phone uses TFT display 65K colors with a 1.9-inch diagonal. Although not considered large, but still pretty good when displaying the menu with the medium.

This mobile phone user interface using a flat keypad. keypad is quite soft touch and have a pretty quick response. Thus, although not made of rubber keypad touch was sensitive enough so as not to make it difficult to run the menu.

While d-pad (direction pad) placed in the middle. D-pad right are navigation buttons for calendar, d-pad left for the message, the d-pad for navigating MP3 player, d-pad down to the FM radio navigation and the d-pad is the navigation for browsers.

Also still available two shortcut menu on the right and left for the camera and off the menu.

Entertainment Menu
F309 reliable enough to be called CDMA mobile entertainment. This phone offers FM radio and MP3 Player. To listen to FM radio. You must install the earphones that functions as an antenna.

FM radio’s ability to support RDS (Radio Data System) capable of storing up to 20 channels automatically and displays the info from the radio. Some default settings are still available. Unfortunately, there is no recording feature (recording) of the radio is playing. But the available features to enable it ‘speakers’, so the radio could be heard from the phone’s internal speaker.

Meanwhile, the MP3 player we do not find some audio settings. Such as equalizer. But the simple interface is typical of the old Samsung still look attractive with a number of control buttons and visual effects. MP3 player pulled this phone also supports skip length. So that changes in one song into another song would seem to flow without a pause.

a number of MP3 files stored on the memory card seems to be inserted into the playlist to be recognized by the system. Quite troublesome indeed, especially when the number of files that we have so many.

although not able to run music applications are hidden (multitasking), but you can still run a feature music while sending or receiving SMS or write a memo pad. Once you close the SMS feature, or Memo Pad, then the function returns the phone to the music features. Because the music menu can not be hidden, to avoid accidentally touched, this phone provides a menu ‘key lock’ that serves to lock the keypad.

Camera and video
Samsung SCH-F309 provides a camera that can be used for taking pictures or recording video. with shortcut buttons placed on the left side, you can take photos directly from the key. As for video recording, you can press the number 1 when the position of taking a picture. so the numbers 1 to function as a switch from the video camera or from video to camera.

Some of the settings for photos and videos quite unique with some effects that can be added if need to be different. You can open a ‘photo studio’ to tamper with the results of image processing features such as ‘effects’, ‘color / texture’, ‘decoration’, ‘create photo stickers,’ and many more. Also available is 25 frames that can be used for making unique images with a variety of frames. The maximum size for photos is 1280×960, while the maximum size for video is 176×144.

Internet and connectivity
By pressing the OK button in the middle of the d-pad you’ll be taken to situr operators used. Browser capabilities quite fast (depending on the service used) by using the Openwave browser. When tested using a operator Mobile-8 (Fren card) was quick to open a web page.

although does not support Java applications, this phone supports BREW applications. Unfortunately, this phone is not paired with operators who have been providing BREW services. And the feature which is PlayRoom access to run BREW applications become redundant.

To create a readable memory cards for storage (drives) on your PC / computer, you must connect the phone with micro USB cable provided in the purchase package. Next you need to be bothered with the settings, open the menu and go to menu ‘utilities’. and select ‘connect to PC’. do not forget to enter 4-digit number (usually filled with 0000) then the memory card will be read as a drive. After that, you can copy and paste the file in ‘windows explorer’.

Additional Features
This mobile phone has additional features to change the look of visible letters with colorful numbers. Similar to that found in the type of SCH-W560, when you’re dialed destination, click dialing display font and true ‘random’. If you want to change it back to the previous view, simply return it to the format of ‘no effect’.

Interestingly, this phone also provides a setting where every hour, the phone will issue a voice says at the time (in English). Apart from the sound, actually you can still turn it into another sound that essentially tells the phone that there had been turnover time.

In addition,  samsung SCH-F309 features a ‘call reject’ is to reject undesirable callers. Suppose the number of Calls (Missed or Incoming), stay open ‘options’ and select ‘call reject’.

Batteries
the battery capacity 800 mAh Lithium ion, this phone it was still quite able to play the entertainment features. Phone charging takes about 2 hours for fast charging. and to support the features of this phone is able to survive 2 to 3 days charging.

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