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Key Features
Slim Slider Design
Size 104 x 49 x 10.9 mm
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
FM Radio RDS
Fake Call
2 Inch 16 Million Colour Screen (240 x 320 Pixels)
3.2 Megapixel Camera with Auto Focus & Smile Detection
Video Player (MPEG4 & H264)
Bluetooth® A2DP Technology
300 Hours Standby

Design

92%

Usability

82%

Features

92%

The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.

Our Samsung S5200 Review

This slim slide opening mobile phone has a highly fashionable appearance due to its fashionable & coordinated colour scheme. The Samsung S5200 comes with either a red casing with a black coloured slide section, or a blue coloured casing with a black coloured slide section. The back section of either coloured handset has a subtly blended colour effect where the red & black, or blue & black colours blending into each other for a beautiful colour effect. It's easy to carry & handle due to its ultra slim design & it is a compact handset due to its sliding mechanism. The Samsung S5200 measures only 10.9mm in depth which is incredibly slim & it is 49mm wide by 104mm high when the handset is closed. It weighs ninety seven grams including the fitted battery which is lightweight without feeling flimsy in the user's hand. The S5200 has a two Inch colour screen which has a high resolution display of 240 pixels by 320 pixels for the user to enjoy a high quality viewing experience. The user can view high colour pictures & moving video footage as the screen supports up to sixteen million colours. A user friendly icon type menu display allows the user to glide through their phones features with ease.

If the user wants a mobile phone with music features as well as good quality call & communication features, then the Samsung S5200 has it all, as it comes complete with an integrated music player & a radio feature. Its music player supports popular music playing formats & the user can store their music easily on their phones memory. The user can transfer their music CD's onto their phone by using the connectivity options available on this fashionable handset. The Samsung S5200 also has a built in radio feature which allows the user to enjoy listening to their favourite FM radio station. This radio feature supports a RDS function allowing the user to view & read radio information on the screen, which is provided by the radio station. This RDS feature can be enjoyed while the user is enjoying a radio listening experience. The S5200 supports polyphonic sound ringing tones & MP3. The user can add new ringing tones to their handset & change their ringing tone or alert sound to suit the user's personal taste. A built in 3.2 megapixel camera comes complete with an automatic focus feature & a built in flash allows the user to capture a photo or record a video clip with a perfect end result. The Samsung S5200 supports easy to access imagine features & the user can capture a shot or recording quickly on their new phone. The many camera features include a smile detection feature allowing the user to capture a happy picture each & every time the camera is used. The S5200 supports video recording in QVGA format & the user can playback video on their phone in MPEG4 & H264 format. This phone comes with preinstalled games & the user can download new games for a totally new gaming experience on this fashionable handset.

It comes with fifty megabytes of internal memory & the user can enjoy the expandable memory facility which allows the user to extend their phones memory capabilities up to a massive eight gigabytes by inserting a memory card in the relevant size, eight megabytes being the maximum size the handset can support. A rechargeable battery can be recharged using the power adapter provided & when the battery is fully charged the user can enjoy up to three hundred hours of battery standby time or up to five hours of talk time on their handset. The Samsung S5200 covers GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900 networks which makes it a quad band phone allowing the user to enjoy worldwide roaming with their mobile phone but the full network coverage is dependent on the user's network provider. The phone support two connectivity options which include a Bluetooth® wireless connection & a USB cabled connection, therefore the user can connect to other devices using the best connectivity option to suit the user's needs & to suit the compatibility of the other device.

This stylish phone comes with a fake call feature which is a great safety feature which means the user can use this fake call feature when required in an emergency. The Samsung S5200 has easy to use call feature including a speaker call which allows the user to hear their contact over the loud speakers, then the user can place their handset on a nearby desk or even in their lap whilst enjoying a loud call without holding the handset to their ear. The user can access their call log which stores a record of calls made from the handset, calls received & any missed calls, which is a convenient call feature for the user to enjoy. A WAP Web browser allows the user to gain access to the Web & surf for all their desired information, & the user can enjoy viewing their favourite websites on their phone for a portable Web browsing experience. The S5200 supports a multimedia messaging service allowing the user to share pictures & video recording with other MMS compatible contacts. The user can create & send an email from their phone & enjoy a mobile email service, & the S5200 supports text messaging allowing the user to create a message containing text which can be shared between SMS compatible mobile phone users.

Samsung S5200 Specifications & Features

Screen
2 Inch 16 Million Colour Screen (240 x 320 Pixels)

Imaging
3.2 Megapixel Camera
Flash
Auto Focus
Smile Detection
Panoramic Shot
Picture Album
Video Player (MPEG4 & H264)
Video Record (QVGA)
Picture Wallpaper

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
Email
Predictive Text

Sound
Music Player (MP3, AAC & WMA)
Music Storage
FM Radio RDS
Polyphonic & MP3 Ringtones

Entertainment
Preloaded Games
Java™ Games

Organiser
Phonebook
Organiser
Calendar
Clock
Alarm Clock
Calculator
Speaker Phone
Call Log
Fake Call

Connectivity
Bluetooth® A2DP
USB
GPRS
EDGE

Network
Quad Band (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)

Internet
WAP 2.0
XHTML
HTML

Memory & Talk Time
50 Mbytes Memory Plus MicroSD™ Memory Card Support Up To 8 Gbytes
5 Hours Talk Time
300 Hours Standby

Weight & Size
97 g
104 x 49 x 10.9 mm

Your Samsung S5200 Reviews

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Reviewer: Tracy - Belfast, UK
Date: 11th Oct 2010

I agree totally with Emma, loved the phone for 10 months but the up button doesn't work & now the speaker has stopped working, what is going on!

Design

100%

Usability

80%

Features

100%

Reviewer: Emma - Wales, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2010

Loved it when I had it, had all I needed in a phone, but now 10 months later its not working, apart from number keypad, the other buttons don't work, & I can't make calls properly, people can hear me on other line but I can't hear them, quite gutted now : (.

Design

90%

Usability

25%

Features

95%

Reviewer: Jack - UK
Date: 6th Feb 2010

Love it :D.

Design

85%

Usability

90%

Features

90%

Reviewer: Jason - Aylesbury, UK
Date: 4th Jan 2010

Hi, this is the first time I have ever had a Samsung phone, was a Sony fan for many years, & can I just say I love it! It's got the looks, features & the sound quality is fantastic, so much better than the Sony phones I have had (sorry Sony) trust me this phone is worth every penny you won't be disappointed, I am certainly not.

Design

95%

Usability

100%

Features

95%

Reviewer: Tropicalmum - London, UK
Date: 8th Nov 2009

I love this phone & its best features are the battery life (lasts for a long time), the weight & size. The navigation is a bit ambiguous as I am used to Nokia, but it's not so bad. You just have to get used to it. Has anyone had a problem about typing messages? I can't seem to find the apostrophe in mine. It's usually on the 1 key. Also the keypad is not brilliant for typing messages quickly. Overall a very good phone though.

Design

90%

Usability

75%

Features

75%

Reviewer: Sue - UK
Date: 9th Oct 2009

Hi love it, love it, loving it! Cool nice phone. I got the white one. Good value for money & battery lasts forever! Got it on Sunday & today is Friday & still got 4 bars of battery life. Cool sleek EASY TO USE PHONE!

Design

100%

Usability

100%

Features

100%

Reviewer: Adam Nugent - Doha, Qatar
Date: 9th Oct 2009

This is my first Samsung & I must say I am pleased, as I thought I would be. My dad had an older Samsung slider as a work phone & I thought it was a well built phone with a great screen. My previous phone was a Sony Ericsson W890i, which was black & gold like the Samsung (my third black & gold mobile, LOL).

The casing of the Samsung is nice, but the finish & materials are not up to Sony Ericsson standards (love phones made of steel). That said I love the keypad on the Samsung as opposed to the old fashion non flush keypad of the Sony (& every Sony Ericsson I've had). I went for this sort of keypad because of my love of the Motorola V3 back in the day.

The menu on the Samsung is considerably faster than that of my old one & it's an attractive & easy to navigate one.

I gave 90% in design because this is my first slider phone & opening & closing can still be awkward for me. Though I have found using my thumb on the right hand side of the screen makes it less of a hassle. Also button in the centre of the arrow keys being labelled OK & the arrow on the battery cover makes this phone look like a phone for infants.

I gave 95% for Features because I don't get that there is no option to put the LED lamp on without using the camera. Handy for when the lights go out. I think the alarm would be better too if on the home screen it displayed what time the next alarm will be going off instead of just the alarm symbol (Sony Ericsson does this).

And I gave 95% for usability because of my inexperience with the slide mechanism.

Overall a great phone & I am happy to be able to say I've now owned a Samsung.

Design

90%

Usability

95%

Features

95%

Reviewer: D Granger - UK
Date: 21st Sep 2009

Very nice looking phone, very user friendly, so easy to use, with plenty of features for a very reasonable price. Good quality pictures from camera & seems to have a decent battery life. Music player is good with plenty of volume (drowns out my wife's Tocco).

Overall a really good value for money phone that looks good too.

Design

90%

Usability

90%

Features

90%

Reviewer: Karen - UK
Date: 20th Sep 2009

I bought the pink version I love it, it looks good, feels good, sounds good, everything about this phone is brilliant, there are no touch keys on this phone which I like not like the U600 I liked that phone but not the touch keys, the MP3 is brilliant the sound is really good, the 3.2 mega pixel camera is really sharp & clear it takes lovely photos well done to Samsung on a really good phone, I love it.

Design

100%

Usability

100%

Features

100%

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