From losing a phone to buying a new one
"You know? I lost my 12K phone, just like that.. carelessness. And my wifey is not happy about that. So I am going to buy a basic phone for now" told to my friend Rakesh who came with me to the moble showroom.
After entering the showroon, I was just gazing upon the "Basic Phones" section and could not find anything impressive. All the specs were dull, boring and having used the touch phone for over 6 months, going back to a basic phone seemed a bit stone-age to me. So I decided to increase my budget.
I said "Hey Rakesh, I feel I should go for a better phone. Not something basic"
My friend said "Okay they have a Live demo showroom beneath this floor. Let's go there"
After reaching that floor I glanced upon the live pieces and squared upon a Nokia Bar phone and a Samsung bar phone. The budget reached 5K. But then, my heart did not feel quite satisfied. The phones are okay, but just okay. The app support, display size etc did not inspire the buy-it-now feeling. But the brain was screaming "This is more than enough.. you have already lost a 12k phone. Just go with this.. go, go, pack this phone".
It was a tough fight between heart and mind. Finally the heart won.. and I decided to go for a better phone. By this time Rakesh was laughing at my ever increasing budget.
So then I glanced upon this Nokia C3-05 @ Rs.9.6k , which looked really slim, cute and had good features. But the OS was the crappy Symbian V3 and display features a stupid resistive screen. The sales girl was clever and showed me 3 samsung phones (a Fit, a wave-look-alike, and another one) which are of the same budget range 10-11k, featuring capacitive touch and better features than Nokia C3-05.
I have never spent so much time selecting a phone. I was standing there for nearly 10 mins, thinking about which one to choose? I was evaluating their features, specs etc and the sales girl and Rakesh became restless. Still I could never reach a conclusion. Suddenly out of the blue, I chose Samsung Fit (white color), and both of them smiled.
Quick Review
Samsung Galaxy Fit (i5670) is a entry level Android phone the sells around 10k budget. It features a 3 inch display with capacitive touch, which works better than my previous Samsung Galaxy 3. Though it is large, the resolution is a huge let down. Just 320x240. If you have good eye-vision you can see the visible pixels and count them with your naked eye!
It is slim and good to hold. Runs on a 1350 battery and the battery withstands average usage for upto 2 days. It has all the required connectivities from Wifi, BT and 3G. The OS is Android Froyo, (2.2) which is leaps ahead than Android 2.1 in terms of performance, power management and features. An analogy on performance could be like - Android 2.2 is Alto with K10 engine and Android 2.1 is Alto with F8D engine.
The features and long list of jazzy features are available in many discussion forums and review websites. So I'll skip them and present the pros and cons I feel.
Pros
- Android 2.2
- large display (easy on eyes for elder people)
- light weight
- better battery
- Good performance
- 5 MP camera (but average quality)
- resistive touch
Cons
- OS Locked. You cannot upgrade OS.
- Under par display resolution (320x240)
- 600 mhz processor
- No native DivX support
Conclusion
On a general note, this is a very good entry level android phone for those who are looking for a no-nonsense smartphone. But for expert users and quality concious, this should be best avoided as there is no option to upgrade the OS.