Review of Samsung Captivate smartphone

Samsung Captivate in a Nutshell:

The Samsung Captivate is a 3G smartphone standing on the Android 2.1 operating system which optimizes the performance of the phone. There is a 4-inche super AMOLED touch-screen display that makes you live big and think big by bringing in all the menu options without a scroll bar. The 5MP camera and video recording feature helps you capture precious moments of your life with crystal clarity. Music player and FM Radio will tune in world class music at your fingertips. Also, you get the privilege of downloading a number of games on the phone and lay all of them smoothly with the 1GHZ Hummingbird processor and Six-axis sensor that provides an effortless access to the game The Pedometer feature is meant to count your foot step, Dual speaker is provided for delivering a stunning 3D sound quality and multitasking ability enables operation of all the apps in a single go for the user. The office work and tour becomes easy by e-mail services, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange, A-GPS technology, Bluetooth connectivity, Wi-Fi, mobile TV, and SWYPE will ensure the easiness of any kind of work to be done.

Features of the Samsung Captivate:

The Samsung Captivate has number of features and enhanced applications that are enlisted below

• Design description:

The Samsung Captivate is elegant and classy smartphone showcasing a dominating 4-inches display screen. The resolution of the screen is 480 x 800 pixels along with ability to display around 16million colors. The Samsung Captivate possesses a curved shape at the bottom and top. As the exterior of the phone has plastic casing, making the handset 0.3 ounces lighter than iPhone 4. The Samsung Captivate weighs 4.7 ounces and it poses the dimension 2.1x 0.6 x 4.2-inches. On the top of the phone is 3.5 mm head jack and volume control as well as power/lock are rest of the dedicated buttons allotted at the side panel of the phone. At the back side of the phone is a carbon fiber-like and texture finished panel along with camera.

• Camera:

The Samsung Captivate has a 5MP dedicated camera with tender resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. For still images camera has setting like auto-focus, face detection, digital zoom of 4x, effects, self timer, panorama setting, ISO, multi-shots setting will deliver stunning snaps. Furthermore, the video recording will record video at the resolution of 720 pixels. You get TV-out slot that helps you connect your phone to the HDTV.

• Multi-media player:

The Samsung Captivate has a video player and music player. With the Multi-media player you can enjoy music and to boost your experience of listening music on Samsung Captivate a Dual Speaker is pre installed. You get a FM radio feature also, tune into enormous radio station with Samsung Captivate.

• Navigation tool:

The Samsung Captivate is equipped with A-GPS technology. It helps you to get appropriate way to your destination. The A-GPS navigation tool is based on the Google Map.

• Connectivity:

The Samsung Captivate has connectivity to the Bluetooth 3.0 version and Wi-Fi, thus now you can share your document and data via Bluetooth to Bluetooth enabled devices. Through Wi-Fi connectivity we can get speedy access to the internet on your handset.

• Memory:

The Samsung Captivate has a 16MB internal memory. You can extend the memory by adding microSD/microSDHC memory card of 32GB.

• Battery life:

The Samsung Captivate has 5.83hours talk time and 340 hours of stand-by battery life.

The Verdict:

The Samsung Captivate is a 3G smartphone with all the beneficial feature of 3G technology.  Good connectivity, ergonomic design, good battery life and many more make this phone one of the best buy’s in the market today. You can get Samsung Captivate in market at the price of 199.99 US Dollar with AT&T mobility.

My rating: 4/5.