Samsung Repp – A Midrange Android Smartphone
Samsung Repp is an Android smartphone that has all the basics you would expect in an Android 2.3 Gingerbread handset along with great price. It offers large 3.2 inch HVGA touchscreen display, 800MHz processor and a decent set of features for free price, but it is worth shopping around for other United States Cellular deals. The large, colorful touchscreen display responds smoothly to every stroke of your finger and provides superior viewing for all your activities and functions. It’s a great size for viewing, but not that large to fit easily in your purse or pocket.
The Samsung Repp for United States Cellular hits the adage on the head. It is a perfect free smartphone with Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and is best suited for those who won’t pick their handset apart with critical eyes. The Repp is quite small with 3.2 megapixel camera that takes decent outdoor images and 3.2 inch touchscreen display. You will find 2GB microSD memory card installed. The Repp is available for the price of $139.99 with two-year contract. Here is another trend in cellphone design: the more basic the features, the splashier the paint job. It has appealing berry shade that rings back cover and face, where it is slightly dimpled. The bottom and top and flat, wide spines are matte silver color, while the Home button on its face has brushed black finish, which makes it look a cut above shiny plastic buttons.
The Samsung Repp measures 4.35 inches high, 0.48 inch thick and 2.26 inches wide and weighs reasonable 3.72 ounces. One of the extensive features found on this model is the 3.2 inch HVGA screen that boasts 320 x 480 QVGA pixel resolution and is quite serviceable in terms of brightness and color. One of the interesting features of Repp is its Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system that offers five home screens on the handset along with usual vertical scrolling in the application tray, which you get with unadulterated Android. Underneath the screen, you will find three navigation buttons: physical button, which serves for Select and Home and touch sensitive back and menu buttons.
The microSD memory card slot and power button is located on the right hand side of Samsung Repp, while the 3.5mm headphone jack on the top. The volume rocker button is situated on the left hand side of smartphone, while the microUSB charging port at the bottom. The 3.2 megapixel camera is at the back. The Android Gingerbread OS offers sense of familiarity and unity along with assurance that the handset will be equipped with array of social networking and email options, Wi-Fi, multimedia and text messaging, GPS and Bluetooth.
The Samsung Repp allows you to access over 300,000 downloadable applications in Android Market for complementing fundamental programs including clock, music player, calendar, browser and calculator. Some of the Google services include usual Maps with turn by turn voice navigation, YouTube, search, Places and Books. Other applications get you started as well though these number fewer as compared to other Android smartphones. But you will find link to app store of Amazon and Amazon.com, a Gameloft sponsored link for games compatible with Repp along with Audible.com to procure audio content like books. There is also Daily Perks and CityID, United States Cellular’s daily deals application, Uno game demo, contacts backup, ringtone applications and Think Free Office.
The Samsung Repp features a 3.2 megapixel camera with no flash and no autofocus, but images come out really good. Standard features on Repp include 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900; 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480 pixels; Touch-sensitive controls; Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones; microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot; 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels; Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread); CPU: 800 MHz; Accelerometer, proximity, compass; SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM; SNS integration; MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player; MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player; Organizer; Image/video editor; Document viewer; Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration; Voice memo/dial; Predictive text input.
The Samsung Repp also gets Phonebook: Multiple numbers per contact, Caller groups, Picture ID, Search by both first and last name and Ring ID; Organizer: Calendar, Alarm, Calculator; Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles: Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP); Notifications: Polyphonic ringtones, Music ringtones (MP3), Flight mode, Vibration and Silent mode. The rated battery life of Repp is 12.5 days in standby mode and 8 hours in talktime mode. Overall, it has plenty of processing power for all your applications and web surfing with its 800MHz Central Processing unit.
