Samsung Solstice A887 Review

Release Date: Q3 2009
Expert Rating:

Well equipped with widgets for the sites like MySpace and Facebook
Stylish look
3G

Mere 2 mp camera

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There is no dearth of touch screen mobile phones in the market. But, every now and often latest handsets are being announced in different categories. Samsung, a leading manufacturer in the market of mobile phones is also not left behind. They have announced the arrival of their latest handset Samsung A887 Solstice in the month of July 2009 and it is expected to hit the market by August. This one is a complete touch screen mobile phone with some brilliant looks and extra ordinary features to cherish upon. The main focus of Samsung A887 Solstice is on social networking and media. The device is well equipped to be compatible with MySpace and Facebook. Nowadays, the major market share of the mobile phone purchasers is occupied by the young buyers. These young people look for various latest features, especially based on media, entertainment and networking. With Samsung A887 Solstice they are getting chance to enjoy the best thing that they like, which is social networking. At & T is bringing this mobile phone to the users and it is available under two years contract. The price set for this device called Samsung A887 Solstice is relatively low. If you want to buy this phone you just need to pay £ 50.

The Appearance of Samsung A887 Solstice

Samsung A887 Solstice is an uber cool sleek device. View it from any angle and you will just fall in love with it. This is a complete touch screen device with three major control keys at the bottom of the handset. The extreme left key is make calls and answer calls while the extreme right key is for ending the calls. The middle key which is slightly bigger in size is for navigation and control of other features of the phone. You can arrange the major interfaces according to your requirements on the touch screen. This will help you to avail easy and quick access to the required applications and menus. You can set contact, menu, dial list, internet browser, messaging, push to talk, social networking sites, etc on the main screen of the phone. You will find the logo of Samsung at the bottom of the display and the logo of AT & T at the top of the display. The back side of the phone looks extremely solid because of the kind of material used in the body. On the left top corner of the back side of Samsung A887 Solstice, you will find the lens of the 2 mega pixel camera. Sidewise, the phone looks quite sleek and attractive. Also, there are certain functional keys placed in that area also.

The Display of Samsung A887 Solstice

The display of Samsung A887 Solstice is mainly occupied by the big touch screen interface of the phone. The black look is drop dead gorgeous and its combination with the vivacious touch screen looks simply stunning. The total size of the screen is 3 inches and it provides a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. This is a complete TFT touch screen phone that comes with 256,000 colours. The display of the phone features an Accelerometer sensor and the overall weight of the phone is 94 grams. The measurement of Samsung A887 Solstice is 109 mm by 53 mm by 12.7 mm. Its design is perfect to be easily adjusted on the pocket of a pair of jeans. Hence, Samsung A887 Solstice is quite easy and convenient to carry.

The Connectivity Features of Samsung A887 Solstice

With Samsung A887 Solstice, you can always remain well connected. The phone offers quad band GSM and EDGE and dual band UMTS/HSDPA 3G support. On 2G network, the phone supports GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900; while on 3Gnetwork it supports HSDPA 850 and 1900. The speed of HSDPA support in 3G is 3.6 mega bytes per second. In addition, Samsung A887 Solstice comes with several ports such as v2.0 USB and v2.0 Bluetooth® along with A2DP. So, the phone can be connected with various compatible devices for seamless data transfer applications.

The Camera Features of Samsung A887 Solstice

This is quite a let down from the Samsung A887 Solstice. Considering the other features of the phone, it was expected to offer something exciting in terms of camera, but it is offering a normal 2 mega pixel camera. This 2 mega pixels camera can click pictures with resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. There is no secondary camera and video recording is done with this camera only. The Samsung A887 Solstice however features a video player that can play some exciting video files. The video player supports different file formats such as MPEG4, H.263 and H.264.

The Music Features of Samsung A887 Solstice

Samsung A887 Solstice comes with an integrated music player. This music player is simple to manage and tracking different music files is also quite easy. You can arrange your music according to the name of the song, artist, genre, album, etc. You can listen to the music of the phone in normal mode or by using the headphones. Bluetooth® headphone is available with the set and it provides amazing listening experience.

The Memory of Samsung A887 Solstice

Samsung A887 Solstice is equipped with 189 mega bytes of internal memory and it has the ability to support up to 16 gigabytes of external memory by using microSDHC (INFO) memory cards. Thus, you can load quite a good number of music files, video files and images without worrying much about the storage capacity.