Samsung S5230 Star review: Hot starlet
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- juicy fruit
- U3W
- 22 Oct 2009
can anybody help me,,,i use music player but why i cannot remove in my screen same with the FM radio both display in my screen even if im not using music player or radio........thnx
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- CHERYL
- pJw
- 17 Oct 2009
kez, 28 Jul 2009why are so many people so dam negative??? this phone is awe... moreu are so right!!
I am gettin this phone in 2 weeks
can u tell me all the good stuff about it??
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- Sajay Alias
- 2Aj
- 12 Oct 2009
guys i am a user of this phone...merits of this phone are...
1.good camera claity
2.battery life
3accelerometer is very sensitive
4. not costly
5.gesture lock is interesting
demerits are..
1.java wont work so easily.{i made it work after updating the firmware and there by i void the warranty of it...}still i need both jar and jad of a application which is easy to get,, but annoying..
2.its very delicate if u drop it to ground or water its camera chip gets burnt off...it costs a good amount....and they dont give warranty for it...
3.games that company provides are all not full versions. only can play for some time...after that u have to pay for it...
4.back cover is the worst thing about this phone..they give 2 of them but both are very bad..it keeps coming out...
5.only 3gp and mp4 format works..
over all its just an average phone...u guys decide to buy or not...
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- Waqas
- 2S%
- 07 Sep 2009
Star, get ready to face stiff competition from Nokia 5530.Nokia is the only cellphone company which offers affordable smartphones.why would anyone consider samsung star when symbian based smartphone 5530 is available for slightly higher price.Thanks Nokia for making affordable smartphones.See the comparison between star and 5530 and you will come to know that 5530 is much much better -
http://5530xpressmusic.com/nokia-5530-xpressmusic-vs-samsung-star-s5230-tocco-lite/
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- Inpan
- P$t
- 04 Sep 2009
hi i just recently bought the star and noticed one major problem , it's camera is giving me the message " CAMERA FAILED " whenever i try to take a picture or video . This is a serious problem and what to do to remove it . Sometimes i take off battery and sim and then retsart again it works but most the time this message is coming .
any help ???????
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- Anonymous
- upH
- 01 Sep 2009
This is not a good phone.back cover is so problamatic
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- Anonymous
- vGF
- 22 Aug 2009
The handset is amazing specially the battery life.... the only trouble i have had is to stream videos.For some reason i have not been able to watch any videos from u tube or any other site. spoke to service provider who have asked me to download the real player. can any one help.
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- Anonymous
- 2@x
- 16 Aug 2009
WHAT A REVIEW SIR!! i've read many reviews but none in so much detail.gud work.I AM BUYING IT!!
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- MAR
- utx
- 15 Aug 2009
Dont listen to the Fake words of Dummy people. i am going to buy in 2 days. you r also buy this mobile.
it is Simply SUPERBBBBB.........
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- Dec
- 05b
- 13 Aug 2009
I bought this phone based on this review but it didn't have all the features that the reveiwers phone must have had as you can *not* record the fm radio with as it says on page 4 of the review.
I'm in Ireland .. does everyone's else Star / Tocco Lite record from the radio?
I had a Samsung Ultra Touch and it had the abilty to record from the built-in fm radio.
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- Crippin
- fuV
- 04 Aug 2009
do you guys review phones or compare phones,be honest gsm arena.
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- AK
- P@8
- 04 Aug 2009
MunkieMan, 26 Jul 2009I was playing around with the phone in the shop, and I reme... moreMay be you didn't read the user manual :-P It is called "Fake Call" Feature. You can check in the settings, there are timings which determine after how many seconds you want the call to ring. There is a voice clip option, if selected, when this "fake call" comes, this recorded voice gets played gives an impression that the real call came. Easy to get rid of unwanted people or situation ;-) at no cost.
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- Bhupinder
- PUa
- 04 Aug 2009
Its a good phone with lot of setbacks. it gets hanged very often when call is ended. screen stucks there for at least 5-10 mins. and only option to get rid of it is to restart. 2)alarm settings doesnt get saved. once u switch the alarm off then it comes back to its original settings like volume to level 1. cant say if it is only with my set.
3) no 3.5mm jack for music. touch phone shd be in sink with latest technology. 4) one can only recharge or listen to music at a time.
Actually i can just go on and on but these are the major ones
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- Ranjit
- v{R
- 30 Jul 2009
Hi,
In the LG KP500 review in the disadvantages, teh GSMArena review team has mentioned that ders no Divx/Xvid support while the same has not been mentioned in the disadvantages for the Samsung star. Does dat mean teh Star supports Divx/Xvid ? can any1 shed some light?
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- kez
- NHU
- 28 Jul 2009
why are so many people so dam negative??? this phone is awesome!!! and at the price, its amazing! im enjoying my new star to its fullest!
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- LuluManager
- m89
- 27 Jul 2009
You've reviewed the Player One! Not the player Star which has 3.2M autofocus AND 3G!
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- MunkieMan
- fuK
- 26 Jul 2009
I was playing around with the phone in the shop, and I remembered on my old E900 if you held in the volume key the screen turned on displaying the desktop. I tried this on the Star and all it said was: "Fake call activated", which confused me. But while checking it out further the phone started ringing, saying "Unknown Number" on the display. I realised that this is a function of the phone and tried it again, and sure enough it rang! I have never come across that function before and I recon it will come handy ;) he he
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- ramesh
- 2TH
- 19 Jul 2009
Hi, i've been using the Samsung Star (in India) for the last couple of weeks. Decent OS, but, sometimes, post a call, it tends to hang for a while. It sometimes takes around 30 seconds to display that the call has ended, even though in reality the call would've ended earlier. Sam needs to fix this.Great battery, ok music player. For some strange reason, some of the widgets in my fone just don't work..... all in all, for the price, good deal !
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- dXm99
- 0v%
- 07 Jul 2009
I got it for 20 euro from my telecom and i am satisfied. Touch screen is decent and there is no need for stylus and using its onscreen qwerty is a great experience. GSMarena forgot to mention awesome tactile feedback.
After using fully patched SE k550@w610 it is a little disappointing experience software wise. ie. can not transfer 100MB file over BT with 2GB microSD inserted in phone, no voice dialing, installing java applications via PC download is also a pain etc. I want to crossflash it to w610 :)
For price which is almost to nothing (at most telecoms) You get great audio experience, nice screen estate, awesome onscreen qwerty, great battery, extensive call list and awful Samsung software (which is still better then LG).
p.s. worst thing is that you can not install 3rd party widgets (i do hope that i am wrong - i would like to see my calendar agenda on desktop :) )
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- Anonymous
- uWB
- 07 Jul 2009
without "wifi" any kool gadget is half utilized. so i guess nokia5530 would be a much better option.