Samsung Primo Black

What kind of user are you?

A Business user? read Mr. Ajmera's Review A Homemaker? read Mrs. Iyer's Review A Geek? read Ishan's Review A Social Butterfly? read Prachi's Review

Detailed Review

Display

With the TFT LCD display of Samsung Primo, you get higher resolution without cutting on the battery life. You get a 262 K colour display with this phone. You get TFT LCD display with this device. This smartphone presents a resolution of 240x320 pixels. The Samsung Primo sports a display of 6.1 cms; approximately 2.4 inches. The LCD display of this smartphone will impress you with its sharp picture quality. It would be a tad strenous to use the phone as its display size falls below 2.5 inches despite the portability.

Battery

The standby time offered is nearly 960 hrs on 2G network. This device boasts of the typical Li-Ion battery. This phone clocks in 680 hrs of standby time on 3G network, under ideal scenario. With this phone, you get nearly 15 hours of talk time, as long as you stick with the 2G network. If using the 3G network, you might need to opt a bit conservative with the battery of this smartphone that offers only 5 hours of talk time.

Camera

As much fun it might be to click pictures, video recording is equally great. As a bonus to that, the LED serves awe-inspiring results even in ill illuminated areas, so it does not matter even if the subject is far away. Compromising on image quality in low light setting is a thing of the past, as the built-in Flash of this device performs really well. The kind of pictures and videos your camera produces does not depend only on megapixels. Depending on the sensor quality and the smartphone's other applications; you can get surprisingly good photography results even with a Yes, 5 megapixels camera.

General Features

The Samsung Primo packs in numerous boasts of such as Pushmail for the all the road warriors out there. Pre-loaded with a number of features, this smartphone flaunts dimensions of 49.7x118.9x12.8. The handset colour featured here is Black. The Samsung Primo weighing a meagre 91 g, is fashioned for prolonged usage without causing any inconvenience. You get at par accessories such as Mobile in the box, along with the Samsung Primo.

Connectivity

The sim cards present in this phone is a Mini SIM. With a easy HDMI cable and yourHD laptop/TV, you are able to experience HD viewing of all the movies, videos and images on the Samsung Primo. With a built-in Bluetooth, this phone have the flexibility to sync with other Bluetooth-enabled devices. Whether it is about standard possesses or advanced possesses like Loudspeaker, this Samsung Primo smartphone is crafted with all such possesses in it. You get a Single Sim, GSM sim with this smartphone. If you primarily utilize your device for standard purposes such as emailing, chatting, calling and messaging, then the 2G connectivity offered should be good enough. If you want to avoid the pricey charges levied by the 3G and 4G networks, the standard 2G network connectivity of this smartphone makes it a cellphone that's definitely up your lane. A higher network type can lead to increased power consumption, and you need to reflect on this while making a decision. The smartphone audio needs are accommodated by the 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Memory

All your images, videos, music and books have the flexibility to easily be accommodated in the 16 GB extendable storage offered by this Samsung Primo; this entire space is available for storage unlike the pre-loaded internal storage. The Samsung Primo is absolutely compatible with the microSD, which can help you boost the internal storage of the device. Many users find multimedia FM a refreshing change from their regular playlists.

Performance

The Samsung Primo possesses a platform that operates at GSM - 850, 900, 1800, 1900; WCDMA - 2100 GHz.

Mr. Ajmera's Review (A business user)

If there is one thing absolutely vital in my smartphone apart from great call management, is it being able to download and edit most email attachments; and much more such as Pushmail present in this device. No point fidgeting with a screen that poses real difficulty both while watching videos and typing on the cramped keyboard, the portability that is offered by the smaller screen seems futile against the little value it offers with respect to functionality. Not an hour goes by without my phone ringing, that's why I always go for something like the Samsung Primo that has all the advanced features to ease the communication. Although I am not so much into file sharing via Bluetooth as I am more of an email guy, but it is quite essential for hands-free calling.

Mrs. Iyer's Review (A homemaker)

The size of the Samsung Primo makes it extremely portable, but with its tiny and cramped keypad it's really not of much use to me. I never let a special occasion pass by without recording it, right from cake cutting to dinner parties; and the Samsung Primo with good recording features is really good for me. I don't like the camera in particular, and I won't be buying the Samsung Primo, however good the other features might be. I always feel the more the better when it comes to smartphone storage and I would always chose the Samsung Primo with expandable memory against any other smartphones that are overpriced and overloaded with confusing features.

Ishan's Review (A geek)

Although the display looks great, the tiny screen size is too awkward to please the gamer or the ardent bookworm in me. Even if your smartphone offers good amount of internal storage, extendable memory never hurts and is good to know that there's room left if you need.

Prachi's Review (A social butterfly)

For me the 2.4 inches display is the first thing I noticed in the Samsung Primo. I love texting and all my friends too prefer texting over talking, so I find the screen size of the Samsung Primo very cramped. Yes, 5 MP is not that great camera resolution. There are so many smartphones with better megapixels sometimes even cheaper than this phone. I love clicking pictures with my smartphone and this one doesn't seem up for it. My smartphone should do a lot of things simultaneously and not just basic messaging, emails and browsing. And the 2G network is too slow to do anything more than that. I always forget charging my phone so USB charging via my laptop is really a good option for me and sometimes I even use this port to transfer music and images.

Technical Specification

General Features
Brand:	Samsung
Handset Color:	Black
Business Features:	Pushmail
Form:	Bar
Keypad:	Yes , Alphanumeric
SIM Size:	Mini SIM
Call Features:	Loudspeaker
Model Name:	Primo
SIM Type:	Single Sim , GSM
Model ID:	S5610
In the Box:	Mobile
Camera
Video Recording:	Yes
Video Recording:	480 x 320
Video Recording Frames:	30 fps
Flash:	LED
Other Camera Features:	Auto Focus , Smile Detection
Rear Camera:	5 MP
Multimedia
Video Player:	Yes
Video Player:	Supports MP4 , H.263
Music Player:	Yes , Supports MP3 , WMA , eAAC
FM:	Yes , with Recording
Internet & Connectivity
WAP:	Yes
WAP:	v2
Audio Jack:	3.5 mm
Preinstalled Browser:	WAP
Bluetooth:	Yes , Yes , Yes
HDMI Port:	No
Internet Features:	Email
GPRS:	Yes , Class 12
EDGE:	Yes , Class 12
USB Connectivity:	Yes , micro USB , v2
3G:	Yes , 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
Other Features
Phone Book Memory:	Yes
Call Memory:	Yes
SMS Memory:	Yes
Important Apps:	Instant Messaging , Gtalk , Yahoo Messenger , Facebook Chat , MSN
Additional Features:	Organizer , Voice Memo , Predictive Text Input , SNS Applications , Vibration , MMS Enabled
Warranty
Covered in Warranty:	Warranty of the product is limited to manufacturing defects only
Warranty Summary:	1 year manufacturer warranty for Phone and 6 months warranty for in the box accessories
Warranty Service Type:	Customer needs to visit the nearby Authorized Service Center
Dimensions
Weight:	91 g
Size:	49.7x118.9x12.8 mm
Display
Display Resolution:	240x320 Pixels
Display Type:	TFT LCD
Display Size:	2.4 inches
Display Color:	262 K
Battery
Talk Time (2G):	15 hrs
Talk Time (3G):	5 hrs
Standby Time (2G):	960 hrs
Standby Time (3G):	680 hrs
Battery Type:	Li-Ion
Capacity:	1000 mAh
Memory And Storage
Expandable Memory Card Type:	microSD GB
Expandable Memory Capacity:	16 GB
Platform
Operating Freq:	GSM - 850
Operating Freq:	900 , 1800 , 1900; WCDMA - 2100
Java:	Yes