Tohir Solomons

Samsung Z130 Review

Posted on the November 12th, 2005 under Uncategorized by Tohir

Yip, this is my new phone. I’m serious when I say that my Nokia 5110 was by no means dysfunctional, but the time had come to move on.

Initially I was after a Nokia 6600 based on what I’ve heard about its feature. Hardly would I have got the phone, people would probably ask when I intend to upgrade.

So in the MTN store, I noticed this Samsung Z130, and went with this one. Now it took more than two weeks for the credit checks to be done, so I wasn’t impressed with MTN here. At Vodacom, we had it done within hours (on a Saturday afternoon at that too).

Furthermore, going through some of the reviews, many people mentioned that they couldn’t get this phone to hook up to their PCs, as well as bluetooth problems – raised some questions.

After having it for a week now, I’m totally impressed. To give you the list:

• It does connect to a PC via USB (you get the cable with the phone). I was on the verge of giving up, but it worked in the end. Some niggles now and then, but I love this feature.
• MP3 player – with uploading your own songs – totally cool
• Rotational View – this is totally awesome. Pity the WAP browser needs to be vertical.
• WAP browser – has a built in smart-browser – like this, less scrolling
• Photos and Video – built in flash, video is 3gp
• POP3 client – yip, i get to download my email
• 3G Phone – though I’m yet to use this feature.
• Java for Games is nice and fast

What I don’t like:

• No SMS – everything is MMS – so I can’t download games
• No Rotational view for browser
• This is the cheapest 3G phone – so I tend to get a connection of 56kb, rather than 260kb+

I have to add, that I’m posting this blog from my laptop connected to the Internet via this phone. Now this makes it all more worthwhile. Makes me wonder how I managed to survive on the Nokia 5110. And yes, lets hope I survive the phone bill!