Phone rating:

In a nutshell: The
Samsung Genio Qwerty appears to be a low cost alternative to a BlackBerry,
but the keyboard turns out to be a flop. Still, it does offer a
choice of snap-on colour cases, text conversations with cool graphics,
a good music player and FM radio, and decent battery life. Check
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Samsung
Genio Qwerty Review

Well,
the Genio Qwerty looks very much like a BlackBerry
Curve. It’s about the same size, and it shares the same style
of QWERTY keyboard. The Samsung has more of a fun feel to it however,
with changeable covers on the back, so you can swap from black to
white to yellow. But note that only the back changes colour – the
front stays black.

The
display isn’t up to much. At 2.2 inches, it’s much smaller than
the BlackBerry, and has a low resolution of 176 x 220 pixels. But
it’s the keyboard that turns out to be the biggest disappointment.
It’s just nasty. The keys are so small that you’ll need tiny fingers
to use it, but the real problem is that when you press one key,
the whole keyboard flops up and down, making it very hard to press
the right key and get positive feedback. The thing also feels like
it won’t last more than a few months.

The
camera’s sub-standard too, even for this low price point. There’s
no flash and you’ll get grainy shots unless you shoot in absolutely
perfect conditions.

The
Genio Qwerty does come with a music player and FM radio, and has
the bonus of a 3.5mm audio jack so you can plug in your own headphones.
The onboard memory is pretty small at 41 MB, but you can add a microSD
memory card up to 8GB if you want to store your music collection
on the phone. But we wouldn’t recommend replacing your iPod with
this phone.

The
Genio Qwerty has been designed with social networking in mind, and
we like the way that it handles texts with its cool bubble-quote
graphics. Email isn’t as easy to handle as a BlackBerry though,
and it’s not great for web browsing or facebook with its tiny screen
and lack of any kind of rapid data transfer.

Battery
life is adequate, although not particularly strong, although it
does recharge quickly. Connectivity is quadband GSM, with USB and
Bluetooth.

We
are struggling to find a niche for the Genio Qwerty. What are its
real strengths? It’s not the QWERTY keyboard, and its not text messaging
or email. It’s not music and its not taking photos. I think that
you can see where we are going with this review. Stick with the
Genio Touch for better texting,
or upgrade to the Genio Slide
if you can afford a little extra.

Features of the Samsung Genio Qwerty include:

• 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
• Video camera
• Display: TFT, 220 x 176 pixels (2.2 inches)
• Music player
• FM radio RDS
• Ringtones: MP3 ringtones, 64 voice polyphonic
  ringtones
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, email, IM
• Voice memo & voice mail
• Speakerphone
• Java games
• Offline mode
• WAP 2.0, GPRS, web browser
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB 2.0, 3.5mm jack
• Memory: 41 Mbytes plus MicroSD memory card slot
  (up to 8GB supported)
• Personal organiser functions
• Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• Size: 110 x 59 x 13 mm
• Weight: 94g
• Talktime: 450 minutes
• Battery standby: 390 hours

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Qwerty Consumer Reviews

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