Sum n substance:

Thumbs up: Nice display, sleek design, comfortable keyboard.

Thumbs down: Speed of the EV-DO isn’t that great, navigation keys are a bit cramped, microSD slot is located behind the battery cover.

Inside the trunk:
Network: CDMA 800 / 1900
Form Factor: Slide
Dimensions: 108 x 53 x 17 mm
Weight: 140 g
Antenna: Internal
Navigation: QWERTY Keypad / 5-Way Keypad
Battery Type: 960 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time: 5.00
Standby Time: 300
Memory: 128.0 MB
Expandable Memory: microSD / TransFlash

THE WHIZ-KID SPEAKS: After the Samsung Gravity, Samsung Rant and the Recently launched dainty Samsung Rogue, this one from Samsung is yet another messaging phone with the slider form factor. This one isn’t exactly a high end phone like the Rogue, it’s a basic phone with a few multimedia features. It’s quite light on the pocket as well at $29.99 for a charcoal grey version from Verizon and the Red one could be obtained for absolutely free from Verizon’s online store.

Razzle-Dazzle: It looks like any other candy car phone in the front view. Its got a nice sleek design with a matte soft-touch plastic feel to it. Measuring 4.25 inches long by 2.08 inches wide by 0.65 inch thick, this one is quite compact and lightweight as well.

It’s got a 2.1 inch display with 262,000 TFT colors and a resolution for 176×220 pixels. The display is quite bright and animated and works out pretty well for the animated graphics and icons. Below the screen is the navigation array, with two soft keys, a OK key, a speakerphone key and a clear key. The send and the end/power keys are on both the sides of the array. These keys are quite curved but then they are a bit cramped up. Below the navigation array is the keypad. The keys on the keypad are well spaced out and are quite comfortable to use with hardly any mispresses.

Sliding the phone reveals a four row QWERTY keyboard. The sliding mechanism is pretty nice as well and I hardly experienced any problems with it. The spacing of the keys on the keyboard is really nice.  Though it isn’t as good as the Rogue its spacious enough for comfort.

On the left side it houses a 2.5mm headset jack ,a volume rocker, and a charger jack and on the right it houses the voice command key and camera key. On the back we have the camera lens, self portrait mirror and external speaker. The Micro SD slot is located behind the battery cover.

Inside dope: This one has got a 1000 entry phonebook with room for around five phone numbers, two email addresses, a street address and notes. The contacts can also be saved in the phonebook with a caller Ring tune and caller picture ID. There are a few basic features in it which include the speakerphone, vibrate mode, calculator, calendar, a stopwatch, a notepad and a world clock.

Being a messaging phone, obviously this one supports text and multimedia messaging. its got a threaded messaging feature as well which makes viewing the messages as conversations even more easier. The intensity supports e-mail via mobile email and mobile web email. Using mobile email all your mails are directly delivered to your inbox and the mobile web email delivers email through the regular browser.

This one comes loaded with an inbuilt music player which supports Verizon’s  V chat music with Rhapsody service. But here again since the Intensity doesn’t support the high EV-DO purchasing and downloading of songs is very difficult. However the songs can be easily downloaded on the PC and then uploaded directly on to the Intensity. The interface of the music player is pretty much simple and easy to use with the usual settings like repeat and shuffle.

It’s got a 1.3 megapixel camera and it supports taking of pictures in around 5 resolutions. However the photo quality is pretty much mediocre and the photos appear to be blurred and have a slight pinkish tint to it.

Coming to the call quality of this one, it is pretty much impressive. There was no static or interference. the callers voice was audible and loud but at times it was a bit too harsh. On the callers end however they had a few complains of static and echo. Using the speakerphone was a better option than using the headset.

This one offers a battery life of five hours talktime and 12.5 days.

Nitty-Gritty: This one is a basic messaging phone with a few multimedia goodies. Also it’s pretty much affordable and would be a nice choice for anyone who is looking out for a nice easy to use affordable phone.

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