Samsung Wafer R510 Review
For some reason it seems as though Samsung is having some difficulty in their mobile phone division. Although they are coming out with some great designs as of late, and the Samsung Wafer R510 is a testament to that, the inner workings of their telephones seem to be flawed at best and absolutely terrible at worst. While they look great on paper, they function like garbage – and it really is a shame given that Samsung is such a strong force in the technology industry. Unfortunately the Samsung Wafer R510 continues in their most recent tradition of form over function.
Now, having a great form factor worked for Motorola only because they were able to create something amazing, a status symbol if you will, out of their RAZR branded phones. Samsung has no such brand, although they keep trying to make some incredible looking phones. The Samsung Wafer R510 is one such great looking phone, as it takes the candy bar style and considerably shrinks it down in size, making a phone that is smaller in nearly all dimensions than the typical RAZR standard.
However, by shrinking the phone down to such a small size, a few major issues have arisen. First, the battery life has suffered, as you can only get just over three and half hours of talk time out of the standard battery (although the 373 hours of standby time are very good). Also, due to the phone’s small size, the display is also somewhat small and comparable to the RAZR, coming in at 220 by 176 pixels and 262 thousand colors.
Another shortcoming of the Samsung Wafer R510 is that it only has a 1.3 megapixel camera. With a phone this new, it really should have a 2 megapixel camera, as they certainly do not cost much more to include. Furthermore, there is Bluetooth functionality and a media player built in that can be expanded via extra memory cards. Also, because this phone is CDMA, 3G functionality is almost a necessity and is included in order to take advantage of blazing fast data transfer speeds. GPS can also be used with a small fee from the wireless service provider; however email access is not available with the Samsung Wafer R510.
So, despite all of the features that sound pretty great for a bargain phone, what could possibly be so wrong with the Samsung Wafer R510? The sound quality during conversations. When in use, everything tends to echo, and the problem is not remedied by adding an external wired or Bluetooth headset. This is highly unfortunate, as most people who will be in the market for a cheap phone will use it primarily to talk and not for all of the other gadgets this phone comes with, making it practically unusable for its market segment.
Pros
-Fashionable style with s fair sized LCD
-Media player on a bargain phone
-3G capability
-GPS
-Great standby battery life
Cons
-Echo during calls
-Terrible talk time battery life
-No email access
-Camera could be better
Overall
Unfortunately, due to the glaring problem with the echo and reverb on the Samsung Wafer R510, it simply cannot be recommended. Because this phone is designed to be sold to people who just want something to talk on and will probably not use any of the additional gadgets, the phone is practically unusable.
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