Elvis-Virtus

I recently bought a SAMSUNG CORBY S3653, actually i didn't pay for it, its a free that goes with my GLOBE 1.2k a month plan, the only catch is that i had to change my phone number, well its for the greater good anyway. So, my first expression with the Corby is not that pleasant because its a touch screen and its very cheap, and my experiences with a cheap touch screen is not pleasant, it always lead to two things, 1- the touch screen is not sensitive and you will have to poke the screen very hard to register your input and 2- When you drop it, it will never be the same but honestly, this phone blew me away and crushed all my beliefs concerning cheap touch screen phones.

I'm more of a Text and call type of a guy, i don't pay attention with the Mega Pixel of the camera or other 'cool' features that the Phone have but it is still good to have those features there and is ready to be used.

The Corby is a very cheap phone, you can get it around 7.5k, but don't let the price fool you, this thing is a powerhouse. Did i mention, that its an Touch Screen Phone, you will not find any keypads on it except for the volume, lock key, camera ,call and call end button. The keypads is in the OS of the phone itself, I'm never a fan of Touch Screen because i feel they have slow responses, but i was blown away with the touch screen of the corby, its fast and accurate, almost similar to the IPhone 3g that my sister have. The one thing i like with this also that it has vibration feedback, when you touch the screen, it will do a response vibration. So when your texting, it feels like your really pressing the button. It comes with a 2 MP camera, and basically can play any audio format. The another thing that i like with this phone is that they are already built in application you can use, like Twitter, Facebook , Dropbox, and MySpace ( you can install more if you go to Samsung's website) , And this application are also widgets, the same thing as the widgets in your Vista, the only difference is that the widgets floats around your Main Screen. Don't worry if your fear that your main screen will be cluttered, because this phone has 3 screens witch you can switch on the fly with 1 stroke of your finger.

Now the negatives, This phone is lacking WIFI, which is a big blow especially with those build in application that the phone comes with. The problem is that Globe's price rate for their internet is expensive and sadly, i'm forced not to use these applications. I also don't like the keypad design for texting, i feel that the buttons are too close to each other and i'm having a hard time texting using my thumb without making mistakes. Like the old Samsung phones, you cannot create your own profiles, they are already 6 pre-made profiles which you can modify but its not the same in making your own

PROS: Very affordable only costs 7.5k, Touch Screen and has fast response and very accurate, it has Widgets to connect to your social networks, Has 3 Main menu for your widgets,Vibration Feedback

Cons: Lacks WIFI, Keypad design are not thumb friendly, Can't create your own profile

Rating: out of 5

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