Samsung beat 450

Samsung beat 450, samsung mp3 phone - SGH i450

Sporting a rare dual-slide design, the samsung 450 is one of the most interesting cool smartphone offerings recently announced !

Samsung beat 450 Key features

• Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
• Dual slide design with unique Touch wheel key
• 2.4″ 256K color TFT LCD display with QVGA resolution
• 3G with HSDPA
• 3.5mm standard stereo audio jack
• microSD memory card slot for high-capacity cards
• FM radio with RDS
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP

Samsung beat 450 Main Disadvantages

• No WLAN
• Average display quality
• Mediocre camera
• No camera lens cover
• 3.5mm jack cannot be used to plugin a hands-free set

A music-oriented smartphone with great speakers is not the most frequent sight around, so it’s no wonder the few of those get quite a lot of attention. As we see it, with Samsung i450 it is quite COOL.

Thinking about its rivals, the first name that comes to mind is Nokia N81. Boasting nice sound quality, similar design and dimensions plus the same OS, the N-series phone will surely put up a fight with this samsung mp3 phone.

The samsung beat 450 pulls off a neat visual trick, and packs a surprising punch for music fans.
The Samsung SGH-i450 is of a rare breed called dual sliders, meaning it opens in more than one direction. In fact, the i450 slides up to reveal a 12-key number pad, and slides down to reveal a, um, what the heck is that? It looks like a wheel, but it doesn’t spin. In fact, Samsung has used touch sensors to make a pad that acts like half a wheel (maybe a bit less than half). To complete the visual metaphor, the user interface uses a circle for feedback that seems to complete the wheel onto the screen of the phone. So, you slide your finger clockwise to increase the volume, and the circle on the screen grows in the same direction. It’s a neat visual trick, and makes the phone cool to use, at first.

Besides the scroll half-wheel, the phone also hides a speaker behind the slide. With audio from Bang & Olufsen’s ICE power technology, the speaker provides surprising clarity to the music.
The phone has a few other impressive features, as well. First of all, it runs Symbian S60, which means that plenty of 3rd party apps will be available. Second, it has a 2-megapixel around back, and a VGA camera up front for video conferencing, which should be no sweat, considering the phone also uses high-speed, 3.6Mbps HSDPA for network access. You can also listen to an FM radio with your own headphones, since the i450 uses a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Internal memory tops out at 35MB, which isn’t much, but the phone will accept microSDHC cards in capacities up to 4GB. The phone connects to headphones and PCs using Bluetooth and USB of the 2.0 variety, including A2DP for stereo Bluetooth headsets.

Symbian may be a pretty OS, but it isn’t very fast, especially when the phone lacks a heaping stack of RAM. Fast connectivity means that essential functions, like Web browsing and sideloading, should work smoothly, but when apps pile up, there could be some lag.
Samsung beat 450 is the best phone with a speaker that is also affordable (priced at around rs.12000+). And, the user interface is great.

If you want an all-around multimedia slider, the Samsung beat 450 is the way to go

Features:

1. Sliders:

Sliding the front reveals a navy blue keypad with evenly spaced and responsive keys. The keys are placed on a flat surface with arty ridges dividing them. Nice! The speakers are visible when you slide the phone down. A cool touch-sensitive navigation pad amidst the speakers means you can use it while surfing your music folder. It works fine, even if responsiveness is low

2.touch control:

The touch control feature in Samsung Beat 450 makes it stand out from others.The touch control for the music player is unlike anything we've seen on a cell phone before. When you slide the front face down, you'll see a blue arc that's just short of 180 degrees. By swiping your finger up and down the arc you can scroll through the music player menu options, which are arranged along another arc that appears on the display. It's an appealing design as the two arcs together form a full circle. The display isn't a touch screen, so you can't swipe your finger as you would on a scroll wheel, but you can move quickly though the various menu options and a long list of songs. Also, I like that you can press and hold at each end of the arc to keep moving through your song list without lifting your finger.

The phone runs on a symbian 60 series version 3.1.The UI is non-complex, and the fact that the phone is fast helps considerably.The i450 is a quad-band phone that supports 3G . I would have liked to see Wi-Fi, but had to settle for GPRS and EDGE. The inbuilt browser is cool, but no multiple pages. The phone supports many third party applications, courtesy S60.The i450 comes loaded with Realplayer for videos and also a Flash player, but what I like is that Samsung has also bundled support for Word, Excel and Powerpoint. The SGH-i450 also has support for Assisted GPS, which is a technology that pinpoints your location by connecting to nearby cellular towers or other cell phones. It's sort of an enhancer to standard GPS that is particularly useful when a connection to a GPS satellite isn't available

MUSIC:

The external speakers provided with the Samsung Beat 450 certify that it's a music phone.Music performance was quite good, again thanks to the phone's speakers. They provided decent output with loud volume, and the audio quality was more than serviceable. As usual, a headset will provide the best experience so I recommend using one.

Camera:

Unfortunately, the SGH-i450's photo quality is disappointing. Images were much too dim and rather blurry, particularly when we were focusing on smaller objects. Also, colors were distorted with reds being way too red. It's just not what we expected from a 2-megapixel camera. Video quality was a tad better, but it was far from satisfying. If you still want to print your photos, you can connect directly to a PC or printer via a cable or Bluetooth.

Battery life:

The Samsung Beat 450 has a rated battery life of 5.4 hours talk time and 21.5 days of standby time. It has a decent talk time of 6 hours and 42 minutes. You'll get a bit less battery life when using 3G service

Price of Samsung Beat 450:

in US -: starts from $259

in India:- Rs 13,250.