Samsung Magnet SGH-A257
June, 2009
The Samsung Magnet SGH-A257 is a low-end (budget) candybar/smartphone designed in the likes of the average Blackberry or handheld PDA type cell phone. The SGH-A257 will be offered by AT&T, and utilizes GSM quadband (850/900/1800/1900MHz) frequencies.. read more
The Samsung Magnet SGH-A257 is a low-end (budget) candybar/smartphone designed in the likes of the average Blackberry or handheld PDA type cell phone. The SGH-A257 will be offered by AT&T, and utilizes GSM quadband (850/900/1800/1900MHz) frequencies. The Magnet features a full size QWERTY keyboard with a navigation menu pad and unique folder hotkey buttons. The body is outlined in a bright halloween orange, and a dark chrome front face. The Samsung Magnet features a 240 x 320 pixel QVGA LCD display, combined with an integrated 2 megapixel digital camera/camcorder.
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The Samsung Magnet includes additional features such as xHTML/HTML/2.0 WAP browser support, Bluetooth 2.0 compatibility, JAVA 2.0 platform support, instant messaging and MMS services, a universal media player, speakerphone options, an internal antenna, call vibration, a voice recording function, MP3 polyphonic ringtone support, a microSD expansion slot, and standard cell phone tools.
Features/Specs
- Budget candybar smartphone
- GSM Quadband (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
- GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Class 10
- EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) Class 10
- xHTML/HTML/2.0 WAP browser
- Support Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity
- Support Java 2.0 platform
- IM (Instant Messaging)
- MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
- 176x220 pixels 262144 colours LCD display screen
- 0.3M resolutions digital camera , self timer, multi shot and digital zoom function
- No MP3/MPEG4/3GP/WAV/e-AAC+/WMA/AMR player
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Speakerphone
- Internal antenna
- Call vibration
- Voice recording function
- MP3/MIDI polyphonic ring tone
- Text input predictive software
- STK (Sim Tool Kit)
- MicroSD/TransFlash card expansion slot
- USB clients
- Standard Phone Tools
- Alarm Clock
- World Clock
- Stopwatch
- Calendar
- Calculator
- Memo
- E-mail
- PC Sync
- Photo Album
- Photo Editor
- Wallpaper
- Games
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Samsung Magnet SGH-A257
• SGH-a257 Magnet Orange Cell Phone
MPN: SGHA257ORANGEGSM
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