Thread: Samsung SCH-S 379 review

Atlast my Papa got a nice Cdma Mobile for his Reliance's(i don know why he likes reliance) connection.
Papa owns a Reliance's L.G phone which looks weird. I purchased for him last year and he said "i want to throw this mobile in trash" so i went out and found out this nice mobile.

I was going for a Nokia phone. But since nokia doesnt make Cdma phones i was thinking of a else nice phone. So i got this.
This phone has everything a multimedia phone must have. A 1.3 pixel camera, music player java etc. So i think i did a nice purchase for him.

SCH-S379:
Its a feature rich handset compared to the one's at the similar price range in the CDMA market. Important features or the Pro's of this handset are listed below:
a. Bluetooth
b. Expandable memory upto 2GB (Hot Swapable, not in Nokia CDMA handsets)
c. Excellent Colour display 1.9" 262K
d. USB charging
f. Mobile tracker.( I have tested this feature and it works fine)
g. 1.3 MP camera with a good picture quality and different modes which are missing in the Nokia handset.
h. Music player and FM
i. FM recording to the memory card.
j. Receive files through Bluetooth directly to Memory Card (not possible in Nokia 6275)
k. Select and transfer multiple files through bluetooth.(again not possible in Nokia 6275)
l. Indian calendar
m. Audio jack is the same which is available on the computers. So you do not need a dedicated headset. You can just purchase any from the local market. Try a Sony headset and the sound quality is excellent. It is also better with the original headset supplied in the box but not as good compared to Sony headset.
n. Comes with 1 GB memory card.
o. Video recording
p. And finally costs only Rs 6000/- for all the above mentioned features.

Now for the Cons:
a. This is what I hate the most. You can set the clock time. It takes by default from the Reliance network. I had the habit of running 15mins ahead of time. Unfortunately now I can't.
b. The NPS software is not as friendly as the Nokia PC suite. It has its own formats for backing up SMS and the Sync feature is too bad. It will duplicate the contacts and then tell you that the phone memory is full.
c. Music player can take only 100 files and not more than that. If you add new music files to the storage card that are not updated in the music player.
d. You cannot rename the profiles.
e. Not that good battery life i usually talk upto 5 hrs a day so need to charge the mobile continously eventhough the battery is 1000 mAh the battery indicator looses the power very soon but recommnded for average users this phone.
f.
there r two times shown on the cell display cant disable any1

The cons aren't much currently but as and when I come across I will update..

Phone Price: Rs. 6,000/-
Purchase Date: 10th Sept 2009.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

c. Music player can take only 100 files and not more than that. If you add new music files to the storage card that are not updated in the music player.
d. You cannot rename the profiles.
e. Not that good battery life i usually talk upto 5 hrs a day so need to charge the mobile continously eventhough the battery is 1000 mAh the battery indicator looses the power very soon but recommnded for average users this phone.
f.

Thanks for highlighting these..
battery is a key issue with cdma networks ithink.. they eat up the phone..

about music player.. Papa didnt allow me feed music files on his phone so i dont know about the 100files thingy.. but when i played an mp3 on it, it was worst experience.. sounded like a cheap chinese phone..
renaming profiles is also a good issue to look at..

The phone is not able to run java softwares...

for about Rs.2000 more one can get SCH-M569. It is a slider with 2MP camera, 4GB card support, Document Viewer (Word, Excel ppt, pdf etc).

Hi,

Does this phone support 3-way call conference? Where can I download the user manual in PDF format?

Thanks in advance,
Winny.

3-way conference is not available i think (Papa se mangna khatre se khaali nahi hai)

you may google search and see its docs on gsmarena dot com.

3-way conference is a network dependent feature. In R-CDMA it is available only in post-paid.

this handset is the worst i have seen so far. the mother board got burnt twice in 2 months. there is an auto switch off problem with the mobile which the company is not able to rectify. each time i give the phone for service it takes them one month to fix it. i am fed up of this

Originally Posted by aashish.patwari

this handset is the worst i have seen so far. the mother board got burnt twice in 2 months. there is an auto switch off problem with the mobile which the company is not able to rectify. each time i give the phone for service it takes them one month to fix it. i am fed up of this

That means the samsung care is pathetic and this mobile has the hardware issues?

i never faced this issue....

this issue was happening with my L.G phone.. but i have sold it to my friend..