Update as on 12th Nov ‘ 09

I have been one of the greatest fans of my mobile set (Samsung SGH-B520) untile recently it collapsed.

Within 10 days of my warranty expiry, it not only got its speakers dislodged, but also the screen is blank.

I would urge everyone to go for a bar phone instead of a slider one irrespective of the company.

Well anyway if you want to read my earlier view and ofcourse verdict, then go ahead and have a look.

Samsung SGH-B520  is my new mobile set and I thought to write a review of the same as my post....

This Dhanteras, perhaps for the first ever time I purchased something on my own and what a start!!!!! I purchased my new mobile set ……… This was a sort of probably love @ first sight…….

I went with a clear head that I needed an mP3 set with expandable memory with no other feature to keep the expenses at minimum………I dint need a camera mobile because I am very soon going to be an owner of Panasonic Lumix LZ8……… Motoyuva was the obvious choice with its voice quality and the brand name ( Motorola is my first choice, Nokia doesn’t represent newer generation perhpas )……. Even then as an ideal customer I looked for each brand and this Samsung SGH-B520 was brought before me……..

Well with its metallic look, ok sound quality and sliding feature, it impressed me….. Some of the nice features are following

1. Metallic look:- This mobile just looks awesome….

2. Slide :- This set has a sliding feature and that’s an extra value to your money.

3. Sound quality :- The sound quality is also good…. If you are using earphone, then you will have your reasons to be content.

4. Screen :- Following its tradition, Samsung has once again been able to provide a quality screen in low range models.

However it really disappointed me on some grounds
1. No bluetooth :- Though I knew it b4 purchasing but even then a bluetooth is always a very welcomed feature….

2. Music Player -U cannot use the features like “Repeat all” and “Repeat one” if you are playing songs directly from memory card. Yeah but you can always add songs to playlists and enjoy the melodious music. But you cannot hide the music player while in use to access the menu.. So this is a drawback. Moreover you can add a maximum of 120 songs to the 4 playlists ( 4*30 )…

3. The sound could have been louder with the earphones off…… As always Samsung have not been able to provide the loudest phones……

4. Battery :- The most important disappointment came with the battery backup……… It hardly gives a backup of 2 days with nominal amount of use….. Precisely about 3-4 hour of music without earphones would be sufficient to ask you for a recharge…

Photos of the mobile would be uploaded very soon ….. Till then be patient.

Verdict :- This mobile is an elegant mobile with certain drawbacks….. However @ Rs 3350 with a Samsung 1GB card, I guess it provides a very good value for your money……No complains to the company…