Samsung Solstice II A817 is the successor, almost a year later, to Samsung Solstice A887. It is a tablet-type touch mobile with an unusual, casual design with curved shapes. With a data sheet that places it in the middle range, it is currently available in the United States with the AT&T operator. It is indicated for a young audience that asks their terminal for applications focused on contacts and social networks, as well as a complete multimedia service.
The user interface is TouchWiz 2.0, which debuted on Samsung Jet, Samsung Omnia II I800o and in its reduced version, Omnia Lite. Touchwiz, exclusive to Samsung, has been designed for touch phones. Its 3D cube stands out, on whose faces different tools have been placed. Controlled by shaking the phone or with your fingers. One of its main features is the intelligent unlocking system, which is activated by drawing the lines of a letter of the alphabet on the screen and which at the same time is capable ofstart an application.
Samsung Solstice II has a panel of three inches, resolution of 240 x 400 pixels and a depth of 65,000 colors. It is resistive type. The speed of response to the touch is not as fast as in the capacitive ones, but in return it offers better resistance to scratches and external agents such as dust or water. Underneath it has two physical buttons for the functions of making, receiving, rejecting or ending calls, as well as a central return key with a circular shape. A control has been placed on the sides to access thephoto camera. It operates on GSM frequencies at 850, 900, 1,800 and 1,900 MHz. To move around the Internet, it has GPRS, EDGE and, above all, the 3G UMTS and HSDPA protocols at 850, 900 and 2,100 MHz. It is capable of transmitting at 7.2 Mbps. In other words, there will be no problems when browsing broadband, but the disadvantage is the lack of Wi-Fi. As for the browser, Dolfin, it is based on WAP 2.0, xHTML and HTML. Comes with Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, so there will be no problem pairing with hands-free kits, wireless headphones, etc. In short, with devices based in turn on Bluetooth technology. It has A-GPS tuner.
The internal memory is 256 MB, expandable up to 16 GB with microSD cards. The camera is a weak point of the phone, since it is only two megapixels. A sensor that does not guarantee brilliant results. The media player supports MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), and eAAC + audio formats and H.263, H.264, and MP4 video formats. Brings integration of social networks. The battery is a 1,000 mAh lithium-ion battery, which gives it a range of up to 250 hours in standby mode and five hours of talk time.
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