In 2009, buyers had the opportunity to purchase a new development of the Korean company - the Samsung S5212 Duos phone. This model has become a direct competitor to Fly products. Its main advantage is support for two SIM cards. At the start of sales, the cost for it was about 7 thousand rubles. Why did the buyers have to pay such money? Let's figure it out.
Appearance features
"Samsung S5212 Duos" - a typical candy bar. The case is plastic, the material is of high quality. The device has a compact size - 111 × 49 × 17 mm. The mass of the phone is also small - 90 g. During the interaction, there is no discomfort, it does not slip in the hand. The line only includes black and dark red options, no other colors.
The connector for connecting a headset and charger is brought to the left side face. There is also a volume key. On the opposite side, the manufacturer has placed a standalone camera button. Next to it is the SIM card control key. For convenience, the body hasstrap hole.
Display and camera
The Samsung S5212 phone is equipped with a 2.2-inch screen. Its dimensions: 46 × 34 mm. Capable of displaying up to 262K colors. The image is displayed at a resolution of 220 × 176 px. The quality is relatively good, the color reproduction is bright. Outdoors, the screen contrast is reduced, but the text remains readable.
The device is equipped with a camera with a low resolution - 1.3 MP. The maximum photo size is 1280 × 1024 px, the minimum is 220 × 165 px. Shooting modes can be selected such as 18-pattern mosaic, MultiShot. The video is recorded at a resolution of 176 × 144 px. It is possible to reduce to 128 × 96 px.
Keyboard
Samsung S5212 uses a mechanical keyboard to dial and text. The keys are made of plastic, medium in size. Designations are highlighted in white. Due to the small travel of the buttons, the keyboard is not very comfortable to use.
Battery
Autonomous operation is provided by a 1000 mAh rechargeable battery. "Samsung S5212" can work in standby mode up to 200 hours. With active use, the device shows poor performance. In talk mode, you can count on only 2.5 hours, in combined mode - approximately 1.5-2 days. It will take about 2 hours to restore the battery life to 100%
Communications
The device has a wireless bluetooth module. When working withno problems with the headset. When connected via USB, you can use different modes. Charging from PC via data cable is supported.
Performance
"Samsung S5212" can hardly be called a productive device. The “stuffing” is rather weak, but this is enough for the implemented functionality. Applications can only be installed via Wap. The native memory in the phone is 49 MB. It can be expanded by installing a 2 GB flash drive.
Dual SIM
The manufacturer installed two radio modules on the phone. This allows SIM cards to be in an active state, regardless of the actions performed. The slots for them are located under the battery. There is a choice of one card as the main one. For ease of use, the name may be changed. In standby mode, the display shows information about the status of two SIM cards: the first - in the left corner, the second - in the right.
In the settings, you can select a separate ringtone, profile. There is an independent key displayed on the phone case. It is designed to quickly switch between SIM cards. To save battery power, the user can temporarily disable one SIM card. This is done through the menu in the corresponding item.
Menu
Managing your phone is easy. The menu is simple and intuitive. Consists of a standard set of applications. These include the phone book, call list, messages, organizer, and more. The icons on the desktop are displayed in the form of a 3 × 4 tile. But the submenu openslist to scroll up/down.
