Samsung S3650 (also known as Genio Touch and formally Samsung Corby) is an entry-level
touchscreen
A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of electronic visual display, display that can detect touch input from a user. It consists of both an input device (a touch panel) and an output device (a visual display). The touch panel is typically l ...
smartphone
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that was released in October 2009 by
Samsung
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. It has a 2 MP camera and a 2.8-inch capacitive TFT touch screen.
There is also a QWERTY and a QWERTY
slide
Slide or Slides may refer to:
Places
* Slide, California, former name of Fortuna, California
Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums
* ''Slide'' (Lisa Germano album), 1998
* ''Slide'' (George Clanton album), 2018
*''Slide'', by Patrick Glee ...
version of the phone,
Samsung B3210 and
Samsung B5310
Samsung GT-B5310 is a type of Corby mobile phone, also known as Samsung Genio Slide or Samsung Corby Pro and was released in 2009. It was manufactured by Samsung Electronics. Later it was released for Canada, named GT-B5310R, and it was available ...
, respectively.
The phone is available in four different colours (limited for rear covers and side mechanical buttons) - White, Pink, Orange or Yellow.
The Samsung GT-S3650W is a variant which has built-in
Wi-Fi
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support.
Features
* Quad-band GSM/EDGE
* 2.8-inch capacitive TFT touchscreen of QVGA resolution
* 50 MB onboard storage, microSD card slot (up to 8 GB)
* 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera with smile detection, QVGA@15fps video recording
* FM radio with RDS
* Find Music recognition service
* TouchWiz and Cartoon UI
* Social networking integration with direct file uploads
* Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v.2.0
* Office document viewer
* Smart unlock
* Interchangeable rear covers
* Java-enabled Games
* Photo contact
Corby in South Korea
When the Samsung Corby was released in South Korea, Samsung Electronics changed its specification:
*The original Bluetooth Version was 2.1+EDR, the Korean model's Bluetooth version was downgraded to 2.0+EDR.
*While the original Corby can play non-
DRM
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Government, military and politics
* Defense reform movement, U.S. campaign inspired by Col. John Boyd
* Democratic Republic of Madagascar, a former socialist state (1975–1992) on Madagascar
* Direction du renseignement militair ...
MP3 files, the Korean version is restricted to only playing with DRM.
*The Korean Corby does not have an office document viewer.
*The Korean Corby does not support MP3/WAV ringtones, just MA5 or MMF ringtones.
*The Korean Corby display is upgraded from a 2.8" QVGA to 3.0" WQVGA.
*The Korean Corby supports
T-DMB
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television.
The price in Korea was high, the equivalent of 394.42 GBP. The model's main rivals are the
LG Pep and the
Nokia XpressMusic.
In
South Korea
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, boy band
2PM advertised this phone, including a song entitled "My Color".
See also
*
Samsung Corby Speed
References
External links
Info about Samsung S3650 Corby, Samsung Italy Stress test of a cell phone Samsung S3650 Corby
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Corby
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Mobile phones introduced in 2009