Samsung A697 Sunburst

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Background Information & Look n’ Feel

The Samsung A697 Sunburst is a lightweight mobile phone that is easy to use and offers loads of fun apps and features to play with.  The phone is a glossy block design that uses a touch screen to access a variety of menus and options, including a widget bar and three main menus. The phone’s dimensions are 101.0 x 52.8 x 13.0 mm and it only weighs 87.3 g with the battery.

Samsung Sunburst a697

Hardware – Display, Keyboard, Battery, Communications, Memory, Connectors

The  Samsung Sunburst uses a 3.0” Touch Wiz Touchscreen with a virtual, landscape QWERTY keyboard.  The screen has an accelerometer sensor to allow the content to automatically rotate with the screen. This technology is used in existing Samsung devices and is standard to other phones on the market of this calibre.

The camera is only 2 Megapixel but it is quite versatile. As well as being able to take videos the camera comes with a 4x Digital Zoom and multi-shot. This means you can take a succession of consecutive photos [up to 9] by pressing and holding the Camera key.

To keep you entertained the phone comes with a load of games, and you can play both your audio and video files using the multi-format media player. The Samsung A697 also has: voice recognition, record audio, alarms, calendar, sketchpad, organiser, calculator, converter, world clock, timer and stop watch. The phone has 189MB of internal memory and can support up to 16GB on microSD card.

Availability & Pricing

This phone should be available in quarter 2 of 2010. No pricing information is currently available. View our
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General

Status Coming soon
Announced March 2010
Network (2G) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 / GSM 850
Form factor Block
Antenna type Internal

Size

Weight 87.3 g (with battery)
Dimensions 101.0 x 52.8 x 13.0 mm

Display

Type Graphical
Coloured Yes, TFT resistive touchscreen, 262K colors
Size 3.00 inch
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels
- Accelerometer sensor
- TouchWiz UI

Memory

Numbers in phone 1000
Received calls 30
Outgoing calls 30
Lost calls 30
Shared memory 190 MB
- Photocall
- microSD, up to 32GB

Ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones Yes
Ringtone profiles Yes
- MP3 ringtones

Networking

GPRS Yes, Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
USB Yes, 2.0 microUSB
Bluetooth Yes, 2.1 with A2DP
WAP Yes
Browser Yes, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Email client Yes
- A-GPS only
- AT&T Navigator

Features

Vibration Yes
SMS Send / Receive
MMS Send / Receive
Camera Builtin, 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, video
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
Games Yes, (changeable)
Clock Yes
Alarm Yes
Calculator Yes
Calendar Yes
Voice memo Yes
T9 Yes
FM Radio Yes
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.263 player
- Organizer

Standard Battery

Type Li-Ion
Amperage 1000 mAh
Standby time GSM: 250h
Talk time GSM: 5h