Samsung A257 Magnet

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Samsung · 2009

Samsung A257 Magnet

Name: Samsung A257 Magnet
Brand: Samsung

Samsung A257 Magnet phone. Announced Mar 2009. Features 2.2″ display, 800 mAh battery, 64 MB storage.

Display 2.2"

Storage 64MB storage, no card slot

Camera 0.3 MP

Battery 800 mAh

OS Feature phone

Build 87.6g, 12mm thickness

Launch

Announced 2009, March. Released 2009, May

Status Discontinued

Display

Type TFT, 65K colors

Size 2.2 inches, 15.2 cm 2 (~23.7% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution 220 x 176 pixels (~128 ppi density)

Memory

Card slot No

Phonebook Yes, Photo call

Call records Yes

Internal 64MB

Main Camera

Single VGA

Video No

Selfie camera

cam2modules No

Body

Dimensions 109 x 59 x 12 mm (4.29 x 2.32 x 0.47 in)

Weight 87.6 g (3.07 oz)

Keyboard QWERTY

SIM Mini-SIM

Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion 800 mAh battery

Stand-by Up to 240 h

Talk time Up to 5 h

Sound

Loudspeaker Yes

3.5mm jack No

Comms

WLAN No

Bluetooth 2.0

Positioning No

Radio No

USB 2.0

Network

Technology GSM

2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

GPRS Class 10

EDGE Class 10

Features

Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, IM

Browser WAP 2.0 / xHTML

Games Yes

Java Yes, MIDP 2.0

featuresother MP3/MP4 player Windows Live, Yahoo!, AOL Currency Converter Voice memo Predictive text input

Misc

Colors Black

SAR 0.61 W/kg (head) 0.72 W/kg (body)

In depth

Full specifications

Announced	2009, March. Released 2009, May
Status	Discontinued

Type	TFT, 65K colors
Size	2.2 inches, 15.2 cm 2 (~23.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	220 x 176 pixels (~128 ppi density)

Card slot	No
Phonebook	Yes, Photo call
Call records	Yes
Internal	64MB

Single	VGA
Video	No

cam2modules	No

Dimensions	109 x 59 x 12 mm (4.29 x 2.32 x 0.47 in)
Weight	87.6 g (3.07 oz)
Keyboard	QWERTY
SIM	Mini-SIM

Type	Removable Li-Ion 800 mAh battery
Stand-by	Up to 240 h
Talk time	Up to 5 h

Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	No

WLAN	No
Bluetooth	2.0
Positioning	No
Radio	No
USB	2.0

Technology	GSM
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS	Class 10
EDGE	Class 10

Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, IM
Browser	WAP 2.0 / xHTML
Games	Yes
Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
featuresother	MP3/MP4 player Windows Live, Yahoo!, AOL Currency Converter Voice memo Predictive text input

Colors	Black
SAR	0.61 W/kg (head) 0.72 W/kg (body)
Price	About 90 EUR

PhoneInsight Benchmark

13.7/100

Basic

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Processor 7

Display 38

Camera 24

Battery 26

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Samsung A257 Magnet

Launch

Display

Memory

Main Camera

Selfie camera

Body

Battery

Sound

Comms

Network

Features

Misc

Full specifications

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