Samsung misses it by a few notches with the i320N

Category: Review on Samsung I320N Mobile Phone

Posted by: 11-Dec-2007

Strengths: QWERTY keypad with fairly good functionality

Weaknesses: Average battery life, faces tough competition with slightly better phones in the same category

The Samsung i320N is not a phone which conforms to the normal design pattern and if you liked the BlackBerry style of phones so far, you are going to be pretty impressed with the design and functionality of the i320N. It does not conform to any standard mobile phone design format and that in itself is very interesting. The full QWERTY keypad is one of the better ones and gives BlackBerry a good run for its money.

Other than that, the Samsung i320N also works quite well too and that is what makes the phone an interesting proposition. The one thing which you do need to be prepared about is the fairly short battery which is actually counter-productive in this case since the Samsung i320N is designed to suit the requirements of those who travel a lot. Other than this, the strange part is that the Samsung i320N uses GSM instead of 3G, which does not make a lot of difference to the end user but is not something which is industry standard.

Though the Samsung i320N is a phone with a lot of promise, serious business users might still stick on to a BlackBerry or similar as they would want the best possible phone solution available to users. With some improvements on the battery and overall usability front, the Samsung phone might just be the next best thing to hit the mobile phone industry. So the best thing to do would be to wait for the next version to come as this is a phone which might not suit all users' requirement in its current avatar.