When I first receive this Samsung Star (Samsung S5233S) last week, I thought the LG Cookie has found a new competitor in the affordable full touch screen phone segment. Check out the pictures I took after the jump.
Labeled under the Samsung S5230 line, the Samsung Star doesn’t have much in connectivity — no 3G, no WiFi, no GPS — but has a full 3.0-inch (240×400 pixels) touch screen.
It’s gonna be very affordable and will target Samsung fans looking to try a touchscreen phone without putting a hole in the pocket. Haven’t gotten the official price yet but expect it to be between Php10k to Php15k.
Its looks great but take at that shape really big ha.
Wow. Looks like a Zune/Iphone crossover. I hope it’s jam-packed with useful features.
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No WiFi? I might not buy a phone like this. expensive ito.
The S5233 or the Samsung Star is Samsung’s most affordable full-featured Touch Screen phone to date at a retail price pegged at PHP10,490 and is avilable in Black, Soft Pink and Snow white.
not bad. of course it won’t be feature packed and all since it caters to a different market.. if you are looking for a phone with wifi, just save a little and get 5800.
Hmm, a phone without wifi or even 3G is useless.
sleepybear,
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would rather get an HTC Touch Viva but this phone can work for people who don’t need WiFi and GPS.
Official price is P10,490. I was there when it was launched together with the Samsung Style shop at Eastwood last week. Was thinking of getting one (they had a P500 one-day discount that day) but backed out after seeing it lacked some good features. I’d stick with the iPhone for now.
@sleepybear
Woah, harsh! But, well, for people who don’t need or want WiFi or 3G, they might buy this one, afterall it caters to a different market. Most people just want style and functionality while being able to send messages and take pics, that’s all.
Touch screen and wi-fi should always go together, it plays an important part on the mobile browsing experience, so that u can browse anytime with a decent 3″ screen and navigate on them easier with touch and not scroll them using the joystick.
It’s affordable. Like it.
so you think the “no wifi” and “no 3G” explains the price point?
@John Ray – it’s segmentation. Samsung does not want this phone to cannibalize their high-end phones like the Omnia and the UltraTouch.
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Omnia still. Or an iPhone 8gb since I read that Apple brought it down to $299 while 16gb is now $399.
I love this PHONE its worth it, I dont need wifi.whats the use of my laptop and internet connections at home. IM from Bacolod City. SAMSUNG had a big sale in all unit. so i got from 9995 + free 2gb.memorycard and with some other freebies..
No problem for now. Everything is good
Negative: No flash for the camera.
thats all.hehe well whats the use of ur Digicam..haha
Parang ginaya ang LG Cookie.When will Samsung be “genuine”?Remember the Omnia, like a clone of the iPhone!
I think that is great phone with full options and a lot of solutions, plus for LG
Ask ko lang po kung where po sa metro manila available yung unit na Samsung star and how much?Meron ba nito sa Sm North Edsa or Megamall?? Thanks!!
Just bought this phone at a very affordable price of 9990 (for a touchscreen) with free 1GB memory card from Baguio City. Its a great phone actually.
No WiFi? I guess it doesnt matter, i still can browse the internet ANYWHERE through Smart (Wifi phone needs a Wifi Hotspot).
No 3G? Who uses 3G anyway, do you even use it everyday? I bet only 5% of Filipinos with a 3G phone use this network-expensive feature.
Bottomline: Samsung Star (S5230 Series) is a great phone. Cheap Price, touchscreen, huge screen, user-friendly, great features you want to use everyday, and most of all, its Samsung! ^^
Waiting for the Philippine release of Samsung Omnia HD though..:)
My mum got this in UK today!
I think that it’s an affordable and easy to use phone.
However it only contain two themes but if you dont mind themes then this phone is for you!
reading some comments above seemed to imply that they don’t consider the price of the thing before giving such verdict to it.
for a price of P10,490 for a touch screen phone is already cheap. consider LG Cookie, it was tagged at P11,990 when launched. but still, it’s worth the price. saw some features of this phone from some reviews, and i think its really a competitor of the cookie right now.
even thinking of swapping my cookie to this, lol.
but LG Cookie is much slimmer and the touchscreen is pretty responsive enough, despite some downsides. still a good phone though, for the price.
ask ko lng kung ilang gig ang expandable memory nitong phone na to?tnx
up to 8 GB according to the user manual
SMS memory capacity?
only 200?
like what is said in the website?
are there ways to increase its message capacity?
i want to know can we use this mobile camera as a web camera……..is there any software which i can install and then i can use moblie camara as a web camara…….?please let me know…