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Samsung Star S5233T gets an Analog TV

There were several iterations of the popular Samsung Star touchscreen phone that were introduced in the Philippines. The recent version, the Samsung S5233T, doesn’t have 3G nor WiFi included but features an Analog TV tuner.

It’s a pretty interesting offering since it is mostly the China phones that are the ones promoting TV tuners in phones. It’s possible Samsung was looking at how much traction it could get from that market.

There’s no WiFi here nor 3G connectivity but the Analog TV might catch the attention of a lot of people (especially those who are inclined to buy CHina phones for their TV functionality).

Nevertheless, the introduction of a TV function in a phone by a large brand like Samsung could pave the way for more handsets with similar offerings in the future. The Samsung S5233T should be priced within the range of the earlier Samsung Star phones. Smart MyTV already has this offering but that didn’t seem to get a lot of traction though (primarily because of very limited handset models supporting it).

Anybody out there interested to watch analog TV on their phones?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

28 Responses

  1. Avatar for FlosCaeli FlosCaeli says:

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  2. Avatar for cute sayings cute sayings says:

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  3. Avatar for sig sig says:

    Well, time passes by, and gadgets become old, it’s time to let the old go and let the new ones in. In the case of this mobile phone which I have been using for ages, Samsung releases a new much better descendant…I replaced the Samsung Star5233T for the Samsung Galaxy S, here in Brazil the Galaxy S is equipped with TV function(with 4-inchscreen), so I wont miss much of the Star5233T TV-wise, plus the Galaxy’s power Android OS.
    So, I think the Star5233T is just history, thanks for the memories.

  4. Avatar for jhobelle jhobelle says:

    i love samsung

  5. Avatar for pdpla pdpla says:

    I want the Brazilian version of this phone because it has 1seg and it perfectly works in the Philippines.

  6. Avatar for sig sig says:

    Well, samsung’s s5233t is a typical touchscreen phone with a unique feature that is analog tv, I still keep it just in case my other samsung digital tv phone lose digital signal, I don’t ask for more from it besides it is still upgradable with various firmwares to choose from.
    And for other more advanced features, I let my samsung jet and lg arena do the rest.

  7. Avatar for Kasmot Kasmot says:

    There are 3 models for Samsung Star 5233.
    1. S5233 = Original w/ no Wifi, no TV
    2. S5233W = All features of S5233 plus Wifi.
    3. S5233T = All Features of S5233 plus TV w/o Wifi.

  8. Avatar for arra arra says:

    wat about the battery life???

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