Samsung A257 Magnet
Release year: 2009
The Samsung A257 Magnet is a Quadband mobile phone equipped with Windows Live, Yahoo!, AOL applications, expandable memory (microSD) for ample storage capacity for applications, e-mails with attachments and files, Instant Messaging, Email, EDGE class 10, WAP 2.0/HTML. Bluetooth technology allows transferring voice and data (e.g. images and video) between two devices equipped with a Bluetooth solution, all wirelessly. It is possible to take photographs, add text, music or spoken audio and create a message to easily send as an MMS attachment file. The camera is VGA, with autofocus and the ability to record video.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 109 x 59 x 12 mm |
| Weight with battery | 87.6 g |
| Battery | Li-Ion 800 mAh |
| Standby time | 240 h |
| Talk time | 5 h |
In the box: Battery, user manual, travel charger
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging |  |
| Chat | |
Design and display
| Display | TFT, 65K colors and 220 x 176 pixels. QWERTY keyboard |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 65K |
| Display size | 220 x 176 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Memory | 64 MB |
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | VGA |
| Image resolution | 640 x 480 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | No |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |