Samsung Conquer 4G
By Blake Sanders on October 27th, 2011
The phone’s design is nicely compact, measuring 4.57 inches in height, 2.38 inches in width and 0.46 inch in girth. Like the phone’s other elements, its design reflects a middle ground between high-end and affordability. It doesn’t claim to be the most stylish device around, but it is sleek enough to retain an appealing petite quality. It also has a nicely textured back which allows for greater grip.
The screen is a 3.5 inch TFT touch screen supporting a resolution of 320x480. The price of the phone helps explain away the low resolution of the screen. Still, it will be missed by those who have been spoilt by the market’s latest high resolution screens which possess more vibrant images and sharper displays. With this said, the screen does enough to make everything clear and legible. The phone also offers pinch-to-zoom support to help read smaller website text.
The phone ships running the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. This means both improved performance and an improved interface. The Android Market is available for the download of over 250,000 different applications. Whilst not currently on the same level as Apple’s App Store, it is constantly growing and has everything to satisfy your needs for both convenience and entertainment.
Under the hood of the phone sits the 1GHz Snapdragon processor. For the price of the phone this is a powerful piece of hardware and is more than sufficient to ensure a smooth experience. Where delays do occur they are negligible, and are usually dependant on the degree of multitasking.
Where the price of device affordability is felt more drastically is within the phone’s low 1GB of internal memory. It does come with a 2GB SD card, but this will not be enough to satisfy most people’s smartphone requirements. In this sense the purchase of an additional SD card is almost compulsory.
Built into the phone is a 3.2-megapixel camera. Here the phone once again shows the compromise of affordability. It does come with LED flash, but this does not do enough to distract from the poor quality of the pictures produced. Nevertheless, whilst not offering the same glimmer and shine of high-end phone cameras, it does enough to satisfy basic needs.
