Samsung Intensity II in Purple Review
By Jo Wilkes on October 31st, 2011
The Intensity II builds on the success of its predecessor, offering the same level of affordability with a similar quality messaging experience. However, like the original, the phone’s camera is lacking and it still has a 2.5mm headset jack instead of the desperately needed (and increasingly expected) 3.5mm jack.
The phone’s eco-friendly design is both compact and stylish. The purple edition of the phone gives it added appeal and attraction. The phone also comes in Blue.
Being a budget phone its construction does not have the same of quality as more expensive devices on the market, but still manages to feel sturdy and robust. The phone measures 4.29 inches in height, 2.09 inches in width and is 0.61 inch thick. It weighs a total of 4.1 ounces. The keypad and slide-out keyboard have a metallic black finish which contrasts nicely with the colored back and sides. It has a textured back cover which also allows for extra grip.
Mounted on the front of the phone is its 2.2 inch QVGA screen, supporting 262k colours and a resolution of 240x320. The screen’s quality is enough to provide a decent user experience, with enough clarity and color to make basic images look good and text clearly legible. The user has the option of changing the screen’s level of brightness, in addition to the format, font, backlight timer and display themes.
The QWERTY keyboard slides out from the left of the phone. The slide mechanism operates smoothly and locks nicely into place each way. Overall, the phone is comfortable to use with keys that have a tactile touch. The keyboard’s keys aren’t as spaced out as we would like, but it won’t take the user too long to adapt.
On top of the usual features, the Intensity II has IM and social networking capability. The IM services it provides are for AOL, Windows Live and Yahoo. The Social Beat app can be used to stream information from Facebook, Twitter and Myspace accounts. It can also be used to access Gmail and Google Talk IM.
The music player does support most audio formats, but without a 3.5mm headset jack its quality and usefulness is limited. An SD card can be used to store music files, complimenting the phone’s otherwise low 100MB of internal memory.
Built into the phone is a 1.3-megapixel camera with video recording capability. Through the camera’s software the user has the ability to optimise how the pictures are taken. Overall, the pictures the camera produces are of an average quality.
