Samsung S7230E Wave 723 Disadvantages

Samsung S7230E Wave 723 review: Waving Hello!

Introduction

It’s been smooth sailing for Samsung’s Bada OS and the Samsung S7230E Wave 723 is one of the first of the lineup aimed at the mass market. But beware, this smartphone may change the way you perceive feature phones forever.

Key features

• 3.2" 256K-color TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen, WQVGA (240 x 400 pixels), multi-touch input support
• Solid 11.8mm-thin metal body with detachable protective flap with leather texture
• Bada OS with Samsung Apps
• Quad-band GSM support with dual-band 7.2Mbps HSDPA
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity with WPS support, Wi-Fi tethering app
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, digital compass, Samsung Mobile Navigator
• 5 MP autofocus camera with touch focus, geo-tagging, smile detection and LED flash
• QVGA@15fps video recording
• 90MB user available memory; microSDHC card slot
• Standard microUSB port and Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
• Webkit-based Samsung Dolphin Browser 2.0 with Flash support
• YouTube client, Facebook and Twitter integration
• DNSe music enhancement
• Accelerometer for auto screen rotate; turn to mute

Main disadvantages

• Low resolution screen
• Limited number of available applications
• No lens cover
• No DivX/XviD video support
• Web browser performs poorly with Flash
• Card slot is under the battery
• Preinstalled SatNav software is a trial only
• No ambient light sensor to change screen brightness dynamically
• No secondary video-call camera