In this article, I give you my quick review of the Samsung S5690 Xcover mobile phone with specs included. As the title of this blog suggests, we have the opportunity to present you with a new device from Samsung that is intended for people who live at a fast pace, who are adventurers, or fans of extreme sports/disciplines.
With this product, Samsung has again surprised users of mobile devices around the world because it has combined or at least tried to combine (at least for now) two extremes in one device. We say this because the Samsung S5690 Xcover is an Android phone, packed in a “shell” that is resistant to external factors.
The main association with mobile devices that are resistant to external factors is mainly Nokia, which has a range of resistant devices, and there is information that Motorola is working on its range of resistant smartphones from its Defy series, so this Samsung model could be categorized as a response. these Korean companies on the products of their competitors.
Samsung S5690 Xcover is a phone made of the quality and resistant plastic, and for the credibility of resistance, Samsung has “obtained” an IP67 certificate for this device, which guarantees resistance to water (1 m depth-half an hour), dust/dirt, and shock.
The dimensions of the Samsung S5690 Xcover are 122 x 66 x 12 mm and it weighs 116 grams and fits nicely in the hand. As far as the appearance of the device itself is concerned, it can even be said that this phone has a nice and beautiful design, unlike most resistant devices, to which attention is primarily paid to resistance.
The back cover of the device is literally screwed and tightly closes and protects the battery, so removing the back cover is a relatively hard “job”, but it is a compliment for a device whose feature is resistance, in any case.
The Samsung S5690 Xcover is equipped with a 3.65-inch Capacitive touchscreen display with 16M colors and is made with Corning Gorilla Glass technology that guarantees maximum resistance. The pixel density of this display is 320 × 480.
As for the quality of the display itself, it is clear and concise, the colors on the display must be criticized (they leave the impression as if they are “washed”) and the display response time is absolutely at the same level as the viewing angles.
Solid 3.2 Megapixels and the images that this camera produces are of satisfactory quality with a maximum image resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. The camera is also equipped with an LED flash for shooting in low light conditions and has a Geo Tagging option.
Samsung S5690 Xcover has a Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi hotspot wireless connection and the option to expand the memory with a Micro SD card up to a maximum of 32GB.
As we mentioned at the beginning of the text, the Samsung Galaxy Xcover is an Android device and is equipped with a v2.3 version and is powered by a solid 800 MHz processor that absolutely “lies” on this device. really no objection.
Since this is an Android device, the applications you can enhance it with are almost endless and some of the integrated ones are those for social networking or support for A-GPS navigation.
In addition to these applications, Xcover also handles Image/video and Document ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) editors and Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, and Picasa integration.
To support music and video files, this device has MP3 and MP4 players, and as another bright spot to many potential users are sure to be pleased with the equipment with an extremely loud and loud loudspeaker (speaker) and, for example, listening to music outdoors and in the case of ambient noise is not a big problem.
This brings us to the very end of the review of this Samsung device that will surely find its customers in the market. which many users appreciate), and does not look like a piece of rubber as we are used to with a device of this performance.
The advantage of the device is that after a hard sports day or any extreme activity when you change into an elegant wardrobe you will not look like you are carrying half a brick. pocket and the benefits of the Android OS are just another added plus that features the Samsung S5690 Xcover.