Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos - Review

  Samsung India directly targeted the budget-conscious mobile buyers by introducing one of the most elegant handset Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos. The light weighted, bar form factor, Dual SIM handset allow its user to toggle between two networks and its small configuration makes it portable one. The large display and easy to handle and configure functionalities provide an easy and rich communal life. Integration of various multimedia features further enhances the beauty of the phone. Under the hood, Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is affixed with a proprietary operating system which offers a faster accessibility to the multimedia applications like music, gaming and messaging. It sports 30 MB of user memory along with a capacity to store around 500 SMSs and 1000 phone book enteries. The memory space of the phone can be expanded up to 16 GB with the help of microSD card acceptance slot.

 

The pocket friendly handset bestow a large 7.112 cm TFT capacitive touchscreen which provide pictures in high resolution counts. The good quality touchscreen of the handset offers a faster texting and messaging. For messaging freaks, it features instant messaging and predictive text input which further improves the utility of the handset. The electronic device from Samsung India comes equipped with a decent quality of 1.3 megapixel camera with digitalx2 zooming functionality. It is not a 3G enabled handset; therefore, it does not sport a front-facing camera that reduces the scope of video calling. Camera of the phone shoots decent range of still images and also captures videos but of low quality.

 

Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is a dual band-GSM and EDGE, dual SIM electronic device. It is not a 3G-enabled phone but the HTML Browser of the device delivers a fast Internet access. Meanwhile, the handset sports a wide spread connectivity via GPRS and EDGE networks. For wireless connectivity, the mobile handset adorns a WAP and for local data transfer it holds a USB and Bluetooth. For music lovers, Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos has a good quality of music player which sports plethora of music formats. It also enabled with video player which can also play wide range of video files. The radio system with RDS and FM radio recording of the handset further increases the music options for the user. The handset is also enabled with various attributes such as calender, alarm, currency converter, stop watch, etc. which help its user in its daily life.

Overall Review

Samsung Mobiles is one of the most appreciated mobile brands in the country and has been surprising consumers with high end smartphones, which are not only loaded with numerous features but are also easy on pocket. The new Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is another budgetary offering from Samsung Mobiles. The major highlight here is that the device has dual SIM support, which makes it easy for user to handle two networks at the same time. Besides the dual SIM support, the handset has a decent processor that is powered with a basic operating system by Samsung Mobiles, which in turn helps the phone to function smoothly and without any trouble. The SIM switching key facilitates the user to switch between the 2 SIM cards with a solitary click and one will not have to reboot the device as well. The 2.8 inches of TFT touch screen display is impressive and has a modest resolution. Samsung Mobiles has provided a 1.3 megapixels of rear camera in this device, which manages to capture decent images and video, whereas the connectivity features are major show stealers here, which comprise of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and so on.

User Interface and UI functionality

The user interface and UI functionality of Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is modest. The device comes with a decent 2.6 inches of TFT touch screen display with a humble resolution. This touch screen display is bestowed with TouchWiz Lite user interface, which provides an awesome mobile experience to the user. The user can work on the device with just a touch of fingers, making the user interface super smooth and swift. Touch Wiz is Samsung’s in-house UI and Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos features the lite version of the same.

Multimedia features

Every mobile brand is well aware of the fact that how important are multimedia features in a handset. And Samsung Mobiles keeps its eyes and ears open. The dual SIM support Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is jam-packed with ample of features, which are interesting altogether. This new device comes with multi format support audio and video player ensuring that users never get bored and listen to their favorite songs anywhere anytime. The audio-video player is accompanied with stereo FM radio, which is another addition to add on to your pastime and entertainment segment of the device. The phone is Java enabled and will allow third party applications and games to be downloaded and installed.

Pictures and Video quality

It is very vital for a mobile phone to have impressive camera features. Samsung Mobiles has tried to provide a decent camera in Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos as well. But as compared to other mobiles offered in the same price range category the camera of Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos lags a bit behind in the race. This device comes with 1.3 megapixels, which captures humble images with a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels. This rear camera also has the ability of snapping QCIF videos at the rate of 15 frames per second. There is no secondary camera present in Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos and for that reason users won’t be able to make any video calls from the device.

Internet support

Today’s generation requires Internet support on the go on their mobile phones. People literally want to be online and chat with their friends without logging on to their personal computers or laptops. Therefore, internet support in Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is notable and makes sure that the young generation is not disappointed when it comes to social networking. The device has social network integration, from where you could access Facebook with just a touch. The presence of Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g allows the device to connect the internet with Wi-Fi modem, while the GPRS and EDGE support will provide decent access to internet from your Champ Duos. What enhances the Internet browsing experience in Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is the NF 4.2 browser along with Opera Mini browser, which is fast and smooth.

Internal and External Memory

As the camera feature is crucial in any mobile, so is the internal and external memory space department. Samsung Mobiles has tried its level best and provided a humble internal memory space of 30 MB, which is though not sufficient, but with the Micro SD card slot provides, the user will be able to expand the memory up to 16 GB. The internal memory space will be used to store messages and contacts along with certain in built applications. This mobile does lack a bit in internal memory space but with the expansion option, the user will not face much of a difficulty in terms of space and storage.

Applications and Gaming

Who doesn’t like to play on their mobiles? Well the answer is not anyone! Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is fun handset and being Java enabled, the device allows to download and install third party applications and games, which thereby gives another entertainment option to the user. Playing games on a TFT touch screen display is great fun. The users will also be allowed to install applications that would further make it easy for the user to work on the devices effortlessly.

Battery Backup

Samsung Mobiles is known for offering devices, which are jam-packed with ample of features and same applies to the new Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos. Besides the impressive features and dual SIM support, the handset comes with standard Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery, which is capable of providing long talking hours. With this battery, user gets up to a whopping 500 hours of standby time and about 15 hours and 50 minutes of talk time.

Connectivity Offered

Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos is a budget phone, which is not only smart in looks but under the hood, it is loaded with features that could make its competitors go green with envy. The device offers remarkable connectivity features, which are missing in other devices of the same category. The major highlight in this segment is the Bluetooth and micro USB port that ensures high speed data transmission to other devices.

Compare

Samsung Mobiles is well-aware of current competition in the Indian mobile market and that’s why the firm has developed and designed Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos with utter smartness. With the features being impressive, the handset also has sleek design, but it does have a strong competition in the market today. The major rivals of Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos comprise of Samsung Corby, Nokia C2-03 and Spice Mi-5700.

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