Exterior
We can only find the most necessary stuff inside the package: charger, USB cable, stereo headset, CD and a thick manual are the list of accessories shipped with E840. The handset itself has a very unusual color, as it has a bright and shiny shade of pink. It’s as if they had mixed this color by chance, or as if they have used the boss’s wife’s lipstick. Since it also has a silver edition, we won’t be talking too much about this.
Apart from this, the slider has a pleasant design, it’s thin enough, it has the shapes characteristic for the manufacturer, but if I’d see the silver one, I couldn’t tell which Samsung is this from the many. Which helps in identifying it is that the function and call handling keys under the large QVGA display (2.2” diagonal) are touch-sensitive, but the navigation control is not extravagant at all. We have to mention that the upper margin is taller than the bottom and side ones. This has two effects: on hand moving upwards in the menu is very easy and on the other hand this margin is also used for replacing the usual embossment, which is to help sliding the screen upwards. Well, it doesn’t help as after opening the phone we immediately get in the quick menu.
It would be high time to abandon the forced use of touchkeys for a while, as this usually needs some kind of compromise from the user’s part. We don’t only have to get used to the touch feeling, but it’s very annoying that when touching the right side of the small navigation key, one can easily touch the call end key, which immediately throws us to the standby screen.
On the left side of E840 we can see the volume control keys, the power button and the manufacturer’s standard data connector. On the right we can find the camera’s hotkey and the microSD slot’s lid. The back of E840 lacks any special features; we only get to see the camera (and a mirror) after sliding the phone open.
The keypad that appears is terrible. Using the keypad, that has a pink frame around it, is as if we were rummaging in an extremely small bowl, looking for the keys. Even more, the edge of the cover partially covers the upper row of keys, and the keys itself have a pressure point that is barely observable.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
