If you are a user who needs a basic phone for needs like basic communication, the Samsung Axle SCH-r311 is a device that can fall into your category. With a simple design and basic features, this phone can be obtained for as less as $49.95 on a contract by US cellular. The phone is synonymous in terms of design with the very popular Samsung Byline, distributed by MetroPCS. However, the Axle features a camera and never seen before olive green color. The Axle measures about 4.54 inches by 1.77 inches by 0.77 inch and it weighs around 3.37 ounces.
As far as the display of the phone is concerned, its external display boasts of support for 65,000 colors. This external display is about an inch big. It displays time, date, signal strength, caller ID, and battery life. As far as customization is concerned, the phone only lets you to change the contrast of this display and the clock style on this display. The phone has an internal display that behaves like the main screen. This internal display is about 1.9 inches big and features support for 262,000 colors. You will find the display a little unpleasant in bright light. The display features menu interface in both list and icon styles. The phone also boasts of a very decently designed keypad and navigation controls.
The phone book on the Axle can hold up to 500 entries. The phone features about 14 polyphonic ringtones. In terms of basic features, Axle has features like multimedia and text messaging, a calendar, a memo pad, a voice recorder, a world clock, a stopwatch, currency converter, an alarm clock etc. and a tip calculator. The phone also boasts of Bluetooth support and dialing via voice commands. You can take photos of resolution 640 × 480 pixels to 176 × 144 pixels through the Axle’s VGA camera.
The phone lacks any kind of video recording support. It has an internal memory of 500MB. The phone gives you the options of changing banners, wallpaper, and color themes. It offers a talk time of 4 hours on a single round of full battery charge. Overall, the performance of this phone is good and the device is worth a shot.
