Samsung E350 Review

Overall Rating

Excellent large screen
Very good resolution and bright colours
Very good VGA camera
40Mb of memory, which is excellent for the category it's aimed at (most similar priced Nokia's barely have 4Mb)
MP3 function
Excellent polyphonic speaker
Cool design
Very small and light

Lack of Bluetooth. I would have preferred it if they installed a bluetooth module rather than infra-red, although infra-red is not bad.

I can't understand why people are finding it so difficult to load MP3's on the Samsung E350 mobile phone. I just connected the phone via infra-red to my laptop, and I was listening to my favourite MP3 tunes within minutes of purchasing this awesome phone.

It is a great phone in every aspect. This is the 3rd mobile phone I have owned. My first was a Nokia 3310, and the second was a Siemens M55, and all I can say is this the first mobile phone that fully satisfies me (3310 was bulky and rather limited in functions; M55 was loaded with functions, but the screen was a disappointment). It's just the perfect blend of design, features, excellent screen, and small size form factor on the market right now.

I was also considering a Motorola V360 for the same price, and although the V360 also has a slot for memory expansion, it's simply not as good-looking as the E350.

Members' Comments onmicag001's Review

• lay on 8th May 2006

  hi i have a e350 and trying to put mp3 onto it via infra red from my hubbys phone but it keeps coming up sending failed , please help

• micag001 on 10th May 2006

  Hi, this is what I do to upload mp3 to my Samsung SGH-E350: 1) Turn on the computer's infra red port (2) turn on the mobile's infra red port (3) align the computer's & mobile's infra red ports together and wait a few seconds (4) the computer will automatically recognize the mobile phone; an infra red icon appears in your system tray and a dialog balloon comes up from the bottom right corner of your computer screen saying 'another computer is nearby, Click here to send files to the computer SGH E350'; dismiss the message (5) on your computer, open the folder containing the mp3 you want to upload to your mobile (6) right click on the mp3 and a pop-down menu appears (7) scroll down to 'send to' on the pop-down menu and another pop-down menu appears (8) on the 2nd menu click on 'nearby computer' (9) your mobile will ask you to confirm whether u want to recieve the mp3; push the 'Yes' button on your mobile (10) transfer of the mp3 from your computer to your mobile will start; be patient as infra red connection is quite slow (11) when the transfer is complete the mobile will inform you and you can then open the mp3 player on your mobile (located in 'Applications' menu) (12) when the mp3 player opens on your mobile, press 'Options' (left softkey), click 'Add to list' and select 'Add all' (13) a list of mp3 on your phone will be displayed and you can choose those mp3 and press play. I hope this is clear enough for you and that you are successful :)

• lay on 12th May 2006

  hi, where is the infa red port on the computer.

• micag001 on 15th May 2006

  Most laptops come with an infra red port (look on the laptop's manual as different laptops have their infra red port on different sides). Desktops don't usually have infra red port, so you have 2 options: 1) Buy an infra red USB dongle and attach it to a USB port on your computer 2) Buy a USB cable and connect your mobile phone to your computer via the cable (i.e. no infra red port involved if you choose this option). I think this is a better option as both options are very cheap but USB cable is much faster than an infra red port. You can find a USB cable for less than £3.

• H x on 7th Aug 2006

  Excuse me, but could someone tell me how to easily get mp3s sent to my phone from the computer? Is there any other easier way?

• micag001 on 17th Aug 2006

  Hi, I've never tried transferring music files between 2 mobile phones over Infra-red connection; I'm not sure it would work. The important thing is that once the download is ready, the received file must be looked for in the 'Music' file; if it's not there, look for it inside 'Other files'.