Samsung Corby Pro (B5310)
I recently purchased a Samsung Corby Pro (B5310) for 12,500PHP (278USD) at Samsung Mobile in Megamall. All I can say is: it’s one of the best phones I’ve ever owned! It isn’t a hi-end phone like the iPhone, or the Omnia 2 but it does deliver on the commonly used features people look for in a mobile device at an affordable price point… Something other mobile manufacturers have miserably failed at.
Here are some of the features which persuaded me to forgo with the purchase:
- 320×240 TFT resistive touch screen with 16M colors
- qwerty keyboard
- connectivity:
- Wifi b/g
- 3G
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- built in email and IM client
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- clear fonts (for people with poor eyesight)
- …and did I mention the price tag?
Those were mainly the things I really appreciated with the phone. Once I configured it to send/receive emails from my gmail account I was just hooked! It does lack variety in terms of applications and games, but the bare essentials are there. You can do your facebook, watch youtube videos, check your email, do some instant messaging and what not. What it lacks in variety it makes up for with it’s price and the well polished user interface bundled with the phone. Personally I don’t think you can ask anything better for 12,000PHP.
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Thanks, Mike! How much ang gastos when you go online?
not sure I guess it depends on your provider. I mostly use wifi, since there are so many wifi enables areas around the metro.
hi I can’t get a hold of this phone, every where I go they say its out of stock. would you kindly please pm me the contact number where you bought this pls. tnx so much
you can try BSD International Mobile in megamall 635-7546 to 47 that’s where I bought mine. That’s on the 4th floor of cyberzone. There’s also a Samsung shop there beside Toshiba you can check out.
does it have a browser where i can just type.. the internet address site like http://www.yahoo.com?! or http://www.facebook.com?
yes there is. You can even install additional apps if you want.
I was just looking for information about the Corby Pro and your blog showed up. I’d like to ask how the wifi connectivity is on the Corby Pro. And the GPS too.
Thanks!
THe wifi is decent, you can connect to most wifi hostspots available in the metro. The GPS on the other hand needs an internet connection to work and it not as reliable as other dedicated GPS devices… The accuracy of it is in the hundred meter mark which
Hi Mike,
I’m planning to buy a Corby Pro & your blog post was very helpful. I just wanted to say thanks. Now, I definitely made my decision
Greetings from Turkey!
sir mike have you tried video calling on your corby pro? did it auto shut off or is it fine?
nope I haven’t since I don’t have anyone to call using that feature. If you are experiencing problems with it you may want to update your firmware.
i don’t have use for it either but my mom bugged me to try it out and when we did it auto shut off so she insisted we returned and refunded it. Since then, went to different stores tried out 3 brand new units of corby pro and they had the same problem.
thanks for the info, hmm… well I guess it’s Samsung’s problem. But you still might want to try updating the firmware, I guess it’s worth a shot.
actually went to samsung before i refunded. no firmware yet. i really liked the phone but my mom wont let me buy the same unit.
Well if you’re mom’s shouldering the expense try getting something more expensive *grin* I’d personally go for an iPhone or something if someone was gonna pay it for me ^^
haha how i wish she’d be paying for it. own money actually. honestly dont want something so expensive that “magsasawa lang ako” and for sure i would
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Well if it’s your money then it’s choice… simple as that
Hello!
Your website is very helpful, thank you
can you answer this questions?
1. does it have dictionary on it?
2. is the second camera view is only for video call?
3. in samsung store in sm megamall, do you see any flyer about samsung corby pro?
i hope you answer the 3 questions…thanks
no dictionary, 2nd camera is for calls only, and yes they have the corby pro in Samsung Megamall.
another question:
1. how many megabytes are there in the internal memory?
2. how many gigabytes are expandable in memory card?
3. in google map, does it only read the mp of the philippines or the map where you are?
4. how much is it?
hey can u plz tel me whether in corby pro multi taskin is allowed r not
How did you configure email on it? I want to configure my gmail account to email, but am not sure how!
just set the appropriate SMTP and POP settings in the email preferences and you’re all set.
how to connect wi-fi in corby pro b5310 plzzzzzzzzzzz sujjest me
open the wifi then search for available connections you can connect to, there’s a wifi icon in the main menu.
can someone answer my 2nd question? plisss….
you can check out the specs here:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_b5310_corbypro-2944.php
it’s around 12,000PHP as stated on my post…
recently i purchased samsung corby pro b5310. Can somebody help me how to configure GPS+ settings … i am connecting through WiFi but it fails to download data and also satelite status is 0 ? … thanks in advance
Not sure why it can’t download the data, it’s most probably due to your wifi connection. Either way the GPS+ is disappointing, I get my location within a 100 meter radius.
Hi Mike,
Can we install dictionary?
Thanks,
I believe you can depending on what particular dictionary you want to install