For example, to zoom in on a page, you must touch the magnifying-glass icon at the top of the browser and then select the page size to view. Various multimedia apps are preloaded on the Impression. Motion rendered smoothly as well. Both audio and video sounded flat and quiet through the external speaker; over headphones of a better quality than the included pair, the sound improved. Unfortunately the Impression does not have a standard 3. I found the call quality very good overall.
Voices on my end were loud enough, with no static, hiss, or crackling. Some voices had a tinny quality to them, but for the most part I was very satisfied. The majority of callers on the other end reported similar results and were pleased with the quality. Because the Impression lacks a flash—a surprising omission given its other features—the snapshots I took in low-light environments appeared grainy and blurry.
Here's our 10 minute video review of the Samsung Impression that includes a walk around the device, hardware keyboard, CV streaming video playback, the user interface and more.
Again, there's little different from the Eternity here. The Impression, like the Eternity, has above average earpiece volume and has clear audio for both incoming and outgoing voice.
Reception isn't atrocious by any means, but 3G isn't wildly robust in weaker coverage areas. That said, the phone hasn't dropped a call, even when switching between 3G and GSM during a call. The Impression has speed dial via a homescreen widget and there's no voice dialing. The Impression features the same NetFront 3. It does a good job of desktop rendering, loads pages quickly and supports scrolling by dragging the page with a finger.
Alas, the phone does not support Flash. IM can run in the background thanks to the Impression's multitasking capabilities. The Impression uses the same 3 megapixel fixed focus camera as the Eternity, and image quality is the same. Photos are decent with pleasing colors and reasonable exposure for both indoor and outdoor shots, though sharpness isn't as good as an autofocus lens camera phone.
As with the Eternity, the camera can shoot photos and video and you can send these via MMS or save them to a card for transfer to a PC. Unlike the Eternity, there's no 3. Thank goodness for A2DP Bluetooth stereo. The phone's video player can play content stored on microSD cards. We tested it with several MP4 format files originally encoded for the iPhone and iPod at x , kbps.
These played fine and filled most of the screen, though we noted occasional frame drops. The speaker is surprisingly loud and clear for a phone. It offers very good spoken turn-by-turn directions, a very good POI database with location and phone number info and on-screen maps and directions.
The speaker is loud enough to be heard in a sedan and the GPS locks onto satellites quickly. The Samsung Impression is a powerful and fun feature phone.
Its strong suit is multimedia thanks to the fantastic 3. The web browser, as with the Eternity, is one of the best feature phone browsers on the market for full HTML site support and the phone has good messaging and IM support, though email support is limited. The keyboard is large, roomy and easy to type on even if you have large hands-- and we're thrilled with the on-screen keyboards for those times one just needs to enter a few words or enter text one-handed.
The only drawback? The 3-megapixel camera takes pictures in five resolutions, from three megapixels down to x Other editing options include four quality settings, five "scene" selections like night and landscape , exposure metering, four color effects, adjustable brightness and white balance tools, a self-timer, 20 fun frames, a multishot mode, a smile shot feature the camera snaps a picture when it detects a smile , and a mosaic shot mode.
The camera interface is easy to use with many options surfaced on the viewfinder. The camcorder shoots clips in two resolutions x and x , while offering a similar set of editing options. Clips meant for multimedia messages are capped at about one minute, but you can shoot for much longer in normal mode. The Impression has MB of user-accessible shared memory, but you can use a memory card for more space.
Photo quality was pretty good, with bright colors and little image noise. We also had enough light despite the phone's lack of a flash. We should note, however, that vanity shots will be tricky with a self-portrait mirror. Videos are fine, but not exceptional--definitely not beyond normal camera phone quality. The photo gallery application is a mixed bag: we liked that you can cycle between different photos by swiping your finger across the display or by tipping the phone to either side, but we didn't like that you don't always get an MMS option when viewing individual photos.
The Impression also has a solid selection of music-related features, such as support for XM Radio Mobile, a Music ID application, a Billboard Mobile channel, music videos, and a community section with access to fan sites and downloads. We especially welcome the application that lets you create your own ringtones and saving music tracks as ringtones. Scrolling around Web pages was pretty smooth, thanks to the responsive touch screen.
We didn't experience the usual jerky motion when dragging our finger across the display. As mentioned earlier, the display's orientation will rotate automatically when using the Web browser, but it's rather annoying that your bookmarks list works only in portrait mode. That means that you must rotate the phone back and forth. The magnifying glass tool isn't our favorite method for zooming in on Web pages--we prefer Apple's pinching motion--but it works well enough. You can personalize the Impression with a variety of wallpapers, sounds, and a greeting message.
For gaming, the Impression comes with demo versions of five titles: Ms. The quirkiest application is Tumbling Dice, which will come in handy if you forget real dice.
Call quality was quite good under almost all conditions. The audio was clear and free of static and we encountered no interference from other electronic devices. Voices sounded natural and we had enough volume to hear in even noisy environments. Our only issue was an occasional background noise, but it was a satisfactory experience on the whole.
On their end, callers said we sounded great. A few couldn't even tell that we were using a cell phone. Some had a bit of trouble hearing us if we were in a noisy place, but that's not uncommon for any cell phone. We also had few issues when speaking to automated-calling systems. Speakerphone calls were fine for the most part. The volume was very loud and we could stray a bit from the phone and still be heard on the other end.
Voice quality was a bit distorted on our side, but not enough to be worrisome. We'd like support for 3. On the whole, the phone performed well in data tests. The Web browser was pretty zippy and downloads took just a few seconds. Cellular Video quality was quite good. Videos kicked in relatively quickly and the quality was free of heavy pixelation.
The sound was also in sync and quick movements looked pretty good.
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