Samsung Rugby Smart review: Advantages and Disadvantages

AT&T released a really necessary smartphone last week, Samsung Rugby Smart. It is a rugged Android smartphone from Samsung. It’s only priced $99.99 on contract. The Rugby Smart is far from being the prettiest handset around, but if you’re in need of a rugged device you’ll probably not mind that. Despite being a newcomer to the U.S. market, the Samsung Rugby Smart is hardly a revolution in terms of design or specifications. The new Rugby is dustproof, shockproof, and waterproof (it can be submerged in up to 1m of water for half an hour).

In this review as usual I am looking at Samsung Rugby Smart SGH-i847’s advantages and disadvantages to help you.

Lets start with main features of Samsung Rugby Smart-
Hardware

• 1.4 GHz single-core processor speeds up everything--from playing games to watching shows to opening files from work.
• 3.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus multi-touch display (480 x 800 pixels, 16 million color depth)
• MicroUSB port

Connectivity

• Ultra-fast 4G connectivity. Where 4G isn't available, your phone will connect with AT&T's 3G network.
• Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
• AT&T Mobile Hotspot capable enabling you to connect multiple devices--from tablets to gaming devices--to the phone's 3G/4G cellular connection via Wi-Fi.
• Next-generation Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity backward compatible with older Bluetooth-enabled peripherals and includes stereo audio streaming.
• Onboard GPS for navigation (using pre-loaded Google Maps or optional AT&T Navigator) and location services

Communications & Internet

• Full messaging capabilities including SMS text, MMS picture/video and IM instant messaging
• Full HTML browser (Webkit 5) with Flash 10.1 Support
• Personal and corporate e-mail access with support for Exchange ActiveSync as well as personal e-mail accounts (Google push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP).

Memory

• 4 GB internal memory
• Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB.

Camera

• 5-megapixel with flash
• Full HD 720p video capture
• 1.3-megapixel forward-facing camera for video chats and self portraits.

Multimedia

• Music player compatible with MP3, WMA, AAC, and WAV
• Video player compatible with MP4, M4V, AVI, WMV, and 3GP.

More Features

• 3.5mm headphone jack
• Hands-free speakerphone

Samsung Rugby Smart Advantages:

• IP67, MIL-STD 810F certified – shock, dust and water proof up to 1m for 30 minutes
• Tough but extremely pocket-able
• Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
• Wi-Fi b/g/n; Hot-spot and DLNA connectivity
• Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP
• GPS with A-GPS; Digital compass
• 1.4GHz Snapdragon CPU; Adreno 205 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset; 512MB RAM
• 4GB storage, microSD card support up to 32GB
• 3.7" Super AMOLED display with WVGA (800 x 480) resolution; 252ppi pixel density
• 5 megapixel auto-focus camera; 720p HD video recording at 30fps
• Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread with TouchWiz 4.0 launcher
• Supports so many video formats
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Web browser with Adobe Flash 11 support

Samsung Rugby Smart Disadvantages:

• Front design is not looks pretty
• Dedicated camera button is missing
• Single core CPU
• Android Ice Cream Sandwich may never come
• US only AT&T based phone

In the meantime Amazon Wireless is happily offer you Samsung Rugby Smart only for $0.01. You better hurry.