Samsung Delve offers a sleek and attractive design, easy to use interface and good call and photo qualities. But because the phone lacks some important features, we can’t really consider the best choice you can make. There is no Wi-Fi and no accelerometer, which is definitely a minus for the device.If you take a look at Samsung Instinct as well, you will see a lot of similarities among these two mobile phones. These refer mostly to size and the color scheme used. Even so, Samsung Delve is less heavy, weighting 3.63 ounces. It provides a comfortable feel in your hands, has rounded corners and use the silver and black color scheme, which delivers the classic look. Below the display are three physical controls, a feature Instinct lacks.
The display has 3”, supports 262.000 colors and has a pixel resolution of 240x400. You can make some adjustments regarding brightness, the intensity of the vibrate feedback and the backlighting time. You can use the stylus to navigate on the phone, but unfortunately you don’t have anywhere to place it. You can get some cases or pouches, so you can carry along the phone with the stylus. As most of the Samsung mobile phones, this one uses the TouchWiz interface as well. You have a list with icons and on top of the screen is a collapse bar with shortcuts for the Web browser, music player, messaging and Bluetooth. On the bottom there is another shortcut bar featuring touch controls for contacts, phone dialer, messaging menu and for the main menu. They are all usable and you will be using most of these shortcuts. If you are hoping to change their order or assign something different, unfortunately this option is unavailable.
The virtual keyboard has separate keyboard for numbers, letters and symbols. In essence, the keyboard is responsive, but in case you need spaced keys to type comfortably, you will find it hard to use. If you don’t feel comfortable with the keyboard, you can use the handwriting recognition tool and the standard alphanumeric keyboard to type your messages. The reason why the keyboard looks cramped is because of the lack of the accelerometer, so you can’t switch the phone to landscape mode, a real unfortunate event. Moreover, on top of the phone is the power control, which doubles as a locking switch for the display and the 3.5mm headset jack. On the left side is the volume rocker and finally, on the right, you can find the camera shutter key, the voice-dialing button and the microSD card slot. The camera on the back lacks a flash.
To conclude, in the phone book you can add up to 500 contacts and for each contact you have room for additional phone numbers and other contact information, such as addresses, e-mails and so on. You can group your callers and assign those photos and polyphonic ringtones. The music player on Samsung Delve is simple and with just the basic characteristics. You can make some playlists, have repeat and shuffle modes and choose from six equalizer settings. Using the USB cable or the memory card you can have more music files in your phone. The 2 megapixels camera on-board takes reasonable photos and with some extra settings and features to choose from: quality settings, self-timer, auto-focus, white balance, color effects, shutter sounds, multishot and 24 frames to choose from.
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