The Telstra SAMSUNG SGH A501 Next G Mobile Phone has been labelled as “small and compact”, and indeed, it is no exaggeration. Its metal blue-silver presentation, on top of the chrome surrounding the outside is an elegant move. Keys of the Telstra SAMSUNG SGH A501 Next G Mobile Phone are adequately-spaced and the rest are- 5-way navigation pad and buttons meant for video calls. This is Samsung’s newest HSDPA offering, it’s of the flip type, and it runs on Telstra’s Next G- exclusively that is.

This particular handset or mobile has the following features: 1.3 swivelling camera with a 2x digital zoom, an MP3, a 262 clor display, connectivity to Bluetooth, up to 40MB internal memory, handsfree, and these accessories- the Samsung stereo handsfree and the headset for the Bluetooth. Its megapixel camera could get still images (up to 1280×1024 pixels), and its 2x digital zoom is there on the cellphone’s hinge. This could be rotated, and a tiny LED serves as the flash. However, night/dark photography could become problematic some of the time. The user of the Telstra SAMSUNG SGH A501 Next G Mobile Phone could save his/her images by either of two ways- one, the internal memory. That or store it via the microSD slot.

Now, we go the nitty-gritty of this Telstra SAMSUNG SGH A501 Next G Mobile Phone, here goes, it’s a long one: GPRS capability, vibra, PC Synchronization, BigPond, MMS FEATURES, email of course, then, we go to the dimensions. Measured at 88/48/26mm, it weighs just at 114g. The talktime is up to 210 minutes, while the standby is for 350 hours. Warranty of the phone: no need to worry, it’s for a full year.

What about the Telstra SAMSUNG SGH A501 Next G Mobile Phone’s applications: BigPond Mobile Music, FOXTEL, downloads, Sensis search, BigPond photos, WhereisMaps, even BigBlog.

As far as Next G clients are concerned, they would have the Telstra Music Player, and this would permit them to do tracks-download via portals- straight to the Telstra SAMSUNG SGH A501 Next G Mobile Phone.