Camera
The A727 uses a 1.3-megapixel camera and SIM card that enabled for the
phone's Video Share service to distribute real-time video to subscribing
friends. Pictures can be taken in five resolutions (1280 x 1024 px, 800
x 600 px, 640 x 480 px, 320 x 240 px and 240 x 180 px) and under five different
quality settings (Super Fine, Fine, Normal, Low and Economy).
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To adapt to a variety of settings, the camera can use night mode and
has controllable brightness and white balance features in Auto, Daylight,
Cloudy, Incandescent or Fluorescent. There is also a 4x digital zoom that
can be used when the camera is set to the highest image resolution.
With the Multi-Shot function, users can snap six, nine, or 15 shots at
a time, and under "Mosaic" Shot Mode, they can combine groups four photos
into a single photo. Other features include a self-timer, 20 fun frames
and three color effects (Black & White, Sepia and Negative).
After snapping a photo, save them to the phone, send them to friends
in a picture message or set them as the phone's new wallpaper or caller
ID photo. The A727 offers a wide range of editing options users can apply
to photos, including redeye repair, partial blur, image resize, cropping,
color effects and inserting emoticons, clipart or text. The camera also
has several shutter sounds to choose from.
The phone's camcorder can capture video footage in two resolutions (176
x 144 and 128 x 96 px). consumers can save them on their phone and even
send them to their contacts as up to 30-second-long multimedia messages.
Regular videos can be recorded at any desired length, or until they fill
up the phone's 30 MB of memory. Because space is somewhat limited, a microSD
card might come in handy in the long run.
The 1.3-megapixel power of the A727 takes decent to average photos; however,
image quality won't be near what most of the newer digital cameras have
to offer.
Basic Features
The A727 operates on a quad-band GSM network which supports all four
major cellular frequencies (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) for improved call
quality and fewer dropped calls anywhere in the world.
The phone's basic features include a Stopwatch, World Time, Measurement
Converter, Calculator, Tip Calculator, Calendar, Alarm, Voice Memo, Airplane
Mode and text display in English, French or Spanish. There is also a multitasking
mode that will pause the music track being listened to when receiving a
call. When the call is over, the phone's playlist will resume.
The A727 holds 1,000 contacts and call logs for the last 20 incoming,
outgoing and missed calls. Each phonebook entry can hold up to seven phone
numbers, two email addresses, instant messaging information and notes. An
additional 250 names and numbers can also be stored on the phone's SIM card.
Battery life on the A727 offers four hours talk time and up to 10 days
of standby time. Charging time on the battery is up to three hours, according
to Samsung.
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