Samsung S3030 Tobi

  • Released 2008, December
    85g, 17.5mm thickness
    Feature phone
    15MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 1.9"
    176x220 pixels
  • 1.3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 800mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung S3030 Tobi - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2008, November. Released 2008, December
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 94.7 x 45.4 x 17.5 mm (3.73 x 1.79 x 0.69 in)
Weight 85 g (3.00 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 1.9 inches, 11.4 cm2 (~26.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 176 x 220 pixels (~148 ppi density)
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 8 GB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photo call
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 15MB
Main Camera Single 1.3 MP
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS No
Radio No
USB 2.0
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 Eco-friendly and non-toxic materials
MP3 player
MP4 player
Organizer
Voice memo
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 260 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
Misc Colors Sweet Pink, Loyal Blue, Apple Green, Bright Orange, Oasis Blue, Snow Silver
SAR EU 0.38 W/kg (head)    
Price About 90 EUR

Samsung S3030 Tobi - User Reviews

  • Why don't this phone have free wifi usage. They should have it. It will be more useful.

  • Yes, it really is. Very easy to use and SO cute, with all the features you need. The battery life isn't that great, but it doesn't care; it's a great phone!!

  • hmmm. can i ask something? wer can i buy this one. it's pretty cute. love it! any store in Philippines that selling this.

  • This is a pretty great phone. I have had it for about 3 or 4 months now i got the 2 GB expansion and listen to all my music and audio books. Even the audio Books i get from Audiobooks.net go n just fine. My phone came with a headset and mic but those are the only ones that work with it, and if i lose them i dont know how much it will cost for new ones. Which kind of sucks. But besides that its great

  • How do you install games on this phone? Found some games for it, but it didn't recognise them. Need some help :)

  • I just saw this celphone in samsung's website and it really looks cute, i want to know, is it worth your money? are the features good enough (if not the best)? I want to buy a new phone, so i want to know... some opinions here says it's good, some says it sucks, honestly? Ella, Philippines

  • hey someone just comment this... he bought the phone in UK. for 99 pounds and he says that it has a low performance... - User intertace is lagging - Crappy pictures taken - Poor USB throughput to get pictures from phone - Poor battery life - Video taken with big squares i just want to know if this is true? so if it is i won't purchase the phone even if i like the phone and its features. pls reply asap. tnx:)

  • ive played with the tobi it is a good little phone

  • do they sell the other colours at the carphone warehouse now?

  • yes it has a 1.3mp cam and video recording capability

  • Hey everyone! Just dropping a note to say I now have this phone. I thought I would tell you about it. I love it! Before you ask me, yes I'm a grown-up lol. Now, I'm going to tell you about my particular phone as I'm not sure if some other countries versions of this particular model of phone will have the same accessories etc. The one that I got was in Loyal Blue colour, which is glossy black and metalic blue. It has a surfer guy on the back of the phone. It looks holographic or lenticular as it moves in the light. It's cool I like it! :D As The Carphone Warehouse are the only phone retailer to stock the Samsung Tobi S3030 here in the UK, they only stock Loyal Blue and Sweet Pink. I'm not sure if they will be stocking the other colours. But from what I can tell from the Tobi portal at Samsung UK website, it seems they'll only have Loyal Blue and Sweet Pink, which is a shame because I really wanted the phone in Energetic Orange as I am a fan of Tigger hehe. The box it comes in is compact and colourful. It includes: Phone, Battery, Battery cover with transparent plastic window, 2 pre-cut paper inserts for the back of the phone, 3-pin UK wall charger, Earphones USB cable Manual, warranty card etc The phone changer, USB cable, and earphones have samsung propriatery shaped connectors, but I'm sure you can get a 3.5 earphone jack convertor for your earphones somewhere. It has similar spec to a samsung U900 Soul. I love the user interface, with the animated icons. It comes with 3 preset themes. The Ocean World theme is my favourite. I love the animated fishes. So cute :D I also love that you can change the covers and swap pictures with your friends and put them in the back of the phone. You can even put photos in there too. In the box it comes with pre cut pictures for you to try out on your phone. It reminds me of an old Nokia phone I used to have. You could put pictures in the back of that phone too. I can't remember the name of that phone. I'm sure someone will know :) It's very easy to use. The menus are easy to navigate through. The phone itself is a nice size, it feels good in the hand. It slides open and close smoothly with no problems. The sounds are very loud which is a good thing, because some phones I used in the past were very quiet. It has a speaker on the back of the phone to listen to music and sounds. Its very loud when having a hands-free conversation too. When talking on the phone, it's very clear and the person on the other end of the phone said they could hear me clearly as well. Its tri-band. GPRS 900/1800/1900. don't ask me what all that means, I have no idea lol. It has 15 MB of on-board phone memory. It has an Micro SD card slot which can accept Micro SD cards up to 8G, which is a good thing if you love music and videos on your phone :D Bluetooth 2.0,which you can use as a cheaper alternative to sending txts to each other. I don't know how anyone would find that useful as you'll have to be near someone to bluetooth messages to each other, you might as well just sit next to each other and talk like normal human beings lol. MP3 player, well you know what that does. You can play music in the background whilst using the phone:) It also comes with am FM radio with RDS. You need to have the earphones connected to the phone to listen to radio either through the earphones or through the loud speaker. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera which can take pictures and record videos. It also has 3 different 'safety' functions. For example sending a pre-set text message to multiple contacts, calling multiple contacts, and 'fake call' which basically is pressing a button and it simulates an incoming call. You can record a message to make it more authentic, like have your boyfriend, girlfriend etc say "hi sweety how are you?" in the hopes of a would-be attacker goes away. Somehow I don't think that would deter anyone though lol. The phone comes pre-loaded with 2 games but they are demos. Tetris and Brain training. I love Tetris! :-p All in all a very well thought-out phone. Get one for yourself or your children, or both! Lol. I just wish Samsung could get a license to make a Hello Kitty phone hehe. Warmest regards Dylan Ps. anything I left out, please don't hesitate to tell me. :) Please don't flame me either hehe.

  • it is a camera phone (:

  • I think this phone is really cute ^^ but maybe its because I am only 12 years old^^hehe (:

  • Hey everyone! I'm very excited! I'm collecting one of these phones up in the UK at the Carphone Warehouse tomorrow! (Tuesday 6th January 2009) I wanted the orange and white one, but they're only selling 2 colours,Loyal Blue for the boys and Romantic Pink for the girls. I definetly don't want the pink one! :-p I'll let you know how I get on :D

  • Ha ha ha this is better then the e250 n j700 at least got a better res screen then e250 n j700 i think it wil sel wel teen gals wil buy it ha ha going to be cheap �40 better then a d500

  • really, the only thing that makes sense to me about the samsung tobi is that its for under 12 kids. cos i dont see how samsung would make fantastic phones like the omnia and the i8510 and then do tobi for those same users. but my 3yr old neice wouldnt use it cos i wonder what an mp3 player is donig in a phne with less than 50mb

  • you think so? i think the color combinations and overall design is quite good. i think this one will attract a lot of youngsters.

  • They are SOOOOOO lying!!!

  • Looks like a cute phone for kids, which isn't a bad thing as there aren't many like this. But it can't be too expensive- under �50 is reasonable.

  • guys samsung are not stupid they no waht there doing right before u trash there diseighns have u ever thought abotu the fact that it aimed at a younger audince for kids maybey teens i have had one and tbh it gave my no problems samsung are a good make always have always will be u just gotta open up your eyes and relsise that that there is an excellent pice of engineering and care samsung would not make a phone if it was not amied at a traget audince so think before u gob off. they are a good phone if u no how to use it properly fantastic phone ive had a d500 for 4 years and still works to this day so obvs samsung are a fantastic make

  • guys samsung are not stupid they no waht there doing right before u trash there diseighns have u ever thought abotu the fact that it aimed at a younger audince for kids maybey teens i have had one and tbh it gave my no problems samsung are a good make always have always will be u just gotta open up your eyes and relsise that that there is an excellent pice of engineering and care samsung would not make a phone if it was not amied at a traget audince so think before u gob off. they are a good phone if u no how to use it properly fantastic phone ive had a d500 for 4 years and still works to this day so obvs samsung are a fantastic make

  • Your idea of a wierd person is someone who makes calls and send texts.... From a phone???? MADNESS!!!

  • How can you have bought this phone? Here in the UK it's exclusive to The Carphonewarehouse. It's not even out yet. You're a liar liar pants on fire!

  • ugly

  • I bought it in UK. 99 pounds for this ... I meant by low performances: - User intertace is lagging - Crappy pictures taken - Poor USB throughput to get pictures from phone - Poor battery life - Video taken with big squares I am used to be a Samsung phone addict but this time I have been trapped ...

  • david in where country are you? why do you said that tobi has poor performance? how much do you bought the phone? I'm very excited here in the Philippines to have one!

  • I have tested it, it is a pretty crappy phone with low performances. Please dont do the same mistake as me and invest your money to other phone.

  • I hope tobi will be released already in the Philippines, and will be a sure hit again like the samsungE250....and I'm sure to have this one,hate it with 65k color display,NO fm....boring

  • if they added a 3.5mm standard jack.. this phone would be perfect! Simple yet functional!

  • The cutest Samsung phone ever!

  • i think its cute.. at least for kids.. samsung wouldnt do this if they werent targetting particular consumers.. obviously its for little kids....

  • Samsung has always been my brand but why on earth would samsung make this with 8gb capacity.this is not a camera phone,not a music phone & i cant imagine using this to access the internet, so why this shouldn't even have a card slot as some good phones cant hold more than 2gb.

  • no no not for me thanx!

  • It�s a kinds phone with some security features for parents besides fun features for the children.

  • Someone ask: Who will dare by this kind of phone ? Answer: Well some weird people who just needs make phone calls and sms... thats all

  • presonally i think its a good phone. i met meny parents who would liek to buy a mobie for their kids without spending half of their salary. the main features should be: small, cheap, colorful, so kids can have it in their pocked, and could show off from time to time. it will find their purchasers for sure!

  • It should be called the Samsung S3030 Zobi !!

  • Even for Kids, this is very low cost phone with poor capabilities.

  • Who will dare by this kind of phone ? :O

  • a phone for need and a phone in deed

  • Ok it seems like the old 120X160 DISPLAY IS DEAD replaced with the 144X176 witch wil be better eny way back to the s3030 it seems to be made 4 young peple (or young at hart) i find it co0l lo0king but n0 edge its gona be slow but this seems to be the upgrade to the e250(witch i hate) n maby even the upgrade to the j750? (it has a better screan)

  • "Eco-friendly and non-toxic materials" ... aww how cute

  • the D-pad looks like the sony ericsson W760

  • the phone small and nice very this samsung beautiful and color great some of nokia

  • i think its child phone considering display pictures, now can children can have their own phone

  • ok Anonymous ..... but like i400 ?

  • A low budget phone, perfect for Prepaid

  • Well its eco friendly.

  • well well that's for sure a XXth century phone! Lolz