Samsung ZV50

  • Released 2006, March
    105g, 22.8mm thickness
    Feature phone
    30MB storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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    240x320 pixels, 2 inch
  • 2MP
    240p
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  • 900mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung ZV50 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 2100
Speed HSPA
Launch Announced 2006, March
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 90 x 45 x 22.8 mm (3.54 x 1.77 x 0.90 in)
Weight 105 g (3.70 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 2 inch, 4:3 ratio
 Second external display
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photo call
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 30MB
Main Camera Single 2 MP
Video 320p
Selfie camera Single Videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 1.2, A2DP
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 Video telephony and streaming
MP3/AAC/AAC++/WMA player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 900 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 2 h 30 min
Misc Colors Aluminium Silver
SAR 0.49 W/kg (head)     0.37 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.69 W/kg (head)    

Samsung ZV50 - User Reviews

  • This phone is better then zv60 . qvga video

  • It is a pease of rubish The company shloud recall it,it's been 2 years that I have it and not in the 1 month I could say it was a gr8 fone.

  • If looks cude kill, the Zv50 wud b the last mobile standing!!! HOWEVER...... The battery life sucks.., both of them. Especially considering the ph dsnt hav any out of this world features. Im further disturbed by the fact that no java apps can run in background. This model clearly should hav been recalled! some1 plse let me know where i can upgrade the firmware 4 this model! mayb then id b able 2 run an app n listen 2 music at the sametime. Please help

  • use the USB data cable--attach it to your computers USB port and switch it off and it will charge--before that, if the battery has no power at all--charge it a little first with a universal charger which you can buy for Tk 120--this battery is a bit peculiar in that it will not charge thru a USB if there is no charge on the battery itself--so charge it a bit with the Universal charger first

  • I'm unable to charge my phone as my orginal charger has stolen. Now I tried with many other charger but it's not working. Whenever I insert the charging cable into the port it shows nothing. Plz tell me what can I do now? In Bangladesh the accesories are not available.

  • why have pc studio udates, when you can't edit your numbers and messages. signal strength to be improved on.battery life not the best.

  • 1. As Samsung will agree the ZV50 phone is impossible to use without two batteries. Also proven by the fact that Samsung risked the added cost by including an extra battery. 2. Juggleing two batteries wherever I go resulted in one getting lost a few months ago, maybe including a battery belt clip or wallet would have helped. 3. The waste heat generated also makes the phone uncomfortable to use. (Keypad and Battery) 4. I'm disgusted that the ZV50's phone contacts cannot be edited from Samsung's very own "Samsung PC Studio" versions. 5. The earpiece volume is too low even at the highest setting. 6. The signal strength is unstable resulting in poor speech (Other Phones excel in this area in the same location). 7. Additonal phone chargers for office and the car also proved to be very expensive. 8. Java Applications cannot run in background, a cheap Motorolla V360 can do this. 9. Shame the ZV50 cannot play video in full screen, so whats the point? 10. Now the remaining battery has very little service life left. 11. UNNECCESRY PROPRIETY INTERFACES AND NO EXTERNAL ANTENNA CONNECTION(shitty signal) 12. All this coupled with ridiculous cost of a replacement battery convinces me to never go near a Samsung Mobile again. 13. Seems SAMSUNG is too busy over-engineering with features and ignoring basic ergonomics. Verdict: Expensive phone and features but low value end product to any consumer. BTW one compliment, Excellent document viewer; PIXEL browser

  • Can anybody please tell me how to change the message tone?I mean I'm really starting to believe there's no such option on this phone............I hope I'm mistaken. I also cannot find neither the apostrophe ('), nor quotation marks (").Please help me if you have experience with this phone......Tnx in advance

  • Samsung should really work on the battery life and the phones ability to play music vids fullscreen. I also have a problem with the phones ability to play music while browsing through the phone at the same time. In general this is great phone though and im very happy with the HSDPA ability.

  • the phone is Brilliant works very well with the pc and internet i had the phone for 2 months now and im enjoying it...well the battery life is a joke i mean having to charge the phone every night is just not on

  • How soft is too soft when you guys are referring to the headphone etc.

  • Nice to look at but thats about it. Battery life is very short and the menu is a maze to navigate. Multimedia especialy video can be improved as I can't play vids fullscreen.

  • Best thing about the phone is HSDPA and music player, the rest is useless! No battery life, only available in VodaFone operating system, awfull browser. No Themes available, bad sound on speaker and headphones. Alarm Clock only snoozes twice then alarm switches off! Rather buy the x560...

  • Samsung need to pay attention on the battery life.

  • Would just like to know what comes with this phone in the box?

  • I've been battling for three months to get a car charger for this phone from Samsung and Vodacom. Is this a grey product?

  • Earpice tooo soooft. battery life a joke. Still not able to edit contacts from laptop. Can only synchonise. Samsung needs to update thier software. I love the HSDPA. I love the look of the phone.

  • Yeah, the sound from the earpiece is very soft!!! The first one i bougth i actually returned and told them there was something wrong with the speaker. They tested it and agreed with me that it was too soft. The replacement i got had exactly the same problem! So yeah, thats my only beef with this phone. My battery life was extremely short, but changing the network mode from UMTS to GSM900/1800 when not using internet now makes this thing last a week with moderate calling without charging :) The sound with headphones is great aswell! 9/10 in my opinon. :)

  • Had this phone for 4 months now... Seriously happy with the HSDPA. Not impressed with the battery-life (though it lasts way longer when BlueTooth is off!) I bought the phone for US$500 - dropped it and broke the flip action. Wasn't covered under warranty since it's "physical damage". Paid US$200 to have it repaired by Vodafone. Had it back for a week now, and I'm still impressed with the HSDPA. Just too expensive to run it, since the cost of data is US$0.30 per MB. Bad reception, but that may be due to the servive in my area. Phone gets very hot when charging! Also during calls. The charger's port beats Nokia's "pop-ports" hands down. Pop-port from Nokia single handedly stopped me buying another Nokia. On the whole, ZV50 is a great phone for surfing the web and listening to music.

  • i think this cool in a way but the battery life is so freaking weak. i was on the internet for 10 minutes and it just died. i think samsung needs to sort this out.

  • Hi, How can i get a zv50,i have check all the shop but can not find it..can I shop on line? Please get back to me ASAP.... Thanks, Patterson...

  • To Mel, I have had the samsung e330 and currently own the samsung e730. When browsing on WAP, just like yourself. The battery and the keypad become very hot aswell. I think its just 'Samsung' in general that has this problem. Or it could just be a selection of flip phone models.

  • Iv always been lookn 4 a f0n tht has n0 hasals n i hav cme 2 th conclutin tht ths f0n hands down iz nt th f0n im lookn 4

  • I have a ZV50 on Vodafone and a Z560 on TIM both in Italy. I don't understand Italian so I can't use the manuals or access technical support. Neither phone works easily with Mac OS X or XP Pro in my experience. I am used to the EV-DO service on Verizon in the US using a Moto E815. Always worked without a problem and of course, the Moto worked perfectly with Mac OS X and XP. After several months of frustration I can finally connect to the internet with both phones. Neither seems particularly fast and nothing near 1.8 Mbs. There are some modem scripts available for Mac OS X and I'm still hit or miss when using XP. My suggestion is to bring your computer to the store and test the connection in person. Samsung direct technical support has been lousy. I haven't been able to find a manual for either phone online.

  • Sold to me as a new generation 3g cell phone hmmm Finding out the hard way about the battery life constantly need 2 full charged batteries not impressed at all with the so called new technology finding it hard to use as a modem running it on an osx. cannot sync up with diary and contacts.In a nutshell by using it as a standard cell you probably find it quite fine but dont expect anything else.

  • Does the phone have handsfree speakers, if u wanna play ur mp3 songs loud

  • i have just ordered my zv50 on a talk 120 package and would like to know whether it includes a mem card ,data cable and spare battery pack

  • Have the cell for 1 1/2wks. Have already charged battery numerous times. Very nice & compact cell. Has lots of features. Only problem is the battery life.

  • Having the ZV50 now for +/- 3x weeks, I discovered when searching the internet for 15min, the battery aswell as the control panel gets very hot. It's the first that a SAMSUNG phone is doing this, to me. Is there perhaps anybody that can explain why the phone is doing this. Overall, this is a very nice phone. Mel

  • the camera quality is terreble// dont have full view display for videos// no tv out// cant play video with a resolution of more than 177 X 141 im dissapointed

  • everything is alrite except the talk time. it's only 2 hours ?? what's with all this one phone has that good the other has that good. y can't they make a decent phone that meets the need for everthing.

  • the memory is poor but the hsdp feature is faster than 3g!!!

  • Does the phone have a document viewer for Pdf files???

  • Yes this phone is exclusive from Vodafone, but if you live in Portugal you can find a good rival on TMN. The new z560 from Samsung, with the sames specifications plus an internal memory of 50Mb. Really awesome... I already try it and I found it something special...

  • i was just wondering if many people that have this phone, find the volume through the headset of this pfone far to low or soft? i was considering buying it until i saw these comments.....

  • I find the phone has some unexpected good and bad points. I like the way the clock and phone status is always displayed on ext. display. I dislike the volume from the earpiece. I found the voume is too soft and inconsistent (even at full volume) Does anybody else have the same problem?

  • Just purchased this phone and im so happy with it! The HSDPA is awesome!

  • does this come in only vodafone tell me urgently

  • This phone's battery stinks. A fully charged battery only lasts about 8 hours with moderate (very moderate) use. Is this a common problem with 3g phones? I received 2 batteries with my package, so I assume that SAMSUNG knows about the poor battery life.Any other users have the same problem? Any other decent battery on the market? Current battery : 3.7V Li-ion polymer MODEL BST5629SV.PLEASE help,Im at the end of my tether.

  • ohh and it is very light!! and compaq

  • Hey B, i suggest the Samsung E730, excellent phone with 1.3 megapixel camera, flash, fm radio, mp3 player and loads more. reasonable price too!! and very good lookin

  • this is a hot lookin fone! nice!! great features too! i think the unkown person was referring to the fact thay he thinks is looks like a toy phone u know like cheap plastic fones? DUH! i don't think that though

  • don't call someone stupid just becuse they don't know what it is, mr. silverworm! by the way this phone's design and features definitely on its best.

  • very nice phone use it as a modem then u will c if you change ur minds

  • it IS plastic, stupid

  • looks plastic

  • Too thick!

  • I agree this phone is excellent if only it had a flash. ive been looking for ages 4 a gd camera nice look video n flash but i cnt find 1

  • I thought it was perfect until i saw NO FLASH! nooooo, overall very nice :D Can anyone find a phone will all these features and including flash which isnt too heavy? :P

  • So nice this handphone.....

  • yeh baby im first