Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Samsung
Phone model
A657
Year of release
2009

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
115 mm (millimeters)
Body width
52 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
19.5 mm (millimeters)
Weight
123 g (grams)
Volume
116.61 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Rubber
  • Plastic
Colors

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 128 MB (megabytes)
place #94

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
8 GB (gigabytes)

Battery

Battery capacity
1420 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
6 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
288 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
1.9 in (inches) place #178
Screen resolution
220 x 176 pixels place #139
Pixel density
148 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
18 bit (262144 colors)
Aspect ratio
1.25 (5:4)

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Autodial
Noise reduction during a call
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
1000
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • UMTS 850 MHz
  • UMTS 1900 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

USB

USB connector
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.0
A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

Images

MTP support

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • 3GPP (.3gp)

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Identifier of songs
Number of polyphony voices
72
Dictaphone

Control elements

Standard keypad

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Software features

JAVA support
  • midp 2.0
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
MMS support

Impact protection

Shockproof case
Waterproof case
Dustproof case
Resistant to temperatures

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)
Push-To-Talk function
Flashlight

SAR level

SAR level
1.46 W/kg (watts per kilogram)