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Samsung Rugby
SGH-A837Samsung Brightside
SCH-U380| Global Score | |
| 36.3 | 39.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| 2008-09-16 | 2012-02-28 |
| 3.95 x 2.05 x 0.90 inches | 4.37 x 2.37 x 0.56 inches |
| 4.66 ounces | 4.30 ounces |
| $ 230.00 | $ 80.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 2 inches | 3.1 inches |
| 176 x 220 pixels | 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA) |
| TFT | TFT |
| 141 pixels per inch | 129 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive |
| 5.7 | 5.6 |
| processor | processor |
| -- | 128 MB RAM |
| GPU | GPU |
| 5.76 | 5.76 |
| Storage | |
| 131,07 MB internal memory | 262,14 MB internal memory |
| microSD external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 0.6 | 2.12 |
| Camera | |
| 1.30 MP | 3.20 MP |
| 4.51 | 5.06 |
| HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM | CDMA |
| SIM | -- |
| 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1000mAh Li-Ion Battery | 1000mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 5 hours talk time | 350 hours standby time 6.5 hours talk time |
| 2.56 | 2.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.0 | Bluetooth 2.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Brightside has an overall score of 39.6, which is a bit better than Samsung Rugby's 36.3 general score. The Samsung Brightside body is much newer, just a bit lighter and thinner than Samsung Rugby. Samsung Rugby features a slightly better looking display than Samsung Brightside, because although it has a way worse resolution of 220 x 176 pixels and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a just a bit more pixels per screen inch.
Samsung Brightside's CPU is very similar to the Samsung Rugby one, both of them have 0 processing cores. The Samsung Brightside has a lot bigger storage to install applications and games than Samsung Rugby, because it has more internal memory capacity. Samsung Brightside's battery performance is very similar to the Samsung Rugby one.
Samsung Brightside counts with a better camera than Samsung Rugby, because it has a back-facing camera with a way better 3.2 mega pixels resolution.
Samsung Brightside is not only the best phones of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also very cheap compared to the other phones.
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