Like its predecessor, the Rugby III is tough enough to handle shocks, dust, and rain. It also includes Push-To-Talk technology and aGPS navigation. It seems to us that this phone is more for business than pleasure. Entertainment features are underplayed. It only includes a 2.4-inch internal screen and a 3-megapixel camera.
On-paper Star rating:
It has a SAR rating of just 0.47 w/kg, which is good, considering that SAR is expressed on a scale of 0 to 1.60 w/kg.
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It is touted as more resistant to water, dust and shocks.
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A 3-megapixel camera with a few interesting features (Shooting modes (Single, Continuous, Panorama, Smile shot, Mosaic, Frame), Night Shot mode, Photo size, White balace (Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, or Cloudy), Metering exposire, Effects (None, Black and white, Sepia Negative, Watercolor), Quality (Normal, Fine, Superfine), GPS, Edit photo) is no marvel, but it's quite decent for a standard cell phone.
Its 540 minutes of talk time is above the average. Even if talk time ratings are not necessarily measured the same way by each manufacturer, this is still an indication that the Samsung Rugby III will likely last more than other handsets.
The Rugby III proudly features a 3-megapixel camera, but you may have to buy a memory card (up to 32GB) if you want to take pictures frequently because the built-in memory is only 256MB...
It's disappointing that we could not find its weight information.
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** This phone is also known as: Samsung A997, AT&T Rugby 3
*** These cons and pros are identified automatically based on our proprietary algorithm and the specs we found for this phone. Should you spot an error, please let us know.
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