Samsung Star 3 Pro Reviews

The problem with the Samsung Tocco Lite 2 is that it's a feature phone, not a smartphone, but it's priced at around the same level as some budget smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy Y, for example, can be found at a similar price and the Orange San Francisco 2 and HTC Explorer are only slightly pricier. This puts it in competition with them and that's a competition that it just can't win. It's not a terrible handset by any means, if it was running Android, had a better touch screen or a slightly lower price tag it would be worth considering. As it stands, it's just not quite competitive enough. If you want all the bells and whistles of a smartphone then you can pay about the same and buy a smartphone. On the other hand if all you want is a phone that does a good job of calls and texts and has a few features besides, you can get one for a lot less than this – the Nokia Asha 201 for example, which can be had for about £40 if you shop around.

The Samsung Star 3 is aiming for the sub-$100 mark without any subsidies, so there isn't much else we can desire from its hardware except what is already in there. We wish it had at least the same screen as the Star 2, but the slightly lower pixel density is a minor quibble on such a phone. The incapable browser is is a bigger gripe, though. More importantly, the phone sports an above average call quality, and that's all that could be asked from its price point. It is also easy to handle and unassuming, so it can make a good backup handset to give your kid. The Star 3's primary competition, besides last year's feature phones from LG, like the Cookie Fresh, or Samsung itself, like Corby 2, could be Nokia's Asha family. The Nokia Asha 201, for example, comes with sub-$100 price unlocked as well, and might lure people demanding a QWERTY keyboard away from the Star 3.