Softbank 740sc

Sing with me now! In the tune of Blue’s Clues’ “We just got a letter”!

I got myself a new phone!
I got myself a new phone!
I got myself a new phone!
(I don’t know how to end this… Lolz!)

I finally decided to sell my myPhone QP29 for a Japanese phone and decided to settle for Softbank 740sc. The phone’s actually from Samsung and for a text-voice phone, it’s perfect for an alternative/second phone.

The emoticons “emoji” are too cute! No wonder Japanese tend to send way lot of emojis in their text messages. 2MP camera captures quite good images. Since I won’t be using this phone for multimedia purposes, I’ll settle with this one.

Softbank 740sc is “OK” for someone who’s not looking for feature-enhanced phones.

Some actual images of my new phone. Also attached in the album is one pic (the laptop) I took using the phone’s camera.

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Specifications:
Weight (approx.):	107g
Dimensions (approx.)	50.5 (W) x 100 (H) x 14.99 (D) mm (excluding protrusions)
Talk Time (in normal reception conditions)	250 minutes (3G); 350 minutes (GSM)
Standby Time (when phone not in use)	500 hours (3G); 450 hours (GSM)
Charging Time (approx.)	120 minutes

Features:
QVGA 2.6 inch
Jpn/Eng/Kor Language Support
Global roaming
Micro SD slot
2.0MP cam
IrMC1.1
3G High Speed

Here are some overview of the said phone. Videos takes via YouTube

Softbank 740sc overview from Zettosan

Softbank 740sc CM from SuperMario444

And here’s the video I took using my phone. Quality’s not good since the phone’s camera is not that high-end.

Sample video from Softbank 740sc

Here, I would like to share some of the phone’s features like the “Show 3D Pictograms” and “Dictionary”.

I only tried out the “English Dictionary” function. You'll just enter the term you want to look up and the dictionary will look-up the Japanese term for you. Of course, it’s helpful if you can read at least in Hiragana.

I haven’t checked the “Japanese Dictionary” yet but I’ve included a pic of the screen.

And, my favorite, the “3D Pictograms” wherein emoji animations are displayed. Take this one for example. I chose a set of emojis and when I chose “Show 3D Pictograms”, emoji animations are displayed. Take note, this is not MMS but simply sent as SMS.

Here’s another one. A friend of mine sent me SMS which simply states “Haha Ok..” and when I ran “3D Pictrograms”…

Resources:
http://mb.softbank.jp/en/products/samsung/740sc.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/ZettoSan
http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperMario444