I have been looking at the Nokia 2630 and the Samsung E250

The specs say that they both have screen sizes of 128 x 160.

But the Samsung looks a lot bigger to me. Am I right?

I prefer the Samsung, but I have been told that these slide phone
sometimes make thier own calls. Please tell me that this will not
happen with this model.

Thanks

In message cff583cb-7f8a-4d5d-b3bf-b3cdda5031fc@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com,
species8350  Proclaimed from the tallest 
tower:

> I have been looking at the Nokia 2630 and the Samsung E250
>
> The specs say that they both have screen sizes of 128 x 160.
>
> But the Samsung looks a lot bigger to me. Am I right?
>
> I prefer the Samsung, but I have been told that these slide phone
> sometimes make thier own calls. Please tell me that this will not
> happen with this model.
>
> Thanks

I don't have the specs of either phone to hand, but I assume that 128x160 is 
refering to the number of PIXELS in the screen (that is the number of 
individual 'dots' that are used to make up the screen image). This is not a 
definitive indication of the physical size of the screen, as pixels can vary 
in size, so a larger screen could have the same numbers of pixels as a 
smaller screen, just that the each pixel is a bit bigger.
(does that make sense?)
I guess it's possible for a phone to make calls by itself if the keypad 
hasn't been locked, or if the phone is faulty, but in the first case, just 
make sure the keyboard lock has been turned on when the phone is in your 
pocket, and in the second case, the retailer or phone manufacturer should 
repair/replace the phone if it is defective.
Maybe soneone that owns or knows of someone that owns a E250 could say if 
they have seen this problem...?

-- 
Regards,
Chris.
(Remove Elvis's shoes to email me)

On Jun 18, 2:09 pm, "ChrisM"  wrote:
> In message cff583cb-7f8a-4d5d-b3bf-b3cdda503...@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com,
> species8350  Proclaimed from the tallest
> tower:
>
> > I have been looking at the Nokia 2630 and the Samsung E250
>
> > The specs say that they both have screen sizes of 128 x 160.
>
> > But the Samsung looks a lot bigger to me. Am I right?
>
> > I prefer the Samsung, but I have been told that these slide phone
> > sometimes make thier own calls. Please tell me that this will not
> > happen with this model.
>
> > Thanks
>
> I don't have the specs of either phone to hand, but I assume that 128x160 is
> refering to the number of PIXELS in the screen (that is the number of
> individual 'dots' that are used to make up the screen image). This is not a
> definitive indication of the physical size of the screen, as pixels can vary
> in size, so a larger screen could have the same numbers of pixels as a
> smaller screen, just that the each pixel is a bit bigger.
> (does that make sense?)
> I guess it's possible for a phone to make calls by itself if the keypad
> hasn't been locked, or if the phone is faulty, but in the first case, just
> make sure the keyboard lock has been turned on when the phone is in your
> pocket, and in the second case, the retailer or phone manufacturer should
> repair/replace the phone if it is defective.
> Maybe soneone that owns or knows of someone that owns a E250 could say if
> they have seen this problem...?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Chris.
> (Remove Elvis's shoes to email me)

Thanks for the response.

The larger pixel argument does make sense to me.

Regarding the phone making its own calls. Evidently when some slide
phones are carried somehow they unlock and make calls, therefore
incurring charges. More than one person has told me that their slide
phones have caused this problem.

Thanks again.

ps. I still like the feel of the slide phone

"species8350"  wrote in message 
news:cff583cb-7f8a-4d5d-b3bf-b3cdda5031fc@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>I have been looking at the Nokia 2630 and the Samsung E250
>
> The specs say that they both have screen sizes of 128 x 160.
>
> But the Samsung looks a lot bigger to me. Am I right?

This is a nice example of the manufacturers confusing customers and 
mis-representing the specs.

The figures quoted are for screen resolution (in pixels), not physical size. 
The phyiscal size would depend on the pixels per inch (ppi) of the screen in 
question.