Samsung Corby
I received my first Christmas gift of 2009 – A Samsung Corby from Chewy. It was an early gift as we wouldn’t be celebrating Christmas together this year. He’s going back home to Kuala Lumpur so I’ll be alone during Christmas. 
Chewy seems to like the touchscreen of Corby. I can’t remember how many times I’ve said this but I am not a fan of touchscreen phones. I think I’ll need some time to get use to using such phones again because I spend 10 minutes trying to send an SMS this morning. I know I fail. 
My friends from school highly preferred the Corby over my INQ mini. They are like “oh my gosh Dayna, your new phone looks great. Glad you decided to get a new one.” when they see me with my new phone in class. By the way, my INQ mini is still alive and I gave up my LG Viewty for adoption today. I’m going to miss it. So, back to the Corby… there are 3 colours – white, yellow and pink. There are also green and orange in Korea but somehow they didn’t bring those into Singapore. I like the orange and yellow one but Chewy is a fan of white and black phones so I got the white one. Even though I’m a huge fan of pink, I decided a universal colour will be better. It’s easier to sell it off in the future since not everyone is a fan of pink like me. On a totally random note, according to the korean drama, You’re Beautiful (which I’m so in love with), white stands for purity. It’s not a bad choice eh? 
Close up of Samsung Corby
Each set comes with 3 covers – plain white, white with prints and a plain black. I like the plain white one because I was going to get some pop-up stickers to decorate the phone but Chewy prefers the one with prints. I’m still going to get the stickers though. It needs something to be branded as “Dayna’s mobile”. 
Back cover - White with green and grey prints
Side buttons - I always press the wrong one when I'm unlocking it
Default wallpaper of the cartoon theme
Animated main menu
I was quite wowed by the google maps. The location shown wasn’t exact but it was within a 1 kilometre radius of where I was so I guess it can be considered pretty accurate. For someone who has a poor sense of direction, this will certainly comes in handy when I get lost.
Google Maps
Wallpaper from my own illustrations
After playing around with it for a day, I think it’s not too bad. The set doesn’t comes with a data cable which may be quite troublesome for some. However, I use bluetooth more often so it doesn’t bothers me much. Similar to the INQ, the camera of the Corby is 2MP and takes quite decent shots. The quality is slightly better than the INQ mini. It isn’t a 3G phone and does not have Wi-Fi. Internet speed is a bit slower but it’s not a big deal to me. I don’t surf the net often with my phone. Most of the time, I use it only for twittering and twitpic-ing.
The Corby also has the smart unlock feature which is really cool in my opinion. You can set the phone to unlock by writing any one of the alphabets on the screen. I tested quite a few letters and I think V is the easiest to unlock. This feature is more convenient since the “press side button and hold” option is slower. There are also 3 types of fonts for users to choose from. I’m using the cartoonish font (type 1) and it’s really cute.
How do I like this phone? Quite a lot, considering the fact that it was a gift from Chewy. 
Hopefully, it will be my trusty phone for the next 1 to 2 years.
January 22 2010 at 4:14 am | Permalink
where i can find this cartoon image i doesn t have this image on my corby
January 22 2010 at 10:40 am | Permalink
The cartoon image doesn’t comes with the Corby. It’s my own design.
January 23 2010 at 4:04 pm | Permalink
CAN u take this cartoon picture on this page plizzz
January 23 2010 at 4:06 pm | Permalink
The designs are actually not for redistribution. Sorry about that!
January 23 2010 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
ok but please can u tell me where i can find this image
January 23 2010 at 7:18 pm | Permalink
You wouldn’t find it anywhere because I drew it myself. Perhaps you can try to Google for other cartoons.
January 24 2010 at 12:20 am | Permalink
how u create this picture
January 24 2010 at 12:22 am | Permalink
The illustration I used on my Corby was part of my past designs which were all drawn in Photoshop.
January 20 2010 at 12:09 pm | Permalink
Hey there!
just found your site- cos I’ve been checking out the samsung corby phones (my ericsson is slowly dying! 
)
Where did you get your corby from?….don’t think they have it here in Australia. Damn! I want that phone!. Hehehe am also a big fan of ‘You’re Beautiful’.
Have a nice day! x
January 20 2010 at 12:32 pm | Permalink
I got mine in Singapore from Samsung stores.
December 30 2009 at 12:13 pm | Permalink
where did you get your samsung corby? is it avaliable with lines?
December 30 2009 at 12:49 pm | Permalink
I got it from SingTel exclusive retailers without contract. It’s not available with lines at Hello shops but I’m not sure about the exclusive retailers.
December 18 2009 at 9:44 am | Permalink
hey!!!do you know where i can buy the green fashion jacket for the corby online?
December 18 2009 at 12:38 pm | Permalink
I don’t think you can find it online. I tried searching in Ebay, Amazon etc but no one is selling just the green battery cover. It’s only available when you get the phone in Korea.
December 10 2009 at 12:37 pm | Permalink
HI!!! i was looking for reviews for the samsung corby, and THANK GOD I found yours. Well, I was looking for a new phone, and after watching YOUR BEAUTIFUL, i saw the samsung CORBY, I thought they only had it in korea, and now its here in our country! Great review by the way.. But I want to ask, is the features really ok? they told me, its hard to type messages, is that true? therse also corby qwerty, i am still thinking which one to buy.
But my eye is on the CORBY touch, since TK was using this is YB and the other cast. And I’am an avid fan. 
Please email me about your views about this phone and its pros and cons. I will really appreciate it! Thanks! 
What you did with your phone is UBER cool!
December 14 2009 at 12:29 pm | Permalink
In my opinion, I find the features satisfactory. It’s a 2G phone thus the internet speed may not be that fantastic but still usable. The touchscreen has some sensitivity problem occasionally. Hope this helps!