Samsung SGH-A437

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The Samsung SGH-A437 is a quad-band clamshell phone for AT&T released by Samsung in early 2007.

This phone uses the same SoC as the SGH-E250 and SGH-T429. It is heavily based on the E250 in general, but lacks a MicroSD slot and adds EDGE support.

Variants

  • SGH-A436: Rogers version.

Related phones

Specs

Basics

SGH-A437
HW Platform/ChipsetNXP PNX5230 Swift SoC (130MHz ARM946E-S)
SW Platform/OSSamsung Proprietary
Display 128 x 160, TFT, 16-bit color
Sub-display96 x 96, STN, 2-bit greyscale
Flash memory~3 MB accessible to user
Charging and data connectorSamsung PCB200 connector
Regulatory infoA3LSGHA437 (approved 2007-01-26)

Connectivity

SGH-A437
Operating modesGSM (850/900/1800/1900)
DataEDGE
SIM sizeMini SIM
IrDANo
BluetoothYes, 2.0
Bluetooth profilesHSP, HFP 1.5
PC LinkSamsung PC Studio

Media

SGH-A437
Rear cameraVGA (640 x 480), fixed focus
Color effects, self timer, white balance. Sub LCD can be used as a viewfinder.
Video recordingNo
Supported image formatsBMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, WBMP
Supported sound formatsAAC, AMR, IMY, MID, MP3
Speaker configurationSingle ear speaker
Line outPCB200 connector
SynthesizerSoftware based synthesis ("Swift" synth)

Messaging

SGH-A437
SMSYes
EMSNo
MMSYes
IMAIM, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger

Software

SGH-A437
JavaMIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1, downloadable
Max JAR size: 300 KB
Heap size: 1.7 MB
Java APIsSamsung proprietary (MIDI, vibration, backlight, SMS)
JSR 120 Wireless Messaging API (WMA) • SMS only
JSR 135 Mobile Media API (MMAPI) • audio playback only

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