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Author: mobile-smile.net

Description: You can personalize the Wafer with a variety of wallpaper, color themes, clock styles, banners, and alert tones. If you want more options or more ringtones, you can download them through the Web browser. The phone also supports MP3 tones, and it comes with a generic digital music player. Gamers are out of luck, as the Wafer comes with no included titles.

Performance
We tested the dual-band, dualmode (CDMA 850/1900; EV-DO) SCH-R510 Wafer in San Francisco using Alltel's roaming network. Call quality was rather inconsistent, as the audio on our end sounded a bit harsh at times. It wasn't a huge problem but voices almost sounded robotic and had an echoed effect. On their end, callers reported no significant problems though they could tell we were using a cell phone. They said the phone picked up a lot of wind noise, but they could hear us plainly most of the time. We had no trouble with voice-automated calling systems, either. Speakerphone calls were fine, but you have to go through far too many clicks to turn it on once you've placed a call. Also, the volume could be a bit higher. Bluetooth calls were satisfactory with no real issues.

The Samsung SCH-R510 Wafer has a rated battery life of 3.3 hours talk time and 8.3 days standby time. It has a tested talk time of 2 hours and 51 minutes. According to FCC radiation tests, the Wafer has a digital SAR rating of 1.28 watts per kilogram.