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Samsung ASP 600
by Vialdana
Samsung ASP600 Mobile Phone Speakers
I didn't actually set out to buy these. Actually, if I'm honest, I didn't buy them at all, my husband did - and not with me in mind either. He bought a job lot of them cheaply with the idea of taking them apart and using the tiny speaker cones from within them to build a Line Array. (If you ... don't know - or care - what this is then I won't bore you with too many details don't worry). Anyhow, on buying them he found he couldn't take them apart as he'd hoped as doing so meant a hacksaw job as they're pretty securely put together, and attacking them this way basically killed the speaker cone surprise surprise.
So... here we are with over 60 pairs (OMG I hear you mutter - yes I know! Well suffice it to say he's not in my good books believe me, I didn't want a line array and I didn't want these - well not this many anyhow!)
Style & Design
I have to say compared to the last set of mobile phone speakers I had, these are actually rather nice and quite stylish looking. They're black (last lot were white), very petite and light weight at just 88 grams making them very portable - they'd easily fit in a coat pocket if you wanted them to. They also don't take batteries, but instead draw their power from the phone.
Use
Plugging these in is easy - one lead that's fixed to the speakers plugs into the phone's charging socket. That's it. Once their plugged in, as soon as you put the phone on speaker phone, or play your music on it, the speakers are in use.
I have to admit that as well as using them for my music, I've also found it rather useful when I want a natter with my friend and I'm busy doing things in the kitchen because I can plug these in, pop the phone on speaker and just get on with stuff like washing up or preparing dinner - with my phone without the speakers I can still do this, but I have to make sure I only do quiet things or I can't hear what she says properly (this could be partly due to me being a little deaf too however).
Sound Quality
Obviously these aren't going to rival a decent sound system, they're not designed to, but I was quite surprised how much sound they generate considering that they're only 1.2 watts per speaker and the speakers are little more than an inch across.
The sound quality is pretty good for such a small speaker, a lot more highs and mids than bass as you might expect, but despite being smaller than the last set I had, they actually produce a bit more base which is nice, and they definitely don't sound tinny which I feared they might.
Cost & Availability
These seem highly variable in price. The most I've seen them for is £12 a pair, and the cheapest is 99p though the latter had a £4.50 postage charge. They do seem to be easily available across the net however.
A Few Other Thoughts
Because these plug directly into the phone's charging socket and draw their power from the phone they can be much smaller than they would otherwise be. On the other hand, this does mean that you can't use them when the phone is on charge, and you also drain the phone's battery when you use them.
One thing I have noticed is the lack of a volume control. It's probably partly coz my previous ones had this that I keep looking for it, but with these I do have to go to the phone to do any volume adjustment which is fine really for me as my phone has a volume control on the side, but if you didn't have that and had to go to a slider on screen for example, I could see it might get a tad annoying.
Because these come with the lead fixed at the speaker end and the plug designed to plug into the phone, they're only suitable for certain Samsung phones. This is a bit of a shame (specially as we have so many to find new homes for grrr), because it does limit which phones can use them to Samsung's which have the s20 charger style (Tocco, Ace, Omnia etc. - actually looking at the list there are over 80 phones on it, so maybe it's not as bad as it sounds).
Overall, I'm quite pleased with my set of these and am glad I have them and will enjoy using them. However what the heck we're going to do with the rest of the stack hubby dearest bought goodness knows - shame dooyoo doesn't have a for sale section eh lol.
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Samsung ASP 700
by northernlovely
I used the Samsung Asp700 Portable Speakers with my Samsung Armani phone, they were thrown in by an independent retailer as part of a deal. I see that you can get them now online for about £5 but originally they were around £20 - £25. They are a bit older now.
So, the speakers are round, white with silver coloured middles and ... a black plastic cover over the top with 'Samsung' on it. They plug into the phone with a standard cable. My only criticism here is that due to the shape they are hard to carry and transport, they are not foldable or retractable. Newer speakers fold in or have a retractable cable or both. So these speakers are not the type you pop in your bag they are more for occasional transportation.
The sound quality is excellent, I had a lot of mp3 tracks on the phone taken from CDs I own, though you can put downloaded content onto there. It pumps out a decent sound, with good bass and no tinny qualities to the top end. For the every day user these speakers are ideal but obviously they are not going to be Bose quality or be used for TV / Movie viewing or parties etc.
All in all I would recommend picking these speakers up if you have one of the compatible Samsung models because at the price they really are good quality & value for money.
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