Samsung i900 Omnia Candy Bar Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ I didn't find the phone as hard to use as i thought i would. I had read other reviews that said there is no point in getting the phone unless you are a computer genius- this is not true. The applications are good and internet browsing is relatively easy. The sound quality when listening to the radio is very good. There are lots of cool gadgets, like handwriting reognition when sending texts etc.

- I found scrolling through my phonebook a nightmare! Battery life isn't great either. I had problems with my Omnia crashing, the screen would just go completely blank. I had 2 with the same problem. Overall i did like the phone and think it has some great features but to be honest for me they are features that would rarely be used.

+ The idea of a smart phone with normal mobile phone is brill

- Sound not very good

+ I love this phone, the camera is excellent in comparison to the iphone. In my opinion puts the omina way ahead of its Apple rival. The 8GB storage seems to go on forever; I have put plenty of TV shows and films on it and there is still loads of space left. This thing has so many features that for over a week I used it without even making a call; I almost forgot it was a phone!? Overall, fantastic! I'm very happy with this purchase.

- It did take quite a bit of setting up to get everything working properly, and I still havn't quite found an onscreen keyboard setup that I really feel comfortable using. However, there are plenty to choose from and having used the iphone, can say the apple on screen keyboard is no better. In the words of my iphone owning friend, "Yours (the omnia) is a more sensible phone, it's better than mine (iphone) in every way... but Apple have better advertising and I got sucked in. The iPhone is just a toy I will loose interest in. It's fun, but it doesn't do the job."

+ It is very attractive and does operate well as a phone. the large screen is normally very bright and clear.

- It is stylish but the touch screen is very difficult to work with. It is nowhere near as responsive as my Itouch. I have difficulty typing in text messages and often end up pressing the send button when I am trying to select a character from the bottom row of the keyboard. The format of messaging is quite bizzare. but this may just be a settings issue that I have yet to resolve. I also have trouble reading the screen in bright daylight and as there is no alternative but to use the touch screen is becomes difficult to operate.

+ Being able to write on the screen and the phone typing it out. the camera.

- Trying to text when walking. screen turning itself off by itself

+ i think its a good phone but i need a cover and i cant find one any where

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+ excellent phone, takes a bit of time to get used to but once you have it's very rewarding. 5MP camera is one of the best i've seen. 8gb memory will store just about everything you need. sell your digital camera, mp3 player and your current phone and get yourself one of these

- Battery life is not the best but for this type of phone its bearable, yes you will have to charge it once a night but you will be asleep so you won't need to use the phone.

+ Really easy to use, took a day to work out how to do everything as there are fast and slow ways to do everything, but once you know how - its simple!!!

- Very low sound on ring tone - have to upload a custom tune to make sure you can hear it when it rings!!! Not a major problem - just a niggle. Didn't come with a manual - have to download one

+ Everything about this phone is good

- None

+ trendy and look good and easy to use

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+ Its very stylish, and slim line got lots to offer,

- the battery is very short lived, lasts about 5 hours

+ alot of good helpful features, very smart,

- not very good touch screen, NO SIGNAL AT HOME!!!

+ THIS PHONE IS VERY GOOD AT ALL IT DOE'S.

- I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY SO FAR.

+ Has great features including the 5 megapixel camera and the storage for music.

- I would have rather being able to use the touch-pad with my finger rather than with a pen.

+ I absolutely hate it

- All awful

+ looks good
lots of features
msn messenger
wifi

- texting is slow and difficult
turns itself off randomly

+ Good for texting, making phone calls, good signal, checking emails, myspace and facebook. Good memory capacity.

- Terrible battery life, phone freezes won't turn on screen, crashes.

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- It is hard to get free applications and games for this phone due to the screen size

+ very good online browsing can go on absolutely any website

- i think the loudspeaker o this phone is the worst i have ever had so a seriuos bad point for such a lovely phone

+ smaller than iphone

- small fidly navigation buttons

+ it looks great and love the touch screen concept but that's about it

- navigation - just to get to text is a nightmare too many choices its great if you want a PDA and phone but personally i just wanted a phone so it was too complex for my needs

+ Great looking phone with a great camera which is packed full of many useful options that make my Digital Camera feel obsolete.

- Windows Mobile is very unresponsive and slow. Makes using the phone a chore.

+ Multi functional. Does absolutely everything. I particularly like the hand writing recognition software. Overall I think it is brilliant and wipes spots off the Apple iphone. It has a 5MP camera with face recognition and card slot for expansion.

- There are so may features you sometimes get lost trying to find what function you want. The file management is very confusing particularly if you install an optional Micro card.

+ web browsing and sat nav

- touch screen keybord

+ the product is great, everything is good about the SAMSUNG OMNIA.

- NONE that l've come across.

+ simply a good windows operated device,has large internal memory also expandable using micro sd card!
5mp camera,finger mouse,biz card reader

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+ Only had the phone a few weeks, growing to like it. Once your use to the phone and have spent time setting it up the way you want it, it works. Camera is great, sound is good screen to view is great and it all looks good. Good solid phone

- The touch screen leaves a little to desire. the scrolling is a little off and using opera internet is a night mare. The home screen could have been a lot better, ie diamond touch or having a lot more choice on the samsung wedgits. Having issues with wifi and phone, once seems to crash the other, but not quite sure whats happening there yet.

+ It's really easy to use, and the design is really good.

- If it gets a hard nudge/knock it turns itself off, which can be slightly annoying.

+ Excellent synchronisation with other deices. good operation system.

- motion sensor doesn't work properly. always crash with other program such as skype.

+ Some quality featues on this phone. Like the fact sat nav built into the phone no excuse for getting lost.

- Because of all the extensive features this drains the life of the battery when in use.

+ Nice to get my e'mail on the move and carry my whole music catalog around in my pocket.

- The phone lock mode is terrible. 4 times in the last month i've found my phone calling people in my pocket.

+ Very user friendly, a lot of features, good as an organiser, nice amount of storage memory, great for watching videos and films, and the battery life is very good even when watching films and browsing the internet.

- The stylus hangs from the side of the phone, rather than sliding in to the side. This get's a little annoying when using as a phone.

+ IT GOOD TO LISTEN TOMUSIC ON IT

- NAVAGATION IT RUBBISH, INTERNTET DROPS CONNECT AND U HAVE TO KEEP HITTING SAME LETTER/NUMBER BEFORE IT TYPES INTO PHONE, ALSO U CAN'T BLUE TOOTH ANOTHER HANDSET, GPRS CONNECTS ON IT'S OWN

+ can't fault it

- annoying pressing a button to use speaker phone but other than that nothing

+ it looked smart.

- it was to complicated and had to many feautures.

+ realy good cammra

- not very good touch screen could of been better

+ Easy to use but takes a while to get used to!

- not enough information is stated in the user manual.

+ 5 in 1 machine. camera, movie player, mp3 player, camcorder, phone

- battery life awful - lucky to get 24 hrs with little use. use it and it will dead by the morning. UI needs fine tuning. hard to make a call or text - compared to nokias. crashes now and again. basically this is a mobile pc and thus should be treated as one.

+ Looks great and is packed full of features

- It claims to have run out of video memory every time I try to use the camera. It does this even after closing all other applications in the task manager.

+ Camera is good

- Eveything else hate the touch screen

+ vast amount of features

- can be a bit fiddley

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- The screen can sometimes be slow to respond to touch.

+ great features

- too difficult to use

+ got evenrything needed on a phone

- battery runs out quickly when used alot

+ apparently batt life compared to others, gps with google maps , good looking , office mobile , organizer & activ sync

- can sometimes feels sluggish(delay when doing stuff) , the stylus is external, the screen res is soft & not crisp like other ppc's , apps crash regularly ,

+ Looks good, has a lot of features, battery life is much better than I expected.

- Hard to use the touchscreen on the phone without the stylus, also phone randomly turns off every now and then which is really annoying.

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- Very slow and complicated

+ the phone is of excellent quality. good size screen, really easy to use, email and web browsing fast and easy to use

- battery life could be better, stylus would be better if it fitted into the phone - keeps knocking screen when not in use.

+ looks really good and is quite a slick phone,

- has the pen attached to it which kid of makes it annoying navigating the phone sometimes it freezes.

+ Good looks. Feature rich.Vast array of addons for Windows Mobile devices available for the Omnia.

- Not the easiest to setup for the non tech savvie person. Resistive touch screen not as good as the capacitive models.

+ Up to date. The layout is easy to use. The camera/video is great. The touch screen is easier than any other touch screen I have tested.

- The phone connects to the internet without my instruction. On occasions it has been on for up to 22 hours!!

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- It's very hard to navigate through and use unless you have the pointer device to hand - which means it's difficult to use it when walking.

+ Great phone, much better than the iphone

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+ Love having everything (wifi, bluetooth, gps...) in one device, I use it as a satnav as well which is very handy!

- Battery life drains very quickly when using as a satnav.

+ Its good for all my work, saving lots of time searching for files etc; Its as good as the Iphone, bt could do with more features. Not had it long enough to check what else I can put on it though.

- Battery life, if I use it heavily it goes within 2 days. If I take it steady, 4 days.

+ ease of use, aesthetics, connectivity, amount of programs etc.

- battery can be drained when using the wifi and bluetooth

+ excellent quality photos, music player, easy to use internet

- not easy to use and takes some getting used to

+ Once adjusted to the type of product this is (touch screen) it is incredibly easy to use. It has a fantastic camera and the large capacity allows for a large amount of music to be stored on it. If the capacity of the phone isnt enough, the phone allows for a micro sd card, so you can store further information on this

- The only bad point that i can think of is that no atunement to the transcriber can make it recognise what your trying to write. However, this is quite a novelty feature and once it has worn off, its more than likely that you would return back to normal texting format. It is not an easy phone to use if you are not familiar with the workings of a computer due to the similarites with it

+ This phone looks great, the internet is blingingly fast and the interface couldn't be more familiar for those used to Windows. The touchscreen is pretty responsive and the way it can be used is flexible and smart. Video playback is beautifully sharp. There are some very nice touches indeed - turning the phone screen-down to silence it, for example, is clever.

- The battery doesn't last long if you're using the internet a lot. But, then, I kind of expect that. The keyboard is a bit titchy. A lot titchy. The onboard "Touch Player" has a terrible interface and the sound output is tends to the quiet.

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- Cannot have different ring tones for different people.

+ Looks great. Works well. Lots of features

- Getting used to the keypad and sometimes you need the stylus to enter anything. Would prefer not to have to carry the stylus around with me.

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- Very short battery life, terrible navigation/keypad

+ Good features

- Difficult to navigate and use. Have changed to an HTC Diamond and it's a quantum leap ahead in ease of use and responsiveness.

+ Easy to use with lots of features. great sound quality.

- finding new software for it

+ Loads of free or cheap apps to change the user experience.

- Samsung widgits are a waste of time.

+ samsung build very good phones, screen and camera are brilliant, lots of features

- internet browsing isnt great, files are difficult to locate

+ Great Design, Plently Of Features

- Poor Battery Life, Phone Can Be Complecated To Use At Times

+ Good all round phone

- takes a long time to get used too.

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- Can't source software that is easy to download and install

+ Looks good, till you use it and gets covered in finger prints

- terrible battery, slow menu, slow to text, bad touch screen

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- touch screen is poor in relation to other competirors such as the iphone. it is unresponsive and difficult to use. i am quite dissppointed.

+ touchscreen
windows mobile
camera

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+ great design

- blackout on screen

+ Great PDA Sat Nav and Camera and the added bonus of a flashlight!

- Screen could do with being slightly bigger and a couple of small software glitches!

+ Nice Design, Very Well Made, Excellent Screen, user interface hides Mobile 6.1 very well

- The non Standard cable interface - Not mini usb, , GPS a bit fiddly to setup, Battery life poor, mouse pad is not the best solution for phone control.

+ Its great that I can check my emails when on the go. The organiser/reminder/calendar facility is very useful for me.

- Can't seem to add music or photos.

+ The touch screen is great and once you get use to it it is really slick to use and works like windows. The camera is very sensitive and easier to use than other mobile cameras.

- The sound on the radio isn't good when outside, but at least I wont go deaf!! Also browsing is tricky because the screen type size is too small to get the most out of this function. I also have a little stick that goes with the phone and no idea what it does and isn't listed in the contents or manuals.

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- TURNS ITSELF OFF, BATTERY IS RUBBISH, REQUIRES DAILY HARD RESETS

+ its a really good phone and has so much built init.

- the battery life it runs out so quick :/

+ This is a smooth looking easy to use phone. Setting it up for my existing email accounts was simple

- The reception when its used as a phone is quite bad, maybe too much time was spent on other features but its primary function was forgotten a bit...

+ cool, web is ace

- messaging is tricky initially

+ good looking great programmes

- takes a lot of getting used too

+ It does everything I every could want

- Having migrated from a simple phone I am not finding it easy to navigate around even with the manual.

+ its the best touch fone around eeasy to use lots of things on it

- only bad ponit is battery life dont last long and with all these things on it u are changeing up every day

+ User friendly. Good display. quick connection online. looks smart.

- It's quite a user friendly phone, but I've only had the device for a fews weeks and have encountered many problems with the phone already. The battery life is particularly bad, and if had known this I would have definately opted for a different phone, I don't even USE the phone during the day, it runs out of battery in less than a day and it spends most of it's time on standby.
Had to switch off several times as the ringer and call log were not working.

+ Excellent phone, nice responsive touch screen and looks amazing. Lots of good features to keep me entertained.

- Battery life isn't as good as I would have liked it to have been, but still quite good for the number of features on the phone. Sometimes touchscreen navigates to something different unless you use the stylus everytime.

+ it is a great phone overall, email and web browsing is brilliant

- camera is not the greatest

+ Easy to use, once you get used to the product.

- Sometimes the ringtone music does not come when the phone rings.

+ It's easy to access the internet on this phone using the Wifi.

- It is quite annoying when you need to text someone as it takes a while to get used to the keys on the phone. The battery life is awful and barely lasts a day even if you hardly use it.

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- battery life is rubbish & freezes

+ The igo 8 sat nav

- There should be an option to change the Widget

+ It looks good and has all the necessary features and more.

- It can stop responding randomly on occasions.

+ smart, good looking phone, easy to use and just perfect for me

- if i use many features, the battery dies quickly

+ mostley very good

- very expensive to use internet

+ Looks Great...
Has every feature you could ever need on your phone

- very awkward for searching for files and folders...
have had for almost two months and still cannot find where items sent by bluetooth go!

+ memory

- keys for texting are too small

+ Looks good, syncs with microsoft outlook

- 'Send' button is directly underneath the backspace button when typing text messages and with my sausages figures have sent some half texts in error!

+ A compact PDA, easy navigation with touch screen, a 5MP camera, stylish design.

- Battery life, sound quality

+ a genuine rival to the Iphone.

- battery life.

+ the design of the phone and the camera are really good

- the battery life is awful doesn't seem to last a day also the ease of use is bad it keeps sending text messages to people i havent added and the key pad isnt very good. In truth if i could change the phone i would.