Samsung D840 Slide Phone mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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Score: 7.1/10

113 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores very poorly on battery life. “This is a nice and compact phone not too heavy. also good clear graphics and sound.” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 113 real customer reviews

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113 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
70% of people recommend it.

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Battery life5.1
Design8.1
Ease of use7.6
Features7.3
Overall rating7.1
 

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Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ This is a nice and compact phone not too heavy. Also good clear graphics and sound.

- The battery life is unexpectedly low for such a slick phone.

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88 of 88 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Rita, Glasgow

+ Its easy to use, compack enough for the smallest of bags, just like it

- I dont get a delivery report for texts

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33 of 33 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Apr 2007

Score 8.0/10

Joanna, Clapham

+ Slim, smart looking, good sound quality

- Doesn't ring and vibrate at the same time on a text or call so I miss quite a few calls

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33 of 33 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very slim

- keypad difficult to use

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32 of 32 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

val, stourbridge

+ slim design

- after 4 months not being able to to MMS and some bluetooth tasks

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29 of 29 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellent compact phone.

- Reviewer left no comment

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28 of 28 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

edward, goole

+ general ease of use

- difficult to swop media

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27 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Apr 2007

Score 1.0/10

Nina, Dartford

+ Reviewer left no comment

- I am really unhappy with this phone and o2 my picture messagers have never worked and the sound is really bad...to be honest i'm still using my D600 cos I really do not like this phone, I've only used it twice and wasn't a good choice!!!.

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25 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Mar 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ organiser/keypad is easy to use, looks good, light weight and slim.

- Battery life too short, Camera quality, web browsing slow

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21 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Mar 2007

Score 8.0/10

Glyn, Peterborough

+ It's nice and easy to use although I have not used all of the features. Feels well engineered in your hand.

- Battrey doesn't seem to last that long!

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17 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Compact - looks good - good camera - easy to use

- slightly slow

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16 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

joe, altrincham

+ it has good memory high quality videos and photos.

- sound is like its echoing

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15 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2007

Score 2.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Sound Quality, was bad on the p300, I was told it has improved, but still find not good on D840 too!!!!!!

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Apr 2007

Score 1.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- No battery life - can only manage a 30 min call or switched on for 3 hours before it needs another charge.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jan 2008

Score 9.0/10

Gareth, Bangor

+ I love the camera on this phone, it takes very good pictures and they are very clear, the music on this phone is also very good.

- The battery life is not great on this phone as i use it quite a bit.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

JOANNA, GOSPORT

+ LOOKS GOOD AND EASY TO NAVIGATE AROUND

- BATTERY NEEDS CHARGING MORE OFTEN THAN MY LAST SAMSUNG

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 May 2007

Score 8.0/10

Marie, Brierley Hill

+ I use a phone for phone and text so other features aren't important. I love how the phone looks and its small. Big screen and keys not too small.

- I've put battery life because everything else is really brill. It usually lasts 3 days, which is less than my last phone (D500).

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Jul 2007

Score 3.0/10

Rruth, Bristol

+ Reviewer left no comment

- I bought this phone as a present for my step-daughter, she has to charge it daily & now we find that she isn't receiving her text messages that we've sent & we find it very difficult to call her & she can't call us without having to switch the phone off & then restarting it.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Slimline and easy to use. On the whole I love my phone

- Battery life is very poor and needs charging a lot more frequently than my last phone

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jan 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks good. easy to use menu. good shortcuts.

- Battery only lasts 2 days. it does not have an insert symbols option when you are on T9 text and you have to turn it to T9 text every time you want to write one.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Aug 2007

Score 6.0/10

Douglas, Cheadle

+ looks great sylish

- charger poorly fitted too tight then afer 5 mths stopped charging
replacement vibrates in messages

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Aug 2007

Score 10.0/10

eileen, glasgow

+ nice style.easy to use.large screen.

- sound not to good.battery doesnt last long enough

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Nov 2007

wend, reading

+ good style

- battery life should be longer

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Dec 2007

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ memory, looks, features.

- Battery life!

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

Maria, Lincolnshire

+ Just love the way it looks

- The keypad is quite hard to use, especially wiht finger nails

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2007

Score 5.0/10

Zoe , Spennymoor

+ Its small and easy to se

- I've had problemswith the sound and the battery runs down very fast.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2007

Score 7.0/10

Collette, Leeds

+ Ease of use, been atechn numpty I don't use the phone to it's full potential, but my daughter enjoys it.

- It seems to need charging almost every day for a long periods of time even with minimal usage.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Oct 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The looks - one of the best looking and stylish sliders on the market!

- The synchronisation software does not work properly with this phone. Sync/data software and cable not supplied with the phone.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Jan 2008

Score 7.0/10

Rebecca, Skipton

+ Slim and relatively easy to use.

- Texting is awkward, and the text settings are not too good!

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

samantha, denmead

+ The phone looks good and is very scratch resisent and i have drop it a few times too with no damage!

- The amount of time it takes to send a mesage you have to go send then to phone book then pick the number press confirm then press send, a bit of a task i'm sure you would agree.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

ross, cowes, isle of wight

+ small looks good nice phone

- needs to be using same running programme as the samsung z720

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 May 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ you can phone and text people!

- battery life is poor.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Aug 2007

Score 7.0/10

gary, liverpool

+ the look of the phone

- the ring tone is not loud enough

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Lee, Bexleyheath

+ looks and sounds good

- screen marks too easy and you cannot purchase ant type of case for this phone!!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Big screen, Slide phone

- Battery life is 3 days

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- It never worked and had to be returned immediately as there was no sound capability

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Lindsay, Cirencester

+ This phone is the best things sence apple pie. i love it what could poserble be bester then this?

- There are not bad point about this phone I love it

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Nov 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks good, takes good photos.

- Compared to a Nokia, it's more complicated to use.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- lots of steps to go through each time you need to send a text

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

wendy, glasgow

+ very easy to use,good memory(without memory card)looks nice nice graphics

- camera isnt very good and I keep thinking ive lost it! lol I have ,but not the phone!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Oct 2007

Score 9.0/10

Simonida, Kozelj

+ Reviewer left no comment

- I'm missing a few applications, such as Coundown timer, more ringtones for groups, I couldn't open a JPG picture and use it as a background when transferred via Bluetooth from other Samsung phone (SGH-Z40).

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

graham, plymouth

+ i just love the phone from the 1st time i saw it

- there not one

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jul 2007

Score 1.0/10

niki, cirencester

+ looks stylish

- when i flip it up it is really loose

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- key pad visability no very good

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

karen, lymington hampshire

+ nice looking phone.its a good size and not too light. easy to use. the screen is a good size and it is user friendly. you dont need to be too technical to use it !

- the hands free option is good but not very loud / clear. could be better.
also the vibrate option would be good.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2007

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks good and is easy to use.

- Battery life is absolutely abismal.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Nov 2007

Score 2.0/10

Darren , Livingston

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Battery life is very poor

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

James, Derby

+ great camera, really neat design.

- needs louder ringtones or settings for when you are outside.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jul 2007

Score 3.0/10

donna, spruce

+ the best things about the product is the light weight phone and big screen

- the bad points are not enough memory to store alot on on phone, the battery life isnot good

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jul 2007

Score 7.0/10

Amanda, Belfast

+ Looks good, easy to use and takes good photos and video

- Battery goes from full to empty very quickly. Speaker when taking on the phone very poor but ok playing music

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jul 2007

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The Battery Life of the Phone. It can be fully charged in the morning and empty by the evening with very little use inbetween

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very smart and compact with good camera and sound quality

- none

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

Mark, Sheffield

+ Easy to navigate and a very slick looking phone

- Earphones a bit poor and with this type of phone you would expect to maybe get a micro sd card with it?

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- battery life poor

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

christine, wakefield

+ ease of use, simple to use menus

- no choice of ringtones

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

jayne, west byflet surrey

+ small and compact nice desighn

- very sensitive screen scratches easily

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Aug 2007

Score 5.0/10

Rachel, Wolverhampton

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Takes forever for the My Images/Pictures folder to open. And then also for the separate images to be displayed.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jul 2007

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks nice and easy to carry around

- Quite basic, battery life very poor compared to other phones I've had

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2007

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Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen No
Type Slide Phone
Band Tri
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 2
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner No
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 100
Talk Time (hours) 2.5
Standby Time (hours) 250
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 99x51x11.9
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) .691
Games Yes
HTML Browser No
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour Multi

Also known as: Samsung SGH-D840

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Manufacturer's Description

With curvaceous lines, bevelled cuts and meticulous attention to detail, the Samsung D840 really is a strikingly beautiful handset. The metallic design truly captures the essence of simplicity and style.


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