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

+ Sync with other devices, better than any previous samsung i've had for ease of syching music & photos.

- The camera is a total let down, if you're taking a photo in a dark room and put the flash on the light its so bright that when the picture is taken you can hardly make out peoples faces for over exposure! The screen motion sensor (automatically rotates from portrait to landscape by sensing motion) is a pain. It decides with slight movement to change to lanscape normally half way though texting, emailing or on the web - very irritating - this can be altered though in the settings. The touch screen drives me demented - the silly little stylus misses the keypad letter so you have to end up deleting and going back to correct errors. Shortcuts are basic...no shortcut to take you immediately to inbox, compose new message, etc Stylus is a pest, should be integrated into the phone rather than just dangling like a a mini lip liner. Its annoying too when you're on a call and it knocks against the phone. When you upload your own music onto the phone you cannot use it as a ring tone (well at least after 4 weeks of trying to figure it out I haven't found a way). I feel in general the general conception/idea of this phone is good however i don't feel as though samsung have actually given practicality of the product any consideration. Samsung just has too much going on in the one phone - sony ericsson have the right idea with the W range and the K range (one that boast great camera & the other boasts great walkman). you have to be anal to ensure that you don't lose the stylus. It usually takes me about a week to get use to this phone but 4 weeks later i hate it! worse phone i've ever had!!!

+ WEIGHT, LOOK, TOUCH SCREEN

- DIFFICULT TO DO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE TEXT AND MAKE A CALL, QUIET ON A CALL, QUIET RINGING CAMERA NOT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR A 5MP

+ This phone has got all features, wi-fi, bluetooth, gps, 5 mp camera, win mob 6.1, hspda, large touchscreen...etc...fully loaded phone....great screen..

- The worst problem is lack of inbuilt stylus...and pathetic response to use of finger touch....they should never have discarded inbuilt stylus if the touch response was so pathetic....the dangling stylus scratches the screen all the time...the screen resolution is uncommon at 240 x 400 which is not compatible with many softwares made for windows mobile.....

+ After 18 months of charging a N95 at least once a day, at last a phone with all the features that can keep a charge for 2 days or more.

- No built-in holder for the stylus - a very bad idea, and unless you have really thin fingers you will want to take the stylus with you

+ It has many good features that the iphone didn't have. It is easy to use (once you get the hang of it) and the connectivity is very easy either with sync on my pc or internet roaming while out and about.

- The fact that the users manual is online made it a pain if you just wanted to look up how to set something up on the phone. It's not always clear when you're saving information if it is on the phone memory or external memory unless you trawl through a series of menus.

+ It's quite easy to use if you're used to Windows Mobile, and once you get used to the interface, the phone has many useful features. The camera takes excellent quality photos and reasonable video clips. In-built GPS means one less item to carry around. Internet is fastest I've experienced on a mobile phone (so far). Several text input methods, including qwerty keyboard.

- There don't seem to be many 3rd party applications for it. The stylus seems to have been an afterthought, and dangles off the phone instead of tucking into a slot. This means it swings around and scratches the screen unless you buy a screen protector.

+ This phone is smart and is very good for internet use.

- the battery life of this phone is very poor

+ Very well featured, very good internet/e-mail compatibility, Windows Mobile OS mean there is a wide range of software available for it, built-in GPS is extremely useful, on screen qwerty keyboard make messaging and e-mail easy. WiFi access means that it gets used instead of the laptop at home for some things.

- Battery life isn't great and the touchscreen takes a bit of getting used to.

+ Great phone, easy to use with brilliant functionality. Great for combining work and personal usage. Looks great too! A good rival to iPhone.

- I dont like the text software. It shows it in email style and you cannot save messages. I like to save my favourite texts to read again and if you delete one you delete the whole chain.

+ it's a good phone but i'm still discovering some of the functions. i like the agenda n the web in particular.

- the manual is not very helpfull therefore its becomes more dificult to understand the full extend of all the features

+ Feature rich to the extent, it has everything I want

- Battery life is appalling

+ This phone has just about everything you could ever want from a phone and a PDA.
If you have used windows mobile previously, then it is easy to operate - otherwise it may take a while to get the hang of it.

- The battery requires charging on a daily basis, even from basic operation. If wi-fi and bluetooth are both active then it will only last several hours.
As the phone is almost 100% touch screen operation, a stylus is essential for optimum usage. There is nowhere to store the supplied stylus inside the phone, and you will almost certainly lose the supplied stylus and end up using the blunt end of a pen or some other improvised stylus instead.

+ Once I worked out the phone, I love it. The best phone I have ever had and would recommend it to anyone.

- If messing around on the net, the battery doesn't last long but if just using the phone, no problems with battery life

+ Customisable interface, availability of software as it's WinMo, good battery life considering features and screen size, 8GB of memory, better than average camera, touchscreen is more responsive than many, calendar and organiser are excellent

- WinMo is an over-complicated nightmare sometimes, both web browsers pre-loaded are cack, music-player compatibility is poor, storage is badly organised and makes it difficult to quickly retrieve pics or files

+ Very compact (compared to 2 PDAs used in the past) size as well as weight; very intuitive control; quality built; excellent screen; decent built memory + expandable; outstanding quality camera

- Battery life not great; the stylus could be built in; lack of up/down control buttons, which would be useful when scroling down contacts etc; power connector could be designed more practically to alow using a docking station (also not supplied) nowdays there should be used the mini USB format; the memory card shouldn't be placed in a place that it requires removing the battery to access it; the reception could be slightly improved.

+ GPS + googlemaps. Speed of internet access & data package supplied. Quick/ decent camera - relative to N95.

- Stylus not integrated into phone. Using your finger to navigate is very hit and miss as the touchscreen digits/ keyboard is very small. Normal dialing/ phonebook lookup is not as quick as non-touch screen phones like my old N95.

+ Looks nice

- Not easy to use if you dont use computers. I find it difficult even yo send a text messsage. My old phone was easier to use.

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- no inbuilt stylus. Instead the stylus hangs from a cord attached to the phone - RIDICULOUS!

+ Very good phone, camera is excellent once set up right, web-browsing is amazing especially when hooked upto a wireless router which is very easy to do. The touch screen is very easy to adapt to from a normal phone. I came from a g600 and have no problems what so ever. Yes you can customise every tone and sound on the phone and it does remember every new word u enter into the predictive text memory.

- Takes a while to get used to, at first it make seem alien, but like the reviews i read before getting the phone, give it 2 weeks and you'll be in love with the phone. Keep on top of the task manager also, for example end all tasks when u go to bed, it improves battery life vastly.

+ Its smartly designed and good looking.

- Has taken far too long just to get understand the basic functions and navigation. First time I've ever had a touchscreen phone and would not recommend it. The alarm doesn't seem to work either.
3 things Iook for in a phone - good reception, ease of use and cost effectiveness - the cost saving will hopefully win me over since the first 2 haven't bowled me over yet.

+ looks nice

- it took 3 days to work out how to make a call and the instruction is on page 9! the lock uing the end call button does not work. the send button is near the space button when texting and sends the message before it is sent. it is hard to read what you have already typed. you dont know if you have answered a call. the stylus hits you in the face when using the phone....need i go on?? its casing scratched after 2 days. try to scroll through the contacts and it pulls up details of the person who is bottom of the screen as you try to scroll and there is no scroll bar on the contacts so if you have several with the same name it is a nightmare!

+ Good internet access - when it works! Can get emails, office mobile which is good, looks nice, good camera

- Hard to use because there are no keys so the touch screen is hard to text from, takes ages to send a message, battery hardly lasts, internet keeps cutting out, keeps freezing and error messages when you try to download emails or use the camera so have to reset the phone.

+ Good alternative to the iPhone

- Windows Mobile takes some getting used to, and isnt for the novice user.

+ its fab as a commercial/work phone and has lots of features, its like a mini laptop u can keep in your pocket!! i also learn something new every day!!

- the whole touch screen takes a lot of getting used too!! and there is so much to learn about it!!

+ Looks Amazing
Sounds Great
Camera is great

- Really Short Battery life

+ The product design is great, and it has everything you need to stay in touch with friends or even run a business on the go thanks to the windows mobile OS and office software programs.

- The screen alignment takes a little getting used to at first, and there are perhaps too many features (if that can really be a criticism) as it's difficult to get to grips with everything quickly. It takes you weeks and weeks to discover everything the Samsung Omnia can actually do.

+ looks good. lot's of gizmo's.

- no good for texting in a hurry. hard to navigate through the programmes

+ 1) Looks very epensive
2) unique design
3) brilliant windows operating system
4) touch screen responds perfectly
5) camera *****

- Nothing

+ Its a good phone because it literally has everything that a laptop would have so if your bored or anything while your out an about theres literally hundred of things on it that will keep you entertained.

- Definately the battery life. Granted I've been using it quite intensley for texting, web browsing and the like, but ive had to charge it five or six times a weeek because it runs out. the thing ive noticed that runs the batery down the most is the internet and downloading things from it eg music.

+ Lots of features. Too many to name! Plenty of memory, good camera, sat-nav. Good for web surfing.

- Initially can be quite complicated to use. Takes a while to learn all the features. Some problems with syncronisation

+ web browsing is great

- The stylus hanging off the phone and sometimes the clock and date resets itself to the start of the year

+ auto connecting to internet for email, but not disconnecting when they have been recieved! :(

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+ It looks stylish, and the camera and video has very good quality, web browsing is fast and easy with good graphics. Easy navigation (when you know where to find everything).

- Sometimes the keyboard can become annoying as it's too slow to type with the stylus and your fingers can hit keys you didn't mean to.

+ Looks stylish.Great screen.Fast online.Really like the mouse and the qwerty keyboard.Photos i have taken so far have also been great.Found it easy to use.Have had no problems at all with it.I would say it is the best phone i have had and am very pleased with it.

- Battery life could be better.Very occassionally the touch screen didn't always respond....but that could be just me!

+ i like how it is easy to phone and text peopoe using this phone

- i dont like the touch screen so much as its to easy to touch something and start an application or bit of software that you dont want to start.

+ The front end interface is the best layout I have seen on any mobile or smart phone.

- The battery life is shocking. It will not last a full day without having to charge it.

+ Great looks, but this is just a posing phone

- windows mobile is terrible, navigation is hard, first phone randomly locked itself.

+ looks good, takes awhile to learn how to work but after a week you wouldnt be without it!!

- can't put your own ring tones on it.

+ it has everything i need in a phone and an mp3 player

- took a few hours to get used to, the screen scratches a little too easily and its hard to use without the pen

+ It looks cool and there is a lot of things you can use it for, if you can work out how to do it

- It is really hard to use the touch screen, text messaging especially. It doesnt come with a manual but a CD Rom which when installed is nearly as complicated as the phone. I want to know how to transfer things between my phone and my laptop and there is nowhere which I can find which gives me instructions to do so. When you connect to the internet you have to manually disconnect after you have finished browsing because just exiting the internet does not disconnect it. This means that you will run up a huge bill if you forget.

+ 1) the way it looks
2) easy navigation to main menu
3) good camera
4) screen response to touch
5) i have a blackberry as a work phone and even with the below listed bad points the omnia trashes the blackberry especially with aesthetic qualitys

- 1) how to use guide (booklet and disk) were useless, i've had to find out most things for myself e.g. how to use torch, i still have no idea how to synch my phone with the computer and add music files etc.
2) alot of files/ applications that again have no explanation as to what they are and so the phone is not used to full potential or if i accidently tap them it scares me that iv messed the phone up.

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- its hard to log out of the web sometimes. it stays logged on and im not aware of it.

+ Love the net browsing, it's really fast, the camera is really good, the touchscreen is really good- I can't really pick out specific things, because the phone is just great as a whole, wether you're a businessperson, or an internet-obsessed teenager like myself :)

- There are a few things that could be tweaked, like the keyboard is a bit too small, and even though I have very slim fingers, i always end up pressing the wrong letter. Also, i can't seem to get the vibrate mode to vibrate for messages, although it does for calls, although this could just be my phone. It's also difficult to find applications and games to download, although that's not the phones fault either :)

+ Looks great, and has loads of features all of which are good/high quality

- It is really hard to work out how to use things, navigation is poor and it is not clear sometimes how to access the areas you need to. Also you can't lock the screen easily.

+ Good camera, good volume output for music, compatible with 0.5mm headphone jack. Looks quite good

- I constantly press "send" instead of delete while typing texts. This results in embarssment. Some of the predictivefeatures on the default Txt9 setting are ridiculous- attempting to write "have" regularly results in "haunting". Great. Could be smaller.

+ it is a good looking phone which is practical for use

- the screen is easily scratched and the memory is not very good

+ looks good.

- The screen response is poor with comparison to the Apple iphone and touch, If you forget to lock the screen, once in your pocket it will send all sorts of daft text to anyone and call your last number.

+ the touch screen The camera is great to If you do work out how to work everthing it is a great phone to have

- I can not work out how to get the sat nav up also it takes quiet a bit off time to work out everything on it

+ compact with lots of features

- very, very, difficult to use, the worst phone, sorry, computer i have ever had. web browser gives poor display. feature navigation is difficult. using the screen keypad is slower and more difficult than normal key pads. memory is too small for the device's features. tried to sync it with my pc, it downloaded too much info and completely crashed, i had to do a total reset and start from nothing again.

+ None

- Awful touch screen. slow software. complicated to use.

+ this phone is good for bussiness people and is reliable

- the battery does not last for very long even when hardly being used

+ good features, interesting

- battery life, needs more information on the phone

+ It looks good and the rotating screen is great. The camera is very good and the microsoft office options makes it just like carrying a pc around with you. The differing keypad options

- Getting used to not having a keypad and having to using a scribe to write with

+ looks good

- slow respones, always switches off itself, bcklight doesnt switch off when phone locked (have tried all the sequences on the power options), freezes alot

+ Good battery life, good features, good screen.

- Fairly useless as a phone, (poor sound volume). Touchscreen poor, sometimes requiring 8-10 touches to use.

+ A quality piece of kit - this phone does everything, provided you're prepared to take the time to get used to it and what it can do.

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+ the overall look of the phone. the camera is als very good

- with it being touch screen y sometimes go to touch the letter you need and it will click on the one next to it which can be very frustrating. the battery life isnt very good, after i had charged it fully the first time i texted everyone my new number and after a coupke of hours i found myself needing to charge it up again.

+ for me the phone is the best phone so for as i have tried many including Nokia N96 but this is so brill for me & my needs in each & every way.

- none

+ Synchronises with internet email and outlook calendar.

- The GPS is very poor, accuracy on googlemaps is only to nearest 1 mile and can't get gps signal via tomtom without additional software. Battery life is poor.

+ I love having a phone and PDA in one. Unlike some users I like the Windows products and find it easy to synch my Outlook appointments etc. It's a comfortable size and feels like a quality piece of equipment.

- Although the stylus is of very good quality, it is a nuisance that it doesn't park in the phone itself. For me, I could have lived with a little extra width to accommodate it, but I bought a cover that it tucks into so it's not too much of a pain. This doesn't seem to recognise my handwriting as well as my old iPAQ, but the keypad setup works well for me so I don't use it as much as I did.

+ Office interface is ideal for the working environment. As a compact multimedia device and web browser it is great for not just for working but also for entertainment while commuting to work.

- The display screen could do with being a little wider as viewing some material is a little difficult at times.

+ super feature packed.
fantastic camera.
its more like a PC than phone so takes quite a bit of getting used to

- keypad locking when ive called a number, then having to press navigation key to be able to enter other numbers ie. like when accessing voicemail
quite detailed menus. you have to think more how to use it as a PC than a phone

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- It broke after 6weeks not a good phone very disappointed

+ we browsing, divx, mass of features

- touch screen sometimes non responsive, battery

+ great phone...

- cannot change colour of menu screen

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- HATED THE PHONE SO MUCH I RETURNED IT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECIEVING IT

+ Nice camera and looks good - internet is quick but tricky to use in comparison to other internet phones

- Battery life is terrible, screen tends to freeze quite often when trying to unlock, touchpad is not the best

+ batterylife is good looks good...

- its got lots of specification but its not easy to use them(for me) and i cant use it quikly like normal mobile phone.

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- predictive text usless

+ Very good camera quality. There is so much you can do with this phone and the web browser is so useful.

- Takes a bit of time to get used to and there's a few discoloured spots on the screen.

+ Stylish easy to use just most expectations from a pda.

- The built in gps is very slow and sometimes does not work. Took me the whole night phone in consevatory to connect for the first time. Has never used it since. So have to carry my old phone for sat nav.

+ Camera - good features, good photo/video quality even in low light levels and easy to control using touchscreen. Windows Mobile 6.1 pro - loads of software available. Storage - 8 or 16gb with room for upto another 16gb. GPS - with some after market navigation software this works a treat. Connectivity - Bluetooth, WiFi, and HSDPA

- WQVGA - odd screen resolution can make some programs glitchy and some just not work at all. Cooked ROM - certain things like opera and java demo's are unable to be easily uninstaled as they are embedded into the rom taking up ROM memory (256mb). Buttons - sometimes the lack of buttons means games just arn't playable.

+ Looks good in a handy, light, small package. Excellent, clear screen. Easy to change font size. Windows OS means easy viewing of documents.

- No place for storing stylus. Haven't got to grips with the trackpad yet!

+ looks good plenty off memory and ok to use after getting use to

- battery life how low the sound can be useing the headphones for music

+ gps, camera, customisational ability, windows 6.1, apps

- bad battery life

+ looks good and batery life is good too, good camera

- software crashes, hard to input data, always having to reset it to stop crashes, no software to help link to pc

+ The phone has a stylish look and the camera takes very high quality pictures and makes good videos. The phone also has good professional features.

- The phone is difficult to use when sending messages and can sometimes take time to load.

+ Its very powerful, touch screen is great, very flexible. It is an excellent buy if you mainly want to use it as a PDA, for web browsing, sat nav, watching videos, listening to music (sound quality is great). Screen is quite good, its relatively slim.

- It is really hard to use this thing as a phone. Constantly dialling people by accident, hard to navigate through the phone book, fiddly call log feature, windows often don't expand enough. Camera is 5mp which ought to be good, but actually is quite rubbish - too slow, bad flash. It has non-standard USB and audio connectors, and you can't charge it and use headphones at the same time. Windows Mobile operating system is unbelievably hard to navigate, and the user interface is awful. This can be remedied by installing a number of applications which make it work more like an i-phone, not perfect, and costs money, but worth it.

+ Nice phone, and easy enough to use if you bother trying

- Network reception is terrible. The Aerial must be built in a lead casing.

+ a fantastic phone packed with every feature that youll ever need!!!!

- battery life is poor especally when you have the wi fi turned on

+ The device is good and although takes a while to get used to, it is sleek and has a relatiely good signal. the browser is fast and the more I use it the faster I am with it.

- very slow operating system, no case with it so could easy be damaged and broken beyond repar (remember its a complete touch screen.. if the sreen breaks you have no phone.

+ All good so far

- Nothing so far

+ Very good phone, I found it very easy to use, familar user interface with Windows Mobile. I have finally found a phone that I can text on the different keyboards make this so easy

- I had a few early crashes and also web surfing is not great, screen to small and very slow. not a problem for me as I don't realy need web on the go.

+ Looks fantastic takes great pics video quality is excellent..... large choice of software

- takes time to navigate

+ slim and compact good features

- stylus not intregrated into the fone