Samsung X830 Swivel mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on ease of use. “Stylish and compact” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 46 real customer reviews

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Battery life	7.2
Design	8.6
Ease of use	7.4
Features	7.6
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Stylish and compact

- Camera

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purchased 19 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

Bertha, Greenford

+ I love this phone. The music player is superb. I played music the whole night at work and the battery is still on three bars. Its quite easy to use if you've used a samsung phone before. I did not even need the manual. My friends thought it was an MP3 player, so I had to tell them its a phone. Infact The phone is a brilliant alternative to an MP3 player. I love it. :)

- The only bad thing was the CD that came with the phone. I could not install any software on my phone because My operating system is WINDOWS VISTA. The installation CD only has up to windows XP. Samsung please UPGRADE your installation CD to Widows VIsta. Otherwise I was still able to tranfer music to my phone thanks to the data cable provided. Brilliant.

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purchased 21 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

EVELYN, GLASGOW

+ I THINK IT IS A GOOD SLEEK PHONE WITH PLENTY OF EXTRAS, GOOD SOUND FOR MUSIC. WOULD RECOMMEND.

- NO BAD POINTS TO DATE.

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20 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

Sarah, Coatbridge/North Lanarkshire

+ Love Samsung phones anyway you use one you can use them all the simplicity of the phone is super I purchased it for my daughter who also had a samsung E900 But rates this phone a lot better looks cooler so she says, music sounds so much better on it and it stores more songs its smaller so this is an advantage to her as she can hide it at school and from me so no complaints here.

- none

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15 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very good memory

- small screen

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Oct 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks brill takes little while to get used to the bew button lay out but all in all is standard features its nicer more for the look, sound is good but not quite loud enough, battery life good if you dont talk for too long

- if your a keen talker battery life is poor, keypad is hard to get used to, small keys, bog standard features for such a nice looking phone, music & ring tones not loud enough, cannot change the covers terrible shame!!!!!

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

Karren, Bristol

+ small & compact also looks great

- Reviewer left no comment

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Georgia, Lochmaben , “I'm cool”

+ I love the look of this phone

- it is easily scratched

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Mar 2008

Score 3.0/10

Leonie, West Bromwich

+ the phone looks good and its small and compact which makes it easy to carry around

- the keypad is hard to use, the battery dies fast, the sound quality for the mp3 player is crap you can hardly hear the music and the camera isnt any good at all would not reccomend this phone at all

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Mar 2008

Score 10.0/10

danny , mansfield warsop

+ easy to use and good guality

- the camera isnt that good

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Dec 2007

Score 5.0/10

Nurul, Nottingham

+ 1.small and cute
2.easy to put in handbag or pocket
3.it looks good
4.basic phone( messaging.calling,web browsing,camera)
5. swivel phone

- 1. easy to to lost it since it is small
2.difficult to write a message due to the tiny and compact keypad.
3.the colour from the keypad is easily scratch off

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 May 2008

Score 8.0/10

TimDog, Lewes , “Tech-savvy phone user”

+ A great compact phone when travelling light.

- Sync-ing

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purchased 06 Mar 2008

Score 5.0/10

stevie, bathgate , “trys to be trendy”

+ large memory

- the phone sometimes swivels open when in your pocket

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purchased 24 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Ben, London

+ Don't even know its in your pocket

- battery dies to quickly

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ THE SAMSUNG X830 IS DEFINITELY A GIRLY PHONE. I LOVE THE SIZE AND THINK ITS VERY 'CHIC.' HAS GR8 FEATURES AND IS REALLY EASY TO GET THE HANG OF. LOVE IT !!

- VOLUME COULD DEFINITELY BE LOUDER AND IF UR LEFT HANDED THEN YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO OPEN.

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purchased 29 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ style

- keypad

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Dec 2007

Score 1.0/10

Brian, Port Talbot , “Honest”

+ NIL

- Didnt work from day one "RUBBISH"

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

emma, congleton , “i am a child”

+ it is cool that it twists

- The camera is only 1.8, which isn't very good. The battery seems to sometimes run out really quickly

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purchased 29 Apr 2008

Score 6.0/10

Linda, Carlisle

+ the phone looks really good. The memory is brilliant.

- The signal is terrible!

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purchased 21 Jun 2007

Score 5.0/10

jo, Basildon

+ looks good everyone comments on it

- the center breaks very easily and you cant send txt msg on it with out going in to your contacts first and you can not forward msg on mow

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jun 2007

Score 8.0/10

nuzhat, hayes

+ easy to use ....smart.....

- you cant use the other function without openning it.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- It didn't work properly there was a fault on it!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Zajebisty bez dwóch zdań.

- Nie dla facetów..

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

Natalie , Bridgwater , “Small ”

+ The Camera Is Good + The Look Of The Phone

- The Sound Guality

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purchased 16 May 2008

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ its small

- the signal is useless ! can hardly use my phone because it is always cutting out because of lack of signal ... the phones camera hasn't even got a flash. not impressed

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purchased 06 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ small nice good phone

- TO QUIET

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purchased 22 Jun 2007

Score 8.0/10

Carly, Wellingborough

+ Music player and style of the phone.

- Camera isnt very good. Annoying alarm tones.

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purchased 03 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ mostly all aspects of the phone

- the ringing tone on it is very low even on the highest setting

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purchased 21 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ its unique and interesting, good quality camera and it has lots of memery at the moment i got more then 100 songs on it.

- hard to get used to txting people as the buttons are in different places to ordinary phones, also whae the phone has been in my pocket it often flips open itself and the button on the front of the phone is showinng wear already.

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purchased 13 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

andrew, redcar

+ compact

- camera

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purchased 09 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

PRISCILLA, LONDON

+ compact and stylish
1 gb memory so you can store alot music and images onto the phone

- 1.3 megapixels pictures are not very clear
at first it is difficult to use but u get used to it.

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purchased 16 Aug 2007

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Summary of Samsung X830 Reviews from Across the Web

The music quality and playtime are so good that this phone's been confused for a MP3 player! Not the phone for you if you want a great camera though.

Product Features

3G	No
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen	No
Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.
Type	Swivel

Band	Tri
Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
WiFi	No
Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels	1.3
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	128x220
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Bluetooth	Yes
Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia
XHTML Browser	Yes
XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language. XHTML enabled phones are able to browse most internet content.
WAP	Yes
Simple Web browser
FM Tuner	No
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom:“http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/radio-stations/analogue/analogue-main.htm”.
Email Functionality	No
Email Functionality	Yes
SatNav	No
Satnav is short for ‘Satellite Navigation’. Satellite navigation allows you to see where you are travelling on a map and plan a route to your destination.
MP3 ATRAC Playback	Yes
MP3 playback capability
Operating System	Proprietary OS
Software on which the device runs
Memory Card Slot	No
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Weight (g)	72
The weight of the product in grams.
Talk Time (hours)	5.2
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Standby Time (hours)	230
Standby Time dictates how long your phone would last if left on standby, ready to receive calls, but with nothing else being done to it.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Video Recorder	Yes
Video recording functionality allows the capture of videos in mpeg or avi format which is great if you want to capture a whole scene, not just one moment.
Instant Messaging	No
Instant Messaging allows you to communicate in real-time with friends from your phone using services such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, GTalk, ICQ or AIM. If you have a good data plan it’s a great way to stay in touch with your friends and save money.
Built-in Camera	Yes
Some GPS products come with a built in digital camera that allows you to photograph the place you are at and then add it to your map. Next time you wish to visit that place you just tap the image and the Satellite Navigation system plots a route. This is great if you don’t want to have to remember street names.
Dimensions (mm)	84x30x20
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Java	Yes
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
SAR (W per kg in 10g)	0.12
SAR stands for Specific Absorption Rate. A phone’s SAR rating is a measure of the amount of radiation it emits. Check the mobile phone radiation Wikipedia page if you would like more information.
Games	Yes
This is an indication of whether or not the phone has video games installed to play such as Snake or Sudoku.
HTML Browser	Yes
An HTML enabled phone will be able to browse the internet as if it were a normal PC. The exception to this is that it will not be able to show Flash-based content. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
Phone book capacity (names)	1000
A phone’s phone book capacity indicates how many contact details it can store. Many modern phones come with optional memory cards that can be used to store extra contacts. A contact file is generally small and so ‘Practically Unlimited’ is often given because you would have to have thousands of people in your address book to fill it up.
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.
Networks	Orange

Also known as: Samsung, ORANGE X830

Mobile Phone Buyers Guide

Manufacturer's Description

music centric device with 1GB internal memory

Small trendy music phone that boasts a 1.3MP camera and a 1GB memory.

design
A quick glance at SAMSUNG’s SGH-X830 and you’ll be enamoured with its super trendy design and appeal. Slim and narrow in size, this micro phone measures an incredibly compressed 84 × 30 × 19.9mm, and weighs in at a mere 72 grams for great portability. Small enough to fit almost anywhere, this music player mobile is truly a full-functioning fashion accessory. The swivel design swings open to double its length, enabling it to function as a comfortably fitting phone. The re-mastered keypad allows for easy one-handed dexterity for quick calling or data input. Available in sophisticated black or white for poised and minimalist beauty, or choose from four boldly bright options (candy pink and oasis blue) to add a splash of colour to your mobile music world.

1GB nand flash memory
Competitive with high-end dedicated music players, the SGH-X830 houses a generous 1GB of built-in memory. Offering enough storage for all the music, image, video, and text files you’ll ever need, this mobile has no need for expensive external memory; the SGH-X830 comes with room to play.

personalised music library
Create your own personalised play lists, choosing to organise your vast music library according to artist, album or genre. This enables you to manage your music better and find the music you want faster. Catering to the audiophile, the SGH-X830 also allows you to customise the equaliser settings, optimising your acoustic experience. Your phone, your music, your way.

music player
The SGH-X830’s full-featured walking jukebox plays multiple audio formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, and WMA. Though pint-sized, the SGH-X830 performs in sonorous 3D sound, filling your ears with grand sound no matter where you are. Choose from a public concert with the built-in speaker or a private one with Bluetooth’s wireless stereo headset with remote control capabilities. Either way, it’s all music to your ears.

camera
Preserve life’s magical moments forever by taking photos with the built-in 1.3 Mega pixel camera. Snap high quality images and share them with others via multimedia messaging, Bluetooth and usb, or print out copies using mobile printing options. With 1GB of memory, you can store all our images directly on your phone for photo albums that travel with you for view time anytime.

display with black and white GUI
The 1.46” TFT screen features superior image quality in 128 × 220 pixel resolution and 262,144 colour. Able to display 12 lines of text, as well as text and photo caller id, this brilliant screen utilises advanced graphic user interfaces that boost convenience, usability and the overall mobile experience. In particular, black and white GUI highlights the selected item on the menu in vibrant colour against a backdrop of black and white. This simple and intuitive user interface adds a deliberate splash of colour when necessary to create a dramatic effect that is both refined and sophisticated, not to mention a dream to navigate.