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Samsung D800 Overview

Key Features
1.3 Megapixel Camera with Digital Zoom
Music Player (MP3, ACC, ACC+, e-ACC+ & WMA)
Bluetooth® Technology
Tri Band (GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
EDGE

Design
86%
Usability
72%
Features
83%

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Samsung D800 Review

The Samsung D800 is an attractive mobile phone with a smooth opening slide mechanism. The phones casing comes in beautiful black colour complete with chrome edging & a magnesium surface. The overall size of the handset is 97x 52 x15 mm which is very slim & the handset has curved edges which provides a great feel in the users hand. The total weight including the battery is 98 grams which provides the user with a solid feeling mobile phone. The D800 comes from the same family as the Samsung D500 & the Samsung D600 which all have the slide opening mechanism but each phone has very individual features.

The D800 comes with a large QVGA TFT LCD screen which provides 262k colours with a 240 x 320 pixels screen resolution. The phone comes with an integrated 1.3 megapixel camera complete with digital zoom. The camera comes with some very useable features which allows the user to frame their photos or add emoticons to bring an element of fun to the photos. The user can use the photo features to change the size of the final photo & the quality of each shot can be select very easily. The user can take photos in different formats which include single shot, multi shot & mosaic shot. The D800 allows the user to capture their memories in action with the use of the integrated video record feature. The user will enjoying using the video player to playback their own recordings & any other video footage which is in a MPEG4 & H.263 format.

Samsung D800 Mobile Phone Front View
Samsung D800 Mobile Phone Open View
Samsung D800 Mobile Phone Angle View

The Samsung D800 comes complete with a music player which can play music in MP3, ACC, ACC+, e-ACC+ & WMA format. The music on the D800 really kicks some life into this compact & glamorous mobile phone. The phone comes with sixty four voice polyphonic ringtones & MP3 ringtones which the user can change very easily.

The phone has a voice recorder & voice recognition feature which allows the user to have the freedom of these voice features which makes using the D800 a user friendly experience. The voice dialling feature is automatic so therefore all the user needs to do is say the persons name they wish to talk to & the number will be dialled. The user does not have to create a voice recognition of the persons name before using the voice dialling feature which is a efficient feature. The user can have the freedom of using the speakerphone feature which is available by using the built it Bluetooth® technology.

The D800 comes with great built in technology which includes a tri band network coverage that will switch between band to provide the best connection possible. The D800 comes with EDGE technology which provides the user with a high speed data transfer facility. The Bluetooth® technology allows the user to connect wirefree to any Bluetooth® compatible device which includes a headset, computer & printer. The user can enjoy sending their photos wirelessly with the use of Bluetooth® to any Bluetooth® PictBridge compatible printer which can then be printed with ease. The TV out cable allows the user to display their photos & video recordings on a projector which can provide the perfect show. The phone comes with an Excel, Word & PowerPoint document viewer feature which allows the user to view documents very simply.

The Samsung D800 allows the user to send emails in POP3, SMTP & IMAP4 formats. The user can create, send & receive messages which include text messages & multimedia messages. The multimedia messages allows the user to send photos, video recording, sound & text all together in one easy to create message.

The phone comes complete with a clear menu system which can take the user to some useful everyday features which include a phonebook, world clock, alarm, calculator, converter, scheduler & calendar. The user can enjoy a outstanding gaming experience on the Samsung D800 with the pre loaded Bobby Carrot game, Time Rider II game or the user can download more games of their choice. The phone comes with a caller photo identification feature which allows the user to attach a photo to each & every person in their phone book. The persons attached photo will then de displayed on the phones large colourful screen each time contact in made.


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Samsung D800 Specifications & Features

Screen
QVGA TFT LCD 262k Colour Screen (240 x 320 Pixels)

Imaging
1.3 Megapixel Camera
Digital Zoom
Photo Effects & Frames
Multi Shot, Mosaic Shot & Single Shot
Quality Settings
Video Recorder
Video Player (MPEG4, H.263)
Caller Photo & Text ID
Wallpaper & Screensaver

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
Email (POP3, SMTP & IMAP4)
Predictive Text
vCard
vCalendar

Sound
Music Player (MP3, ACC, ACC+, e-ACC+ & WMA)
Polyphonic Ringtones (64 Voices)
MP3 Ringtones
Speakerphone using Bluetooth®
Voice Recorder
Voice Recognition

Entertainment
Bobby Carrot Game
Time Rider II Game
Java™ Games
Organiser
Phonebook
Clock
Worldtime
Alarm
Currency Converter
Calculator
Calendar
Scheduler
To Do List
Stop Watch
Timer
Call Timer
CLIP & CLIR
Document Viewer (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
PictBridge Mobile Printing

Connectivity
Bluetooth®
TV Out
WAP 2.0
USB

Network
Tri Band (GSM 900, 1800 & 1900)
EDGE

Internet
WAP 2.0
GPRS

Memory & Talk Time
80 Mbytes Memory
3.5 Hours Talk Time
220 Hours Standby

Weight & Size
98 g
97 x 52 x 15 mm



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Reviewer: Me 2 - UK
Date: 9th Mar 2008

This phone is possibly the worst I have ever owned, however there are some pro's. Let's start with the keypad. Before it has been slid up, there are 5 big keys. The one on the right is the on & off switch, so if you sit down with it in your pocket, then even the slightest bit of pressure will turn your phone on, therefore sending a massive vibration rummaging through your pocket.

Next let's move on to the text pad. This is IMPOSSIBLE to use as there is no spacing between the keys, so you thing yourself constantly writing words with jibberish in the middle.

The screen quality however is OK. The graphics are not the best compared to phones like the Sony Ericsson's, but the screen compliments the design layout quite well. Samsung describe this phone as an MP3 player, but the sound is extremely tinny & echoes (literally). The memory is bad, however the camera is actually quite good. In daylight, the images are so clear, but at night, the images are very pixelated & are hard to make out what they are, mainly due to no flash, but due to Samsung's incapability of making a phone with a better camera.

Finally the ergonomics & aesthetics come in to play. This phone at first glance does look very tacky with the mirror like plastic down the sides, however at a closer look, everything seems to just fit for instance, when it is slid down, Samsung has added just a very slight lump in the plastic, perfect for sliding up & down. Too hold the phone is also a pleasure, it is just wide enough, so it fills up your hand perfectly, that combined with it not being too heavy, makes it a good weight to carry, or have in your pocket.

So in conclusion, this phone is certainly the most impractical to use, but it is like marmite, you either like it or you don't, in my view, I hate it, but for you, that may be different.

Design
55%
Usability
40%
Features
30%

Reviewer: Tj - Sheffield, UK
Date: 5th Nov 2007

This phone is the best phone I ever had. It's slim & the slide works smoothly. Rubbish camera with no flash. It's got MP3 player with no memory card which makes no sense. Keypads are a bit tricky. Battery life is good & charges quickly. Loads of features & nice tones. THIS PHONE WOULD NOT BREAK, I dropped it few times but not even a scratch. A great phone.

Design
95%
Usability
95%
Features
90%

Reviewer: Lucy - UK
Date: 20th Oct 2007

Hi it's me again, adding another review! Read my last review. I forgot to add this:

Hey, this phone NEVER breaks. I went swimming & as I was changing into my swim gear it fell onto the solid floor covered in puddles of water! It was wet when I picked it up so I expected it to be broken. I quickly dried it & turned it on. It worked! Not even a scratch! I have also dropped it on concrete many times. It hasn't broken once on me! I love it because of that! If you want a phone that you can rely on, this is the phone to get. Though the keypad is really irritating & alls it does is hurt your fingers.

Design
80%
Usability
60%
Features
75%

Reviewer: Phone Lover - East Cost, US
Date: 4th Oct 2007

One of the most reliable phone I have owned. I have dropped this phone four times now, twice on concrete, & it's like a brick. Besides the batter flying off few feet, only minor scratches. It works great with AT&T here & still receives signals even if you go hiking into far far away. The functions are very easy if you are used to Nokia. The only complain I have is the design.

Design
60%
Usability
95%
Features
80%

Reviewer: Lucy - UK
Date: 2nd Oct 2007

I think the design is nice though could be slimmer for the price of it. The features are OK though you'd expect better memory & camera. The keypad is tricky to use when you're in a rush. Overall, I'd say it is overpriced, but a nice phone.

Design
80%
Usability
75%
Features
75%

Reviewer: Jordan Mouse - UK
Date: 9th Jun 2007

This is a great phone, however I have one major issue with it. The battery cover is always coming off! Every time it rings & I try to take it out of my pocket, it slips off, what is wrong with it? Even when I slide it open I have that fear that it is going to flip straight off, I feel this is a major issue & if anyone else is having this problem please say, I have the white one, soooo much better looks than the bog standard black one.

In conclusion I like this phone a lot & it has suited my needs well, keypad isn't great & the problem mentioned above I a big issue, shell out a bit more & you can have the d840, slimmer & better looking.

Design
90%
Usability
35%
Features
70%

Reviewer: Stef - Tonto Onatrio, Canada
Date: 28th Jan 2007

THIS PHONE IS SO sleek I LOVE IT I UST BOUGHT IT & ILL NEVER GET RID OF IT. I have HAD REALLY BAD LUCK WITH PHONE I HAD TO GET ABOUT 78 OR 9 DIFFRENT PHONE IN the PAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERENT ANY GOOD BUT SAMSAUNG FULLFILLED MY mobile phone NEEDS:)

Design
100%
Usability
100%
Features
100%

Reviewer: Sunny - India
Date: 6th Dec 2006

Am using this phone since 6 months. I have got no complaints about this phone but the only cons about this phone is MEMORY SLOT. What's the use of having a MP3 phone when it doesn't have a memory slot? & the slide mech. Is too good when compared to all the leading brands in the market. As everyone mentioned battery life is very bad. The last 2 units of the battery runs out very fast, that's why one can not relay on the 2nd half of the battery in this phone. Other than this the phone is pretty good.

Design
100%
Usability
80%
Features
80%

Reviewer: Hanz - UK
Date: 2nd Dec 2006

Absolutely great phone, I love it to bits.

Design
100%
Usability
100%
Features
100%

Reviewer: Jsk64 - UK
Date: 24th Nov 2006

Mint Phone

Design
100%
Usability
100%
Features
80%

Reviewer: Aqib - Glasgow, UK
Date: 22nd Nov 2006

This is my third mobile what can I say it's beautiful & the features didn't bother me at all.

Design
100%
Usability
100%
Features
100%

Reviewer: Brian L - Edmonton, Canada
Date: 30th Oct 2006

I have owned a lot of top end mobile phones and this one has to be the most user unfriendly I have had. The company that sold me the phone even agreed with me upon going back for assistance. Example video playback why is this not full screen instead of 20%? Try downloading screensavers off the net, not user friendly at all. Very nice in appearance and features also screen resolution is great, what happened to accessing camera settings and saving them? I'll pass on the next Samsung mobile TY

Design
95%
Usability
75%
Features
95%

Reviewer: Jennythedog - Belfast, UK
Date: 27th Oct 2006

Samsung created the D500 & won the mobile phone of the year award in 2005. The follow up to D500 was the D600 which lacked the appeal but did come with a memory expansion slot. D500 was one of the best phones I had used its strengths being:

- Small Size
- Fantastic feel of the sliding mechanism
- Fantastic call clarity (uses a proprietary Samsung technology to give crystal clear sound when you use the phone)
- Great display (262 K color the best in business)
- 90 MB of memory (a phone is a phone & an ipod is an ipod don't get confused between the two!)
- 2 MP camera (a phone is a phone not a digital camera

Before you get confused in my love affair with the D500 let me get to the D800. Samsung is one organization I have learnt to respect from utter disaster in design & product quality to the brilliance that their products exhibit today will be a good B School case study. The D800 is a labour of love ( or should I say razor hate). I can almost visualize a short stocky Korean (remember Odd Job from the Bond Flick Gold finger) in a meeting room in Seoul, shouting at his team to kill the Motorola RAZR brigade. Get me the RAZR killer you fools, get to the drawing board, give me slim..... & lo'behold D800 appears. This one looks sleek, definitely class... The black color with chrome covered sides will give other phones the Hee bee d'jee bees for some time. You will certainly get popular with this one. It brings the magic of D500 back certainly. Lets get to the pros first:

- Fantastic slim body
- Great Slider Mechanism
- Great Bright Display (nothing better in the market place)
- Simple Menu navigation
- Supports Bluetooth 1.2
- Supports Stereo Headset profile
- EDGE ready
- Triband Radio (almost the whole world is covered)
- 90 MB of storage (about 20 MP3 songs)
- 1.2 MP camera with flash (you wont miss the 2 MP here I am sure)
- Good Battery life (charge every other day)
- Games & Downloads from www.samsungmobile.com
- Java application support
- Great world clock application
- MP3 ring tones supported
- 1000 Contacts & 200 SMS can be stored on phone
- TV out function (watch your pics on TV through a cable)
- Pixel View (Samsung document viewer, useful application)
- Killer Feature : Built in Voice Dial for your contacts : No training required ( yes none required) => just say dial my darling to speak to your loved one (major reason to buy this one)

Lets now look at some Cons:

- Slim in RAZR meant a no feel good keypad, Samsung maintains the same feel could have done better here
- Space for a transflash (where do you buy one ?) or MicroSD would have been great
- Screen is large & is susceptible to scratches

The pros far out weigh the cons. The phone is available in grey under 12 K so is a steal.. Check it out & drop those Motos & Nokia's for ever.

Design
90%
Usability
70%
Features
80%

Reviewer: Ron - London, UK
Date: 4th Oct 2006

Great phone shame that the slider mechanism scratches the centre of the keypad, look closely between the 5 & the 8 to see vertical marks.

Design
100%
Usability
70%
Features
100%

Reviewer: Natra - Birmingham, UK
Date: 1st Aug 2006

I think the D800 is slik & is propa wkd man, skist fone on earf...

Design
100%
Usability
75%
Features
100%

Reviewer: Carol - Manchester, UK
Date:
7th Jul 2006

I had my D800 only a few weeks before it was dropped on the floor, the screen cracked & now won't work, I have tried everywhere to have it fixed but no luck so far, I think the design of the phone is too flimsy, so in the mean time I am back with my old D500 which has been a good old friend.

Design
50%
Usability
90%
Features
100%

Reviewer: Kazd - UK
Date:
17th Jun 2006

Well I have just received my phone today & am quite pleased with it but the one thing that tipped the balance in favour of the D800 over D600 is the voice dialing. Mine does not work. I am sure I am not doing anything wrong but I cannot get it to work.

Design
80%
Usability
50%
Features
75%

Reviewer: Big Owl - Sheffield, UK
Date:
22nd Apr 2006

I hated the keys on the D800, too easy to miss space when sending texts. The phone overall though is pretty good & the best looking phone on the market at the moment. It looks nicer than the Nokia 8800, but that feels better & exudes quality. Personally the D820 is easier to use than the D800, but the D800 is better looking. Swings & roundabouts really. I have the D820 cos it still looks great & it's easier, but that's down to personal choice.

Design
75%
Usability
50%
Features
75%

Reviewer: Kay - Netherlands
Date:
11th Apr 2006

This is my third phone. And I really like the design of my new D800. The camera isn't that good compared to my w800 of Sony & it hasn't got an expandable memory slot either. But who uses all these things. It's all about the looks, unless you need it for work. But yeh, this is the best looking phone out now. (8800 is just freakin ugly, 3250 is huge, v3i is oldschool)

But there is one big issue! That is that the battery life is just so BAD! compared to the w800 which has a battery life of over 7days!, when it's on standby! D800 can only do 3 days at most!

Design
100%
Usability
80%
Features
70%

Reviewer: Trish - UK
Date:
26th Mar 2006

My new Samsung D800 is the greatest phone on earth & I will not have a bad word said about it. It has no faults so far & the camera is ideal for taking a quick snap. I love the feel & look of it & the slide opening makes it a very touchy feely phone & it works very smoothly. 100% all the way.

Design
100%
Usability
100%
Features
100%

Reviewer: Guy Phillips - UK
Date:
23rd Mar 2006

The pros for the D800 are the size, design, camera & video, messaging, Bluetooth & Edge technology. The cons for the phone are the memory & battery. The price is high on this phone & with a high price I expected perfection in every way.

Design
80%
Usability
70%
Features
70%

Reviewer: Ricky - UK
Date:
22nd Mar 2006

I do not have this phone as I was surprised it didn't come with a memory slot option. I wanted this phone initially & thought that I had read the wrong information but this site confirmed that there is not a memory extension slot so therefore I had to have a re think.

Design
75%
Usability
60%
Features
60%

Reviewer: Gareth James - UK
Date:
22nd Mar 2006

Love the keys on the D800 just slide back the screen & see what I mean. Really user friendly phone & it is a pleasure to own.

Design
90%
Usability
90%
Features
90%

Reviewer: Neil Fowler - UK
Date:
19th Mar 2006

I prefer the Samsung D600 as it has a better built in camera & has a expandable memory feature. The D800 is a very good looking phone & I will not take that away from it but the D600 is at better price & I get more for my money.

Design
80%
Usability
70%
Features
70%

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