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Reviewer: Amit - London, UK
Date: 11th May 2010

Hello! I have had this phone for nearly 19 months now. It's a good phone as it has great design especially I love the black & gold look. It's great as it is touch phone so quick & easy! But, the concern with it is when texting & only want to delete a few characters the c button deletes the whole thing which is very annoying! & time consuming to re-text! & also the music player when starting it, it lags! Annoying.

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 1st May 2010

Well I've had this phone for about 1 & a half years & it's not too bad but it definitely needs improvement.

Faults (exaggerated).
- The cancel & call touch buttons are in a place where I always accidently press. It's annoying because you can accidently call people or cut people off mid call or cancel everything.
- It is quite easily chipped as I found out after a year or so. I have got one crack in the screen now as my friend dropped it. Even though I drop it loads, I never found a crack.
- Texting buttons don't respond very well & it is frustrating.
- Browser takes ages.

Good stuff.
- It is a very stylish design & has games (most of them to buy) & has a good music player & doesn't turn on accidently.

But I've had enough & I want to get a HTC Hero!

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Reviewer: Becca - UK
Date: 3rd Apr 2010

This is a good phone, I recommend it to anyone. There were some problems, but I have owned this phone for nearly two years, & it hasn't broken at all. It never turns itself off, & when texting, if you press the exit button by accident, it offers the option of continuing the text, it doesn't automatically cancel it.

The only problems I have had were when you take a picture, the camera is slow to take, which can be annoying. Also, the battery doesn't last too long, & it goes from 3 bars of battery to 2 really slowly, but then in two hours, the other two bars of battery have gone, leaving your phone dead during the day, when you started the day with 3 bars of battery. The screen only just scratched last week, it has lasted a long time with a perfect screen.

However, overall it is a good phone, & I recommend it to anyone considering buying it.

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Reviewer: Jess - UK
Date: 14th Mar 2010

Have had this phone for over two years now. At first I hated it as the touch sensitive buttons took a bit of getting used to (accidently cancelling a text if not careful) but now I can honestly say that it has served me well. Very nice to look at, good camera (although the speed seems to have deteriorated over time), & one of the most durable models I've ever had. I've dropped it countless times inside, in the street, but it soldiers on. Granted, I had it repaired one year in after the touch buttons failed, but since then no problems. I even fell into the sea with it in my pocket six months ago & after letting it dry out it was fine, the only non water resistant phone I've known to survive water.

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Reviewer: Ian Callow - UK
Date: 2nd Mar 2010

Well, I've had my U600 for a couple of years, it's an Ultra II, & I can honestly say that it's been the best phone I've ever owned.

Lightweight & sleek, the slide has been flawless. Kept in my pocket with change & occasionally keys the screen has retained an excellent finish. Its battery life has been nothing short of phenomenal - though I no longer use it every day, I only charge it once every couple of weeks, maybe I am just lucky.

Anyway, I liked it so much I bought a couple for my kids, one had the screen broken within a month, eBay provided a water damaged replacement for parts & I have to say, the donor appeared to be very susceptible to moisture damage (sweaty pocket? ) & exhibited many of the faults people above are complaining of, flash lit up when charging, improper boot up etc. The hybrid phone is back to normal now & still going strong some 6 months on.

This phone has switched me ON to Samsung, & my only gripe is that after so many years, the CCD appears to have dust on it., blotching the (yes, OK the camera takes an age to take a shot) pictures which previously had been flawless.

Would I recommend it? Totally, just treat it with respect, it's only 10mm thick, which should suggest that it's not going to handle abuse like a JCB.

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Reviewer: Jamie Vaughan - York, UK
Date: 13th Jan 2010

Looks good, some useful features, but controls poor. Touch sensitive buttons in wrong place so cancel gets pressed a lot by accident. Also trying to sync it with your PC is a nightmare. None of my music albums are correctly displayed.

Its been a good phone overall but I have finally had enough! Time to by a iPhone clone from China me thinks!

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Reviewer: Anon - London, UK
Date: 29th Dec 2009

I really like this phone as it is so sleek & stylish. Many people I know have the J600 which, for £30 less, is possibly the worst picture quality in the world & no free games, can't receive pictures & videos sent by texts & I am glad I got the U600.

Why I Love it.
- It looks great!
- Great picture quality.
- Some free games.
- Good usability.

The not so good aspects.
- I keep accidentally calling people on my contacts because of the touch pads.
- Hard to figure out how to put it on silent!

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Reviewer: Ian C - Brentwood, UK
Date: 11th Oct 2009

I really like this phone, it feels well built, & after a year, it still looks like new, though I don't drop it, stick it into my pocket with keys & loose change, or try juggling with it. I don't recognise a lot of these reviews, my keys are fine, the predictive text is OK, sure the screen is relatively easy to scratch, but hey, it polishes out if you want it to be mint twenty four seven. Battery life is astonishingly good, I am looking at a good week between charges, not like my 24 hour Blackberry cycle! I love the feel of this phone, & it'll take up to 40 Java games, fine for my kids. You can suppress the touch buttons if you are particularly cack handed like me & end up dialling the first person on your contacts at 1am.

I like this phone so much I have bought another two on eBay for my kids.

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Reviewer: Tricia - Glasgow, UK
Date: 10th Oct 2009

I just read the review of this phone I put up over a year ago when I'd had it for about 4 months & I was pretty enthusiastic at the time. Oh how times have changed!

Although I have never had any of the freezing or other screen problems that I've read about my patience has been tried in other ways.

- I have had enough of having to charge this phone every other day even although the Bluetooth is off more often than on.

- Waiting 5 seconds or more for the camera to actually take the picture is now more than annoying.

- For some reason even although the rest of my family is on the same network they all have great reception & mine is rubbish, it can sometimes be over an hour before a text reaches me. The only variable is the phone.

- I still have occasional problems if I accidentally touch one of the touch sensitive buttons mid texting & lose the text (& contrary to some responses I've read here no I am not being silly & I do know how to text properly).

Sadly the end is nigh for me & my U600 although we have been together for about 18 months now. The small niggly problems that I put up with at first have now become too annoying, or maybe it's just me getting old & less tolerant.

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Reviewer: Nikki - Central England, UK
Date: 10th Oct 2009

I've had this phone for a couple of years & absolutely loved it!

OK, there were problems.
- I didn't like the touch sensitive buttons, they were just too sensitive.
- the battery life is not good.
- I had a Nokia previously so found it at first a little more difficult to text on this but I very quickly adapted, so don't let that put you off.
- It would now & then just switch off by itself & then had the arrogance to tell me to please wait for it!
- Despite looking after it so well, it's just messed up now But I have had it for over 2 years, so oh well.

Why I loved this phone.
- the camera & video are good (3.2 MP).
- It looks good in fact, most of the people in my uni had this phone when it first came out.
- It's one of those phones that you can be proud of, after 2 years I don't feel like I am carrying around a worn down old phone, still slim, still stylish.
- I like sliding the phone up & down, it slides with ease.
- I like texting with the smiley faces etc.
- You can insert a memory card, I think of any capacity (but I am not sure).
- It basically does everything that a phone really should & more, just sometimes lets you down (e.g. Battery life, cuts off now & then, rarely).

My advice is if you want a good phone that will last forever then maybe Samsung is not great for that but it is great for a couple of years.

Loved my phone, may it rest in my drawer in peace.

Next phone is a Nokia, I just need a good battery but would get a Samsung again later.

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Reviewer: Julian - UK
Date: 2nd Oct 2009

I bought two at different times (first one for my GF). Both developed display faults. Not the easiest phone to use either, the most awkward keypad I have ever had (the lip on the bottom gets in the way of my fingers) & it is all too easy to delete an entire text when trying to delete just a few characters.

I am currently using a very old Nokia which looks like it's been through the wars & has never let me down.

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Reviewer: Kaylee - UK
Date: 28th Aug 2009

My only problem with this phone, is the texting. When I am on predictive, after a few words it suddenly just crashes, which isn't acceptable? It's just plain annoying. Other than that, I find this phone OK. I am on the search for a new one though.

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Reviewer: Sam - UK
Date: 24th Aug 2009

Well I have this phone in black & gold & so far its been fab LOL. Ace. Recommendation 100%. I like the touch sensitive keypad the best! :).

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Reviewer: Akash - UK
Date: 18th Aug 2009

I have had this phone for a year & a half & it is not good the camera takes 5 seconds to take a picture, the music player lags, the buttons are rubbish & so is the touch pad. Don't get it.

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Reviewer: Waqar - Bradford, UK
Date: 10th Aug 2009

Hey. Would have given less than 5% each but I can't, anyway this phone is not good, it has bad typing & the features, Its a good phone for Kids Just to tell them to look at the lights & the wallpaper. I prefer getting 3310 yeah then 1990's Phones But Not This. Waste Of Money, Who Ever Buying it don't you are going to regret. Kind Regards, Waqar.

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Reviewer: Mini - UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2009

This is an okay phone. I have had 2, my first one broke because it got the smallest bit wet & it got dropped. That was the ultra edition 1, the 2nd one, Ultra edition 2 is just the same. The battery life is woeful. The camera is too slow & when you put a memory card in, the whole phone slows down. It is loaded with features. On the whole, a good phone Samsung. But there is room for improvement.

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Reviewer: Nicole - UK
Date: 18th Jul 2009

I had this phone since 25th December 2007 at first it's alright now I am getting bored of it. It's one of the worst phones in the world! It even looks rubbish! I want a new phone badly I might choose LG cookie. Please stop making ugly phones!

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Reviewer: Sophie - Bournemouth, UK
Date: 16th Jul 2009

It's a really great phone I've had it for a few months since my LG shine broke & wouldn't let me charge it! It has loads of really good features like if you can't find a picture or game you can you the smart search & it will come up! It is great I love it!

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Reviewer: Huzi - Glasgow, UK
Date: 14th Jul 2009

This is a good phone but the touch sensitive buttons get on your nerves big time. I have the Ultra Edition which has the HAPTIC feature which is vibration feedback. As is the case with a lot of Samsungs the screen gets damaged very easily, I dropped my Sony Ericsson K510i lots of times & it was fine but my U600 has been dropped once or twice & the screen is already gone. When you are texting you will find the buttons are not spaced apart very well. It looks cool & has great features like a. Text file reader & name card recognition but the camera takes a long time to capture, it always switches the default storage location back to phone memory & you will find yourself calling people by accident quite a lot.

My verdict, get a Sony Ericsson W760i or W580i.

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Reviewer: Chloe - UK
Date: 5th Jul 2009

I got this phone for my birthday April 2009 & I have had it for 2 months & the music won't play, it just freezes & have to take the battery out & it goes to play the music & it just crackles & no music is played. It just got the phone back from being fixed & it hasn't actually been fixed it's doing the same thing. The phone looks good, it has excellent features & the camera is the best I have had on a phone. It's a good phone if you are happy to have constant problems but I am going to get a new one. I wouldn't buy it!

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Reviewer: Hannah - UK
Date: 4th Jul 2009

At first I thought this phone was great but after a while I realized it isn't that good.

The camera takes forever to take pictures & at the end of a phone call the phone becomes locked & very hard to end the call. When you first turn on the phone the address book doesn't load for a couple of minutes & the phone is so slow on the Internet.

I wouldn't recommend this phone if you actually want to use the phone you buy.

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Reviewer: An - UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2009

This is by far the worst mobile I have ever owned. I have had it for a year. It looks slick & is very light, so I can't fault it on aesthetics. However, it handles badly. The balance isn't great when you slide it open to access the keys, so texting one handed is more awkward than with other designs (this is a very minor complaint). The features (radio, camera) are now where near as good as on my previous phone (Sony Ericsson, which was stolen unfortunately regret getting this phone & I wish an alternative had been available on the contract I chose. AVOID THIS PHONE.

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Reviewer: Madeleine - Hertford, UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2009

Luv it! Recommend it to anyone & in pink!

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Reviewer: Cara - UK
Date: 9th Jun 2009

I had this phone in June 2008 on an 18 month contract from Virgin.

Previously had a Samsung E900 so I am used to the touch sensitive buttons, plus you can turn the sensitivity from low to high on this model.

I find the phone easy to use & takes great pictures, but as others have said it is a bit slow taking the actual picture. The memory is expandable via a mini SD card (very cheap on eBay) if required.

I am on my second U600 as my first phone developed a fault when the screen picture started to wobble & then went black & white. I rang Virgin who arranged for a courier to bring a new handset to my house the following day. Excellent service & they ensured I remembered to transfer my numbers to my SIM etc. & to Bluetooth any music & pictures to my PC.

At 11 replacement handset refused to charge. I rang Virgin who again were excellent & arranged to replace the handset with a newer model as they no longer have the U600 on my tariff. I received a Samsung G600 which again is an excellent phone.

If you take this phone on the Virgin £8.50 a month contract it's a bargain & their customer service is outstanding & there is no hassle if it develops a fault.

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Reviewer: Jamie - Newcastle, UK
Date: 31st May 2009

People tend to say it's either really good or really bad, so either you get a good phone or not.

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Reviewer: Lindsey - UK
Date: 28th May 2009

The Samsung U600 is really good I've had it for 4 months now & I really like it, at first you aren't really used to it & you press the wrong buttons & mess things up but once you get used to it it's amazingly fantastic! I have it in pink.

If anything does go wrong with it like when you get it, it freezes up then just send it back to the store & ask for another one, they send a different one of it as soon as possible with dial a phone! So everyone who says negative things about it is talking rubbish! Samsung U600 rules! I recommend this phone to everyone considering buying it, & this comment might change everyone's minds completely.

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Reviewer: Laura - UK
Date: 23rd May 2009

Well what can I say about this phone. Absolutely rubbish! I brought my husband this phone, he had no problems with it so I decided I wanted one. However 2 months on from buying myself it, we both started getting signal problems! Messages kept coming up saying no signal, or limited service & even emergency calls. My husband is a lorry driver & he drove round the M25 with no signal! I rang T mobile thinking as both of us had this problem it would be them. They kept testing it & trying different things but yet nothing worked! So since January T mobile have been getting abuse from me, & last week we both had enough & was going to cancel the contract. As they didn't want to lose us they sent us 2 new SIM's, so after trying them this morning funny I got NO SIGNAL! So now I have to buy new phones. Samsung well won't be buying there phones again. Has anyone else had this problem?

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Reviewer: Jo - UK
Date: 17th May 2009

I've had this phone for just over a year & I cannot fault it at all. It has no scratches despite being dropped on numerous occasions & all buttons etc are working like the day I brought it. I would highly recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Ellie - UK
Date: 12th May 2009

I have had the Samsung U600 for almost 2 years now & I have had no problems with it at all! I love the design of it & I have it in pink. It has been dropped & bashed but is still standing strong. Everything is so easy & simple to use.

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Reviewer: Jenny - Swansea, UK
Date: 11th May 2009

Really good phone, had it nearly 18 months. Most things going fine. Predictive text still works. The only thing that is, I am really getting annoyed with is that the speaker just stopped working one evening. I had used the phone in the afternoon but when trying to make a phone call later that day it wouldn't work. I now have to wait till the person I am ringing has answered. Put it on loud speaker jiggle it about a bit & then put it back onto the normal speaker. Very embarrassing when you're out & about & everybody can hear your conversations. I have been having this problem for about 3 weeks & it's getting worse, a lot of people have said this phone gets a loose connection because of the slide & I am not happy about it. Also when making a phone call I cannot keep the phone open all the way. It has to cover the first row of numbers resulting in sometimes closing the phone & ending the call in the middle of a conversation. Good phone but it's getting worse with age.

Anybody else having the speaker problems?

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Reviewer: Delila - UK
Date: 10th May 2009

Amazing Phone. What everyone else says is complete rubbish. Return it duh! It's just faulty or something. Touch buttons easy to use, camera Amazing, really cheap (price wise) & everything great. Sometimes it's kind of big, & the features are great except no sound editing.

SAMSUNG U600 Must Buy!

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Reviewer: Sophie - Surrey, UK
Date: 30th Apr 2009

When I got my phone I actually loved the design, my old Samsung had been working for 4 years without any problems, I dropped it countless times from large heights, I use to sit on it when the top was open, & it didnt break AT ALL, until it broke by the phone just randomly turning off, which was to be expected of such an old phone, but still annoying.

unfortunately whole house & garden, & NO signal.

I am so upset with this, & I am going to complain to Orange tomorrow, I don't recommend this phone to anyone who wants signal, just to people who want a pretty phone & wants to play games on it. I am disappointed with Samsung.

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Reviewer: Helen - Newcastle, UK
Date: 29th Apr 2009

I have had this phone for about 2 & a half years now, roughly. & I've never had any major problems with it. Surely after a good few year with ANY phone, they'll start to create faults after everything it's been through. I've read about problems about the predictive texting, when the phone goes off half way through. I've never used the predictive texting, so I wouldn't know. I've had the screen go blank for a few seconds, pressed a few buttons but it comes back on after that. My screen has never gone upside down or went funny colours, it's been fine. Yeah, it took my a while to get used to the touch sensitive buttons to but I am fine with it now. Takes a while to take a pictures but. Very good camera! :D. I had a problem once where I charged it, took it off charged & it still showed me as if it were still charging, but it doesn't do that anymore, didn't even take it to get fixed. My screen hasn't had one scratch on it, I've dropped it from about 6ft before & it still works absolutely fine. Might have a few singal errors when sending & receiving texts, I don't know if that's my phone or their phone.

But, overall a GREAT phone.

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Reviewer: Paul Knobbs - Bermuda
Date: 25th Apr 2009

Looks great & is very small, but the headphones are rubbish, they don't stay your ear at all!

Also, the touch buttons are poor. I have to tell everybody that uses it to stay away from or they will make a call if you brush them very lightly with your finger.

The best thing about this phone is the game, BOBBY CARROT! When I first got the phone I raised my eyebrow at it, but then I played it & it was BRILLIANT! Get the phone just for this!

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Reviewer: M - UK
Date: 24th Apr 2009

This phone was great when I first had it but after a few months, my phone wouldn't charge so I had to charge it on my USB cable but now the USB cable doesn't work! The thing I don't like about this phone is that the camera is slow & basically the whole phone is but it had some good features.

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Reviewer: Alice - UK
Date: 24th Apr 2009

Bought this phone 6 months ago & had no major problems with it up until now. Touch buttons & all centre buttons are now of no use, making the whole phone unusable!
nice phone in the beginning, but wish I read about other people's reviews before I bought! Don't bother with this, for a little extra you can get something just as nice looking that will last without these faults!

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Reviewer: Luke - UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2009

This is a good phone but the screen is rubbish.

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Reviewer: Bill Mckelvie - UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2009

The U600, when first bought seemed to be a good buy but I have the dreaded screen problem with the screen even going mirror image etc. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE IT IS A BLING PHONE TO ATTRACT YOU TO PROBLEMS.

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Reviewer: Laura - Birmingham, UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2009

I had this for Christmas 2007. Beautiful phone, loved it. I have a large camera. So I put it in my bag (along with my phone) & accidently dropped the bag down the stairs & the screen cracked, it was dead.

I bought the exact same phone. You know because it was purple & I ADORED it. The past month it has been messing around. I opened the slider up (as you do) & the screen was flashing at me. It wouldn't stop until I turned it off. Then I opened the slider & the camera flash would light up (really bright!) & not go away until I turned it off. I'd open it up, & the screen would go black, & it wouldn't go normal until I turned it off. I'd open it up & the screen would go black & white, but INVERTED (try this effect on Photoshop, you'll see what I mean). It wouldn't go away until I turned it off. The screen would get funny colours when I open it. It turns itself off.

It doesn't tell me when I have some calls, which has resulted in me not getting a call back from an interview for a job (how annoyed was I?!) If I do have missed calls, it only occasionally tells me when I have a voice mail message. Not all the time. It's ridiculously silly.

This second phone isn't even a year old, I am going to take it back & demand a different phone that works. I think it's a fault to do with the slider, & it's disconnecting & going faulty. It's beautiful. My favourite ever phone. But it's dying.

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Reviewer: Jennifer - Belfast, UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2009

I have had this phone for a year & a half now & am at my wits end! Apart from the problems (within a month of getting this phone) with predictive text that a lot of other users are having (I ended up giving up & using normal text even though I find this more time consuming) the screen is now playing up. It either fades into blackness & I have to leave it for a few minutes or else turns white completely (it has currently been white for the past 15 minutes) every time I slide the phone up to use it. VERY annoying. I would not recommend anyone gets this phone & I am currently looking for a replacement! Not happy, the U600 has put me off Samsung's forever.

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Reviewer: Mayuri Shah - London, UK
Date: 19th Apr 2009

I have just bought this phone yesterday, the design is black & golden, looks cool & classic.

After having read so many reviews of this phone, yes I feel the same that the screen is very delicate & if handled badly, may develop a break anytime.

But keeping my fingers crossed, I have bought a new phone after 3 years, & hope it does becomes my good companion for at least a couple of years.

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Reviewer: Bing Bang - UK
Date: 17th Apr 2009

Absolute rubbish, mine too keeps freezing turning on & off. & now the keypad tone will not turn off. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE.

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Reviewer: Mel - Norwich, UK
Date: 17th Apr 2009

I upgraded my Samsung M300 to the U600 about 18 months ago. My last 3 phones have been Samsung phones, but after my U600 experience, I don't think I'll be getting another one!

If I had written the review a few months after I had got the phone, the review would have been very positive. The main reason that I got the phone was that it had a really nice design & was small & light. I mainly use my phone to call, text & take the occasional picture & for that it was a brilliant phone. Even the touch buttons, which had had some really bad reviews were fine, apart from the occasional cancelling of applications if your finger brushed against it accidentally & the fact that you couldn't use it when you had gloves on!

The problems started after about 9 months. First the predictive text function stopped working properly as it seemed to forget most of the words that I had added. Then the phone started freezing & restarting for what seemed like no reason at all, which was really irritating when you had spent ages writing a text & then the phone froze as you were trying to send it. After reading a few articles, it became apparent that it was a fault with the predictive text function. It became so bad that I couldn't even type one word using predictive text before the screen froze. So I had to go back to the old fashioned texting which was painfully slow! Eventually my boyfriend updated the software & 'flashed' it to try & solve the problem. This worked initially, but then slowly the problems started occurring again. Then to cap it all off, the camera broke, although I think that could have been my fault!

All in all, as a phone it was stylish, quick & user friendly. It's just a shame that the software sucked. I was tempted to get the Samsung Tocco, but after not really liking my first touch screen phone & all the drama with the software, I decided to go for the Sony Ericsson C905. I am well aware of the speaker problems this phone has had, but I was assured that mine came from a newer batch, which as yet hadn't had any of those problems. I am still keeping my fingers crossed.

Mel.

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Reviewer: Dom - UK
Date: 16th Apr 2009

I have had this phone for 18 months & I have yet to find a fault with it. OK I have two cracks on the screen but that was my fault & would have happened to any phone. It is easy to use & very easy to navigate.

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Reviewer: Koki - Grun, Netherlands
Date: 15th Apr 2009

HELLO EVERYBODY I HAVE HAD THIS PHONE FOR A YEAR NOW, & IT WAS IN the WASH MACHINE, & IT STILL WORKED! ISN'T THAT AMAZING?

I THINK YOU REALLY MUST BUY THIS PHONE BECAUSE IT WORKS SO GOOD! AMAZING! GOOD LUCK!

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Reviewer: Ayla - UK
Date: 7th Apr 2009

This is the first time I've brought a Samsung. I've had this phone just over a year & faced no problems up until now. I am always texting on my phone & recently it just decided to switch itself off in the middle of a text & restart itself. Now this can be seriously annoying at times, especially when you send a long text which cuts out after sending the first part of the message & not send the second as it charges you TRIPLE when I try to resend it, after it decides to work again that is. Even during phone calls the phone cuts out & restarts itself. At first I thought it was the SIM as I had an error message saying, Please insert SIM, so I went out & brought a new SIM, turns out it's the phone which is the problem. Waste of money & I do not recommend it to anyone.

Sorry Samsung, but you have lost a customer.

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Reviewer: Hayley - UK
Date: 3rd Apr 2009

I've had this phone for 2 years now & have never had a problem with it. Friends of mine got the upgrades & I found them to be too fat & they've all had problems yet me & another of my friends have had this phone for 2 years & neither of us have & a problem with it once.

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Reviewer: Nick - Scotland, UK
Date: 1st Apr 2009

Super phone I love this phone, it rocks. I have it in silver, great colour. All my mates are envious of my phone. Buy it I am telling you it's the best phone in the whole world.

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Reviewer: Lulu - Scotland, UK
Date: 1st Apr 2009

Great phone buy it battery dies a bit quick but overall best phone ever.

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Reviewer: Adam - UK
Date: 30th Mar 2009

I wish I had read more reviews before buying this phone!

The LCD screen cracked after only 4 days, falling 30cm. On all the other phones I've ever had the screen has never cracked, even after dropping it from standing height. I will not be buying another Samsung phone, going back to my trusty old Sony Ericsson phone till I can buy a new one : (.

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Reviewer: Amy H - London, UK
Date: 26th Mar 2009

I only wish I'd read these reviews, (or they were available as I bought mine when it was first released), before purchasing! The first & last Samsung I'll be buying. I am a text addict & getting three quarters the way through a text only to have it freeze, die & restart is just too much, very very frustrating. Not only once but numerous times in a row, fine for a few days then it starts all over again. Out of warranty, & after reading several of the same types of reviews I think I'll stick with a different manufacturer next time.

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Reviewer: Fay Pollitt - Slough, UK
Date: 24th Mar 2009

I loved this phone & I will replace my broken one with a new U600 to give it a second chance, I noticed a few months ago the buttons on the touch screen were slowing down & texting was getting difficult, all of a sudden overnight all buttons stopped working & the slide function didn't open or cut off calls. Now I cannot retrieve pictures or contacts from my phone & I am worried when I send it off to be fixed I will lose them all.

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Reviewer: Sam - UK
Date: 20th Mar 2009

When I first bought the phone about 7 months ago thought it was ace but my opinion has changed with time as the phone has developed numerous problems & has now been sold & I have a new phone.

On the positive side the phone has an amazing camera on it works like a dream & the overall design of the phone is amazing it's so slim & stylish & has a good choice of colours.

I wouldn't personally recommend this phone as it develops faults.

I was quite disappointed as I have always had Samsung mobiles & they have never had any faults & always been reliable up until now so I have now move on to the Sony Ericsson W595 & haven't had any problems so far.

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 17th Mar 2009

I bought this phone in January 2008 & it was really good up until about August when it wouldn't switch on. I took it back to the shop but it never helped. They eventually replaced the phone in November & it has now broken again. Whenever I slide it up it switches itself off.

I have now purchased an LG Cookie it seems to be a lot better. I would not recommend this phone it is complete waste of money.

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Reviewer: Me - UK
Date: 16th Mar 2009

I GOT THIS PHONE ON CONTRACT 16 MONTHS AGO. I AM ON MY THIRD ONE DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH RECEPTION AD SCREEN.

BATTERY RUNS OUT VERY QUICKLY AS PHONE SEEMS TO CONSTANTLY BE SEARCHING FOR SIGNAL EVEN IN AREAS WHERE ALWAYS HAD GOOD RECEPTION. TRIED EVERYTHING SUGGESTED NO IMPROVEMENT. SAME PROBLEM WITH ALL THREE PHONES. SCREEN KEPT GOING BLACK & FREEZING ON FIRST ONE.

CONTRACT NEARLY UP WILL BE GLAD TO CHANGE PHONES!

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Reviewer: Atalia - UK
Date: 16th Mar 2009

I got this phone for my birthday. Loved it at first but then started to turn itself off. The touch sensitive keys are so annoying & if you press the call button accidently then it will call someone. It eats up all of your credit & now I am looking for a new phone! Seriously DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! BUY A BETTER PHONE! Thank you.

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Reviewer: Dan Smith - Norwich , UK
Date: 12th Mar 2009

I brought this phone back in September 2008 & just recently has started having problems such as the screen will just fade into blank & not return for an amount of time.
The screen flickers, flips round, goes funny colours, round way around etc.

You will be using the phone & suddenly the screen stops working. Also taking photos takes ages & playing music from a memory card takes ages to load. The slide doesn't always answer the call. The touch features are reliable.

Everything this phone has goes wrong & ones that don't take forever to respond.

Personally, if I read the reviews before buying this phone I wouldn't have. Please reconsider before buying this phone. I usually buy Sony Ericsson's & they never let me down but I fancied a change & REGRETTED IT.

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Reviewer: Vikkie - Blyth, UK
Date: 3rd Mar 2009

I got this phone for Christmas 2008. I was so excited because I absolutely loved it, all I wanted was a purple phone!

The touch screen did take a lot of getting used to but I am nearly there with it.

The camera I don't like because as people have said it takes ages for it to take the photo & when you're trying to take one of kids it's almost impossible!

The battery run out on my phone so I charged it up but the ring tone I normally have had been changed & the photo had also changed. I went to put another photo on but it said Empty I tried my downloaded photos & that said 'Empty' I then tried my music & ring tones & they were all empty as well.

My partner tried taking the battery out but this didn't work.

I am absolutely gutted & so disappointed because I had photos of my kids on the phone which I've lost & also video footage of them & all that has gone as well.

I will be taking this phone back but I am certainly not getting another one & I won't be getting another Samsung, I think I will stick to Nokia as I always have done.

If you do buy this phone please don't take photos or video footage because you will probably lose it all as I have.

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Reviewer: Ashlene - Inverness, UK
Date: 2nd Mar 2009

The worst phone I have ever had. I had it for 3 months & the screen completely went blank sent it back & it took another 3 months to get it repaired. Since then the screen is scratched in two places & it is cracked. The buttons on the top half of the screen don't work but the number buttons do

Please do not buy this phone. By the time you're finished with the repairs to this phone you could have bought another one.

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Reviewer: Sarah - UK
Date: 1st Mar 2009

I keep pressing the wrong buttons plus half the time it won't switch on! I've only had it a short while, I recharged it for about 9 hours & it still won't switch on. The screens blank but the flashy buttons are still on. I've tried everything to get it to work but I can't. What a waste of £70.

The only good thing is that its a really nice pink colour & slim. Looks lush but hard to work. It's not the best phone in the world but then it's not the worst.

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Reviewer: Cris P - Bromley, UK
Date: 27th Feb 2009

To my experience this is quite a poor phone. When you make a call, keys lock automatically & you lose control over the phone. The touch keys work when they want to (not when you need them, but when the phone is accidentally unlocked in your pocket). The screen was scratched very easily.

It is a phone very unintuitive to handle. It's not a very bad phone, but after one year with it I look forward to changing it.

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Reviewer: Danny - Rushden, UK
Date: 26th Feb 2009

Easily the best looking phone ever! Got it in red looks stunning & never had any problems. Camera takes a little time to take picture & it lags ages when music is playing but it's worth it for such a pretty phone!

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Reviewer: Jord - UK
Date: 23rd Feb 2009

Nice mobile phone.

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Reviewer: Clara - Worcester, UK
Date: 22nd Feb 2009

Cool phone. I love the 3D images you get when you receive a text message, if a person writes cat, you get a picture of a cat instead of the word, same for dog, cake, snow etc. I like the call log where it displays all the messages you have sent & received. I have turned the sensitive setting to number 1 & I have had no problems using it. Just look after your phone & you will be okay with it. Mine is in pink.

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Reviewer: Karen - UK
Date: 18th Feb 2009

I love this phone, it has everything I need, it is a very reliable phone & it has not let me down.

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Reviewer: James - UK
Date: 18th Feb 2009

I have the same problems as have repeatedly been mentioned below. My predictive text started freezing until I couldn't even get one word down, sent it back to Samsung, who wiped it & it has been better but still intermittent. I woke up this morning & the screen has gone completely black. Fairly sure the warrantee has run out now as well. Disappointing.

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Reviewer: Sarah - Sheffield , UK
Date: 15th Feb 2009

There is no better phone than this, I love it.

My phone screen cracked when I set on it. I was upset because it was a limited edition colour. I had to get it when it in blue. I have it on pay as you go & the text or phone call prices are amazing. A lot of people are slating it & I just want to say, if you know someone who has one, make sure you see it before you decide not to get it, ITS FABULOUS.

BUY THIS PHONE UNLESS YOU ARE CRAZY, I'll let you off if you already have a phone LOL.

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Reviewer: Liam - UK
Date: 11th Feb 2009

Had this phone just over a year, last month the screen just randomly started playing up, doing mirror & flipping upside down, then cutting to a black screen or freezing. & now it's completely died, the screen doesn't work anymore, its fully black & basically its useless to me!

Loved the phone at first, but it has too many faults with it & I have read hundreds of reviews with the same problem occurring! First Samsung phone & most likely the last! Steer clear of this phone it will only waste your money!

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Reviewer: Hannah - UK
Date: 8th Feb 2009

I have had this phone since March 2008, since then I am on my second one. My worst problem with this phone is the camera! My camera went in this certain effect (which was not one of the effects you can have) the first version of this phone the camera went in this effect but then after about a month it went normal again I don't know how. But then it went into the same effect & then I had a problem where I turned it off & it wouldn't turn back on so I took it in to Carphone Warehouse & had it replaced under warranty! The camera taking time is about 5 seconds too really slow! Not ideal! I like the touch screen but it is really sensitive but I have got used to that. I like the design of the phone as it looks stylish but it's has kind of put me off buying another Samsung phone again!

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Reviewer: Sandra - UK
Date: 5th Feb 2009

This is the worst phone I have ever had! At first everything seems fine & it's a nice light phone, however the screen scratches really easily. There are many problems with the sensitivity of the touch screen & touch dialling & you can be calling people or exiting out of texts without wanting to, just be accidentally brushing against a key.

Then the real problems start, the phone freezes & shuts down for no reason & especially when using the predictive text function, which I can no longer use at all as after typing one word the phone switches off. The only way around this problem is to turn off the predictive text which really slows down your texting. Battery life is also poor. I can't wait to upgrade this phone.

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Reviewer: Giorgia - Italy
Date: 4th Feb 2009

Love it, buy it & use it.

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Reviewer: Bexter - UK
Date: 1st Feb 2009

It's by far the best phone I have ever had. I saw it in the shop & fell in love with it. I kept on annoying family because I was hinting about it for Xmas if you want it don't listen to others, do what you want & experience different phones anyway if it does break it gives you an excuse to buy a new one :).

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Reviewer: A Jones - UK
Date: 1st Feb 2009

Love the phone. Very robust & stylish at same time. Had screen problem which has been mentioned on a variety of forums (I.e. The screen goes black but all the lights are still on the keypad & it still rings. Very frustrating. I went on a 02 forum & got the code for a hard reset & it has worked perfectly since then. Fingers crossed, I only did the reset yesterday so if it breaks I will update post.

Got the phone off eBay for £70 on simplicity contract so paying very little a month approx £20.

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Reviewer: Wyat - UK
Date: 31st Jan 2009

Good little phone shame about the screens very easily breaks Samsung need to look at this very expensive to replace cheaper to buy a new phone which seems very silly had 2, both screens went, not buying any more again!

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Reviewer: Kieran - UK
Date: 29th Jan 2009

I've had this phone for just over a year. It took me a while to get used to the touch buttons, & even after a year it would occasionally make unexpected phone calls at the slightest touch of the wrong button.

I haven't really had any problems with the U600 until today. This morning it froze & now all I have is a black screen & lit up buttons, so I can't use is at all.

It's a real pain, because all of my phone numbers are stored to the phone, not the SIM, & I'll lose all my pictures & videos too!

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Reviewer: Emma - UK
Date: 26th Jan 2009

I have had it since summer this year & it scratched really badly after about a week. Over the past couple of days the screen has started just switching itself off; you have to take the battery out to get anything to work again. If you slide the screen up to fast it just freezes & goes blank. Plus the camera is really slow. Did really like it but right now I can't stand it.

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Reviewer: Tarek - UK
Date: 24th Jan 2009

I bought this phone & returned it after 2 days exactly! It looks & feels good, but it dials numbers on its own, connects onto the net on its own. The buttons are so sensitive to touch & it ends up doing things it is not supposed to be doing! Upon returning it to the shop, the sales lady asked me why I am returning it, I told her why & she said yes this phone is known for all this! This was my very first time to buy a Samsung mobile & sure it will be the last time even if the other mobiles are better!

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Reviewer: Sophie - Basildon, UK
Date: 23rd Jan 2009

The Samsung U600. It's STUNNING especially in pink. Which is what I have, I didn't really like it until one evening I saw the deal for £50 in Carphone Warehouse I went to see it & I fell in love with it I won't ever leave it alone.

I got it on the 23rd of December out of my birthday money & it was 100% worth it! I'll answer a few things.

You can turn the sensitivity down by going onto settings then phone settings then touch sensitivity & change it. Also yes the camera is slow at capturing & setting it up but the quality is very good in fact its 100% better than my 5 megapixels camera. He he.

I totally recommend this phone who are looking for a cheap simple gorgeous phone I was shocked it was only £50 I would pay more than what I paid for my Nokia 7373 (£90)

Hope my review helped :D.

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Reviewer: Missfaze - UK
Date: 18th Jan 2009

I got this phone a year ago, for my birthday present & I fell in love with it at first sight. It's gorgeous & looks great, very stylish & it's a slider, my favourite. Also it looks hot when I hold it but there's just one thing. Its usability is just rubbish. The touch keys on the front are very difficult to use, despite the fact that I got use to them in less than 1 week. But soon they started to freeze, this problem had stopped & now has started again. I have read a lot lately about how rubbish the touch system is & now I just really wish I knew this before I got it. Because I honestly love this phone & am too attached to let it go, but I have to so I can use a phone that's worthwhile.

Without the front keys & arrow keys & top touch keys. This phone is literally unusable & now I have to get a new phone: (. But I will always love you my pink limited special one.

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 16th Jan 2009

This phone is very good. I have had it for over a year now & have not had any problems with it. A brilliant phone, I recommend it too everyone!

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Reviewer: Alice - UK
Date: 13th Jan 2009

I just came across this site whilst looking for the problem with my U600. Every other phone I've had has been perfect & I've had this one for a month & now every time I write a text it writes two words, then freezes & turns itself off & on again. I see this seems to be a problem with lots of others too. The battery life is pretty low as well but that doesn't bother me much. Am a little worried that it's now going to crash on me.

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Reviewer: Jackie - Greenock, UK
Date: 13th Jan 2009

Have just bought this phone it says it has delivery reports I have it switched on but not getting any reports anyone help.

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Reviewer: Jr - UK
Date: 12th Jan 2009

Had this phone for just over a year now & it is possibly the worst phone I've had. The screen only works when I hold it halfway down which makes it IMPOSSIBLE to text! It cuts out through calls & the space button has completely given up! All in all this phone is the worst Samsung by far!

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Reviewer: Emma Louise - UK
Date: 11th Jan 2009

I got the U600 black & gold as a present for Christmas, &, like a lot of others seem to have said, the LCD screen has cracked. I've had it just two weeks, & this seems to have happened for no reason. I haven't treated it roughly, & don't keep it anywhere it could be damaged. The phone was damaged in five minutes of me checking it, leaving the house, & returning to find the screen cracked. Carphone Warehouse have refused to replace it, or even repair it for free, expecting me to pay £45 to repair a £50 phone. Obviously these phones are cheaper because they are useless.

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Reviewer: Stephanie - London, UK
Date: 11th Jan 2009

I have had my phone for five months. Until one month ago it was working fine & suddenly the screen started playing up. The picture is fuzzy & kind of flashes to a dull background & if you press on the screen it changes then after a while it becomes normal. After a month of that nonsense, it now goes black with vertical lines down it. The only way to see the screen is to put it off & on again. The fuzziness is headache worthy. From the reviews I read, it seems like it is a delicate build & not made to last & that the screen problem I am experiencing is due to some fault or lose connection.
Prior to that (for four months) I did like it. It is slick, slim & light. The battery lasts quite a good while (but I have only had it for five months I suppose). I have dropped it a few times but it seems to be quite sturdy (unless that is what triggered the screen being funny).

However, the camera is very slow & you often take a picture on the move thinking you have already taken the picture (but the quality of the image is good). The ring tones are not that great though & the predictive text is slower than my typing. The sensitive touch did occasionally drive me mad but I think that got better after adjusting it. O2 Internet via this phone is absolutely useless. I was denied access to everything & never made use of the option.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend it. Nothing beats the old chunky phones that last.

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Reviewer: Han - UK
Date: 11th Jan 2009

I am taking this phone back tomorrow & exchanging it for Sony Ericsson W380i. The volume on it is so LOW! & I had a Samsung D900i (great phone) before this & that was so much louder than this

I am really disappointed at how the volume is. Its low when playing music & its low when hearing somebody speak during a call.

I rang Samsung about it, I told the guy about this volume problem & was told that nothing can be done about it.

I did enquire as to how & why is it that what's presumably an upgrade (U600 to the D900) should have lower volume than the D900. I didn't get any good answer except this is how things are &, get this, I was told that IT'S A PHONE NOT A MUSIC PLAYER!

Well, I am going to get a Sony Ericsson W380i, exact same price but they say It's a Walkman phone, which means it takes music very seriously.

Good job, don't get U600 if you want to play loud music on it. Search the Internet, & you'll see this problem with volume is something a lot of people have had with it.

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Reviewer: Suki - Coventry, UK
Date: 11th Jan 2009

I have had this phone for a year it has given me problems ever since. It is the worst phone I have ever had. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE.

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Reviewer: Sam - UK
Date: 9th Jan 2009

I have had this phone since December 2006. Got it for Xmas & it managed to start playing up & breaking by February 2007. Have had various problems with, including it breaking on the texting & just freezing & going back to the original screen this eventually got worse & worse until I could no longer text. It would also continuously look like it had turned itself off & go to the welcome screen when you turn your phone off, this would sometimes be in the middle of texting. It then went through a phase of the screen blanking out every time I chose something in the menu send would flicker on & off every time someone phone me as if there was a loose connection & I could not see who was ringing me. I got so fed up in the end as could not see what I was selecting or what I was texting. Each of these problems I took it back to Carphone Warehouse for repair.

By the fourth time of repair in the 8 months I had it I got fed up of continuous repairs I asked for a replacement but they would only offer a reconditioned phone! Someone else's phone that has broken previously! Once I got fed up of how rubbish that was I rung Samsung & spoke to them & said they would not take it in for repair as it was no longer the phone I had originally bought! Which Carphone Warehose had not told me! It is now just past the years warranty so I can no longer take it back to the shop for repair, & it has died on me, I can no longer use ANY of the buttons on the top half of the slider, so I can open no messages or phone anyone all I can do is look at the home screen! Totally useless! Has been from 2 months of having it. When working is a good phone to have just a shame it spent more time in the shop than I had it!

Have now gone back to my D600 again which works well every time I have had to use it when the U600 was in for repair. Such a difference shame Samsung couldn't get it right on both phones!

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Reviewer: Philip - Chatham, UK
Date: 9th Jan 2009

Got the phone for Christmas, Overall a great phone, but the touch buttons can be a bit sensitive, Also I keep calling people in my call log accidently. But good phone overall.

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Reviewer: Alan - UK
Date: 5th Jan 2009

Plastic slider cracked. Screen keeps scrambling making it impossible to text. Might look nice but poor quality phone.

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Reviewer: Sian - Essex, UK
Date: 4th Jan 2009

I got this phone for Christmas in 2007. Was brilliant until around Christmas 2008 after that it turned on one morning later that day I took it out my pocket & it was off, wouldn't turn on whatever you did to it. Waited for my dad to come home from work & gave it to him. I don't know what he did to it but he managed to get it working. It was fine for the rest of that day.

The next day I went to change the background did what I usually do to change it, said it had saved, went back to my home screen & it hadn't saved it but had changed it to the original one it came with & now won't change from that one at all.

Now stuck with a boring background went to try again, went to my pictures & they had all been deleted as well as my video's, music & sounds. Around a month before Christmas 2008 my memory card was cleared as well so once again I had lost all my pictures & video's.

Overall this phone is great but if you were going to buy one be prepared for some trouble & don't plan to keep it longer than a year without any problems.

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Reviewer: Chloe - UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2009

I got this phone for christmas. I am quite pleased with this phone. It look me like 3 days to work it out. I kept calling people in my call log. So I have to keep deleting my call log, which is annoying because I don't have recent contacts on messaging, but I can live with it (;.

The last point the camera takes ages to take a picture, but the quality is high for the price. I TOTALLY recommend THIS PHONE, ITS AWESOME.

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Reviewer: Corry - UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2009

Have to agree with the negative comments over this phone! Maybe there was a dodgy batch somewhere along the way because from the word go this phone would restart itself during predictive texts. I was told to switch that off which I did but eventually the whole thing died! The screen is very flimsy so once that cracked for no apparent reason except sitting in my handbag I decided to bin the handset & go back to my trusty old Samsung D600. Can't believe the difference in the two phones! Don't buy it!

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Reviewer: Sophie - Basildon, UK
Date: 30th Dec 2008

I bought this phone on the 23rd of December after having a Nokia 7373 in Pink & I didn't realise that I could get a better phone than the Nokia 7373 until I bought this phone the (Samsung u600) I got a 2GB memory card, Phone sock, £20 pound credit & the Pink Samsung U600 its self all for £80 which I found a bargain. It's such a good phone I dropped it only once & with my Nokia I was dropping it all the time. I got my deal from the Carphone Warehouse I recommend them 100% the Samsung U600 would be a definite recommend best phone I have ever had or used & trust me that's a lot! Hope my review helped, Sophie x:).

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Reviewer: Natasha - Downpatrick, UK
Date: 28th Dec 2008

Yea it is touch it's great. I had mine 4 months, cost me £100 but it is cheaper now. It's a really good phone brilliant.

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Reviewer: Megan - Derby, UK
Date: 28th Dec 2008

I had this phone for a month & then all of a sudden, the screen went funny & it didn't turn back on after that. To be honest, this phone is rubbish. I thought about getting it fixed, but I can't be bothered. There's a 50% chance that it will break again judging be these reviews! I have now gone back to my Nokia 6111 & I think that after 3 years of having it is still great :).

Nokia 6111 is recommended.

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Reviewer: Peter K - London, UK
Date: 28th Dec 2008

Does anyone know how I can get my memory card to work in my U600 it won't format, it just keeps saying failed. Please help!

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Reviewer: Claire - Milton Keynes, UK
Date: 27th Dec 2008

I got this phone today from Tesco for £49. I am really happy with it. The touch buttons are a bit hard to get used to, but you can change the sensitivity level. I've had an LG Shine before & the touch buttons on that are much harder to use (that one went in the bin! )

& you don't have to use the touch buttons on some things if you don't want to (use middle button).

The camera pictures are brilliant & it's not flimsy at all, predictive text is better than before.

I think people are being picky about this phone & its well worth the money.

If you want even better features then you're going to have to pay more.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 27th Dec 2008

I got this phone about a month ago & go love it!

Yes I admit the camera is slow but the quality is great!

I have the ultra edition one with a few more features, you can change the touch sensitivity on it so that you have to press it slightly harder meanly if accidently touch it, it won't matter!

Do be careful though because they break easily! Thanks.

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Reviewer: John - UK
Date: 24th Dec 2008

No problems, love it, only bad point is that no where has got it in stock.

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Reviewer: U600 Fan - Stockport, UK
Date: 24th Dec 2008

You have put me off it now & I have got it for Xmas & Xmas is tomorrow thanks a lot !

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Reviewer: Monica - Leicester, UK
Date: 24th Dec 2008

It's quite difficult to use at first, but you then get used to it. Touch keys annoyed me at the beginning as I always used to ring people by accident, but you can always reduce the sensitivity. I haven't experienced the phone freezing yet. The camera is quite a problem because you literally have to wait like 5 seconds for it to get to the camera mode & then another 6 to 7 seconds for the photo to capture, so not very convenient in some situations.

Overall I do like the phone though. Nice design & it is a decent usable phone.

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Reviewer: Beckz - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2008

I love this phone I got it last year for Xmas & have had no problems with it. This phone looks amazing & is really easy to use, I have it in purple & it look lovely & also the phone it really hard wearing, I have dropped it a few times & there is not a scratch on it!

The camera is one off, the best features & amazing for 3.2MP.

I would recommend this phone to anyone & great for a gift for someone at Xmas!

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Reviewer: Connie - Ayrshire, UK
Date: 21st Dec 2008

I have just recently bought this in black for my husband for his Christmas as a surprise, but I am a bit concerned. I thought I had better check everything was in the box before I wrapped it up, & when I did, I realised the phone is actually black & gold. I am just wanting some advice from any guys out there, if your wife bought you this, what would you think? I think my husband's first impression will be, bling bling ha ha. I don't think he will like it, please help!

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Reviewer: Manahal - UK
Date: 19th Dec 2008

I love this phone it is great.

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Reviewer: Sam - UK
Date: 16th Dec 2008

Well. To start with this phone looks stunning as I have got the u600 black gold ultra edition 2 & are the features, the screen is quite big too! But there are some drawbacks in usability first that it is quite slow to load things up & the other is that it cannot have no themes! Which is really poor as almost all other phones have this advantage.

Overall this phone is amazing & especially the features all this at just 48.88 GBP.

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Reviewer: Leah - UK
Date: 15th Dec 2008

My phone was about a year old, no problems, but then switched it off one night & now will not turn back on.

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Reviewer: Helen - Sheffield, UK
Date: 14th Dec 2008

The look & features of this phone is very good. However, it has become almost impossible to text on. When writing a text message it will freeze & then restart, this has got progressively worse & it is now almost every time I write a text, making it virtually impossible to use.

This is actually my second U600. I took my old one back because of the same problem & they fixed it, it worked okay for a few weeks & then got worse & worse. It is not out of guarantee so the only choice I have is to put up with it or buy a new one (& definitely not a Samsung one! ).

Also, it will not save words in the predictive text dictionary so you have to write them in every time you use them.

Oh & the battery life is shocking!

All in all, although the features & look of this phone are very good I would not recommend buying it purely because of the constant (& very annoying! ) problems I, & many other people, have had.

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Reviewer: Emma - UK
Date: 12th Dec 2008

I love & hate this phone! I love the look, size, weight & feel of it. But I hate the way it freezes & crashes when using T9 predictive text (& then I have to go all the way to Carphone Warehouse to get it sorted, leaving me without a phone for days & then it comes completely wiped of all contacts & photos etc), it takes forever to take a photo, & even now after having this phone for a year I still accidentally catch the touch sensitive button & exit things, delete things, hang up on people by mistake! But then of course, it doesn't work too well in the winter months if your hands are cold either! Such a shame as everything else about the phone is great! I will not get this one again, but will get another Samsung next time.

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Reviewer: Livvy - Birmingham, UK
Date: 12th Dec 2008

Hi I have had this phone a year now & so far no problem but I do find the camera very slow by the time it takes the photo my subject has moved. Everyone says that the touch buttons are really sensitive but they aren't that bad but if this is your first phone it's a good choice because it's easy to use.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 12th Dec 2008

Good phone. Nice interface, awesome graphics & so on. But not for those who can't handle touch sensitive buttons. Anyway, they are disabled once slider is down.
But, the camera takes 5 seconds for a snap. Not that which could be used after the dinosaur opens its mouth & before it swallows you.

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Reviewer: Paul - UK
Date: 10th Dec 2008

THIS PHONE IS GREAT NO PROBLEMS BEST PHONE EVER, TOUCH BUTTONS ARE AWESOME.

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Reviewer: Igram - Manchester, UK
Date: 9th Dec 2008

I have had this phone for 1 year. It is not good, the worst phone I have ever had. I will never get Samsung anymore.

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Reviewer: Ella - UK
Date: 9th Dec 2008

Well good phone. Sure the camera is a bit slow but the picture editor is really good. The music player is fantastic, you can use other features while it's still playing. Quite good built in memory. Nice speakers. The camera quality is very good. One thing I would say is that the touch sensitive buttons seem to get less & less sensitive, I've had mine for a week now & no problems. Good phone. Mine was £79.99, you guys seemed to pay loads for it!

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Reviewer: Sarah - Manning, UK
Date: 8th Dec 2008

Well I have had this phone a year & a half now, so to be honest my review is probably the most reliable & accurate. Firstly I still love the phone. The design is sleek, but the only problem is it is easily scratched & the cover wears away quite a lot. The phone is easy to slide & protects the 3.2 mega pixel camera well. I really like the touch screen buttons being where they are, it is handy & easy to get used to. They sometimes accidently exit things which gets annoying but you get used to that. The keypad itself is quite small & the buttons are not well defined so you only have to touch them gently to press them. I got used to my phone in about 3 days fully, so it is pretty easy to get to grips with if you have had something totally different before.

The features on the phone are good, some of the really good ones that stand out to me are the camera, it's clear, can change the effects, take more than one picture, have a background for the picture, flash. I have a big problem though, I am a person who likes to take a lot of photos, & my camera has just gone strange, negative & can't be turned back- I'd like to add that this is not an effect I have put on it. The reason I am getting a new phone is because my camera no longer works, I think this may be due to age of the phone in general but it is still a big disappointment as it is so good. Another feature of the phone is the image editor, it contains so many options to edit your photos, although you cannot edit your videos, & you can only edit your photos you have taken, not photos you have downloaded etc. The phone is all round good with the features, the only thing it lacks is the ability to create more folders for your stuff. The music player is very good, & browsing your music is easy. When you are on the phone you can still browse your phone although it creates a lot of interference for the person you are on the phone to which gets quite annoying. You can text & listen to music at the same time, although you cannot browse images at the same time.

The phone is in general very easy to use when you know how as with anything. I would still recommend buying it even today. A lot of my friends who have it have said there's broke, but I never experienced this. Oh yes another great thing about is that it protects the slots for your charger & your memory card.

The worst part to this phone is its poor battery life, it is extremely poor & needs charging every night!

But if you can put that to one side, then I would recommend you buy thing phone if your looking for a fun phone with a good camera as well as high quality sound.

Another great Samsung phone, well done you! Thank you for your time, I hope this review helped you choose what phone you want to buy :). Sarah x.

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Reviewer: Tracy - UK
Date: 7th Dec 2008

I got this phone in November 2007 on an 18 month contract, I can't wait to get rid of it, its broke twice, sent back under warranty got a new one, & its broke again, the screens cracked, & it keeps going off on me for no reason at all, & some buttons just do not work anymore, like the space button & the S & T when I try & send a text, it's really annoying, & it takes like 10 seconds for a photo to actually take say if my baby was pulling a really cute face, say with her tongue out, I would try & take a picture but it took 15 seconds to actually take then the baby had finished pulling faces at me. I can't wait to get a new phone DO NOT get this one!

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Reviewer: Jonny - UK
Date: 7th Dec 2008

The design is good, sleek & slim. The features are good especially the camera & FM radio. The touch buttons are great & are not a nuisance! I had the e900 & then bought this, way better! Buy it!

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Reviewer: Frankee - UK
Date: 7th Dec 2008

Just saying that the sensitivity of the buttons can be turned down or off all together. I just got this phone for my sister.

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Reviewer: Amber - UK
Date: 6th Dec 2008

I have had this phone since Christmas 2007 (so nearly a year LOL) I have had no problems with it at all! I have found that the dialling screen is really quite slow & often tends to miss numbers out. Also when taking photos is it quite easy to catch the touch buttons but once you get used to the phone you know where they are so it doesn't affect you as much.

The camera is an excellent quality for its megapixels, & texting is simple & easy.

For a year it has been fine, but today when I got up my touch buttons wouldn't work, I have tried everything so I can't read messages, or go onto my pictures because I can't even get on to menu or contacts & my arrows don't work, the only thing I can do is dial!

But I have had it for a while now, so overall it is an excellent phone & I would recommend it, but be careful with the touch buttons!

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Reviewer: Emma - UK
Date: 5th Dec 2008

Pretty awful. This phone kept switching itself off & restarting itself whilst I was writing texts, & freezes on a regular basis. The touch screen buttons are way too sensitive. I sent it back to get fixed on a number of occasions then eventually dropped it accidentally down the toilet to get rid. Don't get it.

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Reviewer: Maddie - UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2008

DO NOT LISTEN TO ALL the MOANERS! I have had this phone for a week now & have had no problems. It is fantastic! The camera is great & the picture editor is pretty cool too. The music player plays almost anything, I love it! I got mine purple & I am with Orange. Guess what it cost. £79.99! How about that for a price? All you guys seemed to pay loads for it! It is the best phone I've ever had! It also seems to have really fast connection & the battery lasts forever! Got a nice slide movement as well. Everyone is complaining about the touch buttons but I don't know what they're going on about. BUY IT!

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Reviewer: Paul - Dublin , Ireland
Date: 3rd Dec 2008

The worst mobile phone I have ever had. The screen went blank after 3 weeks & because it was bought in the UK Samsung won't give customer support in Ireland. What a load of rubbish.

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Reviewer: Jana Andre - London, UK
Date: 1st Dec 2008

I hate this phone, currently looking for a new one after a year's struggle. The worst things are, cannot get a good signal with it, touch buttons are too sensitive, often couldn't finish writing an SMS if you accidentally gently touch it, you have to start again (I am never buying a phone with touch buttons again! ). Quite slow when dialling. Pictures from the camera are not the quality I expected, the pictures from my very old D500 were much better.

Design is quite good, but everyday usability, forget it. People who are looking for a new phone. DO NOT get this one!

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Reviewer: Phoebe - Manchester, UK
Date: 30th Nov 2008

I got this phone in June & I still love it, I was a bit unsure because of all the reviews I read at first about it being REALLY sensitive in your pocket but it isn't because the screens buttons are automatically switched off when the slide is down.

The camera is really good, with the flash I have been able to take a lot more pictures. Also the video camera is excellent.

Texting is pretty easy, a couple of times I have left my finger on the button that deletes a letter & the whole text has gone but that's a one off thing.

Everything about this phone is really good, I can only think that other people who have had this phone got very faulty ones because after 7 months nothing has happened!

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Reviewer: Nell - Glasgow, UK
Date: 29th Nov 2008

Things you should know before you buy this phone.

- It contains 2 moisture detection stickers, one on the battery which you can see, & one tucked away inside that you can't.

- If you have any problem with the phone & just one of the stickers has changed from white to red the warranty is completely invalid. Repair centres won't even investigate the problem! You're not covered under the Sale of Goods Act unless you pay for an independent report which can prove the goods were faulty when manufactured (I checked this out with Trading Standards).

- Although the user guide tells you not to get the phone wet, it doesn't tell that the sticker will detect moisture if you get any condensation in the phone or use it in a high humidity environment e.g. You bring it inside when it's been cold outside, you use it in a kitchen after someone's been cooking. (Obviously if both stickers haven't changed you can prove you didn't drop the phone in a puddle or down the loo.)

- My phone lasted less than 3 months from new to landfill, be warned! The Tesco Repairs centre were quite sympathetic & clearly believed the phone hadn't been mistreated but they say they are limited by the Samsung warranty.

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Reviewer: Janet Mackett - Hong Kong
Date: 29th Nov 2008

Bought this phone last week as the week has progressed I am regretting it more & more. The back sensor works erratically, the predictive texting is hopeless & horrible. The menus do not contain what I expect them to nor can I set a number of settings to my preferences, they simply aren't available.

Having stayed with the same network I cannot receive phone calls on this phone so presumably the antenna is not very effective. I like the colour & size but that is no substitute for a phone you are comfortable with & can operate easily. What a disappointment it has been. I HATE IT & BITTERLY REGRET BUYING IT.

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Reviewer: Sally - Rugby, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2008

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, YOU WILL REGRET IT! IT IS NOT FIT FOR the PURPOSE, the SCREEN IS SO FLIMSY THAT YOU can't KEEP IT IN YOUR POCKET OR BAG, OR the SCREEN SPLITS. YOU MAKE CALLS YOU don't WANT TO MAKE & the PREDICTIVE TEXTING IS rubbish! I CANNOT EMPHASISE HOW AWFUL THIS IS & WHATS MORE. T MOBILE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT & NOW I AM PHONELESS AS the SCREEN HAS FINALLY DIED & the WARRENTY doesn't COVER IT! AGGHHHH.

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Reviewer: Hannah Lambert - Essex, UK
Date: 25th Nov 2008

I bought the candy pink U600 & had it for over year & everything was fine. The phone was very slow at some points especially when it came to loading the music player but it didn't seem to bother me.

One day the phone came turning itself on & off every 10 minutes & the screen would turn on to the welcome Samsung bit at the beginning & then would cut out. I would take the battery out of the back & the key lights where still on! (Even though there was no power going into the phone).

I took the phone to my Phone Doctor & he said that it was irreparable even thought I had done nothing to it for it to turn out like this.

I wouldn't really advise anyone to buy this phone, because when this happened to my phone, something similar happened to my cousins U600 & that stopped working too.

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Reviewer: Fp - Thessaloniki, Greece
Date: 24th Nov 2008

It's not easy to find more features on such a slim mobile phone.

Music player is very good. Photo taking can be annoying, but quality is guaranteed. There are even many options for the use of the alarm clock! Touch buttons may cause some troubles in the beginning, but why don't you focus on the ease of using them instead?

No phone is perfect, but this one has the perfect design.

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Reviewer: Bettie - England, UK
Date: 23rd Nov 2008

I am getting this phone for Christmas & I have chosen to get it in red. Although there are a lot of people not happy with this phone my step sister has this phone & she has never had any problems with it. She loves the camera & doesn't find the touch sensitive buttons annoying at all, so can people stop moaning & give it a chance!

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Reviewer: Erin - Australia
Date: 22nd Nov 2008

I want this phone for Christmas, but I am a bit worried about all the reviews against it. Some reviews are awesome but most are not. I want my phone to be perfect for me otherwise I will never get to pick my phone again.

- What is the best way to keep the phone safe?
- Does the phone have Bluetooth?
- How much would it cost?
- Does the touch screen break easy?


Don't give me faulty answers please because I really need to know :).

Please write back ill love you forever, not literally but you know what I mean :).

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Reviewer: Jake - UK
Date: 22nd Nov 2008

Had this phone for 9 months & not had ANY problems with it. Its small, light & does the job.

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Reviewer: Katie - Nelson, UK
Date: 20th Nov 2008

From reading some of these reviews, I guess I was lucky with my phone.

I got my candy pink U600 last December & had very few problems. The only thing I would say, is that music is a bit slow to load up, though I must admit, I had over 100 on my memory card.

Also, when it's sending a text, it now & again freezes & so you need to turn it on & off.
& lastly, the camera is a bit slow in taking & so some pictures blur or I've missed the chance by the time its finished.

When I first got it, I had problems writing texts because I kept accidentally deleting it with the touch button LOL! But I got used to it quick enough.

The thing is, I spilt a drink on it & now my camera doesn't work. It's all green & weird. Also, my memory card slot doesn't work. My phone doesn't seem to realise I've got one in.

It still lets me ring & text well enough though, which is pretty good considering it was a LOT of water.

I've lost my guarantee for it & so I am gutted because I need a new one really, the lack of camera & music on my memory card depresses me.

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Reviewer: Leigh - London , UK
Date: 19th Nov 2008

I've had this phone for about a year, & have had to send it back for repairs 4 times, as it tends to become faulty within a couple of months. I've had problems writing text messages, the screen goes blank half way through, the phone freezes & switches itself off. It also stops charging, & switches itself off & on again all the time. I've finally been upgraded to another phone now, & wouldn't recommend the U600, it has been more hassle than it's worth!

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Reviewer: Craig Ford - Salisbury, UK
Date: 17th Nov 2008

I took this on a contract in late August, am now on my third one in three months. First one could not find the network even though a Nokia phone on the same network showed full signal strength. The replacement was a refurbished, & came with broken battery cover & scratched screen, also would spend a lot of time searching for signals. The third one I have had for 2 weeks & has died! Virgin have now decided to swap for a Sony Ericsson. Thank goodness, stay clear of these phones.

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Reviewer: Isla - Dunblane, UK
Date: 14th Nov 2008

Well guess what I have been on the phone to Orange again 2 days after getting a brand new replacement well its playing up resetting again & there still not wanting to give me another phone so I am going to get legal advice as they want 170 pounds to get out of the contract but if there not giving me a phone that works properly surely they are not doing the right thing.

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Reviewer: Margaret Price - UK
Date: 14th Nov 2008

I bought this phone because of its slimness & find it easy to use. I am sure I'll soon get used to the sensitive buttons. BUT the instruction book is useless when it comes to the camera part & the menu for that aspect is not very helpful. I have been unable to regularly download photos with the USB lead, sometimes it works & sometimes it doesn't. So I bought a micro SD card adaptor only to find the card was empty. I then discovered you have to copy the photos on to the card each time, there doesn't seem to be a way of automatically saving to the card. I've not yet discovered how to take a video without the built in memory running out half way through if there are already many images on it. You really do have to find out for yourself how to work the camera. No doubt it will all become clear in the end. I may be wrong with some of my assumptions, perhaps its early days still! Photo quality seems excellent, though not so good indoors. I would recommend this phone, but only if you have patience & perseverance, or this is not the first phone & camera you've owned. Perhaps they're all like this.

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Reviewer: Isla - Dunblane, UK
Date: 10th Nov 2008

First Review
Well guess what I have had to get another replacement phone yesterday this is getting ridiculous that phone starting making a terrible noise when I made calls & the person I was on phone to couldn't hear it! I sinned Orange & asked for a different model which they couldn't do as they say the phone has to have the same fault 3 times before they give you another model I am very upset as there is no way I want to have this phone until the end of my contract in another 13 months. Samsung should recall these phones as Orange has spoken to them & I don't know what was said but Orange was not impressed.

Second Review
Got a new Samsung on Sunday & guess what I have been on phone to Orange again as this one's slider is loose asked for different model because of all the problems I have had with it & they are refusing to give me another model but will get a brand new one tomorrow as I have had three already replaced in less than a month! The other replacements have been refurbished ones.

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 4th Nov 2008

I got this phone a year ago & had problems from day one, couldn't use predictive text without the phone freezing or wiping the message, switching itself on & off. When I rang my phone company I was told that all of the handsets had this problem & I could get a replacement but it would only have the same problem. In the past few weeks the screen has been going mad, turning all colours, reversing the image on screen to a mirror image & going blank. Thank goodness my contract is up this month! Would NOT recommend this phone in a million years! Be warned!

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Reviewer: Dearren Morgan - Stourbridge, UK
Date: 4th Nov 2008

This is a quality phone I have had it for 18 months & it has been perfect, all you moaning about calls cutting off because the button touches you're cheek in a call that is nonsense because you have to press the middle button when in a call to get the touch sensitive buttons to work without pressing the button you can touch all other buttons as much as you like because they are locked & as for calling the person you are trying to text. I have tried pressing the call button when selecting a contact to text & it doesn't allow you to text them, so please don't moan, it is a class phone.

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Reviewer: Kate Keddie - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 31st Oct 2008

I am now on my THIRD U600, I've had nothing but problems with this model, each U600 either not charging properly, or dying completely on me, or being so super sensitive that I had a cracked screen. I am a very careful user & have never had any problems like these with any other mobile. It's extremely touch sensitive which is also a total pain. Oh & Samsung's predictive text facility apparently 'went down' so I was unable to use that at one point too.

I will be returning to a solid, no nonsense Nokia or a Sony Ericsson as soon as my 18 month contract runs out early 2009.

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Reviewer: Olivia - UK
Date: 29th Oct 2008

Had this phone nearly a year now & I have had no problems. I would very recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Isla - Dunblane, UK
Date: 25th Oct 2008

I have been having terrible times with this phone. I got it on my contract about 3 months ago, first one kept resetting itself while squealing, got replaced 9 days ago this one has lost my number twice & also keeps resetting, getting a new one tomorrow if this goes wrong I am going to demand another phone. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone.

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Reviewer: Darren - Portsoy Scotland, UK
Date: 22nd Oct 2008

I really liked this phone but then I got the same problem as a lot of people. Screen is playing up. The phone is on but you can't see anything. People ring me, hello who is this like? Oh sorry have got a Samsung u600 & it won't show me who is calling. Text messages are out the equation. I am not happy at all.

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Reviewer: Michelle - UK
Date: 15th Oct 2008

This phone was great. Until I got home. The slider came loose. Got a replacement. 2 months later, screen started flipping upside down, turning off. Got repaired. Same happened again. Not once. Not twice. But another 3 times. Then once it had been repaired 3 times. The touch screen buttons became really un sensitive. Another repair & another phone. PS. Don't buy it!

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Reviewer: Gill - Telford, UK
Date: 15th Oct 2008

I've had this phone for 2 months & hate it with a passion. I ring people I am not meant to, send texts half completed, cut people off when answer the phone. It really is the worst mobile I have ever owned & I have today been out & purchased a replacement to cover the next 16 months of my contract with Orange. I would strongly recommend giving this mobile a very wide berth!

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Reviewer: Sally - UK
Date: 14th Oct 2008

I love my U600 but it does have its faults. I have been careful with mine but a friend who kept his in his pocket all the time broke it in record time. The touch pads are a nuisance because it is easy to cut yourself off mid conversation by touching them with your cheek. & the battery does go flat quickly. Other than that I like it. I have a G600 contract phone which I like a lot less so I don't use it. U600 is a lot easier to use.

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Reviewer: Niall - Ireland
Date: 13th Oct 2008

Had the phone for a few weeks now & every things fine, although I broke the screen but that was entirely my fault the touch buttons aren't hard to get used to so stop complaining also there may be a camera delay but what odds if you getting great picture quality.

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Reviewer: Trev - Harrogate, UK
Date: 6th Oct 2008

I have had this phone for over a year & have never had any problem with it, it's always worked & has had a bit of a battering to be honest!

It is annoyingly easy to call someone by mistake that's one of my gripes!

ALSO why does it not save the time & date details of sent messages! Does anyone know why this is? I like to know the time & date I sent a message & other phones I have had have given this information. It does tell you these details of received messages but not sent?

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Reviewer: Stuart - Hull, UK
Date: 4th Oct 2008

Had this phone 9 months with no problems then answered a call & screen broke internal no damage to external parts took it back to phones for you for a replacement as this is on 18 month contract they don't want to know so I will put SIM in my old phone & never get a Samsung or use phones for you again the aftercare in phones for you is rubbish they say it's down to you & the way it's been used but reading all the other reviews about the 600 tells me there is a fault with the screen internally or why is it that its always the insides of screen that breaks.

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Reviewer: Cat - Essex, UK
Date: 30th Sep 2008

I have had the same problems as everyone else. My buttons froze. Its been sent off four times, the screen freezes, it blacks out, turns itself on & off. Truly the worst phone I have ever had in my life. I wouldn't even give this phone to my worst enemy.

To make it worse. T mobile wouldn't replace the phone for me so I am stuck with a rubbish loan phone till the end of my contract!

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Reviewer: Andy Sadler - Bristol, UK
Date: 28th Sep 2008

I have owned countless mobiles over the years, & this was the first touch one with touch screens. At first, yes, it was tricky adapting to touch sensitivty, but like with any new phone, you learn. I can't now fault the handset in any way. Never forget they are only as reliable as the owner so if you take care of them they will do all they as of it!

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Reviewer: Deedee - St Pauls Bay, Malta
Date: 25th Sep 2008

I've had this phone for a year & 2 months (roughly). I love it! It's only been severely broken once, but that was my fault.

The camera DOES take a long time, but that's because of the auto focus & I've gotten used to it now.

I've had a problem with it recently, the left touch key stopped working for me (the menu one) for no reason & I've had to take it the repair shop, but since I've had it for so long, it's only happened this time so it shouldn't be a common problem.

For those who are GOING to buy it or thinking about it, I'd suggest buying a screen guard as well. The screen scratches easily, just like other phones, but as it's a touch sensitive phone, if you want to change the screen, it's going to cost a little bit because of the touch keys, but other than that, nothing else.

I'd recommend this phone, though in the beginning it's a bit of a bother till you figure out how the touch keys work etc.

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Reviewer: Faye - Stoke, UK
Date: 24th Sep 2008

I must be the owner of the best u600 phone around. My own model has never frozen ridiculously on me, has been battered around like god knows what, & still works perfectly fine.

I've dropped in mud at a festival & all I had to do was to wait for it to dry & scrape the dry mud off & it was like new. I have also got it extremely wet whilst charging it (at same festival), it wouldn't turn on. Again, all I had to do was to wait for it to dry off, & then it started up again fine. It may look fragile, but mines certainly taken some knocks & come up rosy.

The touch buttons are very sensitive, & when I first got it, I was forever accidently ringing people. But it's one of those things that become second nature to you, & I haven't had a problem with them since. The phone is a year old, & has never once frozen over about 10 seconds. The screen is pretty scratched because I've dropped it so much, yet it still manages to look great. I love the super slim design & it's such a good looking phone.

The only qualm I have, is signal problems, which seem to be an ongoing problem with this particular model. You can stand in the same place & get full signal & no signal in the space of a minute. Sometimes when I send a text, it goes from full signal to nothing. It's frustrating yes, but I still love this phone.

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Reviewer: Lloyd - Suffolk, UK
Date: 22nd Sep 2008

This phone is honestly the worst phone I have ever had.

I was suckered in with all the fancy touch sensitive buttons & the extra toys. It is unfortunately don't exit to the menu.

Turning the light on is impossible. If you're doing something & you want someone else to shine a light on you, again, this takes a lengthy lesson in how to hold the phone, how to make sure you don't accidentally press any of the other buttons & so on.

Texting is equally appalling. If you accidentally hit the clear & call end button, you are given the option of either exiting, or saving your message to drafts. There is no cancel button, meaning that if you so much as brush your thumb against the touch sensitive button, you have to start again, or exit, go back into drafts, find the message.

The build quality is poor also. I admit, I am a heavy phone user, but the screen on this phone is so scratched, whilst it was still working, I could barely see it. It's also appalling in the sun. If you want to look at pictures you've taken on a sunny day, think again.

Less than 1 year into my 24 month contract, I now have no working phone.

Overall, this phone looks great. It's got some nice ideas that, with just a little sensible thought, could make it into a fantastic phone. However, that sensible thought is obviously lacking from the Samsung offices, & far more crucial than making a quality piece of engineering is making a quick buck.

For this reason, I would strongly try & dissuade anyone from buying one of these phones.

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Reviewer: Steve - UK
Date: 18th Sep 2008

I've had mine for about 18 months now & it's been a pretty decent phone. I did manage to break the screen after a few weeks but that was my mostly my fault. I really like the size & weight of it as it's not like other bricks I've owned & fits in pockets nicely. T9 keeps changing language so I have to keep changing back but that's about it problem wise.

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Reviewer: Scarlett - UK
Date: 16th Sep 2008

Just got this phone today from O2, after the upgrade discount & discount for my old broken phone it ended up cost 52 quid!

The touch sensitive buttons are great & there's plenty of room on the keypad to text.

The camera takes no more time to take a picture than on my old Samsung d900 so don't know why people are moaning about that seen as its a high resolution picture.

Easy to use & easy to navigate.

If you have vista on your computer & you want to transfer your pictures from PC to phone or phone to PC, all you need is a Bluetooth dongle that you stick in your usb port in your computer.

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Reviewer: Karen - Solihull, UK
Date: 15th Sep 2008

What a rubbish phone I have had mine for 12 months I have had it fixed 3 times a new battery just incase that was the fault & finally t mobile sent me a new phone which is exactly the same it doesn't turn on & when it does it just freezes I have had to use my old phone which is more then 2 years old very angry with t mobile who are only offering to give me a new contract so I can get a new phone but they also want to charge me 40 quid for the phone I won't when they know for fact that phone should not be on sale because of all the faults, I am goin bk to trusted Nokia.

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Reviewer: Nickon - Barrouallie, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Date: 12th Sep 2008

I have this phone for almost a year & the only problem I had with it was that it froze on me twice but I just took it off & put it back on again & it came back on with all my stuff nothing was deleted, I love it because it has a lot of great features like the theme, I really love that.

It don't reset itself & as for the sensitivity, I think if you own a phone after the first few uses you should know how sensitive it is, so I have no problem with the sensitivity & I don't see how you can delete your messages when it practically ask you about three times or so if you want to delete, once you take care of your phone, your phone will give you good service don't know for others but it works for me.

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Reviewer: Craig Lumsdaine - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 9th Sep 2008

Not quite sure what to make of this phone. I am actually on my second one of these, as the first one went totally haywire after only three weeks of use. It couldn't hold a charge at all (although I later found out that this happens if you don't FULLY charge the phone before you start using it) & then the screen began to flip upside down, back to front & crash totally.

Virgin changed the phone no questions asked, although the guy in the shop did give me a kind of oh no not another one look, when I told him about the problems! That was back in January & the replacement phone has been faultless. Until a couple of weeks ago when the dreaded screen problems came back again. Not as bad as before, but just as annoying.

I get green lines & dead pixels all over the screen & it will often blur & break up when writing texts or scrolling through menus. I am going to head over to Zavvi this evening & try to get another replacement, but I am not too hopeful as I've only got 3 months left of my contract so they may just tell me to go away & wait until it's due to expire.

Overall though, the phone is good & has a lot of excellent features. It just seems to be full of bugs & glitches & without these it would be excellent. It takes very good pictures (once the camera decides to take them! ) & I can easily transfer them to my MacBook via Bluetooth. Gets a good (ish) reception on Virgin, but to be honest any problems in that area are more down to the provider than anything else.

Anyway, hopefully I can get this thing sorted tonight but if not I think I'll be going for a Samsung Omnia on Vodafone next!

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Reviewer: Confused - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2008

So I wrote a review not long ago & I got my phone back. I sent it back to them & they repaired for me for free under the guarantee :] just hoping that it lasts now.

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Reviewer: Dugdale - Southampton, UK
Date: 8th Sep 2008

I bought this phone from Phones 4 you in April unfortunately phone back & within a week the screen is scrambling going white & black etc so I return it which there answer was We'd have to send it off again.

I was reluctant to send it away as it's my only form of contact for my job & at home & didn't have another phone I could borrow or get my hands on unless I bought another cheap one. I refused to send it off as it's a known problem with these screens in which phones 4 you denied & refused to comment on the phone! I have been informed by a private phone repair company that they & other private company's will not touch this phone due to its ongoing screen problem.

So Phones 4 you told me if I sent the phone back & on the third time it isn't repairable they will replace the phone but problem is it is repairable & I refuse to send my phone of every month to get it repaired! This phone will not last the 18 month contract & as for usage nice lay out but it kicks you off when texting & randomly connects to browser when trying to navigate through phone & calls people as the screen is so sensitive even if you turn it down to its lowest setting! THIS PHONE IS A JOKE & SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ON SALE!

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2008

I have had the phone a few months now & it seems fine.

People moan about the sensitivity of the touch pad but if you go to settings you can increase or decrease the sensitivity to suit you!

The only bad thing is the slow speed of the camera when taking photos : ( but their quite good quality so it's OK.

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Reviewer: Mark Underwood - London, UK
Date: 6th Sep 2008

This is a classic case of style over substance. I can only reiterate most of the comments made here, phone looks great but there are plenty of problems e.g. Overly sensitive buttons, poor camera functionality etc.

Today, though, I've found that whenever I ring anyone or they ring me, I can hear the caller but they can't hear me! Although I can still text this renders it pretty worthless.

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Reviewer: Joe - UK
Date: 3rd Sep 2008

This is an awesome phone, it's nice, light & has got a good camera.

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Reviewer: Pauline - UK
Date: 31st Aug 2008

I am so angry with regards to my Samsung U600. I never right reviews but had to get this down for all to see.

I bought my pay as you go mobile a week past on Saturday from my local Orange shop. A week exactly to the day I bought it, I had received a text, sent a text & then placed my phone down. About half an hour later I went to use it & there was no power to the phone, it had just died. It had been charged, so I knew there was plenty of charge, however, I plugged in charger & again there was no power getting to the phone.

I phoned the Orange shop & was advised to take it in. This I did, what happens, the assistant plugs it in & it works. I was advised as they couldn't see the problem there was nothing they could do.

Tonight I decided to take a photo with the camera & it kept failing, I then go in to look at my images that I had taken during the week & they have all gone. I AM FURIOUS. I had taken a lot of precious photos.

My camera has now reset itself back to the original wallpaper, original ringtone (I have lost all my music too) I have no media saved & I did NOTHING to it.

I will be in at the Orange shop tomorrow as soon as it opens & my fear is, they do nothing. I have lost faith with this phone & wish I had never bought it, I do not want a repair if I get offered one, especially after only owning it for a week!

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Reviewer: Previous Owner - UK
Date: 31st Aug 2008

I bought this phone within a week of it coming out. At first everything was fine, the touch screen buttons took a bit of getting used to but were OK after a while.

However, soon the paint around the edges of the phone started to wear off, contrasting the supposed sleek looks of it. I too like others have had the misfortune of people calling me & being unable to hear me, yet I could hear them. It gets annoying, especially since you have to use credit in returning the call!

The camera is OK quality wise however the delay means it is useless at taking pictures of moving objects & you have to hold it extremely still due to the long shutter delay.

I found it annoying that once photos for example were on the memory card you were unable to scroll through them without returning to the main menu time & time again (maybe this is to do with the memory card format however? )

When connecting to the PC, another bug was the fact that you had to move files back off the memory card to enable transfer to PC, this wasted a lot of time. After several months, the software would not let me play back videos on my PC originally taken with the phone (due to missing software library) the updater also failed to work.

The nail in the coffin was when I had the phone for 7 months, left it on my bed & inadvertently put my elbow on the phone, completely ruining the screen (& actual LCD part underneath). The phone sits in the living room waiting for me to decide whether to replace it or not!

Overall it wowed me at the start with its good looks & promise however it soon disappoints after a few months of use.

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Reviewer: Confused - UK
Date: 31st Aug 2008

I liked this phone a lot. Until the speakers stopped working & the screen went blank! For me it lasted a couple of months & someone else also had problems with the screen so in my opinion this phone is great while it lasts but from personal experience it doesn't last very long. I have sent mine off for repair so we'll see what happens :).

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Reviewer: Jess Brown - UK
Date: 29th Aug 2008

WOW! I got this phone today & it is amazing! I enjoyed the games, even if the demos are a bit short. The camera only takes half a second! I think either you get one with loads of faults or one that's perfect. Mine even came half charged LOL. Only kidding but I only charged it for 3 hours & it's still 3 bars!

Don't LET BAD REVIEWS PUT YOU OFF!

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Reviewer: Lily - UK
Date: 28th Aug 2008

HI! I would like to say a few things the first is don't get a contract with Virgin. I did not get it delivered, so I rang up, to find that they failed my credit check! No one has ever done that before. I was also annoyed as no one had bothered to ring me about this, & as I was saying this to the person on the other end of the line, she put the phone down! This has now wrecked my credit file.

Second is that the reason there are so many bad reviews is because people who no it's good do not bother writing reviews. Third is that I LOVE THIS PHONE!

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Reviewer: Kayleigh - UK
Date: 28th Aug 2008

I have had this phone since Christmas 2007 & am giving it up when I get a Sony Ericsson Christmas 2008. The reason for the is because the phone is a let down. I am the type of person that loves pictures, & after a few months of having the mobile, the camera bailed out on me. The quality is horrible now, the pictures & the pictures look wierd. I have only experience crashing when I sometimes save my messages. Sometimes they'll save, semetimes they'll crash & restart the mobile & not save. It's awkward but apart from that, theres been no crashing. The only good thing about this phone is the design of it, & the amount of space a memory card provides. I have got a 2GB memory card & I can fit hundrends of songs onto it.

I wouldn't recommend this phone if you're one who likes taking pictures & videos. Bye.

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Reviewer: Someone - UK
Date: 28th Aug 2008

I have had this phone for 12 months now & I think as soon as you get use to the touch screen it is a fantastic phone! However, I have a couple of problem the camera takes ages to take because it has to focus fortunately you can put it on multi-shot & select either 6, 9, 12 photos to take & they come out fantastically! However the phone tends to be very slow & not very loud when someone calls or texts you! Nevertheless the colours the phone is available in are lovely, I have the pink candy one & it is lovely colour! This phone is best probably for teenagers or people who are getting a first phone.

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Reviewer: K Kamina - UK
Date: 27th Aug 2008

I have had this phone for 4 months, & I am not very happy about this phone. It is an OK phone & the touch screen sensitive buttons are sometimes very annoying. I hate it when you call someone & then you have to unlock to shut the call, sometimes they charge you more.

Whilst texting, it is a great problem as the buttons are very close to each other & it is very hard to press the buttons. I give it 5 out of 10.

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Reviewer: Jess Brown - UK
Date: 27th Aug 2008

Although I put each rating at 50 as I have not got the phone yet. I was looking forward to getting my new Samsung u600 tomorrow, but reading these reviews I am a bit worried. I took a 12 month contract with virgin. Is this a mistake?

I will only use it for a short while each day. Can someone suggest a good way to protect the phone as I want to be careful with it. My friend has another Samsung & I noticed that when I ring her there is a slight echo. Does this happen on all Samsung phones? Or was it my Motorola w375.

Oh & is this phone good compared to cheaper phones, as I will not be downloading music or pictures onto it. Please could somebody reply to this & I will write a review when I get the phone.

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Reviewer: Louise - UK
Date: 27th Aug 2008

When I first got the phone I was so pleased. I purchased the pink Samsung & its sleek look & touch screen system made me the envy of all my friends.

However, after 6 months I am severely disappointed & am currently buying a new phone.

The following things are wrong with the phone.
- The battery life is very short & I have to charge my phone every other day which is a pain.
- The colour has chipped around the screen to reveal a horrid metallic colour underneath (re spray is going to cost me £30).
- The touch sensitive buttons are a pain. Simply brushing the green phone with your fingers causes you to accidentally phone someone & accidentally brushing the red phone while texting (which is right next to the cancel button) causes you to exit off the text with no option of returning to the text.
- The phone continually freezes meaning I have to take out the battery.
- The camera takes AGES to take a photo! The time between pressing the button & the photo actually taking is so long that everyone gets bored & walks away.
- Texting is very difficult. The predictive hardly ever remembers words & it is a pain to get the word you are looking for.
- My Internet (with virgin, which by the way, I found to be the worst service in the world) still does not work.

There are many many more faults than this.

Overall the phone looks good & has OK features & is great when brand new but only buy this phone if you have a lot of patience & time.

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Reviewer: Oliver Jones - UK
Date: 27th Aug 2008

This phone has been an absolute disaster from day one. The first time I even dared to turn the thing on it froze while trying to text. After a few uneventful weeks the speaker decided to break, meaning I had no way of actually hearing the person who was ringing me. The screen then scrambled & eventually went black & impossible to use. This has happened three times & each time Orange send it back from being repaired the exact same thing happens. What a waste of a 100 quid. My advice, put your money towards something with some actual durablity because this phone is a joke.

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Reviewer: Claire - West Mids, UK
Date: 27th Aug 2008

I have had this phone since April 2007. It is the original phone I had. It has worked with no problems for me. I have dropped it. Many a time & still have it in working order. I agree the camera is slow when needing to take another picture but after so long I have got used to this. The touch sensitive buttons took a while to get used to but now I think I will find it difficult to get used to normal buttons. They do have to be touched a couple of times but apart from that, I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever. The memory without an external memory card isn't the best but I have just not bought a memory card but survived.

Everything I think is brilliant. My only dilemma is what phone do I get next? I am due my upgrade & love Samsungs! I don't like the U900 & toying between F400, U800 & a couple others. Any help would be appreciated!

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Reviewer: Alfred Scott - Germany
Date: 25th Aug 2008

The buttons are rubbish, the touchpad thing is bad, & if you have even averagely sized fingers, you will find yourself pushing three flipping BUTTONS AT ONCE.

On top of this, the built in software is so rubbish that after a month or two, when you ring people (or they ring you, doesn't happen often to me, can't imagine why), you can hear yourself, but they can't HEAR YOU!

In conclusion, all Samsung phones are rubbish (with reference from just one, but that's all I need) & you should buy something half decent.

Every phone has its problems, but this one seems to have a lot of a problems (& now that I come to think of it, not many upsides, either.)

The predictive texting is a complete joke, although the camera is half decent (when the shutter finally flipping closes) & that's all I can think of. The thing just locked me out, too.

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Reviewer: Lau - Basildon, UK
Date: 24th Aug 2008

I got this phone in February & it is a very good phone for someone who doesn't want much memory as the memory on the phone is poor! & if you have more than one song & a few pictures on there it goes very slow! The camera is very very very slow & it is so thin that I hate it when I text or am on the phone it wobbles & is not very nice I decide to get this phone as one of my friends has it & seemed like a very good phone until a month after I got mine her touch pad broke which seems like a common thing she has her phone for 3 months.

The touch screen is also a pain as it hardly ever works when you want it too. The phone is very good but the features are terrible I am not happy with it & I am now switching to contract & on the LG secret. I have also used different phones I.e. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung & I have found Samsung is very good but I like a change. Phone recommended for business men but not for youngsters who will use it constantly & for the memory!

Also the battery life is fine for me never experienced any problems with the phone itself I just don't like it.

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Reviewer: Andrea Taylor - Manchester, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2008

Firstly, I am a very careful low phone user who always passes my old phones onto others as they are in such good condition!

However, like so many others, I wish I had read the reviews before launching into an 18 month contract with this phone. BIG MISTAKE & ONE WHICH I WILL NOT REPEAT.

My first phone stopped accepting charge & went completely dead after about 3 months, when I rang T Mobile they said it was the battery & sent me a replacement. I tried the new battery but the same problems occurred. Took it into T Mobile for repair & made do with a terrible loan phone. 3 weeks later, collected my repaired phone. Still broken & obviously all the memory had gone! I rang my provider & firmly told them how unhappy I was & they kindly sent me a brand new handset & assured me that they had experienced few problems with this phone. That was 5 weeks ago.

Yesterday, my new phone indicated that charging was required (even though it had been on charge all evening) & then an hour later it went dead! Rang T mobile who informed me that my problems were isolated & they had received few problems with this phone (charging or otherwise) again I was informed that my only option was to take it in for repair, wait 3 weeks & if it was still broken they would be prepared to offer me a replacement but it would be the SAMSUNG U600 & nothing else. So, this evening I took it in for repair. When I came home I decided to find out if anybody else was experiencing problems & found to my surprise that I was not alone.

I was extremely cross that I had been mislead by my provider into thinking I was the only person experiencing problems with this handset & I decided to inform T Mobile about this website & how many negative comments there were about this phone! Which I did & the outcome being that they have now agreed that if the phone comes back & is still broken then I can have a replacement handset & NOT the Samsung U600.

AVOID THIS PHONE AT ALL COSTS!

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Reviewer: Lindsay - Leeds, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2008

Had this phone for 13 months & it is great.

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Reviewer: Robert - Warwick, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2008

Great phone when you fist get it, it's stylish & you DO get used to the keyboard within about three days.

However, the camera is rubbish unless you can get people to pose for about 20 seconds from when you've first tried to press the button. The flash is also a real pain to activate.

As previously mentioned, the touch sensitive buttons are far too sensitive & the number of times you'll exit what you're doing by pressing the right silver button (whilst aiming for the right white button) is just infuriating.

I too am now suffering from the predictive text crashing after having had the phone for about 9 months. Subsequently having to send texts using the non predictive text method, though this has also crashed once or twice.

In all, this is more of a phone for show than for use, don't buy one unless you only want it for style & calls.

That said, the battery life is also shocking. Even when brand new, it required charging more often than any other mobile I've ever had.

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Reviewer: Carlton - Bradbury, UK
Date: 18th Aug 2008

Far & away the worst phone I have ever had the misfortune to use. It is awful. The touch sensitive buttons dial people with the merest brush, text messages delete themselves. There is no zoom on the photos & worst of all the so called PC Suite that comes on the CD is incompatible with Vista meaning I can't remove any photos onto my laptop. Also the memory card is not Micro or M2. I want to smash this phone into a million pieces.

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Reviewer: Kate - UK
Date: 17th Aug 2008

I have had this phone since Christmas & I love it. I bought the phone at £95.99 (loved the price) & I am with Orange. I got the phone in purple (my favourite colour) & I especially love the touch screen feature & I love the memory size. I totally love this phone & all my friend want it. Kate.

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Reviewer: Kev Howarth - Ossett, UK
Date: 17th Aug 2008

Overall a great phone, had it for nearly a year after an upgrade from my D600. However I am now using the D600 because the screen decided to flip the images back to front & upside down before eventually crashing all together, before that though it worked brilliantly. The camera was sharp & detailed without blur or grainy images but it does take an age for it to take the photo, so no good when you are touring Italy unless you like pictures of trees because by the time it took the picture the moment was gone.

But that apart had no problems with software or texting, I only had to reset the MMS settings once after I dropped it. Would recommend it to most people, looking at upgrading now to the G600 but having read the reviews not so sure, might just get another of these.

Whatever you do, DON'T get it on O2 couldn't get a signal anywhere, mates have it with Vodafone & Orange & don't have any of the problems.

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Reviewer: Sophie - UK
Date: 16th Aug 2008

I ordered a J700 through virgin, & the order got messed up, & when I spoke to them they said there was a newer version, which was the U600, my friend had bought one & seemed happy with it, so I said yes & took it, I had heard bad things about the sensitivity & was very worried, but there was no need at all, OK it is sensitive, but I have learnt how to like that, great camera, & the phone is light & thin, so great to carry round. I am glad I got this phone.

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Reviewer: Kirsty Penolope Roberts - London, UK
Date: 15th Aug 2008

It's my first phone & it's the BEST! Don't LISTEN to the BAD reviews! I DIDN'T & GOT IT! GET IT ONLINE. VERY THIN BUT QUITE WIDE WHICH IS A GOOD THING! ALL MY FRIENDS ARE JEALOUS! I recommend IT!

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Reviewer: Dorothy Milne - Perth, UK
Date: 12th Aug 2008

Received this phone through virgin mobile on the 8th July 2008, was great to start with, mastered how it worked OK but after first couple of weeks or so noticed battery power dreadful was only barely lasting 24 hours if that. Another problem was after having had several Samsung's over the years with no problems at all discovered that the actual reception on this was awful, could hardly get a signal anywhere & I stay in middle of Perth, not exactly in the middle of nowhere. As it stands, am due to get a replacement model tomorrow from virgin mobile so we'll see what happens then. Am not happy with virgin mobile either over their policies as regards returns either but that is another issue.

Overall was relatively happy with this phone but short battery life was a big letdown & the camera was very slow.

I would give it 5 out of 10, Samsung do much better phones than this. For the money you could get a much better phone elsewhere.

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Reviewer: KD - London, UK
Date: 9th Aug 2008

Only had the phone 1 day now, & am hoping I don't experience any problems as mentioned in other reviews, mind you the back already has a few scratches, so I am a bit disappointed as it seems way too fragile.

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Reviewer: Phoneless - Ireland
Date: 8th Aug 2008

First of all I have to admit I love the Samsung U600 love the design it looks great. I recently bought the black & gold one but like everyone it took a while to get used to the uber-sensitive buttons then it was cool.

But just a couple of days ago I was charging my phone & after bout an hour plugged it out but then the low battery warning came on! I plugged it back in but within the hour the battery wasted & the phone turned off even though it was charging!

brought it back to the shop but missed the refund policy by 3 days so was told to go get it fixed which I did & was told it couldn't be fixed due to moisture damage, I never got water near it I was so careful. So now after three weeks I have a broken phone & 169 euro down the drain basically, & because its moisture damage its not covered by warranty.

The one thing that is annoying me is I was told it could of been as simple as leaving my phone in a cold room & the heat from the normal working of the phone could cause condensation thus moisture damage! That to me is a major fault in designing a phone. & I repeat I never spilled anything near my phone used it in the rain or anything it just genuinely stopped working & I was surprised to hear it was moisture damage!

Yet give me another Samsung U600 or FIX mine & I would gladly take it back ha ha.

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Reviewer: Louise - Ireland
Date: 7th Aug 2008

I got this phone on an 18 month contract & loved it at first. Now I am only half way though my contact & the phone is broke. My touch buttons don't work & neither does the button in the middle so all I can do is use my speed dial! It's a joke! Total waste of money & can't wait to change my phone. Won't be buying Samsung again!

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Reviewer: Matthew Yarnold - Birmingham, UK
Date: 7th Aug 2008

This phone was awful for me. Currently on my second one after the camera stopped working, then the screen goes fuzzy & not it disconnects me when making calls, this phone now is knackered. I know a few people with this phone & they have similar problems. This phone is the reason I am avoiding Samsung phones for a while.

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Reviewer: Rosie Green - London, UK
Date: 7th Aug 2008

The actual phone is good although the camera take AGES just to take one photo. After having it for a month the microphone broke (I didn't drop it) I had it repaired & it was fine for a week until it broke again.

Also whenever I text in predictive text it freezes & turns itself off. This phone is easy to use though.

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Reviewer: Scott Mcginlay - Glasgow, UK
Date: 6th Aug 2008

A really poor phone all round that puts to much emphasis on looks & has forgotten all about functionality. Mine has gone wrong on several occasions from screen problems to freezing spontaneously. The button layout is extremely difficult to get used to even after several months of use & you will find yourself accidentally deleting texts & other files without meaning to do so. The touch sensitive buttons are far too sensitive & apart from seeming like a good idea, they only slow down the browsing & texting experience. Depressible buttons would be far better suited to this phone. All in all, a really poor phone that looks OK from the outside, but is a disaster waiting to happen.

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Reviewer: Vicky T - Gerrards Cross, UK
Date: 6th Aug 2008

The Samsung U600 is SUCH A STYLISH PHONE, which being a teenage girl (which I am) is essential as you can imagine. There are a few main features which many people think a phone has to have (In no particular order):

1: It looks good:

This phone comes in many different colours & is so sleek. The hole for the charger is located under a flap on the side which is designed perfectly with a great fit so it really doesn't stick out.

2. It works as a phone:

Which it certainly does. The volume is good as well. (I am not an expert on this bit!)

3. Camera:

A great 3.2 mega pixel camera, loads of settings on your photos, borders, tints, styles, mosaic, timer etc.

I also love the fact that you can personalise it by adding your pics as your homepage & you can also make the pic on your homepage themed. The more clouds in the scene the worse the connection! It's so cute! One small things, which is wrong with all (well I think with all) Samsungs phones is that they have no hole for phone charms, which me & my other 3 friends which have this amazing phone find annoying.

Sometimes also you have to press several times on the sensors for them to work, but that could just be me. I love the shortcut menu, the slide design & most other things so I hope you will be happy if you ever get this phone.

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Reviewer: Gymkit - Luton, UK
Date: 5th Aug 2008

Rubbish, can't USE it.

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Reviewer: Dimples - UK
Date: 5th Aug 2008

Had this phone for a week now, & I love it.

Its looks fantastic, it's slim & light, sometimes I forget it's in my pocket.

Yes the camera does have a slight delay, but despite that its takes great photos. The MP3 player sounds brilliant through the headphones, far better than my sons Sony Ericsson w580i.

I have not had any problems with the touch sensitive buttons, those of you that are moaning about them should go into your settings & alter the sensitivity then you wouldn't be deleting your message as you write them.

You can download java games to it, but you will need to get a code first as this enables you to install java on your phone.

The battery life isn't too bad. If you constantly listen to music or play games with it you can't expect you battery to last forever.

I would recommend this phone to anyone, it's the best phone I have had in ages.

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Reviewer: Sue - Lancs, UK
Date: 4th Aug 2008

Just DON'T buy this phone. When I first got it (over a year ago) I would have recommended it too as it was great but give it time & it will let you down too. Mine crashes continually when I text & now the screen has started flipping upside down & back to front. It looks very nice & the features are great but it's terrible to use. I honestly wouldn't tell anyone to buy it & have made sure everyone I know, knows how useless it is.

Hope this helps anyone who is looking to purchase - & to everyone who says it's great I've noticed most of you haven't had it much longer than 4 months. Like I said give it time & you will hate it too.

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Reviewer: Random - Birmingham, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2008

I absolutely love this phone! I have only had it since April but it s fabulous! Sleek n stylish! In my opinion I think my £100 was well worth spent & I don't regret buying it!

My m8 says the Samsung E840 is so much better than the u600 but I say no it's no where near as wonderful & stylish! Samsung has out done themselves with this stylish & modern looking phone!

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 31st Jul 2008

Had mine since January the first problems started like a month later. Good looking shame about the crashing & freezing. The phone has been set back & it work fine for a bout another 3 months but it keeps freezing & a few people I know have had the same problem with this phone I would not recommend to anyone.

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Reviewer: Matthew - South Wales, UK
Date: 31st Jul 2008

I'd say the Samsung U600 overall is OK.

As people have said, there are MANY better phones out there.

I find the touch screen buttons annoying when I put my thumb on one of them by mistake & lose whatever I was doing. My camera takes a good 5 seconds to actually take the photo after I've pressed the button. This is very annoying because I've been trying to take pictures of my 3 week old kittens, & by the time my phone has taken the photo the kittens have moved.

When I got my phone, the screen, the top half of the phone was quite lose & there was a bit of a gap between it & the bottom half of the phone, the buttons. I was a bit annoyed with this & once I placed my sim card in & the battery, the gap got even bigger & the top half was wobbling once it was slid open. The slider then kept stopping half way & at that point I was certain I was going to take it back. After a few more goes at sliding it, it fixed & I managed to press the screen so it clicked together & the gap was much thinner. I decided to keep the phone then but realised there was a small scratch that looks Orange next to my screen. It's inside & I really can't be bothered to take my phone back because of that. On top of all of this, I had no earphones with my phone & I am still waiting for the £10 airtime I paid for 2 days ago, which hasn't come.

So yeah, I suppose what's happened with my phone probably won't happen to anyone else but there are much better phones to choose from which are around the same price range as the Samsung U600.

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Reviewer: Richard - Warwick, UK
Date: 31st Jul 2008

This phone was fine until I used the T9 predictive text, when a drop down choice of words list appeared, this made the phone freeze & switch off. Orange sent it for repair & it returned with the same fault. Orange has been hopeless & both Samsung & Orange should be hauled over the coals for continuing to sell this one, check out the Orange website, Orange recommends Samsung on pay as you go! I found out that Orange does not send this phone to Samsung for repair but to another repairer, this is not good. The phone is being sent back by Orange for the second time to this independent repairer. After this it's goodbye to Orange & no more Samsung, back to Nokia & another service provider.

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Reviewer: Laura - Haverhill, UK
Date: 30th Jul 2008

Hello, I have had the Samsung U600 since December & I think it is a fantastic phone. It looks great & it is very slim. The best bits are the camera which takes the best photos ever, the touch pad that does whatever I want & the speakers which are really loud.

SO OVERALL THIS PHONE IS BRILLIANT. IF YOU don't LIKE TOUCH PADS ON PHONES THAN don't ORDER A PHONE WITH ONE. IT isn't ROCKET Science LOL (laugh out loud). Thanks x.

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Reviewer: Maria - Isle Of Wight, UK
Date: 29th Jul 2008

Phone looks great at first glances but really didn't get on with it. Although you can change the sensitivity of the touch buttons, I still found that it seemed to have a mind of its own, jumping from one thing to the next which was really annoying when you were creating a message & then lost it! Never sent a phone back before but have this one, am waiting for my new Sony Ericsson W760i to be sent!

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Reviewer: Steo - Dublin, Ireland
Date: 28th Jul 2008

I bought this phone because of the 3.2 MP camera but I was very disappointed. It takes a good 5 seconds to take a picture & its looks more like a 2 MP camera. The sound isn't the loudest compared to other phones, the radio on mine was good for about 3 months then it just stopped working. The touch screen gets really annoying. It has a good slick design, that's really all it has going for it. It's an OK phone alright but there are much better phones out there.

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Reviewer: Louise - UK
Date: 27th Jul 2008

This phone is 8 months old & has broken! I look after my phone & thought it would look after me! Wrong!

It started to freeze during texts then slowly got worse, One day my screen decided to flip upside down then it died & went black I can't see anything : (.

Everything else works, if someone calls it will ring! The keypad still illuminates, just not the screen, no good if you can't see what you are doing!

My sister had the same phone & didn't have any problems with hers freezing but her screen did go black one day & she hasn't been able to use it since!

Nice phone but why all the screen problems Samsung?

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Reviewer: Christine - Irvine, UK
Date: 27th Jul 2008

I loved this phone when I first got it but after 2 or 3 months I had the same problem as a lot of others, the phone freezing & switching off whilst texting using the T9 dictionary. It's so annoying so now I've just turned the dictionary off altogether. Hard to believe that Samsung can't get such a basic function correct. The touch screen is pretty sensitive but you get used to that after a while, I didn't really find a problem with it at all. For some reason, when I send my sister photo's to her LG phone, she can't open them. The camera does seem to take an eternity to actually take a photo. I don't find that I need to recharge the battery that often, maybe every 2nd or 3rd day.

All in all it's a decent enough phone, but I wouldn't be inclined to recommend it to my friends. There are much better phones out there!

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Reviewer: Jim Mcglashan - Glasgow, UK
Date: 25th Jul 2008

Great phone in the beginning, over the last couple of weeks the screen has gone dark, upside down & back to front what a nightmare. So I phoned Samsung & they gave me a local authorised repair shop as the phone comes with a 2 year manufacturing warranty SO ALL OF YOU SHOULD CHECK THIS OUT. I will let you all know when the phone is fixed hopefully.

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Reviewer: Joanne - Hitchin, UK
Date: 24th Jul 2008

I have had this phone for a year now & don't know if I want to upgrade as I love it! I have had none of the problems reported by other users. The phone has always worked, looks brilliant, easy to use, camera is really good (again with easy features). I have no complaints. I can't usually get to grips with mobiles but the Samsung ones always seem to be uncomplicated.

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Reviewer: Tricia - UK
Date: 23rd Jul 2008

I was a bit sceptical about this phone after reading the reviews, but I've been pleasantly surprised by it. I've had it for about 4 months & haven't had any of the freezing or switching off problems I've read about, maybe I've just been lucky. I also dropped my old phone quite frequently but I've been much more careful with this one.

My battery lasts for about a week but I don't leave the Bluetooth on & I switch it off at night. The touch sensitive buttons did take a bit of getting used to but aren't a problem now.

I've found that if I just empty my recent contacts every so often then there is no one for me to accidentally call with the touch sensitive buttons.

I also found that holding down the hash key while writing a text gives you the choice of all the symbols available.

All in all, I like this phone. Just keeping my fingers crossed that it continues to like me too & behaves itself.

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Reviewer: Jo Molony - UK
Date: 22nd Jul 2008

This is a lovely phone. I have had it a year now, & have had only one problem with it, I fell over & the screen broke, but this was easily fixed.

Although the touch screen is hard to use at first, it is easy to get used to.

I, personally, can't understand all the negative comments. I would highly recommend this phone to anyone.

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Reviewer: Kelly - UK
Date: 22nd Jul 2008

This is my second handset of this phone. On the first handset, the touch screen didn't work & the menus would scroll down by themselves but I took it back to the shop & they gave me a new one & it works fine.

The only things I don't really like about this phone is the camera, it's really hard to use & whichever angle I point it, it turns out upside down. It also has a long delay after you press the button to take the picture. & the internal memory isn't very big either but apart from that it's a great phone.

I've had this phone about a month now & so far it's been great!

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Reviewer: Georgina - UK
Date: 22nd Jul 2008

I had the LG chocolate which was awful & has now completely broken. I was thinking about getting this phone but the bad reviews have slightly put me off. I was wondering if anyone would advise this or any other phone that I could get on a low budget? Are these just bad experiences or is the phone really bad.

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Reviewer: Helen - UK
Date: 20th Jul 2008

Phone was great for the first 5 months of ownership but now frequently crashes, screen goes blank or display is all jumbled up, battery has to be removed to reset & then all of the settings return to factory default. Has now been sent back for repair under warranty, surely Samsung should recall this phone as clearly judging by all of the negative reviews there is most definitely an issue with this handset. Perhaps this is a case for Watchdog! Will definitely be buying a Nokia handset next time.

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Reviewer: Erjg - UK
Date: 19th Jul 2008

I think the U600 is an amazing phone, it has not failed on me once.DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO the BAD REVIEWS. I would highly recommend this phone to anyone.

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Reviewer: Linda - Ballymoney, UK
Date: 17th Jul 2008

I absolutely loved this phone at the start, it has great features & I love the fact that it has touch sensitive buttons, as it's quicker to move between the phones features.

HOWEVER, I have had the phone about 8 months now, & it has been playing up a lot recently. In fact I came on the Internet to see if I could find out a way to fix it, because at least 6 times today, my phone has frozen for a minute or two while I have been texting, & what's even more annoying is that it's always near the end of a long text & when the phone turns back on again, it doesn't even save the message to drafts!

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Reviewer: Linda - Essex, UK
Date: 15th Jul 2008

I absolutely love this phone & can't understand all the bad reviews. This was my first Samsung & will always choose Samsung in future. I have another contract phone as well as this one & that one is also a Samsung (got a F400 last week when I upgraded). The touch sensitive keys took a bit of getting used to but its fine now. I've had this phone nearly a year. In that time it has turned itself off about 5 times but in my experience, other phones do too. I find it's when you are rushing something it happens. Slow down & then it won't happen!

The battery life on mine is mainly good, especially on calls. But games do drain it but that can only be expected. All batteries, not just on new phones, need to be fully discharged & charged from time to time, so anyone moaning about the battery life TRY THIS!

I always keep my phone is a phone sock when not in use. If you put it in your bag or pocket unprotected you can only expect something to happen to it. Phones need to be looked after just like anything else electrical. So cracked screens etc are not a fault of the phone, only the user! I dropped my phone once, it was while texting & was quite hard, but didn't affect it at all, I was lucky. It's a shame Samsung didn't allow for a wrist strap to be attached.

The camera does have a slight delay & so can the video recorder. But as other people have said, if you want a camera buy a camera! The quality of pictures is excellent.

I would definitely recommend this phone, without a doubt. Those who don't are just too picky!

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Reviewer: Vicki - UK
Date: 15th Jul 2008

This is honestly the WORST PHONE I've ever had. I am on my third handset & each one just gets worse. I have always loved Samsungs & really wanted to like this phone. But now it's just annoying.

Here are some of the problems.

- Camera fails & won't work unless you wipe everything else off the phone completely (photos, music, texts).

- Text messages fail & there is no way to read them.

- Copying from memory card to phone fails so cannot use any stored photos or music.
- Alarms rename themselves as very random things (the best was if you want to extend the rights to this you need to buy a key) & they also set themselves for times like 254:35.

- Frequently switches off of its own accord & the only way to turn it back on is to remove the battery which then resets the phone to factory settings, wiping everything.

& the list goes on!

One thing that isn't bad is the battery life, but that's probably only because I can't actually use the phone for anything except making a basic call.

All in all, AVOID THIS PHONE. The only reason I have persevered with 3 handsets is because it is actually quite amusing to see what it will come up with next.

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Reviewer: Clarrie - UK
Date: 11th Jul 2008

OK so I was going to get this phone on Orange but. Now I am just not sure. My top 2 favourite phones both have really bad reviews on this site & my 3rd choice the Samsung J700 has really good reviews. LG Prada was my first & this one my second!

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Reviewer: Vik - London, UK
Date: 11th Jul 2008

I have had this phone since September. Good phone the camera is excellent pictures are pretty good, well what else would you expect from a 3.2 MP camera. But there are some drawbacks.

The slide is giving problems the screen keeps flickering, is this a drawback of excessive sliding? Battery life is average so long as you keep the Bluetooth off.

I have read about issue of the screen cracking but I have not had any such problems.

Another grouse I have is the fact that the keys are very sensitive, & if touched by accident can cut alls off.

On the whole a descent phone, but could have been better.

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Reviewer: Sophie - London, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2008

I think this is the best phone I have ever had! I have not had any problems at all since I had it (I got it last summer! )

I want to keep the phone for as long as possible, I have nothing to fault about it!

I highly recommend it! P.S. I LOVE THIS PHONE!

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Reviewer: Kate K - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 9th Jul 2008

After receiving my NEW U600 after the last one was seriously faulty I thought I'd see what others thought about theirs.

I would say the first thing about it is the touch sensitivity of the thing. REALLY frustrating when you've written a whole text & accidentally (but way too easily) gets deleted due to the sensitivity of the buttons.

The other con's of this phone which I've read on here with alarming regularity is the cracking of the screen (NEVER) have I damaged a mobile in all the many years I've had them but this one is obviously super sensitive to even the smallest knock. The main problem with it is the battery life is totally shocking, I've had to charge it up TWICE a day sometimes, the same as someone else's review it gets worse & worse. Finally my U600 started to hang itself, wouldn't switch on, screen went all pixelated & blurry (for no reason), I've been using my fiance's old Sony Ericsson K750i for the past month due to my U600 dying a hideous death on me (great wee phone). However, yesterday, I contacted Orange who I've got an 18 month contract with (not such a great idea in hindsight) & they sent me a brand new U600 this morning (well done Orange for dealing with it so swiftly), although I did chance my arm & ask if there was anyway I could get another model(!), not till Feb 09 (boo!), however, the sparkly new U600 has arrived & fingers crossed WONT have the screen cracking, 'hanging', switching itself off & major battery life issues as the previous one. On a positive note, it's a pretty looking phone, just a bit too much of a diva & waaaay too sensitive & 'precious'!

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Reviewer: Ellison - Co Durham, UK
Date: 8th Jul 2008

Well, what can I say that hasn't already been said! What a terrible phone! I really wish I had not purchased this at all, delay on camera a nuisance, kept loosing calls & the battery life, there is none! Really wish I had not wasted my money.

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Reviewer: Jason - UK
Date: 8th Jul 2008

I have had this phone five months & today it went wrong. It seems like I am not the only person to have major problems with this phone. I may have to go BALLISTIC & launch it into outer space.

It froze up then kept going blank. Keeps saying the keypad is locked. Then the screen shows bits & pieces of other screens then it went all stripy. I can't use the keys at all because they don't work now. I unlock it then it crashed. Battery case is difficult to get off & SIM card is like pulling teeth.

The phone has never been damaged in any way. Did my phone get some sort of plague? Wish I never got this phone. It was fine before but now it's not. Samsung needs to recall this model. Homer Simpson made this phone.

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! always read reviews first! doh!

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Reviewer: Charlotte Rice - Liverpool, UK
Date: 7th Jul 2008

I have had this phone since September, I love it, I loved it that much that when my upgrade came in May, I got the same phone again, just in a different colour. I love my little Samsung. So easy to use & text with & it has everything a phone needs. The battery life lasts me at least 4 days & I think the camera is better than the Sony Ericsson cyber shot k800i.

I love my Samsung.

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Reviewer: Chris Barker - Newcastle, UK
Date: 6th Jul 2008

This phone is quite simply a joke. When it works its good, however this is a very rare occurance. I have had my handset REPLACED FOUR TIMES due to software problems (crashes & resets phone on T9 text setting)& I have had it repared twice due to missing pixels on the screen & a 'loose wire' caused because of the sliding screen. Now the latest problem is the keypad doesn't work. Therefore I can't text or dial any numbers that arent saved in my phonebook. Only plus side is that it looks cool & no one else has it (probably because they have all been binned) DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!

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Reviewer: Morven - Perth, UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2008

This phone is rubbish. I am on my second handset on contract from Orange. The first one was replaced by them because it kept freezing, losing the time settings, lost all my photos & when I tried to open texts or use the camera it came up FAILED. I received a new U600 three months ago & the same thing has happened. Orange want to send me another U600 & I've refused. I'd rather go & buy a new pay as you go mobile than get another u600. DON'T BUY THIS IF YOU ARE thinking ABOUT IT!

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Reviewer: Scott - Pontypool, UK
Date: 1st Jul 2008

I've had a number of Samsung phones over the years & pretty much bought them for the looks & how thin they can be. However after replacing my loved D900 (screen cracked) with a U600 my option of Samsung has gone downhill with a time to replace it with something else.

MY PERSONAL OPINION touch sensitive buttons touch sensitive buttons are a nice feature at first but the novelty wears thin after a while & have found they can be unresponsive & a pain. For example writing a text message & you accidently brush your finger over one of them & a full 2 pages of text disappear.

Predictive text what a load of rubbish, worst feature on this phone (in my opinion) it doesn't recognise simple words & the dropdown menu to select words changes from above to below (you'll see what I mean if you use it) OK, I got used to it, but still WHY? !

Battery life isn't the best but I've never had a problem when it comes to batteries, when I go to bed every night it's on charge WHAT the PROBLEM DOING THIS? !

Style, weight & design are the best feature of this phone, can't fault the U600 with this as I always look for this in a phone, thin & lightweight with good features it fits great in your pocket, can't stand theses big bulky brick phones (cough Nokia :P). Lacks build quality feels cheap & flimsy compared to other phones.

Camera OK, no flash just a dull light that you have to manually put on every time. Pictures are pretty good as long as you only use it in the day! You're having a laugh if you think you'll have decent night images, but do people look to have the best camera available when choosing a phone! It's a bonus I think! :P Overall the phone is good, but the fancy touch buttons & annoying text options let it down.

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Reviewer: Rory - Andorra
Date: 30th Jun 2008

This phone is a good phone but when I put a memory card in & tried to view the files it took ages to react after I pressed a button.

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Reviewer: Becky - UK
Date: 29th Jun 2008

I got the Samsung U600 in September 2007, loved the look of it & the features & I have had Samsung's before & they will brilliant. This phone has been fabulous until last week, when it started shutting itself down & not coming back on, does anyone know why it does this! It's very frustrating, battery life is also rubbish, constantly having to charge the thing, & the actual phone memory is terrible, you need a memory card, I am stuck with the thing until March 2009 or unless I buy another phone. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone!

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Reviewer: Liz - UK
Date: 28th Jun 2008

I have had this phone now in three colours I am so impressed with it. However my latest (the dark silver) seems to echo when people call me they can hear their own voices. This didn't occur with my previous two U600's (sapphire & pink). I have changed the handset twice & the fault occurs on each one.I think the software is different on the silver as the screensaver is slightly different. I have been using another phone for the last week whilst mine has been looked at to try & sort the problem but I have missed my U600 so much & can't wait to get it back.I am afraid that my callers are going to have to put up with the echo :) Well enough waffling, that is my only complaint really they are a beautiful classy looking phone, the best around in my opinion looks wise. The screen is clear & large & it has an excellent memory & I have had no problems with breakages. I think as someone else said screens don't just break! You obviously need to take reasonable care of you mobile. The camera & video are OK & good quality but slightly annoying delay on the camera, people get face ache from holding their smile LOL. Texting is good once you get used to the phone which is the same with any phone you get. However, the touch sensitive buttons can be annoying & take a bit of getting used to to avoid deleting texts & calling people accidently, but you can alter the sensitivity settings. All in all an excellent phone if you are prepared to get used to the touch sensitive buttons & after all, all phones like people; have their faults! ;)

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Reviewer: Victoria - Sarratt, UK
Date: 22nd Jun 2008

I do not see anybody's problem with such a wonderful phone it is ridiculous! I love my Samsung it is so easy to work the people that put 5% clearly are reviewing the wrong phone! :).

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Reviewer: Jess - Cambridgeshire, UK
Date: 22nd Jun 2008

This is the worst phone I have ever had. It lasted me 2 months. The battery life got less & less until it needed charging twice a day. You can't send picture messages. The touch screen was very difficult to use. The camera wasn't brilliant. The keypad is flat, so it's hard to text with. The phone just broke after 2 months. Very disappointing.

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Reviewer: Jen - UK
Date: 21st Jun 2008

I have had my phone now since February 2008. I haven't had one single problem with it. The only downside is the touch pad is extra sensitive that is until you get used to it!

People who have dropped a phone can't expect it to fully function like new. That's just wishful thinking. It's like dropping a human from the equivalent height & expecting not to get hurt. LOL

I did think the phone looked cheap at first, it's quite plain but I think it depends on what colour you get it in. I have it in purple & I love it! Someone did mention that the screen gets dirty, this is true, especially if your wearing foundation, blusher etc. It easily wipes clean with a dry cloth, jumper, jeans etc.

The memory for message & contacts is brilliant. I am not sure on the exact internal memory but I know you can store 1000 text & 1200 contacts.

The camera quality is excellent. The picture is fantastic to say it's only 3.2 & on a phone of all things! Downside to the camera is that it's rather slow but phones were made for calling & texting, a camera is an added bonus! Like I said previously, I don't know how many pictures the phone stores as I am not one for taking pictures on my phone. I receive more than I take.

I have used the MP3 player on this phone quite a few times, & find it good for a phone, then again it's an added bonus. Also loving the fact this phone has a radio too.

Now to the ringtones! I am so glad I read the reviews on here! I just found you can have an MP3 as your message tone. I've been using the extremely rubbish tones that come as standard. Thank you to whoever that was.

I have a Bluetooth adaptor for my laptop & my sister snapped it & ever since then, my new one hasn't worked so I love the fact this phone has a data cable with it. My GPRS, Bluetooth & data cable still works perfectly fine still too!

As I was reading through the reviews I was seeing a lot of people had said their screen has cracked? Not trying to be funny but, screens don't just crack. It's either because you've dropped it on the floor or something has dropped it.
I have had a Samsung for the past 3 years & never had a problem with the screens on any of the phones I have had & my screen on my U600 is still intact! Note for you all, don't drop your phone :-P

The menu is great as it starts when you left it before you close the phone. Only thing I would like to see different is maybe more colours other than black, Orange & white, Orange for the menus, but that is me been picky.

I can't think of much else to say. My only downside would be as previously mentioned, & the middle button going straight to the browser. Unfortunately that can't be changed but can be avoided if careful.

I noticed this phone has call waiting option, I am not too sure if this works as I am on Pay as you go at the moment. Have just put in for a contract so we will see when I go onto contract. Not a problem if it doesn't, although it would be good!

I wouldn't recommend this phone for anyone with large fingers as the buttons are quite close. Other than that, I love everything about the phone & have no complaints.
I must have been a lucky one to get a U600 from a decent batch as from the looks of things, a lot of people have had many problems with their phone. I won't be in a rush to upgrade my phone!

I paid £89.99 for my phone, well worth the money! Don't let the negative reviews put you off buying this phone. It's fantastic!

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 20th Jun 2008

This phone is an excellent phone in design, however the touch sensitive controls are making me mad. Only had it for 3 weeks. Anyway features are very good & could sometimes shut down randomly. This is the phone in a nutshell basically.

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Reviewer: Daniela - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: 20th Jun 2008

BAD, WORST PHONE I have EVER HAD!

It was my first Samsung & I am so going back to my Motorola. It's so sad, such a waste of money.

I think everything was said above but in my case. I was sending a text & the screen went blank & it broke. Battery life is an insult, I charged it over night & started my day at 9am by 8pm the battery was low & dying.

Please be smart & believe me, don't buy it!

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Reviewer: Dan - East Sussex, UK
Date: 18th Jun 2008

An absolutely shocking phone! I have had to send mine off to be repaired as the phone was bending in 2. The camera has a 5 second delay before it actually takes a picture & the battery life lasts about a day, really unimpressed with this.

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Reviewer: Claire - Monmouth, UK
Date: 13th Jun 2008

The best thing about this phone is the large clear screen. It beautiful & one of the best I have ever owned in terms of some of the features & looks. I like the fact the phone remember where you were last in the menus & goes there first & this is possibly one of the coolest functions on a phone yet. It sleek & non gender specific as my boyfriend originally brought this phone for himself but couldn't get on with the touch screens as he has sausage fingers & he couldn't use the buttons without wanting to take his jackhammer to it! If the touch sections on the phone were not there he would have loved this phone. Personally I don't see any benefit from them at all & would just have easily liked the phone more without them as they are a huge annoyance.

However, there are some bad points to this phone & some problems, My phone will turn on to silent when doing other functions but will go back to normal when I slide open & closed, this is possibly the strangest of all faults.

Very difficult to see the screen in the sun although it has a function for outside which is meant to help, it doesn't!

I have had some problems with sending text which fail & deleting text when writing them which can be frustrating at times.

The touch "pads" surround the main circular directional pad & so you end up accidentally touching them when trying to do something else. I have called, deleted, cancelled & went else where in the menus unintentionally even though I am getting used to it, it still happens far too much.

Camera is too slow.

Buttons have no "give" in them so can be hard going on the fingers & thumb (I sometimes use my thumb nail to use the buttons) if you text a lot also they are too close together so you end up pushing other buttons than the one intended.

Talk time is too low & would prefer a longer battery life.

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Reviewer: T J - Hampshire, UK
Date: 12th Jun 2008

I got this phone about 3 months ago when I was due an upgrade, it looked stylish & wasn't as clumpy as my previous Sony k800i phone. I WISH I had seen this website before I chose it as I wouldn't have made this mistake!

The U600 was fine when I first got it, apart from my text language being German every time I wanted to send a text, easy enough to sort by changing the language! Then a couple of days ago I noticed a crack under the screen, but no crack on the top. I hadn't dropped the phone, bashed it into anything, thrown it against the wall (although I am close to doing that now! ) & yet when I took it into the O2 shop that I bought it from they said that because I had caused the damage (which I hadn't) it wasn't covered under the warranty or my insurance. Great! I thought I was alone but looking on here it seems to be a common problem. Thanks a lot Samsung! I am about to go onto eBay & buy a new screen & attempt to fit it myself as O2 won't help & the crack is getting bigger every day! So, until my 18 month contract runs out (fun) I am stuck with a phone with a crack or a phone I need to fix myself.

Not only that. The camera is not as good as I expected, yes its 3.2MP but it takes an hour to take a picture! The buttons on the keypad aren't really buttons, there just a sheet of metal, & the predictive text never remembers words that you type in! I do like the touch sensitive pads though, but I had to turn the sensitivity down to stop me calling the first contact in my phone book!

Although I think the phone is a nice idea, I don't think Samsung really thought it through when they put it together, if they had would there be this number of complaints? !

Regarding recommendations, it can be a good phone but it's so fragile that it'll only get broken no matter how much you look after it, & if your looking for a phone with a decent camera this isn't it. If you're looking for a phone with a novelty feature however this could be for you, as the touch sensitive pads can be fun (when you get used to them! )

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Reviewer: Wayne - UK
Date: 6th Jun 2008

This phone is so stupid it turns its self off all the time I had a Sony Ericsson w850i & sold it to get this phone I feel like stamping on it how dare they rip us off like this its main feature is breaking, what goods that I would rather have a Nokia 5110 the brick then this its rubbish if you are thinking of getting one just walk out of the shop & put your money down the nearest drain & save your time I would not recommend this to anyone ITS rubbish.

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Reviewer: Gemma - UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2008

I purchased this phone on contract & at first I loved it! Then a month down the line the phones touch sensitive buttons stopped working & it would randomly flicker through the menu when I hadn't even touched the phone? I get so frustrated with it I have to use some old rubbish phone because it's so much better than this pile of rubbish. I have owned many Samsung models & this has been the only one I have hated. I am totally disappointed & would tell people not to buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Liz - Northants, UK
Date: 2nd Jun 2008

WORST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD! Only had it 7 months & the screen goes blank, or gets distorted or shuts itself down completely. DON'T BUY IT!

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Reviewer: Lyndsey Vyse - Leeds, UK
Date: 31st May 2008

I do really like this phone but I have had a few problems with it. It has a memory card & that's great but it does not like you looking on it at pictures & stuff & keeps freezing. It also has an auto focus on the camera which although is very good it takes about 5 seconds to take a picture & you can't disable it. This is a problem if you are taking pictures of children, animals or anything that won't stay still. I have also had to have the microphone replaced because people I called couldn't hear me & my phone keeps resetting its self (turning off then on again) which isn't too bad until it does it in the middle of a call. Apart from that this phone is easy to use & has a great battery life & I would recommend it to others.

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Reviewer: H - York, UK
Date: 28th May 2008

Gorgeous phone. Bought one from the Carphone Warehouse last week, but the vibrating when you press the touch sensitive buttons annoyed me & they'd given me the wrong charger, so took it back & ended up getting one on eBay half the price, & without the vibrating.

The camera is fantastic, especially the editing stuff. It does take a while for the picture to take, but mess around with the settings & you can speed it up a little. The texting takes some getting used to I think, but no major problems.

I recommend getting a holder for the phone or something to avoid the screen getting scratched when it's in your bag etc & just don't be too heavy handed with it.

All in all I am very happy with it at the moment :).

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Reviewer: Sally - Leeds, UK
Date: 28th May 2008

I just want to say that, whilst everyone is insulting this phone, I have had mine for about 8 months & have encountered not a single problem. I even got my friend the purple one for her birthday. Fair enough, sometimes half way through a text, if I hover my thumb over the wrong key I will lose what I've written, but the minor con's are nothing compared to its many pro's! I've dropped mine countless times, thrown it, spilt Lucazade on it & it's still working fine I am in the process of purchasing the purple one as mines scratched now! The screen is brilliant, music player is super easy to use, texting is a dream & there is just so many little cute bits about this phone that make it amazing! The only little niggle annoyance is that the music player doesn't add all types of format, only MP3's so for WMA's etc you have to manually play them, but is that really so hard to do?

Great phone! I love it to pieces.

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Reviewer: Sarah - Newcastle, UK
Date: 28th May 2008

This phone is terrible! Firstly, I'd had the phone about 3 days & I dropped it about 30 cm & it hit the table, I was amazed when I noticed the screen had broken. I had it repaired but not so long after the same thing had happened again! Obviously disappointing.

Next, it wouldn't charge & I had been told at the Carphone Warehouse that I had forced the charger in which I hadn't, the phone looks so fragile I had been careful.

Now, after these 3 repairs I still have problems. I've read that some have you had said the battery life was poor, I think lasting 6 HOURS IS PRETTY HARD TO BELIEVE! That annoys me so much, I charge it all night & it says it is fully charged in the morning, so I take it out the charger at 8 am, by 3 pm it has turned itself off, ridiculous.

The camera is actually pathetic, yeah good photos but like 20 seconds after you press the bloody button! & same problem when you click on a song.

Ohh & just to top it off, my Bluetooth doesn't work either.

Overall, a huge disappointment, I hate this phone, such a waste of money. Don't buy it!

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Reviewer: Pablo Toledo - London, UK
Date: 26th May 2008

Samsung u600, my 2 cents, I have many mixed feelings about this phone. I have had the U600 for about a year & I love it & hate it at the same time. Here are my gripes (& praises) in no particular order. Some of these are, in my view, serious bugs & design flaws. Others are just my own personal gripes. Like all phone reviews, please take it with a pinch of salt.

Crashes.

- In certain situations (I haven't yet worked out exactly), sending a text will result in a crash & reboot.

- Calls randomly drop after extended periods (30 minutes & up).

Media player bugs.

- Won't read id32 tags in MP3 files.

- If ID31 tag not included, the MP3 will not be listed or visible under the music player.

- Sort order of tracks incorrect. The media player uses the embedded ID3 track number field, but only uses the first digit. Hence tracks 10 to 19, 20 to 29 get listed before tracks 1to 9. Very annoying!

-Tracks with filenames over 64 characters not listed under music player.

Missed calls.

- If you get a missed call, & exit the popup. Then you get a text & exit that, the missed call popup comes up again! This can be quite confussing, fooling you into thinking you have a new missed call.

Other naggy issues or bad design,
- Keypad tones uncustomisable, & annoying. Either you suffer the loud, obtrusive keypad tones or turn them off.

NOTE keeping them on could actually represent a security risk also. Each number has a unique tone, hence if you key in your password with the keypad tones active, it is reasonably easy to guess what password is being input just by listening. (Probably this is just nit picking, but still bad design. Imagine if keypads at ATMs did this! )

- Touch sensitive buttons very easy to activate while you are using the phone (e.g. Texting), which often results in accidentally dialling numbers, despite the most careful use.

- Poor shortcut customization. The u600 has very limited customization abilities. Users can customize the 4 way arrow pad, & there are 5 slots for user shortcuts on the up-arrow, but that's it. The select button cannot be changed from launching the browser, which again can often result in accidentally launching the browser

- No ringer profiles, just on or off!

- Camera is OK, but slow to respond, & the user interface isn't clear or obvious.

- A little fragile. I am very careful with my phones, & keep them in a case most of the time. However, the one time I dropped this phone (on a tiled floor from a height of one metre), it broke. The GPRS stopped functioning, & also the ability to send & receive text messages, hardly what I would call solid construction.

All these bugs present in firmware version XXGI1 (Sept 2007).

Positives.

- Despite my many misgivings about this phone, there are some positives too. Here they are in no particular order

- Lovely user interface (despite poor customization). The icons are a work of art, & the speed or response of navigation is excellent.

-the touch sensitive buttons are also a pleasure to use (except when you call someone by mistake), & add to the general speed & responsiveness of the phone.

- Aesthetically a very pleasing device, with excellent screen quality & resolution.

- Ergonomically also very pleasing, feels solidly built.

- Call quality good.

So that is my brief low down on the U600. After a year with this phone, & having tried both Motorola's & Samsungs, I am going back to the tried & tested Nokia. Every user expects different things from their phone for me, I have only ever wanted a solid, well build phone that is fast, responsive & handles the basics well. I never was too bothered about MP3 players, Internet, cameras, & what tends to be lumped together as bells & whistles. But ultimately you have to decide if it works for you.

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Reviewer: Blain Devlin - Belfast, UK
Date: 25th May 2008

This is the very first Samsung I have owned, & so far so good, have owned the U600 now for 2 months & have had no problems. The one feature I don't like is the music player, the interface of which is very basic & the volume on the speaker for music is not the greatest.

One piece of advice I would offer is to be careful with the touch sensitive keys, although there have been complaints about accidental calling etc, you can reduce the sensitivity, which easily overcomes this.

Overall this is a very nice, sleek, user friendly phone with plenty of features & is great for those of which enjoy the latest technology, I used to own a K810i, & I would recommend this phone over that.

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Reviewer: Miss Stewart - UK
Date: 25th May 2008

I have always had a Samsung Mobile but I have been so disappointed with the U600. I have had 3 handsets. All of which have had a different fault. 1 crashed every time I tried to text with it, another 1 couldn't hold the correct time & date & another one had problems with the screen. I have now had to ask my service provider to send me a different make of phone as I am so fed up with this phone. I wouldn't recommend anyone gets this phone.

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Reviewer: Aimz - Cornwall, UK
Date: 24th May 2008

I got this phone in February & I am now on my forth one. The first one just refused to send text messages & make calls, after ensuring the problem was not with my SIM card but actually with the phone it's self I took it back to the Carphone Warehouse where they sent it away for repairs, after 2 weeks the phone was returned supposedly fixed however the problem remained I took the phone back again & this time was offered a replacement which I was happy about, however this took 5 weeks to arrive & when I went to collect it from the store it just wouldn't turn on, I was then given a replacement for this one & took it home to charge after about four hours the screen went dead & that was it the end of another phone, I returned to the shop where I was given a new battery & then 4 days later the whole phone was dead again, completely RUBBISH.

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Reviewer: Jat - Chatham, UK
Date: 23rd May 2008

I've had this phone now for over a year, & I must say what a wonderful phone it is. It's sleek & light & fits into your pocket perfectly. Yes the touch sensitive buttons take a little time to get used to but once you have then its fine really. It has great features including the alarm which you can customize, the camera & the pictures are great as well (however camera is slightly slow at taking pictures) but all in all I can't really complain.

If you're looking for a good looking phone with good features & won't feel like a brick then purchase this phone. I can't recommend it any more than this.

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Reviewer: B - Birmingham, UK
Date: 22nd May 2008

I bought this phone for my birthday last year July, I just had to send it back because it keeps freezing when my text message memory is full, resulting into me having to take out the battery to restart the phone. Also every so often it turns itself off. Does anyone know if the U600 can have the privacy list for the call log & everything, like the D900 & the G600 does?

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Reviewer: Sarah - UK
Date: 22nd May 2008

Love this phone, however saying that, it took me a while to familiarise myself with the settings.

One thing do I dislike is that there doesn't seem to have the ability to add apostrophes in the text messages which is odd. All other keys are there bar that.

The instruction manual isn't great so stuff like connecting the phone to the PC to download music took longer for me to work out.

I've had no problems with the battery or the handset freezing (touch wood! ) ear piece.

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Reviewer: Mark Llewellyn - Auckland, New Zealand
Date: 22nd May 2008

Have had U600 for nearly a year now & reckon it's the best phone I've ever owned. Stylish, slim & lightweight with a big bright screen. Sure, the touch buttons take a bit of getting used to, but once you've knocked them by accident a few times, you soon get the hang of it.

Screen went black after about 6 months, replaced under warranty & no other problems since then.

Overall a great phone, highly recommended. But what do I replace it with?

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Reviewer: Margaret - UK
Date: 21st May 2008

I really HATE this phone. Why oh why didn't I pay attention to the negative reviews before getting it. Freezing, deleting whole messages, phoning people by mistake etc all outweigh the good points.

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Reviewer: Jenny - UK
Date: 21st May 2008

I have had the phone for just over 6 months & I had to put a pin code on the phone to stop myself phoning anyone that I was texting because all you had to do was breath & you were calling whoever.

I also went through the stage when the phone turned itself off & I also find it freezes when sending a large text.

This last week I have lost the sound to my phone & as I am on an 18 month contract I have to put up with this or buy a replacement to do me until next March!

I would be interested to know if anyone else has lost their sound yet?

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Reviewer: Samantha - UK
Date: 20th May 2008

I bought the Samsung U600 phone a couple months back & fell in love with it, however encountered some problems when the screen turn blank & couldn't see a thing! Thankfully got it repaired & loving it.

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Reviewer: Niel Tenebro - Chestermere, Canada
Date: 19th May 2008

This is the worst phone I ever have. I hope SAMSUNG will recall all SAMSUNG U600 & replace it with a newer model. THIS PHONE IS A WASTE OF MONEY. The display is so unstable, it freezes, display turns upside down or sometimes no display at all, display changes colour & freezes. Don't we have the right, we the consumers, to go against SAMSUNG against this rubbish product. I got my phone just last June 2007 & it's not even a year from now & it is horrible. I WILL NEVER BUY A SAMSUNG PHONE AGAIN & I WILL TELL EVERYBODY HOW BAD THIS SAMSUNG'S PHONE IS.

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Reviewer: David Hancock - UK
Date: 19th May 2008

Looks great. Got mine Christmas 2007. In January the screen cracked in the corner when the phone was on a dressing table. Most definitely not damaged by me. Phones 4 you sent it to their engineers who assessed it as having been damaged by me, they also wanted to repair the slide mechanism, which wasn't damaged! . I paid to get it back unrepaired & sent to Samsung. Their engineer also decided I must have damaged it. The screen is too large & stressed, causing some to break on their own, & Samsung will not accept there is a problem. Anyone else who has had the same issue please post details & I will taken the fight back to Samsung, the phone is not fit for purpose & should be recalled until they find a fix.

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Reviewer: Geoff Follett - UK
Date: 17th May 2008

I upgraded to this model at the end of the last contract. It is a beautiful looking phone, elegant & convenient to store, but the touch sensitive buttons are a distinct nuisance at times. It is so easy to ring a person accidentally while browsing the phonebook. Delicate use of fingers do come with time & practice though & is easy to use one handed. The battery compartment is a little difficult to open until you know the trick. The battery lasts for a reasonable time before requiring charging, but as I use hands-free quite a lot it gets charged in the car most days. The instruction book is atrocious. One of the worst I have yet to see. This makes navigating the menus quite difficult at times. I have had no problems with texting, (freezing etc). & I am very happy with that side of the phone.

Would I have another one? Probably not unless they were a little more user friendly to people with little experience of modern technology.

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Reviewer: Paolo Girardelli - Middlesbrough, UK
Date: 17th May 2008

I thought this phone was MINT when I got it, then I ACTUALLY used. I have had two refurbished phones, 1 replacement & 2 repairs. The screen goes blank, then you can't hear anybody, then they can't hear you. The battery dies all of a sudden whilst the Nokia says low battery & then last most of the day. It looks really smart but I have lost vast amounts of data & pictures etc. Every time it breaks. Don't GET IT.

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Reviewer: Ryan Johnston - Snootie, UK
Date: 13th May 2008

I have this phone & I had to get it sent off two times because the buttons didn't work & the screen when blank, I wouldn't get this phone.

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Reviewer: Josie - Glasgow, UK
Date: 12th May 2008

Lovely looking phone, terrible to use. Phone freezes everytime predictive text is used & then switches itself off. The camera is rubbish (I had a much better one on my old Samsung), & doesn't work properly. & I've only had this phone 4 months on a 18 month contract. It will be out the window soon. Don't get this phone.

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Reviewer: Gary - UK
Date: 12th May 2008

Terrible. Freezes, texts don't send etc. I have tried every phone manufacturer now & Nokia are the best.

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Reviewer: Gordon Smith - Glasgow, UK
Date: 11th May 2008

Absolutely awful. This phone would be pretty good if it would actually work. I was told that it was my fault as I have dropped my phone for the screen not working & text messages causing the phone to crash (I have found this problem can be fixed through switching off predictive text) but I shouldn't have to do that.

I will be calling Samsung for a replacement handset as it has been repaired with 'no fault' reported & the problems still remain.

Please please please do not buy this phone.

In terms of normal operating life it has to be charged nightly or else the battery will run out through small text message use in the middle of the day.

The worse phone I have ever owned.

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Reviewer: Marissa - UK
Date: 10th May 2008

I purchased this phone on impulse when I was browsing through Carphone Warehouse. I was drawn to its design which is very sleek & it looks stylish. However, the touch sensitive keys mean that I am regularly phoning people I don't mean to & deleting messages by accident.

The number pad on my phone seems really stiff & it takes me quite a while to text. I don't know if this is the case for all of the phones or just mine?

As for getting the back of the phone off & getting the battery & sim out, it usually takes me ages.

& the battery life is terrible. My old Samsung phone had a really good battery life & I thought that may be the case for all Samsungs. But it's not, I end up charging it every couple of days.

The camera is good quality & the pictures always look clear, once they are taken. It takes about 5 seconds, after pressing the button to take the picture, for the picture to actually take, & the slightest of movement in the 5 seconds makes the picture blurred.

I am thinking of getting the Samsung F700, hoping that it's only the U600 that is a bit bad, because Samsung phones are generally good.

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Reviewer: Jonathan Bown - Hitchin, UK
Date: 9th May 2008

I hate this really awful phone, & I've only had it for two months.

That's another 16 months to look forward to of gibberish on my screen, upside down displays, crashing, short battery life (24 hours if lucky), &, best of all, having my texts deleted midway through writing them. Also, the touch sensitive keys are too sensitive & the user interface is poorly thoughtout.

Yes, it looks the part, but frankly I wish I'd stuck with my trusty Sony.

Do not buy this phone unless you have the patience of a saint or are prepared to sacrifice functionality for good looks.

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Reviewer: Beverley - Canterbury, UK
Date: 8th May 2008

I love the look of this phone & the handling etc. But as with everyone else on here & that I know, it keeps freezing, it happened once & it corrected itself, this was within a month of me having the phone. I have now had the phone since November 2007 & it's finally given in & I can now only type 2 or 3 words on text before it freezes.

Thankfully I have insurance with Orange but I assume I will just get another phone exactly the same & in a few months the same problem will occur. How annoying. Thankfully I have a spare phone.

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Reviewer: Michaela - Uk, UK
Date: 6th May 2008

I have Had This Phone Nearly A Year Now. I Got It the Day It Came Out It Cost Me £160 & the Day I Got It Was the Day I Took It Back As It Played up. 4 Months Later I Couldn't Use Predicted Text As It Froze Constantly & Would Take Me Back To Restart & Worst Of all Would Not Save the Same Message I've Had To Type Out 5 Times As It Kept Freezing. The Camera Is Terrible, Takes Ages To Take A Picture. It's Just rubbish & This Last Week I am Having A Problem Just Using Normal text's. I Heard A Couple Of Months Ago That All Samsung U600 In Pink Had A Fault & the Actual Guy Who Worked In the Phone Shop Advised Not To Buy It. After Reading These Reviews I am Going To Go Back To Carphone Warehouse Now & Demand Something Gets Done With Out Them Taking My Phone Off Me For Ages!

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Reviewer: Ali Forsyth - Rothes, UK
Date: 5th May 2008

A stylish looking phone but a very frustrating one!

I've had it for about 6 months now & it is away getting fixed for the second time. After one month I had to get the LCD screen replaced as it was playing up (lines & flickering over it) Now it is in with the freezing problem which seems to happen while trying to text. I bought the phone SIM free so am hoping to get a call saying they can't repair it & I can get a replacement phone, otherwise I am just going to buy a different phone & take the hit, I can't stand it much longer.

The touch screen buttons are very annoying, I've called so many people by mistake & lost so many messages while texting. The annoying thing is it doesn't even save your message to drafts, just exits.

Seems to be a very annoying phone to operate with some serious software issues. Steer clear.

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Reviewer: Steffers - West Yorks, UK
Date: 5th May 2008

I have had the U600 for around 10 months now. & I am on my third one, the first two having been sent back!

The first one I had to return had the screen problem which a lot of other people seem to have experienced, it would flip backwards or give a negative image, or even just turn black so you couldn't see anything. So I sent it back.

The second phone I got wasn't quite as severe in its screen problems; it had some very pale blue blotches on the screen which I thought I could live with. But then it started crashing every time I wanted to write a text message which had more than one word. So I couldn't live with that, & back it went.

My third U600 has had no overt problems like the two above. Although it does have the pale blue blotches on the screen. & even when the phone functions as well as it can, it's still pretty bloody annoying. As has already been mentioned, it LOVES calling people when you aren't looking. It LOVES cancelling off whatever you are doing if you even breathe on the heat sensitive keys. Once it even managed to delete one of my friend's numbers out of my contacts when it was left roaming free in my pocket.

That isn't to say the phone is all bad. It has a nice user interface, the battery life isn't the worst I have had, & if you keep very VERY still you can get some nice photos out of the camera. But I wouldn't recommend it all the same.

I am eligible for an upgrade FINALLY & I have no idea what to go for next as most phones seem to have negative reviews on here! After almost a year of saying 'I cannot WAIT to get rid of this phone' it looks like I am going to be stuck with it longer than I need to be because I can't make a decision what to have next! Any advice gratefully received.

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Reviewer: Aisling - Ireland
Date: 3rd May 2008

First time I saw this phone, I knew I would love it. My daddy got me this phone for Christmas, & I was over the moon, love the design, & the features :)!

I don't know why everyone has been making this phone out to be terrible.

I now have it 5 months & no problems at all. The only reason why the camera takes so long is that it is autofocus which makes the picture so much better.

Three of my friends also got this phone for Christmas & they haven't come across any problems either.

Could anyone tell me where I could get the paint for the pink u600?

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Reviewer: Lindsey - Redditch, UK
Date: 3rd May 2008

This phone really is rubbish! I wish I had read the comments before I bought it. It's a lovely looking phone & relatively easy to use, but it has many annoying feature on it like losing texts half way through & not doing what you want it to do. I bought my phone in February & am trying desperately to get the shop to take it back without having the 'experienced' phone technician tell me it's rubbish. I can do that! The battery life is shocking. After 12 hours on charge the other night, & no usage throughout the day, I needed to make a call on my way home from work at 6pm & the tinker was dead! So I am going back to my not so flash but least it works Nokia!

Please don't buy this phone!

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Reviewer: Crystal - UK
Date: 1st May 2008

I am on my third replacement since Sept 2007.

The first phone just didn't turn on. The second after 3 months continually froze while trying to text & then eventually stopped letting me text all together. & the third is starting to play up like the second one but its only so far freezing 2 to 3 times a week (like the other one started) now I am trying to get another phone on my contract, if they try to give me the U600 again I'll start a riot ha ha.

Design is amazing, easy to use, but terrible software fault! Don't bother with it.

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Reviewer: Mike - Swindon, UK
Date: 1st May 2008

I have had ongoing problems with the touch screen function. When touching the touch screen keys, they don't seem to work after 6 months of use. This results in me not being able to retrieve my contacts, messages or anything else, for that matter!

The slide function on the phone seems to go a bit unstable after months of use too.

In conclusion, if you want a phone which offers a fragile screen, likes to freeze up a lot, & touch screen buttons that don't work after 6 months of use, then go for the Samsung U600!

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Reviewer: Justin - UK
Date: 28th Apr 2008

I got this phone about 6 months ago & started having problems after about 5 months, the screen started to light up blank, while texting the screen goes ass backwards or splits in half. Other than those problems the only other thing that annoys me is while texting if you accidentally hit the back button there is no way to carry on with the text without saving it to drafts then going back into it after exiting out. My old D600 was built much better.

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Reviewer: Amy - Tredwell, UK
Date: 26th Apr 2008

This phone is absolutely terrible. Worst phone I have ever had & I have had Samsungs for as long as I can remember & never had any problems till I got this one.

I am already on my 3rd replacement, (NOT EVEN HAD PHONE A YEAR YET! ) claimed on my contract insurance. First time the screen cracked which wasn't too bad as the phone still worked OK then the camera totally packed up & kept freezing.

Got phone replaced, the next one the phone totally froze & I couldn't answer calls, read messages or press any buttons, they wouldn't work at all!

Got phone replaced yet again & now the phone is not letting me send text messages with predictive messaging which most of us nowadays use! I couldn't ring out for a while either. Spoke to my contract provider that say that the predictive messaging & freezing is a common problem with this particular Samsung model so therefore will not replace this model because I can use normal text for the minute. Absolute waste of time. DON'T WASTE your MONEY!

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Reviewer: Rebecca - UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2008

I absolutely adore this phone! I have had it for almost 2 months now & I have had no problems! I don't care what other people say I think it is wonderful. The touch can be a bit annoying at first but then you get used to it! The only thing that bugs me is the camera, it takes ages to take a photo. But that doesn't bother me because I rarely use it for photos because I have my digital camera!

All in all I would definately recommend this phone, it is amazing!

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Reviewer: Michael Post - Diemen, Netherlands
Date: 22nd Apr 2008

The Samsung u600 is a beautiful phone but there is one problem like other phone this phone is not made too last long. It's first problems are with the screen which comes after a couple months. So if you really want to buy a good phone with good looks then look a bit longer because this one is very bad.

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Reviewer: Helena Warren - UK
Date: 21st Apr 2008

Rubbish phone, had to get a new handset twice as after about 2 months the phone kept on freezing & resetting itself while you were trying to send a text message. Usually it waited until you needed to send something really important & then when you went into the mobile phone shop for a replacement it would behave itself perfectly & the assistant would look at you like you were a nutter who couldn't work a phone. NOT to be recommended. Buy a Nokia or something that works is my suggestion.

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Reviewer: Laura - UK
Date: 20th Apr 2008

I really do not recommend this phone at all. I have had it for about a month now.

My screen lit up yet it was blank & my ringtone for my texts started, it kept going longer than usual then it just turned itself off. I took the battery out & back in after realising the phone just wouldn't turn back on. I tried yet again to turn it on, it didn't.

I then left it on my desk & after several hours please wait came up on my screen. So I picked it up to see if anything else happened. It went blank again, then the screen came up with please wait this time several times down my phone. It then had the screen on as if it was going to start up, it then had colours on the bottom that looked like they had been smudged up.

It still would not turn on. I took the battery out & also my SIM card & left it overnight. I turned it on but it needed charging, so I left it on charge. Then last night the screen went blank again. It still won't turn on.

I have had many Samsungs, & I do prefer then to other makes.

I really like the look of it, & I am pleased with the applications on the phone. However the touch buttons are really annoying, I could slide my phone up & brush against a button & I would be calling someone. Also if I was writing a text, I could brush by one of the buttons & it would quit. I don't like the Internet shortcut or the OK button neither, I have previously had a Sony Ericsson which the menu is on the OK button. I think there should be a way of deactivating this as it is annoying. The earphones that come with it are not very good neither as they would not stay in my ears.

My last phone, I did break, & I can be clumsy, but from reading these reviews I know this is not (entirely) my fault.

Luckily I do have insurance on this phone & I do hope to get it swapped for another phone.

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Reviewer: Katy - Rotherham, UK
Date: 18th Apr 2008

I had this phone bought for me at Christmas. But straight away I started having problems. Whenever somebody rang me & I slid it up to answer, I got cut off. After taking it for Repair, it came back & I was told it was complete. However, still it failed to work. I had it sent off AGAIN & waited AGES. & it has been finally fixed. I've now noticed that the slide top bit is wobbly &, looks as if it is not fixed properly on the right hand side. It has also frozen on me (only once so far touch wood) where I had to take the battery out & they're charge it. The camera is so annoying! How long does it take to take one photo!

As for design though. It's very sleek & looks nice. Mine is the pink one. Makes it all the better!

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Reviewer: Faze - UK
Date: 16th Apr 2008

The phone is excellent. For all you complaining I've had this phone for a while & no problems. OK I sometimes accidentally quits a text every now & again. But you people make it sound like it happens every time.

Remember it's only people who had bad experiences who review in general. This phone is quality. Trust me!

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Reviewer: Michelle - UK
Date: 16th Apr 2008

I have had this phone since December, it's on a contract with Orange & I have had nothing but problems with it.

- When I receive a text message & try to read it I get a fail message & the phone turns itself off & the message disappears.

- the phone freezes & I have to remove the battery to reset it.

I am now on my third replacement & am again having problems with the phone & Orange tell me that they can't change the phone for another model until I am on my forth replacement.

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Reviewer: Ashley - Bristol, UK
Date: 16th Apr 2008

I have had this phone for nearly a year, it is actually a pretty good phone to be honest I don't know why everyone is saying its rubbish.

OK the battery is rubbish but then I text a lot so I don't know whether it's down to that, & the camera is slow but it gives very good photos so you will just have to suffer ! The screen does scratch easily but so do most phones, you just need to take care of it, & the buttons are pretty snazzy you just need to get use to it!

I will not be swapping this phone in for another. My contract runs out in 6 months time & it has been well worth the money, just look after it & get used to it, it is definitely a good buy!

Well done Samsung.

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Reviewer: Jim - Swansea, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2008

I've had a D500 & a D900 before buying this, both of which served me very well, no complaints.

The U600 is, however, terrible, don't bother. My camera broke almost straight away, it then started freezing, now the screen is blank. Don't bother.

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Reviewer: Simon - Worcester, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2008

What a chunk of rubbish! Avoid this phone like the plague, it WILL break, you WILL make random phone calls, & it WILL spend most of its life being charged up. That is of course unless you live in delicate fluffy wuffy world, when it will be great.

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Reviewer: El Zorro - London, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2008

I find it insulting that in the illiterate state we live in that this phone has been designed you are unable to text using inverted commas or apostrophes. The phone's going straight back to the shop.

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Reviewer: Aran Sugar - Milton Keynes, UK
Date: 14th Apr 2008

Good.
- I have had this phone for 8 months & nothing has gone wrong so far.
- It looks sleek & I like the slide screen.& big screen.

Bad.
- Its fragile.
- the camera is rubbish unless in very good light & takes about 10 seconds to take pictures.
- the touch sensitive keys are a nightmare, you can be in the middle of something & accidently brush the clear key & it will send you back to the main menu (this happens all the time).

I like Samsung phones & had about 5 so far but I think I will look around after my 18 MONTH contract runs out! Think very carefully when buying this phone.

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Reviewer: Sophie - Lincolnshire, UK
Date: 13th Apr 2008

The phone is OK. I've had it since October, as an early Christmas, Birthday present. In Feb, March the screen got a 2 x HUGE cracks down the middle of the screen. My mate has had the same problem, same as some-one I work with.

The password on your message is great, & so is the camera, apart from it takes ages to take a photo. Also if you store music on your memory card, it takes ages to play, but I got used to the camera & memory card.

I used to have a Sony Ericsson, & before that I had another Samsung, which I dropped in a cup of tea, but after leaving it in the airing cupboard, it worked like normal. & today I dropped my phone into a cup of tea, AGAIN! Put it into the airing cupboard, & works perfectly again.

A great phone, apart from the cracked screen which I can just about put up with :).

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Reviewer: Amanda - Birmingham, UK
Date: 13th Apr 2008

Does anyone know how I turn my Internet off it's killing my credit.

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Reviewer: Buffalobill - UK
Date: 13th Apr 2008

Battery life is dreadful (if you use your phone a lot, even just text a lot, you will have to recharge every day, very annoying).

Reliability is dreadful, unless you enjoy your phone performing a general reset EVERY time you try use T9 (more so, the phone will reset itself for a number of reasons).

Coverage doesn't seem good at picking up signal.

Really rubbish robustness & consistence. In other words, I suggest not buying this phone. It has numerous flaws which just make your life annoying. The only good thing is that it looks good & is thin.

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Reviewer: Lorraine - Fermanagh, Ireland
Date: 12th Apr 2008

This has to be the worst phone I have ever purchased! I have always used Samsung phones but after this one I will reconsider! When you slide the phone open say by accident you could be calling someone without realising it. I get calls from mates round 2am in morning wondering if all OK as I have just called them! (I keep mobile under my pillow) in case anyone wondering. I always revert to my d900 as it's a good reliable phone. Also the u600 after one week of use was completely scratched from been in my handbag! Useless.

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Reviewer: Pete - UK
Date: 12th Apr 2008

I have this phone over a year now. I got it because it looks great & it seemed to have a lot of extra features to make it more interesting. The touch sensitive keys also added another dimension to it, I thought. WRONG. The only thing this phone has going for it is looks. If you never used it, & simply kept it as a fashion accessory, then you'd be happy, but once you get using it for a while you realise how frustrating it is. Here's the breakdown.

Pros.
- Looks great. Sliding feature is cool. Touch screen keys seem cool. Basically, it's a gorgeous looking phone.

- the full screen feature for videos is great & you can close the phone while you watch, & none of the buttons will interrupt it, which is about the only time the buttons don't frustrate you.

- You can customise just about anything, & there is some nice dynamic wallpaper.

- It has a call block list which is really useful, you can block any number you don't want texting or calling you, simply by adding it to the list.

- There's a handy torch, which is very bright, & can be activated by holding down the volume key for 2 seconds.

Cons.
- It's flimsy, & when it's fully open it can wobble a tiny bit. Starts to feel a bit cheaply made after a while. Like I said, it's great to look at, but once you get your hands on it.

- the touch sensitive keys are a nightmare. You would think they would be cool, but no. It's so easy to just brush one of the keys & you can lose whatever you were doing. This is one of the most noticeable flaws early on. When you're writing a text, the slightest touch of the hang up key can erase some or all of your text. It's also extremely easy to accidentally call someone, I can't stress enough how easy this is to do, & how annoying.

- the centre key activates the WAP browser & it's in the worst possible place! The OK key! You're always accidentally starting the browser when you really don't want it, & then you got to close the damn thing. Nightmare.

- the casing scratches very easily which means the phone starts to look much worn very soon. Also, the screen needs cleaning all the time because it gets smudged & dirty so easily.

- Some of the extra features are useless. Such as the stopwatch, which would work great except you got to keep it open to use it? Once you do something else, the stopwatch stops. Useless. The alarm is even worse. You can't have your phone on silent if you want an alarm. So if I want to sleep & set an alarm to wake up, I can't put my phone on silent or the alarm will be silent also! USELESS.

- the text messaging screen looks so pathetic, you would think Samsung could make it look a bit nicer, but it's far too basic looking, not the tiniest bit interesting. Also, the predictive text is awful, really. It is a nightmare to try & use it. It would seem that you can't save any new words to the dictionary, & if you can at all, it is way too much hassle to go through every menu to find what you want. Also, if your phone is turned off, when you turn it on again, the predictive text dictionary is in German by default & you got to change it every time! The texts in the inbox will tell you when you received them, but the ones in the sent box don't say when you sent them! You got to go to the call register & decipher that if you really want to know. & the annoying noise every time you send a text which you can't disable.

- the photo camera & video camera are not great. There are some features which would seem pretty useful, but it's far too slow & awkward to navigate through them all. It takes about 5 seconds to take a picture, which is far too long, & you got to stay perfectly still for that time or the picture won't come out properly.

- There are far too many menus. When you want to change something on this phone you have to search through everything to find it.

- the phone freezes at times & restarts itself. Usually if you try to play a video in full screen it will just restart the whole phone! You got to press play first to get the whole thing working, then after that, full screen is fine.

-By default when you answer a call the keyboard is automatically locked, which is entirely frustrating. It's because of the touch-sensitive buttons no doubt, Samsung thought they would lock the keypad while in a call so you don't accidentally hang up by the phone brushing against your cheek. In fact it would have been better that way. To hang up you got to slide the phone closed to end the call or unlock the phone then press the hang up key. Unless you disable the automatic keypad lock, the hang up key is basically useless & never gets used, it's only there to annoy you when you accidentally touch it while writing a text or something!

Phew. That was exhaustive, but really, this is what the U600 is like, & I have tried to be as detailed as possible. I've had this phone a long enough time now, & its shortcomings only become apparent through regular use. The phone looks nice, & that's all there is to it. I am got to get rid of this phone in 2 weeks & get a new one, preferably a Nokia this time. Don't get this phone unless you have the patience of a saint.

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Reviewer: A Moran - UK
Date: 10th Apr 2008

In less than 3 months after receiving this phone the screen cracked. I looked after the phone because I had just got it for Christmas & wanted it to last a long time. Also it kept freezing periodically especially on the MP3 player. My mum who also got the phone for Christmas had the same problem 2 weeks later. We firmly believe that this is a design fault as it is so fragile. We are awaiting a response from the Carphone Warehouse.

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Reviewer: Emma Richardson - UK
Date: 10th Apr 2008

I had had this phone about a year now, it's great. Never let me down. People say the battery life is poor, it's lasted a good 3 to 4 days. This phone is great & should be bought, easy to use & a great looking phone.

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Reviewer: Yermaw - UK
Date: 9th Apr 2008

Well my mum has this phone at first I thought it was the best ever but now I think it is rubbish.

First of all it is £130 wow. The camera & video is rubbish & slow. I hate the touch screen because it ends up calling the first person on your contacts.

As for me I got the Sony Ericsson w580i & it is so pretty.

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Reviewer: Alex - Lancashire, UK
Date: 8th Apr 2008

Had the phone a year & in the last couple months started to have major problems.

Pro's, the phone looks good & sleek, all the keys hidden when the slider is closed. The screen is nice & big.

Cons, hardly fits any songs on it (last phone Sony Ericsson I had lots of memory space). Scratches easily & as it's so smooth screen easily damaged.

Major problems, keeps freezing, crashing, having to turn it off & on to try to see anything, screen displays either a distorted image or black.

The touch screen is VERY annoying you will be in the middle of looking at pictures or texting & accidentally brush the touch screen & go back to main menu. This always happens when showing friend's pictures & they always say it looks hard to use.

Although it looks good, it's hard to use. Preferred the more robust Sony Ericsson phones, seem more user friendly, reliable & have better memory.

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Reviewer: Amanda - Rouse, UK
Date: 6th Apr 2008

I BOUGHT THIS PHONE AT CHRISTMAS & AT FIRST REALLY LIKED IT BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IT STARTED FREEZING ON ME DURING CALLS & TEXTING. The ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THIS WAS TO TAKE OUT BATTERY & TURN IT BACK ON LOOSING EVERYTHING YOU WERE IN the MIDDLE OF (VERY ANNOYING). SENT IT OFF TO SAMSUNG TO BE MENDED CAME BACK ALL GOOD, UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH OF USING IT the PROBLEM HAS COME BACK WITH A VENGANCE! GOT IN TOUCH WITH SAMSUNG THEY HAVE SAID THEY WILL TRY TO MEND IT AGAIN BUT WILL NOT GIVE ME A NEW PHONE. SAMSUNG HOW MANY TIMES AM I GONNA HAVE TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU FOR REPAIR? IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE I LOVE SAMSUNG PHOES AS A RULE, BUT I HAVE BECOME SOME WHAT disappointed. BUYERS BEWARE!

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Reviewer: Tom - UK
Date: 5th Apr 2008

I have had for just under a year. Screen broke on the first one, so they sent me a new one, that randomly when the inside screen broke & the screen cover, so I sent it off & they fixed the inside screen but didn't fix the crack on the outside cover, so they sent me yet another, that now turns on & all the features work, except one, the screen now won't turn on unless it is given force & even then there is no guarantee. Don't get one, go for something better, just not this, you will have so much grief from it.

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Reviewer: Gav - UK
Date: 5th Apr 2008

This phone is terrible, all my last few phones have been Samsung but his one has put me off. The super slim design is great but in the same way as many people on this list have discovered after a few weeks the display goes haywire & I know it won't last till the end of my contract (some way off). Curse you Samsung.

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Reviewer: Jamie - UK
Date: 4th Apr 2008

Love the look of this phone & the way it works when it does actually work. I've had this phone 6 months, can't change it because of the contract I am on.

It kept rebooting itself so took it to get sorted. Worked okay for a while, then after every 2 words in a message it froze rebooted itself & would keep doing the same.

Took it back again, got sent away for 15 days & came back okay. Screen randomly cracked one day for no reason at all, the top starts to scratch a way after a while. Recently the phone froze one day after getting a call, & nothing happened. Took the battery out to sort it out & now it won't even turn on! So yet again I've got to take it to get fixed.

DO NOT recommend THIS PHONE AT ALL! Stay as far away as possible from it!

Tried to stop my friends from getting this phone but they won't listen to me. They're going to regret it!

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Reviewer: Jamar - St.james, Barbados
Date: 4th Apr 2008

My first Samsung. The Design is incredible, the Camera & the Music quality in the head phones is amazing.

This is a superb phone. It should definitely be in the top 10 mobile phones.

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Reviewer: Kelly - UK
Date: 3rd Apr 2008

I got this phone at the beginning of December 2007 as a contract phone with Orange. I loved it in the beginning but I am currently onto my SECOND handset. This is due to the phone freezing COMPLETELY! & that is only when I slide it open to make a call or text. The buttons light up but the screen is BLANK! I sent it back to Orange & they sent me out a new handset. Only problem is I got the NEW handset last Friday (28.3.08). You have guessed right. The NEW handset is doing the exact same.

Has anyone else had this problem?

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Reviewer: Mike - UK
Date: 3rd Apr 2008

It is a really nice looking phone & was great when I bought it but now whenever I try & send a text it always freezes & the screen cracked without me even dropping it or hitting it. I am really careful with my phone & never drop it but it still plays up. Also the camera quite often takes longer to take a photo than what I would expect.

Overall I think it is a poor phone & wouldn't recommend it.

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Reviewer: Lauren - Suttey, UK
Date: 2nd Apr 2008

I got this phone as an upgrade. It looked really awesome with some great features but 2 weeks after I received it I sent it back. The BATTERY LIFE IS RUBBISH. The day before I returned the phone, I had to charge the battery (again) & it died within the same day (& I made one phone call that day that wasn't long). The touch buttons were cool initially but got annoying after a while when I was in the middle of something & accidentally pushed the damn buttons. Trying to type a text was also a bit of a mission as the buttons aren't very well distinguished & I don't have big fingers either. All in all, I am glad I returned it.

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Reviewer: Tudor - Deva, Romania
Date: 1st Apr 2008

This is a brilliant looking phone. It is slim, light & beautiful to look at. It has many features which work very well most of the times. The camera makes very good photos even at night. The FM works perfect all the times but the MP3 has some problems sometimes. It doesn't recognize so many formats & doesn't allow protected files, also a bad thing is that it doesn't play the last 3 seconds of an MP3 song. The games are very few & I have had many problems with this phone because it just won't install other games. The software is very weak on this phone & I heard many of my friends having the problems that I have with it. Overall I think it's a fair phone but it could have been better & the software kills the phone.

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Reviewer: Alan - Aberdeen, UK
Date: 29th Mar 2008

Can anyone tell me if it sends & recieves photos? I am having trouble.

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Reviewer: Jack B - UK
Date: 29th Mar 2008

I think this phone is good I like the camera & MP3. The touch screen can be a bit annoying & the Bluetooth is not that good. You should buy this phone with a memory card!

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Reviewer: John - Blackpool, UK
Date: 29th Mar 2008

The worst Samsung I have ever had. As with SO many other people, I could be in the middle of an application & with no warning, the screen will go blank followed by the message please wait, then the phone then reboots itself & suffice to say whatever app you were in, is lost so you have to start over again. I am on my second handset from Vodafone & since last June & in that time, the phone has been with them for around 6 weeks for repairs (none of which have resulted in a phone that's up to the job). I am not too bothered about the camera functions but for the record, its rubbish, as are the touch sensitive buttons, as is the battery life, as is the usability of the dictionary in text mode. Etc. The list is endless. To sum up don't BUY ONE. Ill happily send you instructions on how to assemble a communications device using 2 bean tins & a length of string. It'll be far more reliable.

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Reviewer: Babe With Brains - US
Date: 29th Mar 2008

This phone is the best I have ever had! I had a few problems though, the screen cracked from the inside in the 3rd week that I had it. I don't know how it happened I just got it out of my bag (I was being careful with it because my new phone was in it) & I found the screen had been seriously cracked but not on the outside, on the inside! I got the phone replaced & I have now got a crystal case for it which is working well.

Buyers beware, the phone is so sleek & very easy to drop, I dropped mine on a sidewalk on the second day I had it, got a nice chip & many scratches on it but the case has prevented me from dropping the new phone as easily, so no scratches.

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Reviewer: Jamie Geraghty - UK
Date: 28th Mar 2008

Well I loved this phone, I didn't have any problem with the freezing, or any part of the cracking screen (apart from the back of the phone scratches like mad just being in my pocket). But as of today (marking today as having the phone for a week), the screen decided to die. For example if I don't use it for a while, it will just go black, & ill have to remove the battery & put it back in. Sometimes the screen just totally distorts throwing colour everywhere, or even a white screen with coloured lines down it. I have lost the receipt, but hopefully O2 will have the sale on their system tomorrow so I can refund it.

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Reviewer: Zoe - Darwen, UK
Date: 28th Mar 2008

This phone is awful I hate it right now & O2 really don't help my screen had a fault it would work when it felt like it, then I sent out of for repair & it comes back with another faults phone as it always has a fault but OK otherwise could have few more features but OK apart from FAULTS!

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Reviewer: Rebecca - US
Date: 24th Mar 2008

This is a brilliant phone! It is the best I have had! The touch buttons can be a bit annoying but after a few days you get used to them. A lot of my friends have cracked the screen but I have a month now & no problems. I have already locked it but don't worry because on the Internet you type in your number & you get a code to unlock it!

I definitely recommend it. Even though I am a girl, I prefer the black because the pink is far too bright!

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Reviewer: Frankie - UK
Date: 23rd Mar 2008

It was supposed to have a reasonable battery life, but, not so. I've had a number of phones & this one is, without doubt, the worst so far. It's on a contract with Orange, who do not care, & I've contacted Samsung who are equally uninterested. It resets itself & the battery life is useless.

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Reviewer: TBW - UK
Date: 20th Mar 2008

Well I have heard so many bad reports about this phone & definitely will not be purchasing it. Several of my friends have got or had this phone but it is currently getting fixed for a cracked screen, surprise, surprise.

I have the D900i which is amazing but I need to change to contract. Can someone please tell me if I can buy a contract phone on Vodafone but put the sim card into my pay as you go phone which is also on Vodafone?

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Reviewer: Genna - Oxford, UK
Date: 20th Mar 2008

So I got my first phone in May 2007, & it's been fine apart from a weekly freezing & restarting, then it started rebooting itself whenever I tried to write a text message (somewhat annoying) so I sent it away under warranty. It was allegedly fixed but when I received it back, I couldn't turn it on! I've now got a new U600 but the touch sensitive buttons are functional even when the slider is shut.

Overall, a great phone if you don't mind going back & forth to the shop for the next 12 to 18 months!

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Reviewer: Tash - UK
Date: 18th Mar 2008

When I got this phone at first I thought it was the bee's knees. All my friends then decided to get it too.

Now a couple of months later the cameras broken, Bluetooth is broken, every time I plug it into the charger it resets my settings & it won't let me set any pictures as my background. This has also happened to all my other friends that have the phone.

DO NOT BUY IT.

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Reviewer: Julia - Kent, UK
Date: 16th Mar 2008

I got this phone after reading these reviews. I love the Samsung u600. It has a brilliant camera except it takes a while to take a photo. The speakers are fantastic. You can edit photos in so many ways it's incredible. It works quickly with other phones through Bluetooth. I love it. The only downside is that it scratches so easily. I already have scratches on the back & on the screen of the phone. I have only had the phone just over 3 weeks & I have been really careful about leaving it in a case to protect it. Still great phone & I thoroughly recommend this phone to anybody that wants a great phone & doesn't mind about a couple of scratches.

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Reviewer: Lauren - Hampshire, UK
Date: 16th Mar 2008

I really liked this phone. The design was fabulous, the internal memory was decent enough, it was slim & fitted into my pocket, & the camera quality was amazing. I really love all the features it has, like changing pictures to black & white & photo editor & stuff. I'd love to keep this phone.

BUT I then discovered.
- the camera is so slow it's unreal.
- the touch screen can get really annoying.
- the end call button doesn't even work does it?
- It's really fragile, my friend managed to crack the screen.
- the buttons can be tricky to work, I was alright though because I have got long nails.

My main area of concern though, is that it actually doesn't pick up signal ANYWHERE! I put it down to the network but it's not, because on my new phone it picks up signal. It took some texts a couple of days to come through, & as soon as you start texting a reply, you run out of signal. Battery life isn't great either.

I probably wouldn't advise anyone to get this phone, even though the design is awesome.

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Reviewer: Andy - Watford, UK
Date: 14th Mar 2008

Had mine nearly a year & it's the first phone I have ever wanted to throw at a wall.

Some of my gripes are just me, the touch screen drives me mad, have ended up phoning people who text me & not by choice & it's as if the phone is just begging to connect to the Internet because I always seem to manage it unintentionally, I just don't like or get on with touch screen, hey that's just me, the phone in this respect does what it says on the tin, touch screen, if that's what you want that's what you get, it does work.

I have found the keyboard a nightmare for texting (maybe I have big fingers but have never had a problem with any other phone) the predictive text seems very limited & it next to never remembers a word you add to it. When texting the phone regularly freezes mid text & reboots itself, it can sometimes take hours to send a text of more than four characters as it repeatedly does it, & then it's fine for a couple of weeks, & then it won't text again, & then its fine for a few weeks & then. It is nothing short of infuriating when it happens & I have patience by the lorry load.

Battery life isn't bad but I only phone & text & not a lot of that so it is never really taxed. As I only text & call the phone has tons of features in my opinion, I never use them, for gadget freaks who feel the need for a phone that can hack into & fly the space shuttle against the crews will, or throw oil tankers several thousand miles across the other side of the world into a 360 degree turn just for fun & to terrorise the local sea life population, it may be lacking a little. You'll never see a bond villain starting nuclear war with a Samsung U600!

Phone actually feels quite solid & well put together for a phone so slim & light (my opinion thousands may disagree)

Camera?

Overall I think it isn't a bad phone, not for texters, maybe I have just been unlucky with its constant needy desire to reboot itself.

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Reviewer: Ian - UK
Date: 13th Mar 2008

I love this phone. I got it 3 months ago ant I can't get enough of it. The sleek design gives you a classy feel & the touch sensitive buttons are easy to use once you are use to them which takes about 5 minutes of fiddling.

The camera quality is brilliant & likewise with the MP3. GET the PHONE.

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Reviewer: Hannah - UK
Date: 12th Mar 2008

I don't really know why there are some bad reviews on this phone! I have had it for about 3 months now & it is really living up to my expectations & it's a very good phone. There is a space for a memory card so if you don't think the memory is very good (which it isn't really) you can buy a card! It has great sound on loudspeaker & music player & texting is easy & if the touch screen gets in the way of your text, it automatically saves the text to drafts which is GREAT & has saved some time for me! The games on it are really good, I am addicted to them!

I would rate this phone 8.5 out of 10 & it is really good, it would be money well spent!

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Reviewer: Beat Trigo - Stamford, UK
Date: 12th Mar 2008

GOT THIS PHONE AS AN UPGRADE, SLEEK, SLIM, LIGHTWEIGHT & A TUFF LITTLE PHONE, DROPPED IT SEVERAL TIMES, PUT BACK TOGETHER & STILL WORKS. I WAS DRIVING & PLACED IT IN the MIDDLE BIT IN the CONSOLE PLACED A BOTTLE OF WATER ON TOP OF IT, I have NOT SCREWED the BOTTLE TOP PROPERLY & LOADS OF WATER LEAKED & FLOODED the PHONE, I SHAKED the WATER OUT, PLACED IT IN BETWEEN the VENTS IN the CAR & BLASTED FULL HEATER, 1 HOUR LATER REFITTED the BATERRY & SIM CARD & the PHONE IS STILL GOING LIKE NEW, ALL CAMERA & BUTTON PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING IS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING USED TOO REALLY. EXCELLENT PHONE.

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Reviewer: Alex - Ringwood, UK
Date: 12th Mar 2008

I bought this phone as the design looked good, however I have been having many problems with it. The camera takes ages to take a photo, which took me a good two months to get used to. Also my Internet doesn't work, & never has ever since I bought it. The MP3 player takes a while to load up as well, & additionally it has started to freeze.

Before I had the Samsung E900, & that was a much better phone. If you are even considering buying this phone like a lot of us did, don't! It's such a waste of money.

Next time I will be buying a Nokia.

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Reviewer: Dervla - UK
Date: 11th Mar 2008

The screen cracks really easily I have seen 4 different U600's that the screen are cracked on & mine cracked today! Way disappointed!

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Reviewer: Jack - UK
Date: 11th Mar 2008

Can you tell me if the phones memory is good?

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Reviewer: Jessy - Wales, UK
Date: 11th Mar 2008

I got bought the U600 this Xmas & was really happy with it until now I have had the phone nearly 3 months & I can amazingly call people without doing it send texts & it turns itself off. This morning I looked at my phone to see a huge crack through the middle of the screen unfortunately, so don't know what to do? Does anyone know how much it will cost for a new screen? Thanks.

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Reviewer: Laura - Cumbria, US
Date: 9th Mar 2008

The PHONE IS OK IT ISN'T the BEST I have HAD BECAUSE WITH IT BEING A TOUCH SCREEN IT SOMETIMES KNOCKS OFF WHEN MAKING CALLS.

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Reviewer: Jenny - UK
Date: 8th Mar 2008

I absolutely love this phone! I have had it since it came out & it's the first handset I have ever been pleased with!

I have it in the purple colour & I absolutely love my phone, I wouldn't ever change it! I have had no problems with it at all!

It's a great phone.

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Reviewer: Jackie - Hamilton, UK
Date: 8th Mar 2008

Has anyone had the same problem as me with this handset? When I receive texts I now receive 5 or 6 of the same message! This has been ongoing since June 2007. Have been issued with new SIM & the handset has been sent for maintenance by T Mobile but with no luck.

It got better for a few weeks & then started again. I've tried other SIM'S in the handset & they do it too so I know that's where the fault lies. T Mobile say they've never heard of this fault & I've not read about it on any other reviews.

Just hoping I am not the only one. Have had other Samsung handsets & have had no problems, but this is driving me crazy!

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Reviewer: Chaz - Liverpool, UK
Date: 8th Mar 2008

I Got This Phone For My Birthday & It's the Best Phone I have Had! Nothing Really You Can Knock It For & the Phone DOES NOT have A Mind OF Its Own! & Memory Cards Make Your MP3 Player Go Slower Not the Phones Fault! I Would Like To See More Of These Types Of Phones Because They Are Great & Easy To Use & Extremely Popular.

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Reviewer: Ilovesean - UK
Date: 6th Mar 2008

Ignore all the negative comments about this phone. The photo editor is good. It has frozen on me a couple of times but soon recovers. The touch sensitive keys are good when you get used to them, it just takes time, it took me about 1 month to get used to it. The camera is quite slow at taking pictures but is quite good quality photos. I would recommend this phone as I have got on quite well with it. I would buy another model like it if there was one as it is very good when you get used to the touch screen. Hope I helped.

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Reviewer: Vicky - London, UK
Date: 5th Mar 2008

This phone is still one of the best looking around & has some nice features. If you stand still for long enough, the pictures turn out well & the memory is pretty good without having to add a memory sick. BUT, I have been through 4 phones now & will not be getting another U600. Also do not buy this phone if you like to put on silent at night. The alarm does not work unless the phone is on loud, very frustrating. This is also not detailed in the instructions. It could have been a great phone. Shame Samsung can't sort out its problems.

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Reviewer: Gayle - UK
Date: 5th Mar 2008

I first got this phone last April when it was first released. I would now be on my 3rd, but fortunately it was out of stock when my 2nd one broke so O2 replaced it with a G600.

It was my 4th Samsung phone & by far the worst. The user interface is very aesthetically pleased & I found it very easy to use. Unfortunately picture.

& as for apparently having a Bang & Olufsen amp in it, the handset comes with one set of very poor quality earphones that are NOT interchangeable, even at low volumes they distorted badly.

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 5th Mar 2008

Nice phone & I've experienced all of the problems mentioned. However I believe it's a case of the touch control buttons being too sensitive, & it's a case of getting used to it.

The biggest problem for me by far is the battery life. I am not a heavy user at all, but the best I can get out of it is 36 hours on standby before it needs charging. I've tried charging when switched off, but it makes no difference.

I wouldn't have one again for this reason alone.

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Reviewer: Tanya - US
Date: 4th Mar 2008

I had this phone as an upgrade from a Sony Ericsson W810i. The first handset I had was OK, a little slow but OK. Unfortunately old 2MP, & the so called flash didn't reach even a yard in distance oh & the MP3 player was so slow I gave up & bought a separate one. All in all, a total waste of time.

In the end I gave up with Orange & the Samsung u600, lost a load of money, but found the delightful Sony Ericsson K850i.

Stick with Sony & Nokia, far better.

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Reviewer: Leanne - Torfaen, UK
Date: 4th Mar 2008

Do not buy this phone if you use predictive text! Mine keeps crashing when trying to write messages, after Orange giving me 2 different excuses they've finally told me that the U600 has got a problem with predictive text, which is why it keeps crashing! They told me they can't send me a replacement as all U600's have this fault so all I can do is to manually enter the text instead of predictive. Oh & the battery is shocking! Lasts one day!

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Reviewer: Bobby - UK
Date: 4th Mar 2008

IT SEEMS MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN TOTALLY FAULTY U600 SETS, SEND the RUBBISH BATCH BACK IF I WAS YOU.

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Reviewer: S - UK
Date: 1st Mar 2008

I read a lot of reviews before getting this phone but I think that every phones usability depends on the user. After six months with this phone I have found.

Bad points.
- Low battery life so has to be charged nearly every day depending on how much it has been used.
- Camera takes a while to take photos.
- GPRS & EDGE can sometimes randomly come on.

All in all a good phone & works for me because I prefer to have my phone on silent & the phone can be put down when it has been on loudspeaker by unlocking it & then pressing the touch sensitive button. Also I have not had any problems with the touch sensitive buttons or the text messaging & the touch sensitive can be turned off by pressing the button used to turn the phone off. All other points are not even worth mentioning.

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Reviewer: Melissa Williams - UK
Date: 1st Mar 2008

I got this phone like a month ago because I thought it looked good & even though some of the reviews on here said it was bad, there were also some that said it was good. I want to warn everyone not to get this phone as it is a pile of rubbish. Seriously, listen to the bad reviews because they're all true! Anyway, at first, I loved this phone. I got used to the touch keys straight away & it was really easy to use. Recently though, it has started putting my settings all back to default when I turn it off, the camera doesn't work, & Bluetooth no longer works. It has also wiped all my photos. My friend has similar problems with hers, which keeps crashing & her camera has done the same as mine. Yes, it looks nice & there are people on here saying it's really good, but I really advise that you get the D900 instead as my sister has this & has had no problems with it whatsoever.

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Reviewer: Jodie - Bournemouth, UK
Date: 29th Feb 2008

I totally agree with all of your comments regarding how useless this mobile is!

I fortunately have not incurred any of the freezing problems as of yet, but I have only had it 3 weeks.

The alarm is a nightmare. The mobile has to be on to use it. If your battery runs out then no alarm & if you have it on silent, you guessed it No Alarm!

Texting is slow & has a mind of its own.

End call button, this is useless.

Camera, yep you have to be as still as a daisy & it takes ages, so if you move too quick you get a distorted mess!

I am gutted, was a valentines present on pay as you go, so am in for long haul, hope it doesn't start crashing & frezzing etc.

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Reviewer: Peter Ham - Ilford, UK
Date: 29th Feb 2008

Rubbish phone!

- Can't use predictive text.
- Screen is all fuzzy (been like that since I bought it).
- Takes forever to hang up the phone after having conversation.
- Touch screen too sensitive.
- Randomly calls other people when I am on the phone.
- Randomly sends blank text messages.
- Blocks for no reason.

I know you can't always trust reviews, but this phone should never have been made! Absolute rubbish!

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Reviewer: H S F - Co Durham, UK
Date: 28th Feb 2008

I am onto my second handset & heading for a third. This phone is the worst phone I have ever had. I have call drop outs, intermittent service (& it's not the provider because I have two phones on the same network) & not access to the web!

It does have a great screen, which is why I got it & that is its only saving grace. The touch buttons are too sensitive & the build quality seems very flimsy. I am getting used to it after six months of light use. I only make calls & texts with it now because it is so unreliable.

Lesson learnt from this phone, looks are definitely not important if the features don't work!

Will stick to Sony Ericsson's or Motorola's in the future!

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Reviewer: Suzi - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 28th Feb 2008

This is the most unreliable phone I have ever owned!

Looks great, but doesn't work. Cuts out ALL the time!

I Had 7! Until they finally gave me another model, the G600, to replace the sham that is the U600!

STEER CLEAR! This is a complete waste of money!

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Reviewer: Susan - UK
Date: 28th Feb 2008

I am now on my 3rd handset of the U600 & it still continues to freeze whilst entering text. It has also begun to please itself when to allow me to make a call or receive one! Several times now I have been told of someone ringing my mobile but it never rang & when I have dialled up, it just sits with the icon going round & round & round & round until eventually I have to turn it off & restart. It won't even let you cancel the call.

I have been offered a different phone now with the G600 being one of my given options but after just reading its reviews, I don't think I will bother with Samsung at all. They obviously have a software issue which they are struggling to resolve. I would avoid the you & G600's for the time being as both phones appear to have very similar faults. All credit to Orange who has been most helpful & supportive with this!

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Reviewer: Louise Townend - Cornwall, UK
Date: 28th Feb 2008

I got this phone in April last year & personally it has got to be the worst phone I have ever had. It has been back twice to the manufacturer for the screen freezing, OK so it hasn't done that for a while now but the battery life is absolutely terrible. I only use my phone for texting (which I may add takes an age to send! ) & the occasional call but I can't seem to get it past 2 days before it just dies on me. I've tried charging it when switched off, I've tried charging it for 12 to 14 hours switched off (as advised by my local Orange store) but still no luck. Orange aren't really interested, I am stuck with the phone & can't be bothered to send it back again. (Think that's what they hope for! ) the slide part is not the greatest, very flimsy, the last one I sent back was far better, this one is extremely loose.

Take my advice, stay way clear of this phone, I was sucked in by the looks, that's all that is going for this phone!

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Reviewer: Nixybabes - Aberdeen, UK
Date: 27th Feb 2008

Only thing I can complain about is the fact that it doesn't give you a date & time of sending on your text messages, like it does on the ones on your inbox.

For Mr Cheese from Albania, in case you ever come back to this site. Press & hold the # key to turn it onto silent!

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Reviewer: Linda - Western Isles, UK
Date: 27th Feb 2008

I got this phone about 6 months ago & still have the original. Maybe the people who are having to get replacements had a bad batch because I have had very few problems with mine.

The only few negative things that I can say is that every now & again the keys freeze completely, but they have started to work within a few minutes after this happening.

Also, the touch screen can be very annoying as it often deletes texts in the middle of typing & sometimes calls the person.

I find that it takes a long time to send & receive texts & I frequently have to call someone to remind my phone that I have signal so that I can receive texts.

The camera takes a long time to take a picture & usually results in blurred photos as people do not like to wait for 30 seconds while the phone decides to do what it is told.

Another problem is that it takes a long time to hang up after a call.

On the positive side the phone is very lightweight, slim & chic!

I would recommend buying this phone even with its problems as there are very few phones that do not come with the odd problem!

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Reviewer: Charlotte - South Wales, UK
Date: 26th Feb 2008

Hmm, I nearly didn't get this phone because of the bad reviews. I had it for Christmas. Worrying I chose the wrong phone.

Its great phone packed with loads of stuff! I love you can change the colour of the writing on your texts & you can edit images. The camera is packed with loads of awesome effects.

There are a few minor problems. But you get used 2 it!
- the camera takes ages to take a picture.
- the MP3 player can take a few seconds time to play a song.
- Can ring people without you knowing.

Get a memory card though! God job I did 2GB & you're sorted. IT'S A GREAT PHONE, don't BE PUT OFF BY SOME REVIEWS! LIKE I WAS!

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Reviewer: Kyle - Oldbury, UK
Date: 24th Feb 2008

This is a brilliant phone! I have had this phone for a couple weeks now & I have had none of the problems that these lot have been mentioning!

Positives, the phone is very stylish, the camera takes good quality high resolution images, the keypad has a nice feel to it, the firmware is great & unlike some of you no problems have been experienced, the screen is very high res & the colours show up beautifully, music plays nicely on it & the speaker both for phone calls & for music is good quality.

Negatives, the sliding mechanism is a bit flimsy, the touch screen buttons have annoyance potential if you have fat fingers, you cannot set the background to appear normally if it is off a memory card, the camera can take a while to snap a photo if the subject is moving or you're not holding the camera very still.

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Reviewer: Nicola - Notts, UK
Date: 23rd Feb 2008

I don't see why people are giving this phone bad comments. They are obviously not using it like they should do. I have had this phone since last year & it is a really good phone to use & whether it's because I read the instructions first. I don't know. But I think that's what most people are going on about giving bad comments. The faults people are commenting are unlucky because this is the first I have heard about the message & backlight fault etc. I recommend this phone to all people if they are not EAGER & read the instructions first. Because in my point of view that's what people are NOT doing. & they get to eager when they receive their phone they just want to turn it on & they don't have no interest in the instruction booklet. Most people don't even know what they are even doing but they think they do. MANY THANKS.

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Reviewer: Rachael - UK
Date: 22nd Feb 2008

This phone is shocking, phone keeps rebooting when I am writing texts, I have had it 3 months & it's been sent off for repair twice, & I am now waiting for a replacement. The buttons are super sensitive, so you many end up phoning people rather than texting them. There is annoying noise that it makes every time you send a text, & the only way to stop is by having entire phone on silent. To me it does not seem particularly logically designed, even calculator is not easy to use.

It is very slim, & this appears to be its only positive feature! Camera is OK, but nothing spectacular. I would not recommend this phone to anyone.

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Reviewer: Wales - UK
Date: 20th Feb 2008

I had my first phone 9 years ago so I've had my fair share & this is the WORST phone I've ever had. I chose this phone as I had a Samsung flip up a few years ago & it was fabulous! This one is not & I cannot stress that enough!

On the positive, it looks really good & the camera is good (when you get someone to sit for long enough to take a photo)

On the negatives.

- When trying to send a text message, you'll be in the middle of texting when it either randomly goes back to the main screen or to the music player! Or just begins calling the person! If you're lucky it'll occasionally save in drafts, if you're not you'll find yourself retyping the entire message. At first I thought it was me, but now I am sure it's not!

- Also when you try to delete one letter, it sometimes deletes the entire text, very annoying when you've just typed a long one!

- It freezes mid text.

- It takes ages to actually send a text.

- It randomly turns itself off or the screen goes black (I am on my second handset for this problem).

- When taking a photo, there is a big time lapse between pressing the take button & it actually taking by which time your subject has moved!

- It doesn't save anything permanently, for example when setting an alarm. Each day it reverts to its manufacturers very annoying alarm tune. You cannot seem to add a permanent alarm tone, you have to change it every time you set the alarm. Also, if you want to snooze, this has to be set when you do the alarm, I.E. When you wake up in the morning, there is no snooze option, so when you go to bed at night, you have to try & work out if you think you'll want to snooze the following morning!

- But personally I find the most annoying thing the fact that sometimes it seems almost impossible to finish a call to someone! I rang someone today & there was no answer so I left a voicemail. Once I had finished my voicemail, it took 2 minutes & 50 seconds to hang up the call. Neither the flip down action or cut off button worked. This happens regularly when using the hands-free or the speaker phone.

- the most annoying thing is the fact that I've got this phone for 18 months as its part of an upgrade. There's no way I can use this phone for 18 months without throwing it across the room in frustration so I will definitely be reverting back to my old phone! Apologies for the rant!

Does anyone know if Samsung has mentioned anything about possible design faults with the phone?

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 19th Feb 2008

WHAT CAN I SAY, I AM A HIGH USER (TRADER). NICE SLIM DESIGN, PITY I AM ON FOR MY FIFTH PHONE, IN 7 MONTHS. SCREEN KEEPS BREAKING DOWN.

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Reviewer: Chris - UK
Date: 19th Feb 2008

Had this phone since September & was very impressed with at first. Great looking & very slim phone.

After a while though you begin to find out this phone's faults. MP3 player is slow to respond to controls, takes forever to update once songs have been updated & the battery life is poor.

Also the most annoying thing is that the display has now decided to show in mirror image, upside down or just a plain white screen at random.

I do like this phone but feel that Samsung should have put more effort into making the phone more reliable.

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Reviewer: Alastair - Crowthorne, UK
Date: 19th Feb 2008

Lovely looking phone, but Samsung firmware loaded onto this phone is obviously utter rubbish. Have had FIVE of these handsets since June 2007. All but one have suffered the problem of freezing up during texting, & resetting, thus losing the text you were typing. Sent the first one to Samsung for them to fix, which they claimed they did, but when I got it back it was soon back to crashing.

Because I have had one which didn't crash, (which I typically lost), I will admit they are a nice phone to look at, & when not crashing, are like most Samsungs, & very nice to use.

But my advice, steer clear.

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Reviewer: Laura - Somerset, UK
Date: 18th Feb 2008

PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! The same day I swopped my sim into the phone the screen cracked for no reason.

The mobile phone shop I bought the phone from won't repair it free as they said that I must have done it, but the phone has been treated no differently to the others that I have had in the past! It hasn't been dropped or crushed at all!

I paid £100 for a phone with a cracked screen, please don't make the same mistake!

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Reviewer: Jarrod - UK
Date: 17th Feb 2008

Very disappointed in the U600, touch sensitive buttons are by far the worst factor on this phone (think maybe Samsung realise this too). Slide action is flimsy or shall we say Cheap & Wobbly.

The u600 is an ideal phone if you don't make or receive many calls or texts & just want something slim & stylish for emergency use that won't weigh your pockets down. Avoid it if you're a regular caller or texter.

Been with Samsung for the past 5 years (various models), the u600 has driven me back to Nokia, am now the pleased owner of the sturdy Nokia 6500 slide.

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Reviewer: Sandie - UK
Date: 16th Feb 2008

Everything negative I've just read I totally agree with. The phone looks stunning but its looks are really deceiving, the worst thing is the freezing when you're trying to text with predictive, I can't get past 3 words before it freezes then goes off! The camera is so sensitive it's a nightmare, who in their right mind will sit absolutely still without blinking for 30 seconds just to make sure you get a perfect shot? It's impossible. I got mine from phones for you, & it's been nothing but a pain in the bits, they have repaired it twice in 3 months. Not good guys, please don't waste your money, & don't get me started about the touch sensitive screen.

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Reviewer: Sumacher - Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Date: 16th Feb 2008

Best mobile phone ever!

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Reviewer: Liam - UK
Date: 16th Feb 2008

People complain of not having the aeroplane (day) & fireworks (night) in the sky on their home screen. They only appear when you receive a text message!

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Reviewer: Spiderman - UK
Date: 16th Feb 2008

This is the worst phone ever, I hate it, it lags, do not get it, I rather you have no phone than to have this, it's the worst phone I have ever used.

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Reviewer: Heulwen - Cardigan, UK
Date: 13th Feb 2008

Lush Design but blooming RUBBISH! Touch screen buttons are so irratating, during a text I will try n delete one tiny thing & end up losing the entire text! Or start calling the person I am texting & then it locks the keys!

I also find if the charger is left in, the keypad begins to get very hot. Sometimes it gets hot for no reason too.

Also the little flap for the charger & headset is so stupid, I snapped it off myself as I got so tired of worrying I was going to break it off.

Glad to say though I have not scratched the screen. Rather surprised at that. But it has currently decided to be water damaged after I wiped it with a slightly damn cloth to clean the screen.

Overall, A BAD PHONE! Just trying to convince my mum that it's not the phone that's important in a contract. So I can get a different model!

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Reviewer: Marky - Great Yarmouth, UK
Date: 12th Feb 2008

Love this phone, had no problems at all, great piece of kit.

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Reviewer: Linz - UK
Date: 11th Feb 2008

Got this phone as an upgrade from my W810i in October.
Sent it away in Dec to be repaired, & again 2 weeks ago, same faults.

- Turning on & off randomly.
- Freezing whilst texting.
- Not receiving calls.
- Unable to answer calls when they come through.
- Personal settings e.g. Ringtones not saving, constantly changing.
- MP3 player takes a long time to respond to anything, e.g. Pausing a song.

I really liked it to begin with, the sound is excellent on calls, & it's a nice looking phone, but now I am wishing I'd never bought it.

On another note, those people writing reviews saying everyone else is talking rubbish, this is a great phone. You've luckily got one with no problems, other people haven't been so lucky. Let them share their opinion, it's highly annoying when you're trying to get your personal point, & people are saying its rubbish & that you've not to listen to them.

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Reviewer: Jimmy - Brighton, UK
Date: 10th Feb 2008

Everything bad you've read about this phone is true unfortunately high but I was prepared to be impressed.

The camera is bad, slow like you've all said & yes, it's impossible to photograph anything in motion. It's also incredibly sensitive to the slightest tremor when you take the picture. I use it mostly for photographing paintings for my work, however, so for me the biggest bugbear is the colour balance which is rubbish. Everything comes out too cold. I thought maybe this might be my handset but the replacement I've just been sent has the same fault.

It's depressing reading these reviews because I had thought that mine was a freak, the only phone where

- the END CALL touch button never works & you have to close the slide to finish a call.

- the screen goes doolally, disappears, goes upside down & back to front so you have to read texts in the mirror, etc.

The text messaging is the most frustrating thing I've ever encountered on a phone. It's like dealing with a really touchy person on a knife edge to take offence. The slightest thing & it's over with maybe the chance to save in drafts if you're lucky. The vocabulary is very limited, the punctuation options ditto, with no choice of certain characters in the pull down. I think that there is a proper symbol menu somewhere but I can't remember the magic key combination I used to find it.

A few people in the reviews are suggesting that my brute fingers are just too clumsy for the refinements of touch sensitive buttons. These seem to be becoming a standard gimmick on the new generation of phone across the board. Other than being the poor man's nod to the touch screen (I guess) I don't really see the point. Who the hell needs touch sensitive buttons anyway?

I am giving this one a so so mark for design (that's what drew me in when I saw it rotating on the online 3D demo) but the rest is a waste of time. Honestly I am so worked up about this.

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Reviewer: Teri - Northampton, UK
Date: 10th Feb 2008

I got this phone about 4 months ago & I've had to send it back to 02 for a replacement. It was great to start with then a couple of weeks ago it started to stop working properly. I found it started to crash then id turn it off & back on again & it wouldn't let me do anything with it! Needless to say I was not happy about it. Fingers crossed my replacement phone doesn't do the same.

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Reviewer: Anna - Reading, UK
Date: 10th Feb 2008

I wish I'd seen this website before I agreed to get this phone on an 18 month contract.

The camera is slow at taking pictures, takes ages to auto focus & then actually take the shot.

The touch sensitive buttons don't always work when you press them, & sometimes there is a delay. So you are doing something else, & the button you pressed a few seconds before suddenly realises & then does what it's meant to.

When writing a text to someone, if you happen to lean you finger on a button it starts calling the person who sent you the text. It also has a very small dictionary, & when you add a word it doesn't remember it for the next time you want to type it, you have to spell & add it again.

& most annoying of all is the fact that the T9 doesn't work. It's a common problem with this phone, so Orange told me last week. After a few weeks of using the phone, the T9 stops working & whilst you are typing a message, the phone freezes, turns itself off & then back on again & the great thing, is that there is no way of correcting this. You just can't use predictive text, which is rubbish!

It looks very good, & is a slim phone, but it would be nice to have a phone which actually worked & didn't make you want to throw it out the window! Think very carefully about getting this phone, as there are much better ones out there.

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Reviewer: Dominic - Sydney, Australia
Date: 9th Feb 2008

It looks good, BUT A SLIDING PHONE THREATS THIN, BREAKS SO EASY, TRUST THAT.

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Reviewer: Kenny - United Arab Emirates
Date: 8th Feb 2008

Got this phone just before Christmas & thought it was the best. Up until 2 weeks ago it worked fine, but then the screen started to freeze occasionally, then regularly, now the screen is completely blank & phone is unusable.

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Reviewer: I Love My U600! - UK
Date: 8th Feb 2008

Don't understand all the bad reviews, got this phone for Xmas & I LOVE it, its by far one of the best phones I have had, does what I want it to & battery lasts ages too, which probably depends how heavy a user you are though. Maybe all the people that have written bad reviews got a phone from a bad batch, I certainly recommend the phone 100% & wouldn't swap it for another.

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Reviewer: Niall Findlater - UK
Date: 7th Feb 2008

I just got this phone 1 day ago & I am sending it back for a different model the G600. The reason I am doing this the touch sensitive buttons are driving me crazy every time I am texting some 1 I hit the call button & then it starts phoning so I have to hang up, & then the text a was writing is gone. Also the screen when I push it up wobbles around feels cheap. This is the first Samsung phone I have bought I have always used Nokia's & there great. But am going to give Samsung one more try & get the G600 so let's hope it's a lot better!

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Reviewer: Lucy - Guildfors, UK
Date: 6th Feb 2008

BUY THIS PHONE AT YOUR PERIL!

I have had mine under contract for 4 months with Orange. It has been sent for repair as it only works when in the slide down position. As soon as it is slid up all the buttons become useless. Surprise, surprise Orange say it has water damage & will not replace! I have looked after this phone but am now left with no choice but to buy a new one!

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Reviewer: Helen Mclarnon - Belfast, UK
Date: 3rd Feb 2008

I can honestly state that this is the worst phone I have ever purchased. I only had this phone 3 months when problems started to arise. I only used the phone occasionally to call or text family & friends. At times I downloaded a few tunes & listened to music.

The main problems were the keyboard was roasting hot & there was a sizzling sound coming from the phone.

I sent it back to Samsung & they repaired free of charge. Same thing happened again at Christmas at which point I had phone for 6 months. I sent the phone back after Christmas & they said something was cracked inside & that it was out of warranty.

I tell you I wouldn't advise anyone to go near this phone as I think it was very cheaply thrown together & more focus was on the sleek design rather than reliability.

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Reviewer: Vicky - Moldova
Date: 2nd Feb 2008

I like it very much, except camera as it's too slow.

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Reviewer: Dot - UK
Date: 1st Feb 2008

TERRIBLE don't BUY! MY PHONE HAD A BLACK DOT ON the SCREEN WHEN I BOUGHT the PHONE (WHICH RUINS MY PHOTOS) & IT SRATCHED WITHIN 1 DAY EVEN WITH A PHONE SOCK! NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL!

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Reviewer: Gemma - Jersey, UK
Date: 31st Jan 2008

My review is somewhat mixed, although I love the phones design & its stylish appearance, however I am finding small problems as the months go by. I bought it only in September 2007. 3 days after I bought it the screen got a hairline crack in it over the touch button, next it cracked just on the corner to the screen & now it won't charge, I am in two minds to get it replaced under warranty as its not been a year as yet.

However I find the actually features of the phone very easy to use, the touch buttons haven't been an issue for me as you can set them to work as you like, the phone has never frozen nor have I had problems with messaging so it is really just cosmetic & external problems for me.

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Reviewer: Sarah - UK
Date: 30th Jan 2008

I have this phone & this phone is the best in the world & it's the thinnest slide phone in the world!

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Reviewer: Nouman Adil - Lahore, Pakistan
Date: 30th Jan 2008

Hi, This is a master piece from Samsung family of handsets. Superb design, fantastic features & extremely handy to carry in your pocket. Contrary to the design & features the only drawback which I encountered were photo capturing technique which deteriorates photo if you don't standstill for about 3 to 5 seconds, standby battery timing & response time as it needs few attempts while jogging through the touch sensitive dial pad finding out last call or short cut keys.

Overall it is a first class addition in pocket size handsets. Samsung guys must pay some attention to enhance & fix minor problems which I have experienced :).

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Reviewer: Mr Cheese - Albania
Date: 29th Jan 2008

After spending a lot of time debating over the u600, u700 & the g600. This is what I ended up with. This review is simply my experience & maybe others have been unlucky with their handset but I will try & be as objective as possible.

Pros.
- Its Beautiful.
- It's so slim.
- After owning a Nokia for 5 years there were a few differences in shortcut layouts but took barely a day to get used to them.
- Easy to use & work your way around
- Music player is fantastic, better than me Sony Walkman, maybe it's just the headphones but even so, I've stopped using my MP3 & just using the phone.
- Torch function (once I worked out how to use it (hold both ends of the volume key down)) is very adequate.

Cons.
- Yes occasionally one catches a touch button unintentionally, but it's such a small inconvenience I believe it a reasonable sacrifice for the number of times it happens.
- Sometimes I lose connection even just in my own home, but rarely & it comes back pretty quick.
- Yes, the camera does take ages, many a blurred photo of the floor have I taken as I've thought it's done when it wasn't.
- Restricted memory was a bit of a letdown, can't put any more than a 2GB micro SD card in
- As far as I am aware there isn't an easy way to set it to silent, one has to go into settings & put it on vibrate.

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Reviewer: Dervheid - Central Scotland, UK
Date: 28th Jan 2008

This phone stinks. Oh, it looks FABULOUS, but looks alone are no good. I am now on my fourth handset, which is just about to go back to Tech Support to have some so called Unique faults investigated. It keeps loosing almost all of its settings. The predictive text menus are hopeless. The camera is so slow you could take a picture on a 35mm camera, send off the film for development & get a set of prints back almost as quickly as this camera takes to take a shot.

Advice, DO NOT GET THIS PHONE! I wish I'd read a lot more reviews before I upgraded to this phone.

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Reviewer: Emma - UK
Date: 27th Jan 2008

Looks great! Fabulous camera & loads of features.

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Reviewer: Jonny Sinbin - Worthing, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2008

Got this phone & used it for one day & then replaced with another the same day. Say no more.

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Reviewer: Sharon - Rochester, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2008

I got one of these phones with my new contract a few weeks ago but hated the feel of the keys & they were too sensitive, I was forever going into menus I didn't want. Also found it difficult to hold in one hand & text at the same time & not easy to do things without looking at the phone (like I could with my Motorola RAZR V3). Kept it 3 days & then sold it on eBay. Person I sold it to loves it. No pleasing everyone is there?

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Reviewer: Rebecca - Devizes, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2008

I Got This Phone Last July On Orange & It Does Not Work My Mate Got the Same Phone For Xmas On O2 & Hers Is the Same As Mine Can Not Send Texts & If Someone Texts You, You Will Not Get It For About 5 Days It Is Bad Will Be Glad To Get New Phone That Will Let Me Texts & Get Them On Time.

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Reviewer: Aniisha - Essex, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2008

This is the best phone I have ever had, no lies. I got it in August & it's just like my own little baby. A couple of weeks it was stolen & I am telling you. I felt lost without it. I had a replacement but I was Samsung e250 & it wasn't the same. But I know my phone loves me because all of a sudden the police found it! HOW LUCKY AM I!

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Reviewer: El Pueblo - Ashby, UK
Date: 24th Jan 2008

It's a great phone.

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Reviewer: Scotto Min - Peterhead, UK
Date: 24th Jan 2008

This is one of the best phones I have ever had! The camera takes about 5 to 6 seconds to shoot but the photos are worth waiting for! (:

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Reviewer: Michael Dean - Sheffield, UK
Date: 23rd Jan 2008

This phone needs to BE AVOIDED. I am a business user, & need it for regular telephone & text messaging, so have rarely used all the technical features. These are the problems (after having it replaced 5 times in 9 months).

- Poor battery life.
- Accidentally bushing your finger over the call button.
- Crashing A LOT.
- Falling apart.
- Volume buttons getting stuck.
- Taking ages to load.
- Internet very basic & slow.

When calling my phone provider & asking for a replacement. They did so without any questions & agreed they have had a lot of complaints about the U600.

To finish, if you use your phone a couple of times a day, this is for you. If you like a stress free life, this is not.

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Reviewer: Danny - Zimbabwe
Date: 23rd Jan 2008

Awesome mobile.

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Reviewer: Jess - Dover, UK
Date: 22nd Jan 2008

DO NOT BUT THIS PHONE!

- Freezes when trying to send a message (all the time).
- Camera is way to slow at taking pictures.
- Touch screen doesn't always work.

If you have the problem where your screen keeps freezing all the time when your trying to send a message then unfortunately you have to put it on normal text to solve the problem (bad luck for all us predictive text users).

Make sure you have insurance if you get this phone!

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Reviewer: Robyn - UK
Date: 22nd Jan 2008

I WAS very happy with my U600 which I got for Christmas, until after a few weeks my screen cracked for no reason & a green dot appeared in the centre of the display. Samsung have denied any manufacturing problem & have said it is not covered under the warranty even though it was not misused in any way & was kept in a protective sock. Since mine cracked I have noticed several display models have cracked screens.

Overall I am very disappointed with this phone as it is not fit for the purpose & would strongly discourage anyone from buying it.

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Reviewer: Brian M - UK
Date: 22nd Jan 2008

Looks Great but, I am now on my fourth handset, & still the same problem. The phone just point blank refuses to retain any personal settings, save for the ringtone, which is communal, if you switch between the various 'profile' options. They all return to default, of course, some service providers have the profiles function 'missing' & the SMS tones 'locked', but they are available on mine, they just don't work properly.

The camera is SO SLOW as to be almost unusable, the keypad is fiddly, the predictive text is a pain, & like some other's here, I too have experienced unexplained 'crashes' Don't get me started on the touch buttons! The only good things about this phone are the great screen & clear sound. I won't be entertaining the idea of having another Samsung phone.

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Reviewer: Sherry - Luton, UK
Date: 22nd Jan 2008

I got this phone 2 days ago & I think it's wicked! Would definitely recommend it. The only fault I have found so far is the camera takes too long to take a picture. Other than that it's fantastic.

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Reviewer: Fiona - Cheshire, UK
Date: 19th Jan 2008

Looks good but this phone is the biggest load of rubbish I have ever had! Every so often, you open a text screen & it starts texting in GERMAN! Scratched & cracked within 3 months but t mobile won't do anything because it is cosmetic!

I am always getting complaints from friends saying they rang me but I have not had a call or a missed call. The buttons are rubbish & always go back to wallpaper. This is the most infuriating phone I ever owned & am stuck into contract with t mobile for another year! They told me I had good reception where I live but I have none, I have to text from the bottom of the garden some days!

DO NOT CONSIDER THIS PHONE. STICK WITH Nokia OR Motorola. I CERTAINLY WILL NEXT TIME!

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Reviewer: Lewis - Kettering, UK
Date: 21st Jan 2008

Everyone else is talking rubbish I got this phone & it's excellent. I had a Nokia n95 & that was rubbish! This is the best phone!

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Reviewer: Lee - Shoreham, UK
Date: 20th Jan 2008

I totally agree with the comment below, phone crashes when sending a text, games just disappear, battery lasts less than 24 hours without usage, the list really could go on, it might be the batch but really there are better phones to spend your money on.

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Reviewer: Rania Shehab - Cairo, Egypt
Date: 19th Jan 2008

I love my mobile phone a lot.

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Reviewer: Bob Smith - UK
Date: 19th Jan 2008

Great phone one of the best I have ever had if you are thinking of buying one then do because it's really good. TRUST ME don't listen to the people criticising it, it's a good phone!

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Reviewer: Jane - UK
Date: 18th Jan 2008

Right I had this phone for one day, got it home, everything was fine until I opened the box. The phone itself is lovely & sleek & stylish but that's about it really! It looks superb but it's really not all it's cracked up to be.

If you want a decent phone that will last I suggest you go for something studier as the whole back of mine came apart after ONE WHOLE DAY of using this phone. I never dropped I never did anything to it, it just snapped it is far too thin & a terrible mechanism squeaks & is wobbly oh it's awful!

So I took it straight back & got a refund complete waste of my time now have a Sony Ericsson best out of them all :). I suggest you don't BUY THIS RUBBISH & OPT FOR A STURDIER & MORE DURABLE phone as this isn't it & I NEVER ONCE DROPPED IT, I HAD IT FOR ONE WHOLE DAY THATS IT. OKAY over & out.

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Reviewer: Angela - Glasgow, UK
Date: 17th Jan 2008

I got my phone in May 2007 & within days the screen cracked in 3 places, for no apparent reason. Had no other problems until a few weeks ago when the text stopped working, the phone would freeze & then turn itself off. I sent the phone back to the manufacturer & it was returned saying it wasn't covered under the warranty & that I much have dropped it as it was cracked. Apparently the phone can get damaged just by being in a bag or pocket, so I reckon this is a design fault.

If you get this phone I would recommend that you have it in bubble wrap when in your bag or pocket.

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Reviewer: Cravena - UK
Date: 17th Jan 2008

Gorgeous stylish phone, one of the best out there!

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Reviewer: Jo Marsh - Glenrothes, UK
Date: 17th Jan 2008

This is a super little phone. No problems whatsoever in using it. The touch controls take a little getting used to but hey, so does anything new! Rather than hold them down, tap them. I have had no freeze ups, no rebooting.

Simple to use, menus are straightforward & logical. If you find battery life is poor, it is a problem because you are taking photos, using the music player, or have Bluetooth permanently switched on.

Great memory capacity & it looks just fabulous. I got mine free from Virgin with £100 of calls. Bargain!

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Reviewer: Nik - Calgary, Canada
Date: 15th Jan 2008

I'll break it down.

Camera.
It does take a while for it to initial load (around 5 to 10 seconds) & by the time you press the shutter button & actually taking the picture can either take a really long time (5 to 8seconds) or a bit shorter (minimum around 3 seconds). The picture quality is outstanding, as well as the many features that come in camera & video mode. It has an external led white flash as well as auto focusing. Overall in terms of camera, I would rank it average as I find Sony to be one of the top of the line. This wouldn't be my first choice for a true camera phone.

Design.
Very light & thin yet very durable. It takes effort to put scratches on the screen however the rest of the body (especially the back side) can get scratched easily (which is why I suggest if you are carrying key's in the pocket, you may want to put this phone in a separate pocket). The sliding feature is very durable yet thin. One of the greatest features of this phone!

Functionality.
One of the major problems I find with this phone is how it has touch sensitive buttons. On the surface of the phone there is the hang up & calling button which if you place a fingerprint it will activate. In some ways it's cool to show it off, but I've been on the phone where I when I walk or run a little my cheek touches the end call button & it hangs up the phone. The major drawback (& maybe only drawback) is the fact that the phone has sensitive buttons (excluding keypad).

What I also love about the phone is that fact you can nearly customize anything on it. This includes colour scheme, the font of numbers you see on the screen when you dial or the colour, as well as the main menu style, & commands of each key. This was one of the drawbacks many Motorola's had (not customizable).

The sound quality on the phone is very good. I have loaded a 1GB microSD card into mine so that I can listen to music (the phone has a separate music player) which I can switch onto the loud speaker & can be fairly loud yet clear.

Overall I definitely would recommend this fun. When you buy it at first you may get annoyed at how sensitive those buttons are but you get use to not pressing them & you'll be showing off your phone to everyone. Hope that helps.

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Reviewer: Diane - London, UK
Date: 15th Jan 2008

Fantastic looking phone, sleek, lightweight, sophisticated & attractive. However, had this phone since end October 2007 (10 weeks approximately) & had nothing but trouble. The battery couldn't keep its charge so took it back to the shop within 2 weeks & had the phone exchanged. Had the same trouble with the new one so took it back again, said they couldn't replace it this time but sent it away for repair. Got it back & everything seemed fine for a few weeks then the keypad wouldn't work. Couldn't phone out or send texts, but could play games. Took it back again & it got sent away again. Just got it back yesterday, so fingers crossed all will be OK, I am going to persevere as I love the look & everyone says how attractive it is but I do warn them & advise people not to get one. Oh & one more thing, touch sensitive screen is really difficult to get used to.

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Reviewer: Liam - UK
Date: 12th Jan 2008

I have had numerous phones throughout the years & not a single one of them has had a problem. However, the U600 has an endless list of problems.

- The dictionary no longer saves my custom words.
- When using predictive text the phone crashes after a certain number of characters.
- When sending a text the phone crashes.
- If the phone doesn't crash the text won't be sent & instead I receive a message saying error sending message.
- Phone chipped & scratched within days of use.
- Horrible camera, extremely low quality.
- Low battery life.
- Made from cheap, flimsy materials.
- Awful messaging software.

Nice looking phone but it has serious issues. I am off to buy myself a new phone. Not a Samsung!

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Reviewer: Ryan - Snootie, UK
Date: 10th Jan 2008

I have this phone in silver & it's great but if you want to take a picture of yourself it's hard because it's a touch phone.

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Reviewer: M T - Cardiff, UK
Date: 9th Jan 2008

The phone looks superb but is very sensitive, it easy redials a number previous dialled & the most annoying this off all is when you end a call you must wait until the other caller puts there phone receiver down first or. The phone will still connect to the network whether BT or any MOBILE Network, it is then difficult to disconnect & quiet often only turned off by lifting off back cover & removing battery which turns off the whole phone!

Sometimes it is also very difficult to end a call as the phone keep connected to other person who you phoned, this happened to me a few times in 1 instance the phone was locked onto a friends.

Phone for 1hour 20 minutes, after me sliding down to end the call, apparently he could hear everything. I was saying, NOT GOOD!

This is the second U600, I have had & both have been the same, lucky for me this was only temporary as my contract is up & a new phone is on its way imminently, NOT A U600. Definitely NOT RECOMMENDED, my estimation of it, its rubbish.

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Reviewer: Derek - Glasgow, UK
Date: 9th Jan 2008

I have had this phone for a couple of weeks & overall it's not too bad. However the music player isn't a patch on my old Sony Ericsson, it takes 10 seconds to skip between tracks from the SD card & the headphones are cheap rubbish!

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Reviewer: Katie - Guildford, UK
Date: 9th Jan 2008

Well I never! THIS PHONE IS the BEST I can't WAIT TILL I GET IT AS I HAVE BEEN DYING TO HAVE THIS PHONE FOR AGES RIGHT NOW I HAVE the Motorola RAZER IN PURPLE BUT I THINK IT IS REALLY VERY BAD SO I can't WAIT UNTIL I GET THIS PHONE!

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Reviewer: Lydia - UK
Date: 8th Jan 2008

Overall a good phone.

Although about three weeks after I got it, the screen kept freezing when I tried using predictive! Took me like an hour to figure out how to stop it, turns out I had to put it on normal text not predictive! Shame because I am used to predictive.

Takes about 4 seconds to take a photo which annoys me but the camera quality is excellent!

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Reviewer: Mark - Manchester, UK
Date: 8th Jan 2008

Flimsy, difficult to use & screen cracked for no reason. Wish I still had my d600. Samsung say there is no manufacturing problem with the screen but two other people I know have had the same problem.

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Reviewer: James - Newcastle, UK
Date: 8th Jan 2008

Only good thing about it is the design & it isn't that good. Internet doesn't work & very over rated.

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Reviewer: Kanishka - India
Date: 8th Jan 2008

The most horrible Phone I have ever purchased. I have owned this phone for little over two months now & I have had nothing but problems. The display goes black. I got the phone repaired & Samsung had to replace the LCD. It's not even a Week since my Phone was repaired & the problem still exists. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. ITS A PIECE OF JUNK & IF you OWN ONE THEN, BEST OF LUCK.

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Reviewer: Tom - Londonderry, UK
Date: 7th Jan 2008

I got this phone from O2 back in August 2007 & in that period of time I have dropped it three times (on concrete) so it doesn't break as easy as people say it does. The only problem that I do have is when accessing my video's or photo's on my micro SD card 2GB it sometimes freezes, I just switch it off & on & it's OK but it's a rare thing so nothing to worry about & the camera takes a wee while to take a photo but this of course is due to the AUTO FOCUS on the 3.2 mega-pixel camera which takes quality pictures. This is a great phone if you can look after it. My last phone was a Samsung Z320i & the Samsung U600 is 10 times better. I would recommend this phone but if you don't like touch sensitive buttons I wouldn't. This is the first time I had touch sensitive buttons on a phone & I got used to them fairly fast but I've used the Samsung E900 & I think they are too sensitive. So it's up to you but I think it's a great phone after having it 5 months.

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Reviewer: Josh - Derby, UK
Date: 6th Jan 2008

I got this phone a few weeks ago & I really like it, I've had no problems, it's a very good phone & ultra modern. My only problem is when calling someone it automatically locks its self so you have to keep unlocking it, also sometimes you end up calling someone because of the touch sensitivity but it's not much of a big deal. I like the whole design especially the thinness, but you can't change the themes, but you can have your own wallpaper & stuff usual. It does look like a brick in your pocket, it's very sleek & stylish & looks like an I-pod sometimes or an mp4 player, the head phones are good I-pod style you have to buy your own memory card that's a micro SD card if you didn't know. Texting calling are very simple, & overall it's a very good phone.

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Reviewer: Glenn - Birmingham, UK
Date: 6th Jan 2008

I think this phone is great but I hate the battery is rubbish because I got this phone on the 2/1/2008 & since then I have had to charge it up 3 times it's like the battery won't hold the charge.

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Reviewer: Arron - UK
Date: 5th Jan 2008

I got this phone about 5 months ago & seems great. Looks fantastic, loaded with functions & really good for transferring music & photos from PC & vice versa.

The touch buttons are simple to use just take getting used to & you can't wear gloves which can be annoying, also light to carry around & slim. But you have to take care with screen as it does scratch easily.

Overall a simple great looking phone which caters for every need.

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Reviewer: Tracey - UK
Date: 5th Jan 2008

Just received this phone. Slightly apprehensive now after reading such mixed reviews.

It's a lovely looking phone, so far I have experienced no real problems with it. However, the instruction booklet is terrible. It's so vague.

I am just stumbling my way through all the functions, hoping to find things by accident. Yes, the camera is very slow. The touch sensitive buttons take a bit of getting used to, but I believe I am getting used to them already.

I am going to keep my old Motorola handy, just in case. However, I am going to persevere with the Samsung. It's too beautiful to give up on!

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Reviewer: Jay - UK
Date: 5th Jan 2008

Just got this phone today, so am pretty pleased with it! Haven't used it yet or anything looks fab.

All these bad reviews put me off a bit though, but I think each person is different because a phone is pretty individual!

It looks sleek!

I haven't used it but I will comment back!

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Reviewer: Joey - Hungary
Date: 5th Jan 2008

Well I also have this phone. I saw that some people have a lot of problems with this amazing phone. Yeah it works differently than any other phone. But I guess you should read the 'how to use' book. Because you can get to know how to pick up the phone, you have to push the 'I' button first then the pick up button to pick up the phone.

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 4th Jan 2008

Leigh. You need to read the instructions again. The apostraphie is right where it should be. Press hash. Go to the right hand box. Press number 5 on your keypad & there you go. Give it a chance gal. You will soon come to love it.

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Reviewer: Jeff - UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2008

I bought a Samsung U600 Phone for my daughter & after 10 weeks the touch keys ceased to function so we sent it back to Samsungs repair centre Kuene & Nagel in Banbury after they inspected it they sent us a bill for £70.50 to repair it stating the Mainboard needed replacing & that was not covered by their warranty. I assume the connection to the mainboard from the keypad flex is where the crack has occurred & therefore needs replacing. That they state is probably because of being dropped, I am assured that it hasn't been. The complaint I have is that compared to other mobile phones we own they have been used normally for 4 years, being dropped occasionally & treated in a normal way, this model is obviously much less robust & needs to be treated with kid gloves. I am not going to pay the repair as the phone is obviously designed with weak components to make it so slim & will not last very long under normal usage. Very Poor. I would leave a Zero if that was possible.

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Reviewer: Antony - UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2008

Unfortunately 6 months from date of purchase a useless phone. Avoid.

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 2nd Jan 2008

As a loyal Samsung user, I am extremely disappointed by this phone.

Hey, it looks fantastic! Really thin, feels very light, looks delicate & lady like. Great design.

But, before with Samsung I experienced:

- Long battery life
- Great features & easy to use buttons & controls!
- Sturdy/hardwearing. You could drop them by mistake & they wouldn't break
- Texting & picture messaging functions were great too.

Not this time!

Here are the goods & bads.

The bads:

The buttons that are touch sensitive are the yes/ no & call/hang up/ cancel buttons. Sometimes they don't react when they want you too, you can sit with your finger on the button for ages before it makes a call. & when someone calls you & you try to answer, you can easily hang up. If the phone is against your face & its not locked. Well of course it hangs up. Because it is touch sensitive & against your face!

The screen is really thin, & I managed some how to get a crack in it within two weeks?

The battery life- is ridiculous! It goes low after taking photos, picture messaging & phone calls!

You have to charge it every other night over night & it lasts. It's longest about 3 days. If you don't call or take photos. But if like me you call everyday & take photos. You're lucky at about a day or two battery life.

Which is a shame, the photo quality is amazing! & it includes its own cable so you can upload all your photos onto your computer.

Texting, everytime you might try to send a text in predictive the screen freezes. After the 1st word is inputted.

Then phone restarts itself, the Samsung logo comes up, then please wait. Appears. The phone then says Initialising when you try & do anything afterwards for about 5minutes. So you can be stuck with using normal text rather than predictive. Ergh


Just make sure you take out phone insurance.


The goods are:

Looks nice, takes good photos (when it can) thin & light. Has a really large screen & everything looks bright. Oh & the memory stick too, if you want extra stuff on it (purchase separate).

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Reviewer: Ria - India
Date: 2nd Jan 2008

Great hone. Really easy to use, after you get used to it!

What I really like about Samsung you-600 :

- You can transfer files from the phone to the PC in seconds & vice versa!
- the music Player
- the Slim Look

What is a little annoying is that it takes at least 3-4 seconds to take a picture!

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Reviewer: Leigh - UK
Date: 1st Jan 2008

I've had this phone a week now, it's my first Samsung, & it's quite nice but.

Texting is giving me some grief. Sometimes I try to go back & it takes me back one level, other times it cancels the whole message & I have to start again. The difference between when to use the touch sensitive 'back' key or the 'call end' button seems to be inconsistent & WHERE is the apostrophe (')? It probably doesn't matter to some people but it does to me.

Other than that I've not had any problems, so far.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 31st Dec 2007

THIS IS the BEST PHONE EVER. IT COMES IN LOTS OF COLOURS WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE STYLISH.I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT.

I GIVE IT 100%!

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Reviewer: Sami Davies - Denbighshire, UK
Date: 31st Dec 2007

I bought this phone 2 days ago with my Christmas money. It was a good price at £100 & so far I am pleased.

A few people are complaining about the battery life. When you buy a new phone you're not supposed to turn it on until you have charged it for 16+ hours. I did this & its fine.
Camera quality is brilliant, not as good on video but don't let that put you off!

Music player is great & the colour is gorgeous (pink)!

When I was looking for a new phone I went on these review sites & so many people try & put you of! I think part of the problem with this phone breaking for some people is down to carelessness!

Look after it & you've got a great phone!

Advisable to buy a case to stop it getting scratched!

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Reviewer: Lisa Marie Simmons - Pembrokeshire, UK
Date: 31st Dec 2007

Great phone, love it, just be careful with the light sensor button, could end up phoning random people in your phone book. Enjoy!

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Reviewer: Jb - UK
Date: 30th Dec 2007

Tip top phone, a best buy.

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Reviewer: Katie - UK
Date: 30th Dec 2007

After having this phone for 3 months the screen is already playing up. The screen often freezes & will not work & there is a permanent line up the middle of the screen which seems to be where I always slide it up & down. So I can't even see the middle of text messages.

If you are careless of you things like me I really do recommend you don't get this phone. Even if you aren't careless it is still an overall rubbish phone.

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Reviewer: Harley - UK
Date: 30th Dec 2007

This is a brilliant phone. It has a very good camera & a really good music player. Do not let the bad reviews put you of from buying this phone.

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Reviewer: Dr.shrutidev Mishra - India
Date: 30th Dec 2007

EXTREMELY USER FRIENDLY, ONCE YOU GET the HANG OF the FUNCTIONS.IN FACT IT CAN BE EASILY USED AS A PC WHILE ON the MOVE. QUITE COMPATIBLE WITH the DESKTOP TOO. The 3.2 AUTOFOCUS MEGAPIXEL CAMERA CAN TAKE REALLY GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS, BOTH IN NATURAL LIGHT AS WELL AS WITH A FLASH. The EDITING TOOLS THAT COME WITH the CAMERA ARE QUITE HELPFUL. SOUND QUALITY IS ALSO REASONABLY GOOD. BATTERY BACKUP IS GOOD ENOUGH IF YOU ARE'NT USING MULTIMEDIA: IF YOU ARE, THEN YOU HAVE TO CHARGE IT MORE FREQUENTLY. THERE IS THAT LITTLE PROBLEM WITH the TOUCH KEYS THOUGH; FOR the FIRST FEW DAYS YOU CAN GET REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THINGS CLOSING DOWN IN the MIDDLE OF AN OPERATION. BUT EVENTUALLY AS YOU GET the HANG OF IT, THINGS BECOME QUITE EASY TO OPERATE. The 'BUNNY CARROT' GAME IS A TREAT FOR THOSE GUYS WHO ARE STILL KIDS AT HEART. FOR the RECORD, I HAVE FINISHED the 50 LEVELS, WITHOUT CHEATING.

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Reviewer: Haydeelyn Bijnens - Belgium
Date: 30th Dec 2007

Good phone, but I just need to find a manual in English.

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Reviewer: Jaydash - UK
Date: 30th Dec 2007

I brought the phone less than a week ago. Usually I stick to Nokia & phones that flip up but I thought I would try something different. I brought it from the Carphone Warehouse & found it much cheaper than Argos. Anyway, I am very impressed with the phone, at first I thought it was difficult to use, but I realised it wasn't. It was only hard at first because it takes getting used to. Now, I love this little phone. It's the envy of all my friends & its pink! I never leave home without it. I would strongly advise you to buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Lisa - Manchester, UK
Date: 29th Dec 2007

I got this phone at the end of October & it has broken three times now! My phone is the Violet coloured one & I am not sure whether there is a fault with this version?

The first time I lost all my media (photos & music) & the camera stopped working so Samsung fixed it for me as recommended by Orange, this was after only 3 weeks. After the repair, it lasted another 3 weeks before the wallpaper kept disappearing & my call history started to be lost.

I rang Orange last Saturday (22 December) who amazingly sent a new phone on the Sunday 23. The replacement phone arrived & as of yesterday the wallpaper has started being lost & as mentioned by Dave, UK on a review from earlier in December the message when there are problems is always FAILED! So I know it's starting again!

I am not a fussy person when it comes to phones, but this phone even with a replacement has been problem after problem! So I am sorry to say but I wouldn't recommend this phone. Even though it looks very pretty!

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Reviewer: Dylan Somaiya - Southport, UK
Date: 29th Dec 2007

This is an amazing phone, the only annoying thing about it is the amount of time it takes to take a photo, there is about a 2 second delay & also the touch sensitive buttons are too sensitive, that is only a tiny bit annoying, the camera is outstanding & it is a beautiful phone, I recommend to buy this, it's an outstanding phone.

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Reviewer: Imraan - Trinidad & Tobago
Date: 29th Dec 2007

This phone looks great! Slim, shiny, fits comfortably in my hand & slides well. The reviews for this phone are so mixed, but I prefer to form my own conclusions.

I should have taken heed. I've had this phone for only 24 hours, so I can't comment on the battery life as yet. But everything else : (.

The camera takes beautiful pictures, but is annoyingly slow! I framed a picture of my daughter & pressed the shutter button. She wanted to see what I was doing, so she got up & came to look at the phone. I took a beautiful picture of an empty chair!

The phone also makes an annoying noise every time I press a button, & I can't find the option to turn it off or even change it. I agree with other users comments on the operation of the back button, stepping me out the long way when I went in, in one step.

Because of the touch sensitive buttons on the outer part of the slider, I keep thinking the number buttons are also touch sensitive (that would definitely have been a great feature as well). As much as I want a do it all phone, I am going back to my old Nokia 5140, it's not great but it works as advertised! & its limited functions are more responsive than this 'latest' phone from Samsung.

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Reviewer: Bobsock - UK
Date: 28th Dec 2007

NICE! Very Nice, I Like It. How Much?

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Reviewer: Chloe - Manchester, UK
Date: 28th Dec 2007

THIS PHONE IS GREAT GOT IT TODAY & ITS SUPERB BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PHONE. IT'S SLEEK SOPHISTICATED & IS A TOTALY MUST HAVE IN PURPLE BECAUSE ITS the NEW BLACK (why), SO GET IT NOW!

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Reviewer: Amanda Matthews - Connahs Quay, UK
Date: 28th Dec 2007

I had this phone a week before Christmas, was allowed it early & I love it its the best phone I have ever had everything about it is brilliant & I didn't read any reviews till now & I think different people like different phones mine is pink, love the colour, love well everything haven't got one fault with it I'd recommend it to everyone.

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Reviewer: Jiglhow - Guatemala
Date: 28th Dec 2007

Well is one of the best phones I had. Its nice 3.2 MP in Video & the Camera, 4 touch buttons, just the internal memory is 60MB, I don't know why people talk bad about this phone. Look the V3, has the same size as this one, but look the programs that had this one & the V3. The defect of this phone is that to take the picture it's very slow, but it takes nice pictures.

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Reviewer: Leanne - Ayr, UK
Date: 26th Dec 2007

When I first got this phone I thought it was gorgeous. I loved it. However only 5 months down the line & it has completely broken on me. First it was the touch sensitive buttons not being as sensitive then the camera stopped connecting. Now it's constantly crashing, I can't even read texts never mind make one.

Not happy. Go for an Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Anon - Belfast, Ireland
Date: 26th Dec 2007

I got this phone a while ago & it is excellent! The only down side is I can't seem to find a place to put my phone charm. It has an excellent camera, better than some Digital cameras. It is so easy to text. It has brilliant games to keep me interested & it can store so many songs! Awesome phone. I strongly recommend it!

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Reviewer: Ree - Newark, UK
Date: 25th Dec 2007

This phone is really nice but I really don't no why the camera takes so long to take a photo. If any one no's how to change this please tell me its quite annoying but apart from that I really like it. I don't know what your on about, the battery going quick it lasts ages. But I might no why if you don't charge your phone up to 8 hours before you use it first then the battery in the future will run down quick. (Don't no why) I think you should get this phone but the camera is annoying please tell me how to change it being so slow!?

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Reviewer: Becky - Reading, UK
Date: 24th Dec 2007

After reading reviews I finally got this phone & now after 3 weeks I hate it so much I am selling it & buying a pay as you go phone until I can get a free upgrade.

There's many problems with this phone, firstly the touch screen buttons often don't work & are slow to respond, texting is a pain in the butt as the button are quite small (I don't even have fat fingers) & the ' is in the most silly place, you have 2 hunt it out which annoyed me loads. It's very fragile, I dropped it off my sofa & the screen cracked & as I am with Orange the middle button keeps connecting me to the Internet. It keeps calling people randomly & when you press back it takes you through all the screens even if you didn't come that way which can waste time, when making calls I often find the slider comes down a bit which cuts my calls off. The battery life is also rubbish & I followed the guidelines for charging the new phone. The only good thing about this phone is the Samsung PC suite which is great & the camera.

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Reviewer: Rita - Kent, UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2007

This phone is pants. DO NOT BUY. Doesn't matter if you take care of it or not, it's a load of rubbish. Crashes every time you text, for which I got mine repaired & same fault has happened again. VERY VERY ANNOYING PHONE. Touch screen either works or doesn't, usually when you want it to it doesn't & when you don't it does.

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Reviewer: Julie - London, UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2007

I love this phone & can't understand the bad reviews which nearly put me off getting it! My old phone was the Samsung E900 which also has the touch sensitive buttons so I am already used to those, which did take a bit of time to get used to I must admit. The phone looks really nice, but I have noted earlier reviews about it getting scratched easily so bought a clear plastic cover from eBay for a couple of quid which I think is well worth getting to preserve its good looks!

Battery life is fine, not outstanding but fine, mine lasts a couple of days (probably charge it 1 in 3 nights) but it only takes an hour or so to charge. It's a very very slim phone & I have the purple one (exclusive to Orange I think) & it's very pretty! Sound quality is good

Only bad thing I can say is that there's nowhere to attach phone charms LOL.

My advice is not to let bad reviews put you off getting this phone if you have your eye on it, I love mine!

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Reviewer: Beth - Ireland
Date: 22nd Dec 2007

Brilliant phone. It's so easy to use & absolutely brilliant in every way.

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Reviewer: Becky - UK
Date: 22nd Dec 2007

I love this phone! People say it broke in months but they probably didn't take care of it. I have had mine since it came out & it is in great condition. The only problem I have is taking a picture which is slow but when it does they are really good quality photos, I can even take photos of the TV. Screen & it looks great! I have also got like 50 songs on it & I haven't even got a memory card! Which is great!

Buy this phone it is awesome!

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Reviewer: Karen - Leigh, UK
Date: 21st Dec 2007

I loved this phone up until last few weeks! Had the phone less than 6 months & now when I text the screen freezes in rainbow colours, I have to hope I am txting the right words & sending to right person.

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Reviewer: Sam Gedge - UK
Date: 20th Dec 2007

Does anybody know if it has a charm hole in it to put charms on it. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Sophie - Manchester, UK
Date: 20th Dec 2007

I was deciding in the mobile store between the k8970 (the LG shine) & this phone & I went for the LG shine. I never got the u600 because of its features & the battery. The touch keypad is very annoying & I just don't like the setup of the u600 so I am happy with LG shine. GET THAT PHONE NOT THIS ONE.

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 19th Dec 2007

Trying to open SMS the word Failed came up.Any ideas?

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Reviewer: Shannon - Belfast, Ireland
Date: 19th Dec 2007

This phone is awesome! I got it in Pink from the Carphone Warehouse, & it is so stylish! It has an excellent camera! This phone rocks! EVERYONE should have one!

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Reviewer: Gina - Wirral, UK
Date: 19th Dec 2007

Sorry I got this, unfortunately telephone people. Worse phone I ever had. I am going back to Nokia!

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Reviewer: Charlotte - Newcastle, UK
Date: 19th Dec 2007

The U600 is a beautiful phone, end of, it's gorgeous to look at. I'd highly recommend having a play with it in person before buying, though, especially if you're not naturally good with technology. It's not for everybody, as is obvious from the range of reviews on this page.

Firstly, the touch sensitive buttons. I love them. Many other people won't. If you mash the keypad, this phone is unlikely to work for you, it takes a light accurate touch to get the best from it. I can understand how people manage to make accidental calls by pressing the buttons accidentally, they do take a little getting used to but if you're willing to learn to keep your fingers out of the way of them you shouldn't have a problem.

Secondly the texting system, this is a bit fiddly, but switching to a new system usually is. My only real gripe with the design is the fact that to change words in predictive mode you sometimes have to scroll up & sometimes down. Everything else, including the fact that the back button takes you out of the message instead of deleting the last character, is just a new system to learn, not a fault with the phone. I don't understand for the life of me how people manage to delete the entire message when they only want to delete the last character, you have to hold the key down for quite some time to make that happen. Like I say, if you mash your phone like a caveman this one's probably not for you.

Thirdly, the feature set generally. There's a lot more to this phone than a lot of people seem to find, there are a lot of complaints about missing features that ARE actually there if you look for them. The manual is utterly rubbish in this respect, which doesn't help, it's more of a quick start guide, & doesn't go into any depth about what the phone's capable of. Google or knowledge of earlier Samsung models is pretty helpful for this.

The camera is good quality, but the delay on high resolutions is slightly annoying. Sound quality is good, the build quality seems sturdy but I'd invest in a pouch for it, I get the feeling the thinness of the case leaves the screen quite exposed, & it seems like it'd crack if you weren't careful with it. Battery life doesn't seem to be a problem for me, admittedly I don't make many calls or use the MP3 player, though.

The best advice I can give is to try this phone before you buy it. If you have trouble with technology, or you don't want to spend time getting to grips with a new system, or you're just plain heavy handed, then save yourself the stress & get something simple. This phone requires patience at first, & it does require that you do things its way, which might mean training yourself out of a few old habits, but it's more than worth the effort.

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Reviewer: Nichola - UK
Date: 18th Dec 2007

I previously had the D840 & that is a much better phone than the U600. I have had this phone for a week & yes I have dialled by mistake & lost numerous messages thanks to the over sensitive buttons.

The design is great the look is one of the best I have had, but some things just ruin what could have been a brilliant phone.

Dislikes.
- the camera, it's way too slow to take a picture.
- the camcorder is even worse the film is grainy & poor quality the camcorder on the d840 was superb.
- Over sensitive buttons, I have lots texts & called people by error.

Likes.
- the look.
- the colour (pink).
- the slim look.
- Being able to set your own tones for alarms but there's not much else I'd recommend I am afraid & I can't wait to upgrade.

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Reviewer: Lily - UK
Date: 18th Dec 2007

I really like this phone its slim & a lovely design has good features & the camera is really good it has touch sensitive keys which can get annoying but its expected but you get used to them the only one problem I am having with this is the battery life is really quite poor but I am not bothered about that so overall I would say if you want to but this phone go for it its really nice I would say it would be more for a lady then a guy he he!

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Reviewer: Shirl - London, UK
Date: 17th Dec 2007

I really liked the phone but quite early on when opened the wallpaper or text (whatever) would appear upside down or back to front. It freezes a lot as well & has to be turned of & on again. Mines gone for repair which is ridiculous as its only 3 months old. The whole industry is corrupt in my opinion. If you bought anything else you could just take it back for a new replacement.

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Reviewer: Tom - US
Date: 16th Dec 2007

I love this phone.

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Reviewer: Sam - Canada
Date: 16th Dec 2007

This phone rocks I strongly recommend it!

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Reviewer: Maddog - Bradford, UK
Date: 16th Dec 2007

This phone is the bees knees & very stylish, it's the best phone I have had so far.

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Reviewer: Malisa Jones - Neath, UK
Date: 14th Dec 2007

Hi everyone,

My dad has bought me the U600 for Christmas YAY!

But the only reason I wanted it was because of the camera & the features, things such as the plane going past when y0u have a text message in the day, & the firework going off when you have a text message in the night. Also when you are in a different part off the world your background changes. Such as when you're in London your screen changes to Big Ben & silly little feature like that.

But I can't figure out how to set it up!

If you know how PLEASE reply & let me know! Thank you.

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Reviewer: Danny - Afghanistan
Date: 14th Dec 2007

This phone is rubbish.

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Reviewer: Bobbi Manning - Surrey, UK
Date: 14th Dec 2007

Don't let looks fool you into buying this phone. Yes it is slim, it's stylish, it's light & it does look good, but it is a nightmare to use!

The touchscreen buttons are sensitive, so you will lose calls & you will lose texts when trying to send them. You will also end up with endless drafts if you're unlucky. The phone settings cannot be changed, so if you like to amend the settings (day, car, outside, etc) to suit your needs, you won't be able to.

I work shifts, so use my phone as an alarm but as it's not fair for people to remember when I am on nights I like to turn to phone onto silent, but use the alarm to wake me up. If you do this, then be prepared to be late for work, as in silent mode the alarm doesn't work either!

The battery lasts no time at all, so it's constantly being charged up & I don't use as anything other than a phone.

I am now looking for another phone to replace this one already!

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Reviewer: Ali - UK
Date: 14th Dec 2007

Not a bad little phone, looks good, easy to use (I don't understand those who find the touch keys difficult). Only problem I find is the camera. The pics are great quality, but it's too slow!

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Reviewer: Mike - Cyprus
Date: 13th Dec 2007

Do not buy this phone. Had it for less than a month & problems arised. The screen went completely off. Took it back to the shop I bought it from, since it was still under guarantee. Took them 20 days to fix. On the same day I got it back, the screen started to show problems again. It's terrible.

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Reviewer: James - York, UK
Date: 13th Dec 2007

So this phone looks the bees knees; sleek, slim, sleek, smooth, subtle & sadly awful as well.

One reviewer (above) mentioned how slow the 3.2mega pixel camera is (yes it sounds impressive) they'd be absolutely right, you never catch the right moment, unless you click the button about 5 seconds before you want to take the photo!

There are just annoying things wrong with the phone, I've had mine for 6 months now & noticed that despite having the slide down option set to 'cancel operation' it still decides not to 'cancel operation' & hence I end up continuing phone calls etc.

Secondly the touch screen buttons don't always work, what's up with that!? I thought touch sensitive meant touch sensitive! Or is that just me?

Finally unless you're somebody who's stuck in the ways of not using predictive text, then this phone it useless.

Every time I text now using T9 dictionary, it crashes, which is very annoying!

Really wish I'd gone for a Sony Ericsson or Nokia now.

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Reviewer: Han - UK
Date: 12th Dec 2007

I have had my contract & phone 3/4 months, & since then had to have 3 completely new phones due to them breaking. Once a month my phone freezes then turns off when I try to text from it. I have just been given a new one from Carphone Warehouse, literally 2 days ago & it has broken again. I really do NOT recommend this phone. I normally don't listen to reviews as I feel that sometimes it is possible to get a faulty handset. But 3 times is totally unreasonable.

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Reviewer: Caroline - UK
Date: 12th Dec 2007

I agree with all the reviews against this phone. It is the worst phone I've ever had. I've always had Samsung phones & really liked them so when the U600 came out thought it was the phone for me. How wrong I was! It looks great but is AWFUL to use. I am always phoning people by mistake because the keys are sooo sensitive. The camera is rubbish too as it takes pictures a good few seconds after you press the button which is useless when you're trying to take a pic of someone or something in motion. I don't like the predictive text either, it's difficult to use. But my latest problem like so many others is that it's just started freezing midway through writing a text, then switches itself off & back on & you've lost your text. When it starts doing this you cannot send a text for the rest of that day. So I am back using an old phone & taking my one to O2 to try & get it fixed but given what others have said am not too hopeful! It's not just me that doesn't like the phone, a couple of my family were due to upgrade & had a shot but said it would drive them mad too. They both got the G600 which seems to be a much better phone & easier to use. I wish I'd stuck with my old phone & can't wait for 11 months time when I can change to another one. Honestly if you're thinking about getting it don't do it!

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Reviewer: Lisa Mcguigab - UK
Date: 11th Dec 2007

Worst phone EVER I am on my fifth in as many months! It breaks all the time! A different fault every time! The phones are rubbish do not waste your money on them.

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Reviewer: Beth L - Manchester, UK
Date: 11th Dec 2007

I WANT THiS PHONE.

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Reviewer: Anne - Belfast, UK
Date: 11th Dec 2007

THIS PHONE IS rubbish! I HAVE HAD THIS PHONE ALMOST 6 MONTHS & HAD NO TROUBLE WITH IT UNTIL ONE RAINY DAY. IT DECIDED TO STOP SENSORING MY TOUCH. I CAN NO LONGER USE the PHONE WHEN IT IS SLID UP. I HAVE TO HOLD IT HALF WAY DOWN TO USE IT & SOMETIMES EVEN THAT doesn't WORK!

The PHONE IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH & TOO THIN. I AM SHOPPING FOR A NEW PHONE AS WE SPEAK, OR AS I TYPE. & WILL BE SURE NOT TO GET ANOTHER PHONE REMOTELY LIKE THIS ONE, WHY YOU ASK? BECAUSE ITS rubbish!

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Reviewer: Angel - UK
Date: 10th Dec 2007

This phone is a touch screen kind of like the e900! I am looking at this phone to buy it. Do you think it is a great choice?

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Reviewer: Duncan Ross - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 9th Dec 2007

Great all rounder, brilliant design & also Very Stylish. Touch sensitive buttons do get quite annoying sometimes, be warned. All in all, a very good phone :).

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Reviewer: Ness - UK
Date: 9th Dec 2007

Worst phone I have ever used, touch screen keys are awful they cancel texts or phone the person you're trying to text & the battery life is so poor I am charging mine every 2 days & I don't even use games or MP3 player or camera. The design is nice apart from the touch sensitive keys it's quite easy to use had it 6 months now & can't wait till I can upgrade from it.

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Reviewer: Fleur - Wales, UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

I love my Samsung U600! It's a really good phone. The camera is great. The touch buttons are not too sensitive & it's sleek & stylish. I would definitely recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Hannah - UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

I am thinking of getting this phone after xmas! It looks such a good phone, I have had Samsung phones for about 3 years now, at the moment, I have the Samsung D600, & as it is breaking I am thinking of getting a new phone, so I have this phone (U600) in mind! So hopefully I will be getting it :D.

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Reviewer: Dean Gibbs - UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

Please do not let the looks draw you in this phone is so rubbish. The screen oh my god it's the worst. It goes totally blue from time to time flips over etc I have to bargain with the screen & hope it lets me have my own phone back to use seriously DO NOT BUY THIS.

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Reviewer: K - UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

Really disappointed & frustrated with my Samsung, only had it for a few months & can't text at all, it's the same problem as the other reviews, phone locks after about 6 characters, then switches itself off, completely useless. Camera is far too slow as well, good quality but misses the moment every time. It's a lovely looking phone, but that's about it. I would not recommend at all.

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Reviewer: John - Kent, UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

An amazing phone slick to use & fantastic all round!

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

Superb I would recommend it to anyone!

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Reviewer: Frank - Glasgow, UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

Great phone! Buy it!

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Reviewer: Julie - Aberdeen, UK
Date: 8th Dec 2007

HATE IT! I wouldn't recommend unless you have the patience of a saint & you are a contortionist. This phone is purely aesthetic, technology & functionality VERY POOR. Samsung seem to base the success of their phones on how thin & pretty they are, U600 is the slimmest slide phone ever, big wow, it's rubbish in every other aspect. The two touch sensitive buttons near the screen (not to be confused with a touch screen phone) gives the phone a life of its own.

Inadvertently touch them at your peril, touch when receiving a call, you'll disconnect it, touch when making a call, you'll disconnect it. Predictive text terrible, I mean truly rubbish. Oh yeah & touch those sensitive buttons again, you'll regret it, be prepared to completely lose texts & have to start all over again, because it will happen, repeatedly. Another pet hate, if the phone is on silent any alarms you've set will be inaudible. This might seem silly but on my Nokia if in silent mode the alarm will still go off. I like the phone on silent when sleeping so that I am not woken by texts or calls at odd hours, if I want the alarm to go off with the U600 I need to keep it on general. As for technology, the only thing it has compared to some competition is a 3.2 MP camera instead of the standard 2 MP. I'd go for a Nokia 6300 or the N73 which also has a 3.2 MP camera & oh yeah, doesn't have the stupid touch sensitive buttons that make taking pictures a lesson in contortion! You only have two options for changing the colour scheme of the menus, black or white. How boring, on my Nokia & Samsung I can have loads of different schemes. The battery life pathetic, need to charge twice a day compared to twice a week with Nokia. Software slow, camera takes a lifetime to load.

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Reviewer: Andre - Bournemouth, UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

Amazing phone the only thing I could fault is on the top of the phone where the power button is the paint is chipping off & I don't know how? I take care of the phone & I have noticed it on friends ones as well. But once you get used to the heat sensitive buttons it works perfectly & the camera is so good. Printed off some pictures & it looks like a camera took them. I won't hesitate to recommend to anyone.

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Reviewer: Nhf - Limassol, Cyprus
Date: 6th Dec 2007

I love this mobile phone is very nice.

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Reviewer: Annette - Enniskillen, UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

I absolutely love this phone & really want to get it but the bad memory & battery life is bugging me! Also the way it switches on & off! ADVICE WANTED.

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Reviewer: Shazz - UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! Although it looks good & may work for a short while, everyone I know has had problems with it, the screen is weak & cracks very easily, the battery life is so poor I have to charge it twice a day, I can no longer text off it as it freezes up & won't turn off, it calls people for no reason, it is slow to use, it turns itself off for no reason during use, it hangs up midway through calls for no reason. The list is endless. Like I said, everyone I know with this phone has had problems with it. DO NOT BUY IT.

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Reviewer: Becky - UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

This has to be the best looking phone I have owned. The design is brilliant, & it's so light & thin its great if you're an obsessive texter!

Saying that, there are a few faults! I have noticed that the touch keys are a bit temperamental. Sometimes they are very sensitive, other times I could press them & nothing will happen. Or a long delay & I've deleted all my text! Also my predictive text now doesn't work, it was fine when I first got the phone but now whenever I get to a certain amount of characters the phone will freeze & restart itself! Very annoying, especially if you're trying to text someone back quickly!

I have also noticed that the battery life is not as long as my previous phones (namely Nokia's, they seem to have the longest battery life). I do not think this is a fault, but also Sent Items. Whenever I send a text, a copy of what I sent seems to go into Sent Items. I have looked in the manual, online & routed through the phone but I can't seem to turn it off! It just eats into your memory!

Other than that, I believe it's a great phone. Great memory, fantastic camera (although slightly slow to respond) Great volume, so easy to use!

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Reviewer: Liz - Manchester, UK
Date: 5th Dec 2007

OK for those reviewers who can't seem to handle touch screen phones, I understand. This is the second touch screen phone I have had, the first being the Samsung e900. However, after about a week I had gotten used to the buttons & didn't have any problems with that from then on. This is why I have no problems with them on this phone, if anything they're less over-sensitive than the e900.

For the man who owned the phone in May & had lots of trouble with it, that's what you get for buying a highly expensive barely released phone. If you had waited like normal people until it didn't cost the earth & was on normally priced contracts, you would've gotten a phone you enjoyed using with all the glitches ironed out. You wouldn't upgrade to vista for the first 6 months for the same reason now would you?

I don't find the software too slow or massively different to other Samsungs I have had previously. I will admit the camera is very slow but that's the only problem I have noticed so far.

I have no idea how people can say it phones people from your pocket as the touch screen buttons are locked when the phone is closed unless you activate them with the tiny power switch on the top.

Overall, I highly rate this particular model. To all those who vehemently dislike this phone, it seems to be mostly because you don't have the patience to deal with the touch screen buttons. This, I would say, is more of a problem with you individually than with the overall performance of the phone.

For those of you considering buying this phone, go for it. If you haven't the patience & dexterity to get used to the touch screen buttons, it will frustrate you for the first week or so but once you're used to it then you will enjoy it.

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Reviewer: Becky - UK
Date: 5th Dec 2007

Well I never! You people don't now what your chatting bout this phone is amazing you people just can't use touch screen god give the phone a chance your all like well I never! After a day I am taking it back cause it is rubbish but you got to give it a chance I didn't get on with it but after a week or 2 I luv it best phone. So GIVE IT A CHANCE!

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Reviewer: Laura - Southampton, UK
Date: 5th Dec 2007

I love my Samsung u600 it's got everything I want on a phone. The only problem I have is that it won't let me send pictures by MMS every time I try it says unable to send multimedia message & I don't know why could someone help me. Other wise I love my phone.

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Reviewer: Sarah - Norwich, UK
Date: 4th Dec 2007

TERRIBLE! Avoid like you would the plague! I got one in July & had to have it replaced straight away as it keeps freezing during text messages. It stops, & reloads itself. Once I had it replaced, the new one started doing the same thing.

Took it back today trying to get it repaired, as I COULD NOT SEND ONE SINGLE TEXT. Every time I got half way through the third line, it froze. Again & again & again & again. Must have tried 50 messages. Each time it froze, it took longer to reload, final count at about three minutes. Tried to cancel my contract with O2 who CLAIM they have never heard of a problem with this phone, yet I have replaced it once already. Know four people with this phone & three have the same problem. So, as I still have 7 months left with them, I'll have to pay the remaining amount of money, which they reckon is £300. Not a chance! So, am stuck with phone & appalling customer service with O2 who refuse to admit there is even a problem. By the way, I have a specialist Samsung repairer down the road from my local O2 store. I threw the phone at them & they were able to tell me what the problems were before I even opened my mouth, apparently O2 have sent hundreds of people to them, yet they haven't heard of the problem? The repairer had received 4 U600's today alone.

It also freezes when you try & make a call. It just won't dial & have to try three or four times. Can cut out during calls as well.

Also, predictive text is appalling. It was OK to begin with, but after a couple of months, the words I had added to the dictionary suddenly weren't there any more, & I can't add them again. I've tried, but it doesn't seem to save them properly.

The keys are way too sensitive. I have tiny hands, so that's not the problem, but you seriously just have to breathe on a button & you lose the entire message. Useless.

Finally, the camera is slow & when you type a number in, if you do multiple amounts of the same number e.g. 07976654*** it won't recognise the final *** as *** but as *! So you end up calling an incorrect number, IF that is, you can get it to connect at all!

My advice is to forget that this phone exists. That way, you can't experience the frustration & stress that it causes. Quite seriously, if I didn't need a phone for work so badly, I would just burn it.

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Reviewer: Angela - Manchester, UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2007

WORST PHONE I have EVER HAD. Don't KNOW WHAT TO DO ITS THAT BAD, I AM SO STRESSED OUT USING IT. IT'S TOO SENSITIVE & SO SLOW. I am USING A PHONE I HAD IN FROM ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO ITS THAT BAD. SO FLIMSY SLIDE DESIGN TOO LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM the POUND SHOP. I SHALL GIVE MINE AWAY.

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Reviewer: Lauren Semans - Preston, UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2007

Great phone!

Never had a slide phone before & I have found it really easy to use. After having Nokia after Nokia, this little phone makes a great change!

The touch sensitive buttons were a bit hard to get used to, but after about 2hrs of using it, they were dead easy!

Can't think of a bad thing to say about this phone, it looks great, sounds great, it's easy to use & anyone looking for a new phone, the Samsung U600 is definitely worth considering!

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Reviewer: Ciara - UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2007

My sister has this phone & it is great, no complaints but I would look at the U700 now before getting this one, it's the newer version.

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Reviewer: Cheesy Feet - UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2007

This phone is rubbish my mate is gonna get one but I think it's terrible don't get it.

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Reviewer: Louise - UK
Date: 1st Dec 2007

I have had this phone for nearly two months with no problems what so ever. It can be tricky if you're not used to touch buttons, but my last phone had touch buttons so I don't find them a problem. I really like the look & the ease of use. I can't understand how people accidentally phone people by mistake. I just have my phone locked so that can't happen. I would recommend this phone to anyone.

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Reviewer: Suranga Perera - Sri Lanka
Date: 1st Dec 2007

Wow. Great phone, very stylish. I love it. Don't think twice to buy it.

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Reviewer: Hollii - UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

I am a teenager, so you could imagine that if I wanted this phone, I would beg & beg for it until I got it. I did eventually get it, just before my birthday in May & not long after the phone had come out. I wanted it because of the cool look, the 3.2 megapixel camera & the cool MP3 player. At the same time my mum brought the LG Prada, My dad Samsung d600 & my brother Sony Ericsson, something or other LOL.

I still have the phone now, & from time to time it gets on my nerves. A couple of weeks ago I had to constantly charge it up because the moment I unplugged it, it would go flat. So I went to buy a new battery. That helped a little. Sometimes I call people by accident cause of the touchscreen which also gets on my nerves.

To say it's a 3.2 megapixel camera, it's not brilliant.

A few tips:

- Never put Bluetooth on longer than 10 minutes, it drains the battery
- MP3 also drains the battery
- Try reducing the brightness on the screen, that helps the battery last longer.

I want to no whether it holds a phone charm or not LOL!

Overall, not a terrible phone, but not the best either! [My mum's Prada is better!].

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Reviewer: Stephen - Kirsch, UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

Appalling phone.

I was recommended by Orange to purchase this handset as the 'software on the N-Series Nokia's were less than reliable' but, my goodness, this is the least user friendly phone I have ever had.

Nightmare ending a call on hands-free, texting caused me to throw the handset across the car in frustration (lucky I was insured so I could replace the cracked & battered handset!), the camera is rubbish & takes an age to take the photo, etc etc.

I have been quoted £150 to have an early upgrade & will be taking them up on their offer, thus reverting back to my Nokia.

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Reviewer: Lucy - UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

I love this phone really easy to use after you get used to it battery lasts, camera great, really light.

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Reviewer: Greenie Green - UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

I am getting this phone in 6 days! I am very excited, however I have been concerned after reading these reviews. But when I get my phone I shall leave an honest comment on what I think of it.

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Reviewer: Lois - UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

I've had this phone a month & as much as it looks really beautiful it has so many drawbacks!

- Firstly the keypad wasn't constructed properly & clicked in certain places so when I texted I wasn't sure if I'd pressed a button or not. (I ended up fixing it with pliers, far from ideal! )
- the battery life seems a little short.
- the software generally exhibits a terrible delay.
- the camera has the longest delay, ever making it barely worth having as a feature.
- It has touch buttons which if you happen to inadvertently touch whilst texting means you end up losing the entire text.
- But most annoying of all is the predictive text options sometimes don't allow me to scroll down to select a different word from the list. It just navigates me up & down the text I've written.

Serious software problems!

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Reviewer: Cheese - UK
Date: 28th Nov 2007

I don't know what all the fuss is about! It's a great phone but only bad for people who don't know how to work touch buttons! If you are looking to buy this phone I would recommend it to anyone! Honestly great phone! Get it.

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Reviewer: Lenny - Bagillt, UK
Date: 28th Nov 2007

Got this for the wife, it came & looked good but how slow can a phone be for goodness sake. The features are terrible & all icons look like they've designed by my baby. Sort it Samsung, I am going back to the boys who know how to wow the crowds (Nokia).

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Reviewer: Neil - Dublin, Ireland
Date: 27th Nov 2007

I honestly don't know why so many people are complaining about this phone! This is the best phone I have ever had. Despite what people say, the touch (heat) sensitive buttons are not too sensitive & are not easily activated if in your pocket, etc. A very user friendly & stylish phone which I have not experienced any problems with this phone. The only problem was getting the damn thing to me, it took almost a week to be delivered from over the north side. Well worth the money! Highly recommended, if you like I was, am anxious because of all the bad reviews & so called flaws, IGNORE THEM. Buy the phone, honestly its well worth it, in my view.

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Reviewer: Bailey - Gloucestershire, UK
Date: 27th Nov 2007

I think the phone is sleek wicked & also amazing in a way. I will have the phone for ages because it is so nice.

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Reviewer: Olivia B - London, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2007

I really want to get it for Christmas & one of my friends has it, I saw it today & was like amazing phone & she said she liked it so I was trying it out for a few minutes & it didn't seem to have any problems. But now, after reading all those reviews saying that it doesn't work has really put me off, but I still want it!

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Reviewer: Chopper - London, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2007

Looks lovely, & has nice features. I love Samsung, I loved my D600, but YES, they keys are too sensitive, the camera IS slow, & the screen cracks & de pixilate too easily.

I think they have gone for slimness for its own sake here at the expense of function, while making it taller & wider than older phones, so no real size saved.

The battery cover comes off too easily in the pocket, & causes poor contact for the battery, so that's maybe why the switch on or off & screen freeze happens to people. I think the chunkier G600 with clearly defined buttons is a better buy, & like others, I can't wait to get a new model, & have returned to my old D600 for the large part.

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Reviewer: Veronica Rose - UK
Date: 26th Nov 2007

I think this phone is brilliant for everything but design I think its so un stylish but the Samsung F210 is a brilliant design but a bad phone, oh help us.

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Reviewer: Vee - UK
Date: 25th Nov 2007

I brought this phone thinking WOW. Now I have it, it isn't so special. It is very slim & posh. It can store music which was good, had a long battery life & I could listen to the radio free.

The usability of this phone was rubbish. After 2 weeks of having this phone I couldn't cope anymore & I took it back. I had my old phone again which is much easier to use but has a rubbish battery & memory.

Oh well. If you want my opinion then buy the phone but if you don't get on with complicated features & touch screen buttons then don't purchase it.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 25th Nov 2007

Don't BUY THIS PHONE.

We all know about the software problems, I had this phone in May & since then it has broken a number of times, mainly due to the software problem when the phone switches itself off mid texting. It was fixed 3 times & I was eventually given a new U600, it took 6 weeks for the problem to happen again. It was fixed & then my touch buttons stopped working. Vodafone have today agree d to give me a new model but would only offer me something to the current value of the phone, I have ended up with a phone with a much lower spec. Don't BOTHER ITS NOT WORSE the HASSLE!

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Reviewer: Claire Grant - Winchester, UK
Date: 25th Nov 2007

This phone looks nice but that is about it! The annoying noise it sends after a text is not the phone but T mobile who have put their own software on it. I spoke to Samsung who told me this, so then I called T mobile who then denied it!

I upgraded on a pay monthly but was only allowed a 7 day cooling off period, which I missed. Thankfully I left on the covers so selling it! The touch screen buttons are really annoying (& I have small fingers! ) I kept ringing people by mistake. AVOID!

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Reviewer: Oli - Notts, UK
Date: 25th Nov 2007

Fabulous. JUST BRILLIANT.

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Reviewer: Kieran - Walderslade, UK
Date: 24th Nov 2007

This phone is not even worth rating, I had it for about 1 to 2 months & the screen started playing up, everything went backwards, I couldn't read or write a text because it was so awful.

The battery is rubbish & doesn't last any longer then a day. From this experience it has totally put me off of Samsungs, waste of time stick with Sony Ericsson or Nokia.

I say this with full confidence DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, it will only cause you indefinite suffering. However, it does look quite good & it is possible if you pay £10 insurance a month on it that you can get an instant swap of the phone. To be honest I loved the U600 at first but trust me it isn't worth bothering with.

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Reviewer: Jkb - Albania
Date: 24th Nov 2007

It's a good phone, thank you.

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Reviewer: Millzi Mhoo - Devon, UK
Date: 23rd Nov 2007

I have been comparing the Samsung x830 to the Samsung u6oo & I don't know which one to get! The u600 looks better overall with the camera & all but the x830 looks better music wise. Also the only proper problem with the u600 is that it looks quite big when the x830 looks dead sleek & sleek. I don't KNOW WHAT TO DO!

But I think I might go for the u600 it looks way more sophisticated, but I would recommend both to all of you. By the way on the ratings I know what the design is & I know what the features are (both look pretty good) but in just guessing usability because I haven't had the phone LOL!

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Reviewer: Rose - London, UK
Date: 23rd Nov 2007

It may look sleek & stylish (much like myself) but I had this phone for one day. That was enough. Don't buy it unless you have the patience of a nun. I had to revert back to my old phone after one day because I kept mistakenly calling people I SO didn't want to & Oh Don't get me started on this phone :- (.

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Reviewer: Lucy - UK
Date: 21st Nov 2007

Hmm I don't know if I should get this for Xmas now, it looks really good but the reviews have put me off, what should I do?

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Reviewer: Jim - Gretna, UK
Date: 20th Nov 2007

Had this phone for about 5 months now & absolutely loved it until 4 weeks ago. It's constantly freezing whilst texting & is frequently switching itself off & on. Avoid it like the plague. My next phone will be a Nokia.

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Reviewer: David - London, UK
Date: 20th Nov 2007

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! I have had mine for 2 months & boy do I regret it. It looks great etc, but the touch screen makes it all but unworkable, & some fundamental problems with the text menus (I.e. Can't go back to message after so much as breathing on screen). However the number one reason is the KNOWN software fault whereby using the predictive text causes the phone to freeze. Orange & Samsung know about this & in their exact words (users) just have to live with it. A complete dud, avoid like the plague!

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 19th Nov 2007

Utter Rubbish! Had it a week, camera does not work, Bluetooth does not work, when I turn the phone off & turn it on it deletes all the settings! RUBBISH! Do NOT buy!

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Reviewer: Tom Worrall - UK
Date: 19th Nov 2007

Everything is perfect after buying it the day it came out, but please tell me how to view your pictures in full screen mode? Thank you very much! GREAT PHONE.

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Reviewer: Gemma - Great Yarmouth, UK
Date: 19th Nov 2007

This phone is made for a woman's touch. Men are too hard with the touch buttons. I have had no problems using this & my battery has been fine. This is my third Samsung phone & it is the best they've made yet!

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Reviewer: Barney - Milton Keynes, UK
Date: 19th Nov 2007

I have had my phone for about 7 months now & to be honest I can't wait till my network provider starts to offer the Sony Ericsson K650i. The day that this happens, this phone is going straight into the bin. I am frightened that if I give the phone away to someone, I might get charged for causing a stress to the new recipient.

There are many things that I like about the phone but there are equally many things I hate about it. The first thing is that I have average size fingers & I still find it hard to text because the press buttons are poorly defined. Secondly, because this phone is a slider phone, when the phone is in the open position the centre of gravity shifts to the top. There is no way you can text with one hand without the phone tumbling out your hand.

There already seems to be quite a consensus about the difficulties in sending texts so I won't go into any detail, but there is one thing that is starting to drive me up the wall. Every time a text is sent there is a loud audible note. I have turned silent mode on & still you can hear the note. I have taken my phone to the dealership & even they can't switch it off. Maybe someone reading this review has had the same problem, better still, maybe someone reading this can give me advice on how to stop it. I work in an open plan office & every time I send a text message, thirty heads turn around to look at me. Before I bought this phone I was sending over 400 texts a month. I am now sending less than 100. If you are desperate to cut down your phone bills then this is the perfect phone for you. After fluffing about for 20 minutes sending a simple I love you text, you will soon put the phone on silent, never to be used again.

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Reviewer: Graham - UK
Date: 18th Nov 2007

Had the phone for about 7 months now, & have to say I am disappointed in it. My last phone was a Samsung D600 with was a great phone, & thought I'd try this out as a result. Wish I hadn't. The phone is OK, but not up to the standard I'd expect, especially the predictive text which seems to either reset itself or change language. I'll be going for a Nokia the next time!

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Reviewer: Lucy - UK
Date: 18th Nov 2007

I really want to buy this phone but every one is saying that it's a really bad phone & all these things happen.

- It freezes.
- the keys are too sensitive.
- the features are rubbish.
- the camera is too slow.
- the screen cracks easily.

Is it really that bad?

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Reviewer: Graham - Staffordshire, UK
Date: 17th Nov 2007

What a load of rubbish, used to having Sony Ericsson 850i for 18 months & no problems. Orange now want to charge me return postage as I had it on 6 day trial. Be aware my U600 called someone at two in the morning, as I kept it in my top pocket whilst driving. I can't find anything nice to say. It feels uncomfortable hard to use, & I am going back to my old phone (on PAYG).

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Reviewer: Morag - Buckie, UK
Date: 17th Nov 2007

Just got this phone today & first impressions were favourable, a sleek looking phone. It's very sensitive though as I have already accidentally called a friend three times! I am wishing I'd read the reviews first. I hope I am not going to regret buying it.

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Reviewer: Candy Pink - Ireland
Date: 17th Nov 2007

I love this phone it looks fabulous but could anyone tell me how to change the text format. I think that people with large fingers shouldn't buy this fine because of the touch sensitive buttons though they are not a problem for me. The camera is ace so is the music player, there are so many different uses of this phone its fantastic. Overall BUY THIS PHONE.

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Reviewer: Chocolate Monkey - UK
Date: 17th Nov 2007

You shouldn't buy this phone. Trust me. Don't be fooled!

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Reviewer: Maggie - London, UK
Date: 16th Nov 2007

I've already had one Samsung U600 replaced by Orange because suddenly after about a week I couldn't open any incoming text messages. The screen just came up with a failed message. Now my replacement phone is having the same problem after 10 days of normal service. When this happens it also won't let me input a recipient from my contacts if I want to send a message, just says no entry. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

I agree with all the comments about calling people unintentionally, it's too easy even if you're extra careful. That Save to Drafts is SO annoying when you know you can't go back to the message directly!

The camera gives good shots, but it's like being back in the 1900's with such a slow reaction time, so I don't even bother to use it. The battery life on the first phone was awful, but this second one is better.

If I didn't have this problem with the texting I could cope with the other limitations until the end of my contract. But I doubt I would buy another Samsung on the basis of my experience to date. It is indeed very stylish & slim, but I want to be able to count on it working properly for more than 2 weeks at a time too!

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Reviewer: P A - UK
Date: 16th Nov 2007

Good phone, although the touch buttons can be annoying, they are cool. Camera good in good light conditions. MP3 player a bit sluggish when used with 2GB card. Excellent features especially protecting text messages.

Good fashion phone, but needs charging every day.

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Reviewer: Leanne - UK
Date: 16th Nov 2007

This is a good looking phone but that's about it. Worst phone ever. The battery life is awful, it's always freezing whilst texting, keeps cutting out, keep losing signal although I'll just be sat in my front room. Seriously, avoid buying this phone. Those people who say it is a great phone must have only had it a week!

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Reviewer: Ben - UK
Date: 15th Nov 2007

Good phone so far got 2 days ago reading the reviews don't know if I should of got one : (.

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Reviewer: Barry - Brierley Hill, UK
Date: 15th Nov 2007

The buttons are too sensitive & you end ringing people. If you breathe on the keys when texting the phone asks if you want to save as a draft with no option to go back to the message. The battery life is pathetic & I have to charge every night even if phone hasn't been used! Pretty phone but certainly not practical. I will go back to Nokia when my contract ends.

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Reviewer: Purple Penguin - Birmingham, UK
Date: 14th Nov 2007

Hi, I just bought a Samsung U600 & I know that it displays album art but, I don't know how to add it to the MP3. What program to use?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! Thanks for your time :).

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Reviewer: Ifraz Alam - UK
Date: 13th Nov 2007

Excellent phone definitely recommend to anyone.

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Reviewer: Dominic T - Leeds, UK
Date: 12th Nov 2007

I have had this phone now for 4 months & it is doing my head in. It constantly calls people when you don't want it to as the touch pads are far too sensitive!

The phone has cracked & I did not drop it & now after the crack appeared after a few days the phone has now packed in! The screen does not work except for one single white line through the middle.

So whatever you do, do not but this phone, get a better one! It does look good though.

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Reviewer: Helen - Leicester, UK
Date: 12th Nov 2007

I hate this phone. The touch screen is a pain & only works when it wants to. Texting is a nightmare due to the flat buttons. You end up ringing people when you don't want to. Ending calls is a joke because you have to unlock the keypad before pressing the end call button (& that only works when it wants to).

The only good thing about this phone is that it is lightweight & slim. Everything else is less than useless. If you've any sense, don't buy one!

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Reviewer: Ben - Fochabers, UK
Date: 12th Nov 2007

I just bought this phone online on an 18 month contract (I work offshore) & judging by all of your reviews I should have looked into it more I just jumped at it I hope all goes well for me & the phone is OK!

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Reviewer: Gemma - UK
Date: 11th Nov 2007

Brilliant phone! Looks great, feels great! Don't know what half of you are on about, my battery life lasts ages & I NEVER turn it off! Texting is easy & photos are brilliant, they have good focus & come out brilliant! Well done Samsung, best phone you've ever made! Anyone who wants to but this phone, have no hesitation!

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Reviewer: Andrew Price - Chester, UK
Date: 11th Nov 2007

OK I have had this phone for six months now so what I am telling you is the truth (weighted with my opinion of course). I love the ultra slimness of this phone which is one of the reasons I purchased this phone.

Other than that well.
- the camera is OK.
- Video is not bad.
- Options for camera & vide quite good.
- the touch screen buttons whilst pretty can be a pain in the backside when you accidently bring any of your ten digits near to them.
- Charge time is not overly good.
- Music clarity is quite bad.
- the radio is bad.

But the phone is slim & it fits in any pocket.

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Reviewer: Harry - Winchester, UK
Date: 11th Nov 2007

Don't get this phone! I have always had Nokia's as I find them easy to use & reliable. But when renewing my mobile contract recently I decided to give this very sleek looking phone a chance. I wish I never did!

The pickup button is far too over sensitive so I am constantly calling people accidentally & the put down button is so un sensitive I have to close the phone to put down a call.

I have had my phone replaced twice now by Orange, because the phone turns itself off during the day around 3 or 4 times. It just an awful hard to use phone! Don't get it!

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Reviewer: Gemma - Inverness, UK
Date: 10th Nov 2007

I got this phone last week, after having problems with my last phone which was a Sony Ericsson s500i (buttons kept cracking). I Wish I had kept the Sony Ericsson! I Don't Like This Phone.

My Dislikes.
- The touch buttons are too sensitive & it calls people easily.
- The battery life is rubbish, I have to charge it up every day.
- It freezes whenever I use the music player.
- Volume is poor.
- The Samsung PC Studio won't let me put songs onto my memory card.
- The texting is so confusing compared to Sony.
- The camera is great, but it takes ages to take a photo.

I would advise anybody not to buy this phone, as it is not worth the money. Wish I had just stuck to Sony Ericsson. xx

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Reviewer: Rhiannon - London, UK
Date: 9th Nov 2007

The best phone ever! Probably not best for those who have never used a touch phone before but if your used to it its great! Best for slightly younger users though! Best phone ever!

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Reviewer: Єbonie - Castleford, UK
Date: 9th Nov 2007

Love this phone so much. IT'S A GRЄAT phone STYLISH & ALL, PЄOPLЄ ARЄ COMPLAINING ABOUT the TOUCH BUTTONS RINGING PЄOPLЄ BUT IT'S GOT A LOCK SO WHY don't YOU JUST USЄ THAT?

GRЄAT FЄATURЄS LOVЄ the ЄMOTION ICON THING WHЄN YOU RECIЄVE A TЄXT, FAB! I WOULD RECOMMЄND IT To AO ANYONЄ BUT ONLY THING IS GЄTS A BIT SCRATCHЄD IF YOU PUT IT IN YOUR POCKЄT WITH YOUR KЄYS.

I WOULDN'T have a bad WORD AGAINST IT & HAD it 4 WЄЄKS. I can't GЄT ЄNOUGH, BЄST PHONЄ I'VЄ EVER HAD especially COMPARЄD TOO MY LAST ONЄ WHICH WAS LG CHOCOLATЄ & That was A PILЄ OF RUBBISH To PUT IT POLITЄLY. P.S. LOVЄ this SITЄ Made MЄ DЄCIDЄ AGAINST BUYING A LOT OF PHONЄS THANKS XX

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Reviewer: Neil - Glasgow, UK
Date: 8th Nov 2007

This phone is amazing. It has all the features that I want in a phone. Only small problems that I've encountered so far is that the key pads are flat & I am not use to it, it's very hard to use sometimes but I am used to it but you will get used to it. The rest is alright. I really like the Smartsearch feature. I also like the Music Player because it sorts your music in order. A very stylish, good camera & good design. Overall VERY GOOD PHONE.

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Reviewer: Hh - UK
Date: 8th Nov 2007

Having had Samsung's previously & been impressed 'I was so excited to get the U600. Little did I know it would be the worst purchase ever! Oh how I wish I had read the reviews before purchasing it, won't make that mistake again.

Screen freezes, pictures freeze & when they do eventually work they will not send. Erasing messages when you hover over the keys, ringing people if your quicker than the phone in resending a message, predictive text will no longer work the phone switches off. The list is endless. Come on Samsung get your act together!

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Reviewer: Gary - UK
Date: 7th Nov 2007

Does anyone know how to turn off the autofocus. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Jo L - Ipswich, UK
Date: 7th Nov 2007

I really liked my old D500 & was determined to stick with Samsung so I went for the best Samsung Orange had to offer. I wish I'd read this site first as I've had exactly the same problems as other people.

- Touch sensitive buttons making it so easy to delete an entire text just by hovering a little too long over the key.
- Calling people up just because they sent me a text 3 hours ago & now it's 2am.
- Screen freezing & turning off mid text.
- the texting is really difficult to use, I don't think I'll ever get used to it, why have they changed the way Samsung's work?
- the camera is really slow.
- Everything is slow.
- Sometimes the options for the soft keys don't show up & you'd think it was just the display being slow but if you press them it doesn't work either.

Generally it's trying to be too clever for its own good & doesn't have the processing power to handle it. They've tried to pack too much in & forgotten that people actually need to be able to use it.

I am going to be begging Orange to take it back, technically I am in my 7days return if they count the fact that it took 3 attempts at delivery. Don't buy it!

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Reviewer: Simon Morgan - Newport, UK
Date: 5th Nov 2007

Used Samsung phones for a while, then switched to a Sony Ericsson W850i, have now gone back to Samsung as all Sony Ericsson's seem to fall to bits after a few months. Well at least the w850i still worked after bits had fallen off it. I've had this phone for 4 weeks & these are the issues I have encountered so far.

- Try to make a call, hold the phone to your ear & nothing, looked at the phone & its frozen. Have to make the call again, about 90% of time.
- Try to text, get error message saying error while sending do you want to retry? About 50% of time.
- Phone freezes as & when it feels like it.
- Half way through a text & accidentally breath on one of the touch screen buttons. Text asks if you want to save to draft. No option to continue with text.
- Battery will not last more than 2 days if you make any calls or texts.
- Volume buttons so close to the ear phone input that they don't fit in properly & regularly fall out.
- Can't use tracks on the memory card as a ring tone, you have to copy it to the phone.
- & last, this one really annoyed me, this phone as with all Samsung phones can't be used with Sky plus remote TV.

The phone, as with all Samsungs have some features far superior to other manufacturers such as the security features, but unfortunately Ericsson in future.

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Reviewer: Geoannie - UK
Date: 4th Nov 2007

Shocking! Worst phone I have ever had, the touch screen too sensitive, have to unlock screen before I can end a call should have stuck with my KRZR 100% better. U600 is also very fiddly with Bluetooth ear piece, had to go back to the plug in version, hopeless, looks good but rubbish functionality.

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Reviewer: Rhi - UK
Date: 4th Nov 2007

Haven't got it yet want one though & all the bad reviews well all manufactures have a faulty lot.

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Reviewer: Kt - London, US
Date: 3rd Nov 2007

Great phone love it so much. However silly me dropped it into a lake after the first 3 weeks of owning it however I didn't really get a chance to get used to it so I have now ordered another one, hopefully it will go as well as the other one although reading peoples reviews I am regretting my desision.

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Reviewer: Nicole Smith - Peterhead, UK
Date: 3rd Nov 2007

I want this phone but you can't find any cheap contracts for the pink ones!

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Reviewer: Dude - UK
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

Cool phone the best phone out.

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Reviewer: Alice - Stoke, UK
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

Absolutely brilliant until it broke after 26 days of purchase! Samsung are rubbish for customer satisfaction & service. I now have to pay £70 to get it fixed! Or £20 for them just to give me back my phone, unrepaired! Don't buy one!

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Reviewer: Steve - Colchester, UK
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

Worst phone I have ever have owned. DO NOT BUY ONE. You have been warned. Texting is a pain. Loosing whole texts by pushing wrong button. T9 predictive text keeps loosing entered words. Freezing after a few words then switching off. Text input language changes to Dutch every time. Delay on camera is such a joke you push the button people think you took the shot & move away then camera takes the shot. Useless camera touch buttons forever calling mates after reading a text from them. Don't be fooled by the sleek looks its rubbish!

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Reviewer: John Mitchell - Derby, UK
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

Smart but tender. Great Camera with all the feature present. Radio What a lovely sound tunes in quite well. MP3 limited Graphic equaliser but great quality sound. Much better that the Sony Ericsson V630i my last phone. Not as good as the Sony Ericsson for operating but has a nice & easy to use menu.

Screen cracked after 5 days probably because the back is jammed on so access to the sim card is difficult. I had to grip the phone hard to dislodge the back cover. This may have cracked the screen. But the screen should be more robust. I am not that strong I struggle opening jam jars & can't open pickle jars at all.

My letter to Phones 4 you:

On 26th of October 2007, purchased the above mobile phone & associated phone tariff from you for £40 a month. I had the phone for 5 days. I have not used it until 31st December as I was hoping to give it a s a birthday present. It was then that I noticed a fault, the lower left part of the screen has cracked.
The phone never had the screen protector removed & the protector remains untouched yet the screen beneath is damaged.
The Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended) means that I am entitled to expect the phone to be of a satisfactory quality, having regard for the price paid & the minimal usage. I feel it is unreasonable for a mobile of this price & such minimal use to have such a fault so soon after purchase, & consider you to be in breach of contract.
I would like to request that you either carry out the repair at your own expense, or you compensate me for the cost of getting the work done elsewhere, & I would like the matter resolved within 14 days of the date of this letter.

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Reviewer: Sue - Strabane, Ireland
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

Good Phone =].

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Reviewer: David Tuke - Manchester, UK
Date: 1st Nov 2007

Perhaps the worse phone I have ever had! Battery life is not good tops 3 days. Games aren't too bad but you have to pay for the half decent ones! Overall I am disappointed with the phone wish I had stuck with Ericsson phones they are by far the best phones on the market & now wishing I had hung for the new k850i.

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Reviewer: Vidura - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date: 1st Nov 2007

ITS rubbish WITH HANDS DOWN! Sliding is lose, Calls get disconnected for NO reason (with all signals), sms messages get stuck while sending, good looking, but nothing more. Don't ever think of buying this, I looked at some reviews before I bought it, thought there were good reviews about it, ITS rubbish!

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Reviewer: John - UK
Date: 31st Oct 2007

As a veteran Sony Ericsson user I thought I would opt for the U600 due to its slim design. I told myself I would get used to the different menu layouts etc.

I have never been more disappointed with a phone. The layout was terrible, the usability of it was no good & the battery life was rubbish. Touch sensitive buttons were a nightmare! The camera is useless if the object moves even slightly - too slow & too blurry.

Back in the mail to Orange it went. I have just received my Sony Ericsson k810i & it is a MUCH better phone, better layout, better camera & better battery life! Go for it instead.

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Reviewer: Gadge - UK
Date: 31st Oct 2007

I have had this phone for a while now, I would not recommend anyone to buy it. It looks fabulous & I have always had Samsung phones, but they are going downhill. Phone turns itself off whilst in the middle of writing a text. Freezes on menu's & flips through menu's by itself. The camera is good, but only if you are taking pictures of things that don't move! The touch screen buttons are driving me mad! It is too easy to call someone when all you want to do is send a text! I will be swapping to Sony Ericsson!

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Reviewer: Tayla - Essex, UK
Date: 30th Oct 2007

This was my sisters Phone for about a-month & she Let me have it. I Wish I never even bothered With it. People don't have to take my advice But it is the Worst Phone ever I Reckon. Don't get me wrong it looks the Part. But I Will Give You Amount of Reasons Why NOT Repeat DO NOT Buy this Phone.

- the back of the phone is Flimsy & breaks.
- the Phone Gets Scratches By Just Placing it Down!
- the Speaker Volume is the Worst ever Compared To Sony's.
- the Phones Reactions are Very slow. E.G. When You Play a Song it takes about 30 seconds To load, & Calling People when dialled takes about 30 seconds.
- Battery life is rubbish. Even if you don't use it Much. I have to charge it Every night & the battery Still Goes Flat!
- Buttons are hard to Use for texting.

This Phone is Your worst Nightmare to buy. Maybe I Just had a Dud One or something. But honestly the Touch is SO sensitive! & this phone is about 4 months old & now the phone is broke because it Went flat & Now doesn't Seem to Turn on. The buttons flashed & it Died :) Please listen to me. This Phone is a waste of Time Your better off Without a Phone Considering it Just Breaks!

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Reviewer: Emily - Georgia
Date: 30th Oct 2007

This phone is good. People are complaining about the battery life but if you want a slim phone that's the problem. It doesn't really scratch easy. You choose to buy the phone so don't moan about it. WICKED phone though!

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Reviewer: Peter Smith - Gloucester, UK
Date: 29th Oct 2007

I bought the purple version of this exclusive to Orange as it's got a gloss finish, rather than the dull blue, black versions which are matt in appearance. This phone is very cool, especially as it's the first phone to have VIVID TEXTING. This is where the phone sends you key words in picture format rather than the word in a text, for example I love you, is seen as I (red bouncy heart) you, which really livens up texting, like the emoticons on MSN messenger.

The screen is very clear & large & very colourful, & the slide function is the best I have seen on a phone to date, unlike the plasticy N95. Unlike some reviews here, I have had no issues with the 2 touch sensitive buttons, they're great, & besides most of the buttons aren't touch sensitive.

The U600 has many features like radio, & the great organiser, email etc puts it as a serious rival to Smartphone's, but without the bulky casing. This is so slim, has a great 3.2 mp camera & highly recommended.

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Reviewer: Elliot - UK
Date: 29th Oct 2007

It's a good phone, but takes some time to get used to it. I don't like the camera mode by the fact that each picture takes so long to take & it is very fiddly with the sensitive buttons, like changing modes to camcorder. Also, on numerous occasions I have started calling someone when my phone is in my pocket.

I got this phone without realising, my mum chose it for me. I honestly would have chosen a Sony Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Jen - UK
Date: 29th Oct 2007

This phone is really starting to annoy me. Mine also freezes & takes ages to re-load which is completely useless if you're trying to make a quick text or phone call. Or do anything on it really. I took it back to the Carphone Warehouse & they replaced it, which was fine but the new phone is starting doing it too & I am now out of the terms for replacement. Good design but with the touch screen it is so easy to call people accidently.

After this phone, I am never going to get a touch screen again, but I really like the Samsung makes, & the camera is really good quality.

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Reviewer: Jj - Kuwait
Date: 29th Oct 2007

Hi, I didn't get the phone yet but I think that I won't buy it at all, though its design amazes me. I really love it! :)

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Reviewer: Eric Scully - Widnes, UK
Date: 29th Oct 2007

Worst phone I've ever had, better off with two cans & a bit of string.

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Reviewer: Lyne - Bristol, UK
Date: 28th Oct 2007

I BLOOMING LOVE IT. DEFINATLY A MUST HAVE. GREAT TO LOOK AT, GREAT TO USE, AMAZING! I HAVE HAD THIS PHONE FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS & I HAVE HAD NO FAULTS WITH IT. I AM REALLY GLAD I GOT THIS PHONE. AFTER the SUMMER I WENT TO UNIVERSITY, & SHOWED ALL MY MATES, THEY LOVED IT & ARE ALL BUYING ONE. EVERYONE LOVES IT.

FOR the N95 IS RUBBISH. I HAD IT BEFORE I GOT the U600. IT WAS AWFUL. DEFINATLY the U600 (why) I COULD EASILY SAY IT IS MY NEW BEST MATE! SAD I KNOW BUT IT'S THAT AMAZING.

OVERALL, ITS A REALLY GOOD PHONE & HAS AMAZING FEATURES & IS A REALLY EASY PHONE TO USE. A MUST BUY. DEFINATLY ADD IT TO YOUR XMAS LIST:).

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Reviewer: Conor - Oxford, UK
Date: 27th Oct 2007

Love the phone, but I agree with the opinions of the touch buttons sensitivity - Too close to the calling buttons & overly sensitive - I have ended up calling people when I wanted to access my contacts list.

The texting is easy, but the buttons are too small & too close together; this leads to a lot of mistakes. The second issue with the touch sensitivity is with texting - I've ended up having to re-write entire messages because of the delete button being too close to the cancel button.

The camera, though high resolution & a pretty perfect image, the delay really hacks me off. What is with a 3 or 4 second delay for a picture? What were Samsung thinking?

I am close to snapping the phone in to pieces because of how unbelievably frustrating the Multimedia manager is - It will not transfer certain files, will not fit many songs - the least Samsung could have done here was increase the memory of the phone; anyone else agree? - & there is no description of how to fix any of these problems. Honestly, I think a user's guide & even a semi-helpful FAQs section would have helped a great deal.

Aside from this, the phone is excellent - It has a lot of features, such as a world clock, a calculator, & a lot of other useful features.

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Reviewer: David - Valparaiso, Chile
Date: 27th Oct 2007

I love the samsung u600.

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Reviewer: Sandy - UK
Date: 26th Oct 2007

I got this phone 2 weeks ago & love it! The phone looks really stylish & modern & the features are good too! However, although the phone is nice I agree it does get scratched really easily. I had the phone a week & already have scratches. Wish I left the plastic on! I also find lots of finger prints on the screen (which I can't stand so I am constantly wiping it clean) other than that a lovely phone!

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Reviewer: Preeya Sahota - UK
Date: 25th Oct 2007

I think this is an excellent phone. It's design it very unique & its slide up technique really captures the phone. However, the deign of the phone & features are excellent, I found the usability a bit tricky as the sensitive buttons make you go onto other things. E.g. Make unnecessary calls. Although this isn't good, the rest of the phone is top marks 10/10. A very girly modern phone!

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Reviewer: Katie - UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

I am SO annoyed with this phone. I am on my fourth phone now which is being taken back hopefully this week. I've had the same problem with 2 of them where it has frozen when in the middle of a text & switched off, or, am talking to someone on the phone & it will do the same. One of the others that I had had lines going across the screen when on the menu screen or when sending a text.

Overall, not happy with it at all.

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Reviewer: Hannah - UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

I have had exactly the same problem. I had mine just less than 28 days & when I typed a message the phone froze & turned off. I was given a new one from Carphone Warehouse but now I press a button when writing a text but the letter/number won't come up. I literally have to press the buttons about 10 times before I can actually write a word!

Defiantly not happy & wouldn't recommend this.

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Reviewer: Me - Liverpool, UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

This phone is really annoying the first day I got it got completely scratched & I hardly even touched it & I can't stand having a scratched phone the touch buttons are really annoying & its sometimes a bit difficult to text its a beautiful phone but I just wish I had left the sticky plastic on it.

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Reviewer: Carlos - Worcestershire, UK
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

LOVE IT, TOP PHONE!

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Reviewer: Pete - Nottz, UK
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

Hey I just brought the Samsung u600 today on Orange pay as you go but there is no big Ben theme can someone please help me sort this matter out PLEASE?

Overall the phone is wonderful :)

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Reviewer: Boo - UK
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

I HAVE HAD ONE OR OVER 2 MONTHS NOW & LOVE IT! APART FROM the PINK IS CHIPPING AWAY & the SCREEN SCRATCHES EASILY & I CHARGE IT MOST NIGHTS. [BUT THAT MIGHT ONLY BE BECAUSE I TEXT & LISTEN TO MUSIC SO MUCH! ]

APART FROM THAT AMAZING!

I USE IT AS A MP3 ITS BRILLIANT! EVERYBODY LOVES IT! IT DEFINATLY MUST BE A 9/10.

HOW EVER. YOU WILL NEED TO BUY A MEMORY CARD AS the MUSIC STORAGE CAN
ONLY HOLD 12 SONGS.

BUT I WOULD DEFINATLY recommend IT.

THANK YOU SAMSUNG FOR MAKEING SUCH A WONDERFUL PHONE.

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Reviewer: Lauren - Derby, UK
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

This phone is great. It works well & it looks great!

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Reviewer: Duane - Manchester, UK
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

Had this Phone for a while now & I'd like to say it is one of the best phones I have had. Easy touch screens with no Afford Needed. It's Light & Stylish. I haven't found a fault with it yet. Texting I find easy. I do keep Ringing People by Accident though. My friends love it too. Watching videos on this Phone is Exciting as the picture quality is just excellent. Nice large screen. If would guarantee it to anyone.

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Reviewer: Jamie L - Glasgow, UK
Date: 22nd Oct 2007

Waiting on this phone being sent out. Don't want it anymore by the comments on here! Sounds just as bad as my last phone (LG Chocolate) what have a got myself in for!

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Reviewer: Lennie - London, UK
Date: 21st Oct 2007

This phone is very nice & stylish I can't complain it's just got what I need in a phone nothing more nothing less!

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Reviewer: Amer - Manchester, UK
Date: 21st Oct 2007

When I first got it, it was brilliant, esp. Compared to the v3 I had before it. Everything was fine for the first few weeks, until now.

The screen goes crazy, sometimes turning pink & green, then when you slide it up the screen doesn't come on, or if it does its all fuzzy & the menu buttons are at the top of the screen & the time is at the bottom? ! The camera is slow, a bit mental but takes time to get used to, if you want to take a quick pic, this isn't the camera you want on a phone! The phone looks good, slides easily, camera quality is good. Just the screen problem puts me off!

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Reviewer: Victoria Morris - Gosport, Tunisia
Date: 20th Oct 2007

I got this phone for my daughter for her birthday & she is very disappointed with it. She asked me to put some songs on it & they turned out all muffled & really low. I paid £125 & my daughter dropped it & it left the biggest scrape ever. Even if you set it down somewhere it still leaves scrapes even if you are really careful & beware that the slider could come right off cos it is so flimsy! Don't BUY IT.

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Reviewer: Sashi - London, UK
Date: 20th Oct 2007

This is a terrible phone.

When you make a long text message, if you accidentally touch the Touch Sensitive buttons the phone deletes your entire text message meaning you have to type it all over again.

The phone calls the last contact on your phone if you accidentally touch the screen sensers, I get people calling me way into the night asking why I have woken them up at silly times in the morning.

The screen will crack if you so much as look at the screen.

The speaker is low in volume compared to others.

The phone locks itself automatically when you receive a call meaning that you have to unlock the phone first, then activate the speaker.

The battery life is poor. I have to charge my phone every single night without fail.

The camera is so slow, you click for a picture & you get the image of people walking away because it so slow, take the picture about 3 to 4 seconds after to press the button.

If you are dialing a number, you have to double check every time as the keypad is slow & misses numbers, I.e., if you dial 0208 555 etc you have to double check that the phone has got in the 555 three times & not just once.

The software is slow on the phone generally.

It really is a badly designed phone, why don't Samsung listen to the people?

I do like Samsung phones generally but this one really is the worst of the worst.

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Reviewer: Andy - Norwich, UK
Date: 19th Oct 2007

Not for me, screen scratched too easily, can't get hang of all the features, gone back to using my old phone & put U600 in drawer.

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Reviewer: Karl - Essex, UK
Date: 19th Oct 2007

This phone is terrible. It looks great, don't get me wrong but the functionality is rubbish. I have had two of these phones now, I have the same problem as other users, the phone keeps freezing whilst texting & then restarts, Vodafone apparently repaired this but the fault come back. I then got sent another but the same thing again happened. I need to send the phone back to them 5 times for repair until they actually do anything, useless.

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Reviewer: Sam Beddall - Austria
Date: 19th Oct 2007

It is a rubbish phone.

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Reviewer: Rhf - UK
Date: 19th Oct 2007

A classic case of style over function. OK touch sensitive phones are always fiddly but this one is a pest with the end call button being so close to the functions you continually clear your text. Slide is really flimsy & I suspect will not last for long. Camera is steam driven & needs to 'warm up' before use. After trying hard for 3 weeks I managed to snap it in two after placing it in my front jeans pocket & sitting down. Sadly this unit is everything I never wanted in the one phone. Poor street survival & use record is reflected in its cheap upgrade price. A poor offering from a good company.

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Reviewer: Jack - UK
Date: 19th Oct 2007

Getting this phone in a week & by the way you lot who was saying the memory was not very good it's called getting a micro SD card they aren't exactly expensive.

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Reviewer: Peter Plews - Newton Aycliffe, UK
Date: 17th Oct 2007

I have now had this phone for about six months with no complaints, until recently the screen is now doing its own thing. The phone just goes nuts, I press menu & the screen goes either blank or the menu screen becomes very jumbled unusable. When attempting to make a call the screen turns into a negative image. Sometimes the screen is blank & I have to turn it off & then back on. Not all that impressed now. It looks the part but it's not really all that clever.

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Reviewer: Marc - Glasgow, UK
Date: 17th Oct 2007

I received my phone last week from O2 as an insurance replacement as my well loved D900i screen packed inn. I have always had Samsung & never had one problem so put it down to a one off! I then received the U600 & loved the look of it. Charged it up for the 12 hours as stated & then I looked at the phone & it was moving due to casing being faulty. I received another phone & the phone looks okay.

I do find in the few days of using it, its okay & does the job, but the texting is a nightmare. I will see what happens for another week but see me sending it again back. A shame as I love the phone but it seems it's designed for women & as looks good & would suit for slim fingers, not sausage fingers like me. I really want to like this phone & hope it does me to my new upgrade date in June 2008 (looks bleak). Hope you all have a good experience with the phone as I hope so.

My brother just got the G600 & he loves it & to be honest it looks great & sturdy & does all the U600 does & more, & seems like the U600 was not quite thought out & rushed for the market. Still love Samsung as use most of their products in the house, just seems I picked the wrong phone for the job. Good luck & hope to Sony Ericsson more positives about this phone.

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Reviewer: Sana - Pakistan
Date: 17th Oct 2007

It's a lovely set. But the buttons are really bad & so is the slider. Mine is so loose it literally shakes when I am texting.

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Reviewer: Adolfo - Guatemala
Date: 15th Oct 2007

It is a very complicated phone. The features activates by magic. The battery life is very short, about 36 to 48 hours. I am very disappointed.

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Reviewer: Callum - Glenrothes, UK
Date: 15th Oct 2007

Bought this on pay as you go had it for 5 weeks works brilliantly & is packed with fantastic features, better by a 2GB memory card though if you plan to have a lot of music on it! Although the reliability of the phone is not good! Had my old Nokia phone for 2 & a half years dropped everyday! & not one fault to this day, 5 weeks in & I text as soon as I hit the space button. It crashes! Also a few days ago I noticed all the text I entered in predictive typing was not there!? ! Annoying when I had to keep adding words such as hehe :S or text & now it crashes a few days after that? Take it off predictive typing & it's perfect & does not crash so off to the shops to get a replacement! :D Best thing to do to keep the screen good is leave the plastic covering on it you don't notice it for a few weeks until it starts to peel off LOL. Nice phone, best to get insurance with it though!

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Reviewer: Amy - Leeds, UK
Date: 14th Oct 2007

Had a replacement twice now after finding that during writing a text phone will freeze turn itself off then back on again. I found it was the T9 that was the problem if you switch to old fashion input (a pain I know) but it will work then. Great phone easy to use but seems it has a fault with T9 predictive text that needs resolving. Sending mine back to O2 for the second time, only 2 more returns of my u600 an I can change handset, great customer service by O2 when you have to send back 4 faulty handsets before they get the message you don't want the hassle & want a different handset.

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Reviewer: Diane - Leeds, UK
Date: 14th Oct 2007

Had the phone 8 wk & it started freezing during text then it switches itself off & back on again, had a replacement sent from O2 to find 8 wk later same fault phone froze during trying to compose a text switched itself off then back on, so cannot text & have to send it back for same phone replacement. Don't get this phone, wish I had read these reviews before I picked it for an 18 month contract.

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Reviewer: Liz Pearce - Chesterfield, UK
Date: 13th Oct 2007

I had the same problems as others on here that the phone froze when writing a text message.

Orange sent me out a replacement & after 24 hours the screen started to flicker & the phone turned off & wouldn't turn back on & it wouldn't charge either.

This time I went into an Orange shop so I wasn't on hold for 20 mins & she told me it was my battery. She told me to go to the market & buy a new battery. I did this & the phone worked. That was until this morning, my phone had been on charge all night as it was a new battery but it had turned itself off at some point & won't come back on again.

Orange are sending another new one out tomorrow. I asked if I could get a different phone but you have to have had the same fault 3 times before they will exchange, this means I have to have one of my 2 faults another 2 times before I can go back to Nokia. I had a Samsung E100 & that was fine & I know people who have had no problems with this phone.

Unfortunately contacts are stuck on a phone that won't turn on.

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Reviewer: Sylvia Mottram - Ibiza, Spain
Date: 13th Oct 2007

This will be my fourth Samsung mobile & I am overjoyed with it. Its everything I could ask for & more. I've had it for five months & I am still finding new things on it.

If I had to complain about anything it's the camera lag of about 5 seconds, but this is because its auto focus & with a bit of patience the photos are of great quality. I've downloaded my photos & they're really good. The only other thing I'd like to see is a quick flash on/off button which I think would be a massive improvement.

You can't expect to get a week long battery life in such a slim phone, its ample. My husband has the Blackberry Pearl & it's not in the same league as the U600 in every respect, including the battery life, which is terrible.

If you buy the U600, have some patience to get used to all the features, you won't be disappointed &, contrary to other reviews I really like the touch keys, again its just down to getting used to the phone. I'd really miss them now if I changed to another phone without them.

Buy it!

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Reviewer: Jo - Sussex, UK
Date: 12th Oct 2007

Hi, not a bad phone & overall I really like it. I was really pleased that it had a radio. My only problem is that the radio stopped working for no reason. Used it to walk the dogs in the morning, everything fine. When to listen in the evening when taking the dogs out & nothing. I tried to re-tune it & nothing. I took back to the shop & they said the only thing they could do was to send it back to see if it could be fixed. I asked what would happen if they could not fix it & was advised to claim for a new one! They were not able to tell me if this is a current problem if you listen to the radio a lot.

I am not sure if anyone else has had this problem?

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Reviewer: Ken - Ireland
Date: 11th Oct 2007

I bought this phone through O2 Ireland as soon as it came out as I had a Samsung before & was happy with it.

However I am far from happy with the U600, I had the first phone only a few days when it developed a software problem, the screen dimmed & shifted up the LCD display, obscuring the info along the top. Only by powering off & on could it be fixed. Battery life is a JOKE, don't mind what it says in the manual, you'll be lucky to get more than 24 hours, even if you don't use it that much.

I got my replacement today, & guess what, it's not working. The keypad isn't working & you can't power down without removing the battery.

My advice KEEP AWAY FROM THIS PHONE. Stick to anything else. Samsung should issue a recall, how they have managed to get away with releasing this phone on the market with so many faults is a disgrace.

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Reviewer: Matthew - US
Date: 11th Oct 2007

Its a great phone.

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Reviewer: Robbie - Cardiff, UK
Date: 11th Oct 2007

I've had many Samsungs but I am not that impressed with this one for two main reasons. The battery life is poor & I generally only use the phone & not music etc. The camera takes about 5-10 seconds from the time you press the button to when it actually takes the picture. The screen is sensitive & takes a lot of getting used to. Bring back my old d500 which was a brilliant phone.

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Reviewer: Lucy & Sian - Dartford, UK
Date: 11th Oct 2007

Great phone.

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Reviewer: Sarkar - Derby, UK
Date: 10th Oct 2007

The worst phone I have seen in my life. The battery is very bad if you fill the battery it is not going be give 10 minutes talk.

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Reviewer: Donna - Surrey, UK
Date: 10th Oct 2007

U600 looks fabulous.

U600 has poor quality features, not reliable.

U600 is hard to use, screen is crazy.

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Reviewer: Jason - Oxford, UK
Date: 9th Oct 2007

Very disappointed got my new phone & was happy I had Samsung phones for the last 5 years & been very happy.

Guess what when I try to text the phone freezes then switches itself on & off then freezes when you text & switches on & off. It has now started to cut people off mid call which is very embarrassing at times. I can't believe Samsung have released this phone with such flaws in the design.

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Reviewer: Laura - Crook, UK
Date: 8th Oct 2007

I have Had This Phone For A Few Months & I Hate It. The Camera Is OK But Slow. The Speakers Are Really Quiet, I can't Play My Music On the Bus Because I can't Hear It.

It Has rubbish Memory. I have Only Got About 10 Songs. You Call Your Last Contact Everytime You Touch It. The Battery Dies Every Day & Every time You Are Doing Something You End Up Pressing Cancel.

I am Going Back To My D500.

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Reviewer: Debbie - Southampton, UK
Date: 8th Oct 2007

This phone has many flaws, but it is pretty hot at the same time. I have already had a replacement, & I have had the phone for a month. The first handset really started annoying me with texting, I hate predictive text, so I don't use it, & go through each letter instead. However a fault on this phone is that sometimes the buttons decide to stop working. You will be pressing the letter t for ages with nothing coming up, same with any other of the keys. Then finally it will kick in again & work, VERY annoying. Then there the fact that the right arrow key is far too close to the cancel key-looking through photos, get to the one you want & its cancelled!

Also the screen got incredibly scratched quickly-word of warning, don't take it to the beach. Sand is bad for scratching. Then another fault that happened was the speaker broke, no one could hear anything from my end, though I could hear them. This caused me to get a replacement through my insurance. The day after my new handset arrived, I went to ring people, & all I could hear was high pitched, screeching fax tone, nightmare. That's stopped now, but sometimes still I get a dodgy sound of ringing, & muffled voices, so I have to ring them back, & my phone still decides when I can type in a character or will just freeze. One major problem I am having at the moment is that it won't connect to my PC. The first handset would, however the second won't! The battery life is a bugger, & the memory is rubbish. It can store a lot of text messages though! What does annoy me is that any texts sent or received goes into calls. Plus it's too easy to call someone without meaning to, & virtually impossible to hang up quickly whilst someone is on speaker phone. Don't get me wrong, I love this phone, just things about it grate my cheese.

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Reviewer: Xtc - Croatia
Date: 8th Oct 2007

Great mobile phone. I don't get it how U300 has higher grades than this. I have U600 & saw U300. U300 can't be compared.

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Reviewer: Kate - Market Harborough, UK
Date: 7th Oct 2007

My first one of the U600 is being returned to Orange tomorrow after having it for 4 days. Predictive text stops predicting & the phone restarts itself mid text message. Guess it's the same as some others have said, it rings people at the slightest touch of god knows what! I will stick it out when the new one comes but if the same happens again I will question its worth.

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Reviewer: Lisa - Newmarket, UK
Date: 7th Oct 2007

I have had this phone since March of this year, & I love it. It looks great, even after 7 months of use, & is easy to use. The touch keys took a bit of time to get used to, but I always find when you switch makes of phone it takes time to get used to the new menu's & functions etc.

I have dropped mine on concrete on more than one occasion & it hasn't marked it at all. The screen is still intact, everything still works exactly as it should do. There is only one function on the phone I didn't like. You can only choose between 'tone' or 'vibrate' for receiving a text message. I like to have both. But if you join up to the 'Samsung Fun Club' you can download polyphonic tones for free, some of which include a vibrate anyway. The one I have is Chord Ring. There always ways around problems!

Anyway, I love this phone, & don't think I'll be changing it any time soon!

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 6th Oct 2007

Hi I have had this phone for well over a month now & I can just say this phone is trouble. The screen & body gathers scratches no matter how hard you try not to. The signal is a joke it's usually on 2 bars & its shockingly bad when you attempt to phone someone it goes on & off all the time & it's so annoying. Battery life is OK when you don't use the phone very much but if you want a phone for phoning people don't expect very long id say a few hours & then its dead. Touch sensitive buttons I just don't understand why put them on a phone I haven't had much problems with them but even if they are slightly less useable than normal ones? Why?

Oh & I could just about live with this phone up until today until when I play music what happens? the sound crackles & you just can't use the MP3 player anymore! If you think I am unlucky & you will not get a phone like mine think again! Just avoid this phone at all costs! My opinion, go for the Samsung g600! Now that phone is brilliant! As for this rubbish phone it just doesn't compare!

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Reviewer: Vicky - UK
Date: 5th Oct 2007

I have recently purchased the U600 in Pink, I think it's a great phone although very different from my Nokia N80. The touch screen & the keypad takes a bit to get used to & is obviously not for some people.

The features are great & lots of fun, e.g. The vivid message function. The music player, camera & other features work well, although the camera is not the best around. It does take a while to capture the image.

Overall a great phone, obviously for girls who are less heavy handed & can handle the touch sensitive buttons. Oh & as for the person who slated the recent contacts function, it is there for speed so you don't have to scroll through the phone book each time you send a text.

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Reviewer: Mike Guthrie - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 4th Oct 2007

I have the Samsung phone on O2. It was an upgrade of an upgrade for me. As previous to that I had major issues with the Sony Ericsson w880i.

I had my first u600 for around 3 weeks & after getting that one it started to lose all of my predictive text I entered into it. Then it started to restart after I typed more than 6 characters into a text message. I then got my second one which lasted exactly 2 weeks & the same fault happened. I got my new one on Monday & no less than 48 hours after getting it. The same issue happened.

I called O2 as I have now had 6 phones in less than 3 months. Not happy at all. I was advised by the returns guy that all Samsung phones on O2 networks have issues & they have not found a fix. Even the new g700 or whatever it's called has issues. All in all, I am not chuffed. I now have no idea what phone to get. Might just buy an iPhone but they have issues to.

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Reviewer: Freeda - Uk, UK
Date: 4th Oct 2007

I haven't got this phone but I love the design & features of it. I have read other reviews & overall the battery life rating has been very low, but you will find that in all Samsung mobiles. I will get this phone. LOL!

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Reviewer: Manu - Doha, Qatar
Date: 4th Oct 2007

Overall good. But I am quite surprised that in Contact Book, if you manage to feed in all the numbers with the country code & area code to allow yourself the ease of mobility between countries, the phone simply refuses to recognise the caller when you get a call locally.

This, I believe, takes away the biggest feature of CLIP & who knows it may just be a software patch but I think it is essential in the user-friendliness of a phone. If there is solution to this I want to know. & I do not want to give up this phone for the absence of just this one feature. I am actually very close to trading it in should I not find a solution.

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Reviewer: Michelle Wray - Hemel Hempstead, UK
Date: 3rd Oct 2007

I bought this phone in pink as I heard good things about it, I didn't like the fact that you can only use the standard message tones on the phone! Also it kept just switching off & turning itself back on, personally I would never have a Samsung again was not impressed! Stick to Nokia's.

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Reviewer: Amy - Manchester, UK
Date: 3rd Oct 2007

Well to be honest when I was told this was the phone I was getting I simply said send it back. The reviews didn't sound good & I hated the idea of a touch screen, but after comparing the reviews to the Motorola KRZR K1 which was the one I planned to change it for & listening to my friends inputs I decided to give it a go & I really like it.

The phone is very sleek looking & my Mum used the term 'it's slimmer than posh spice' which is very true. The touch screen isn't a problem really- it doesn't activate when the phone is down unless you press the power button so you should be careful with that.

It's got everything the older Samsungs had & I think the menu is easier to navigate. The camera is quite impressive, but it does take about 4 seconds to focus. Still that's the price you have to pay for a good photo. The memory for MP3 tracks doesn't seem to be very good- I can get about 12 songs on & on my D600 I could get 14, but maybe I am doing something wrong!

The sound on the phone is very clear & it even has a whisper mode so I can make phone calls late at night, whisper so I don't wake the house & the recipient can still hear me!
I love the radio feature- I was so excited when I found it had that! & also the effects it has when you type in a number!

I am not a fan of the fact it saves my messages that I've sent to the call history, but hey! That's a minor thing. Also when taking the back of the phone off to remove the battery/sim can be difficult because I feel I have to be extra careful in case I break the phone!

Overall I'd say get this phone! It's pretty damn good!

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Reviewer: Princess Chelle - Belfast, UK
Date: 3rd Oct 2007

Hey all, I just bought the Samsung U600 on O2 pay as you go last week & after all the hype about it & the excitement of getting it, after receiving it I was extremely disappointed.

The mobile is easily scratched although it looks good & is slim & light, the phone itself is slow. The touch sensitive keys are hard to use & often fiddly. After my boyfriend getting the G600 on contract & from using it, it is a FAR better phone with twice the features & can be customised through creating your own skins & themes & wallpapers. The camera is of better quality & the phone is still light & slim without compromising on features.

I will be returning this phone tomorrow & going on contract for the Samsung G600.

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Reviewer: Nicky - UK
Date: 2nd Oct 2007

Great little phone packed with loads of features, very slim & stylish. The only problem I have found is that the camera is a little slow but will get used to it. Do not be put off by other reviews.

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Reviewer: Gregg - Durham, UK
Date: 2nd Oct 2007

The book gives a battery standby life of 250 hours maximum. This is my wife's second phone & it still only gets 24 hours.

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Reviewer: Parking - UK
Date: 2nd Oct 2007

Hi I might get this phone for my birthday, is it worth it? It better be. It looks good, can you please tell me & are the buttons annoying?

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Reviewer: Buzzblue - Liverpool, UK
Date: 1st Oct 2007

Think twice about buying this phone if you want to actually use it! Fashion item? Yes it looks great!

When you slide the screen up, you end up calling the last person that has called or texted you! YES if you EVER SO gently pick it up watching & taking care of what you do. Then there is no problem?

BUT when you are on a night out & your ex is bombarding you with you texts all night! & then you accidentally ring them back when you are calling a cab at 5am. NOT GOOD!

I have had this phone for about 3 months & for the last 4-5 weeks when you try & send a text, the phone freezes! & turns off! I finally worked it out. It is the T9 predictive text! There are so many people that have the same problem!

IT IS GOING BACK!

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Reviewer: Jordan - UK
Date: 1st Oct 2007

I think this is a great phone, got it 3 days ago & all is good. The design is brilliant, really thin! I am used to the touch sensitive buttons because I had an e900 so it was a perfect match for me. The camera is really good however it does suffer from shutter lag so it's something to be aware of.

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Reviewer: Ragnor - UK
Date: 30th Sep 2007

I have had contract for 18 months & was able to get an upgrade. The first U600 it didn't keep its charge & was given another one as it was considered a fault.

Now on second one & the same thing has happened one night I went to bed with two bars on the battery monitor then middle of night I was woken by the low battery warning. The touch buttons you have to be very careful off so not to call someone by accident or clear a text after taking time to write it out.

I think it would be a better phone without the touch buttons & if it had a better battery that kept charge.

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Reviewer: Angela - Portsmouth, UK
Date: 30th Sep 2007

I have had this phone for a week. I am returning it because of poor reception was on T Mobile, big problems there. I am buying the same phone but with Vodafone this time, because I think it is a brilliant mobile, yes it does take some time to get used to the touch keys. Why is everyone so inpatient.

If you don't want it scratched buy a cover. My last phone was Samsung D600 well built, too thick, so this is perfect, will do for a year & if I can master it & I am well over sixty! I am sure most of the younger generation will. Buy it.

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Reviewer: Leanne - Horsham, UK
Date: 30th Sep 2007

U600 is Awesome!

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Reviewer: Zara - Nottingham, UK
Date: 29th Sep 2007

I have read a lot of review about this phone I heard the battery life is poor on every review & the screen cracks well I going try it out anyway it sounds overall good in the picture quality & sound & that all I really need it for. I am not really keen on the overall design & the colours you can get them in. But personally the only reason I am buying this phone is because it got the best megapixel compare to many other phones out & the price I am getting it is kind of cheap.

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Reviewer: Rachel - UK
Date: 29th Sep 2007

I won this phone recently & honestly, it wouldn't have been the one I would have chosen if I'd been paying for it! However, this phone is FANTASTIC. Looks great, & is really easy to use once you get used to it. The camera does take a long time to take photos but it's not really a problem, especially as it ends up taking a pretty good picture. I would recommend this phone to pretty much anyone who is willing to persevere enough to get the hang of the touch screen & the menus :).

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 29th Sep 2007

Worst Phone I have seen in my life. Really poor quality to use.

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Reviewer: Sophie - Hullbridge, UK
Date: 29th Sep 2007

Hi people. The ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO BE CONCERNIN ME IS the BATTERY LIFE. HOW LONG DOES IT LAST? BE HONEST. Please TELL ME.

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Reviewer: Fernandez - UK
Date: 29th Sep 2007

Don't JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER! LOOKS GOOD & sleek BUT NOT USER FRIENDLY!

After reading most reviews - thought I'd really like it after getting used to it - now desperately want to part with it, hopeless for texting especially after using a Nokia or Sony- can't choose the right words - doesn't let you spell out words if you are using T9.

Right button on the main dial overlaps with the cancel button on the touch sensitive screen so if you've done a text or using the calculator & you press the right button for adding everything gets deleted.

Camera is VERY SLOW - so although good with pixels - NO GOOD for taking pictures when subjects are moving especially when you need it ASAP - for those impromptu shots! Isn't that what a mobile phone camera is for?

Not very user friendly menu also only two choices for short cuts. Had the phone 5 months & still not used to it!

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Reviewer: Jord - UK
Date: 28th Sep 2007

Very good phone, but if you press back to much it goes on the contacts, but a great phone.

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Reviewer: Luke - Brum, UK
Date: 28th Sep 2007

Don't buy this phone! In fact, if someone offers it to you for free, refuse politely & walk away. It's that bad. Calls end spontaneously, battery life is poor, it scratches easily, reception's terrible (even in the middle of Birmingham), text messages & other apps disappear if you so much as look at the 'nifty' touch-sensitive red button, menus are counter-intuitive & hard to navigate, the predictive text function is a complete joke. It's got two very borderline plus points, it looks good (before it gets scratched, as it inevitably will & I kept mine in a pocket with another phone & it looks terrible after only a couple of weeks) & the camera seems okay. But even this has a very long shutter lag.

I will NEVER buy another Samsung again. EVER. Did you hear that, Samsung Corp? Going on eBay to find t-mobile phone compatible Nokia or Smartphone. I feel violated.

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Reviewer: Jules - London, UK
Date: 28th Sep 2007

I returned this phone 24 hours after receiving it! I played around with it a lot & got people to call me to see how it was (I have good friends). Every time I opened it, I accidently 'hit' one of the touch pad 'buttons' & set something off.

I had to save a contact to the phone to add numbers to a contact. I like to keep everything on my SIM card, because I get a free upgrade every 12 months. I liked the idea of being able to manage contacts etc. Via my computer, but I got as far as trying to edit contacts & gave up with everything else.

I wouldn't recommend this phone. As well as the above, there are too many menus which aren't so easy to navigate unless you have a lot of patience & are prepared to do things at snail's pace to avoid going into the wrong thing when using the touch pads.

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 28th Sep 2007

A lot of people are saying the message sent tone is annoying them. Well go contract. It makes that noise because it normally comes up with your balance after each sent text because you are Pay & Go & no matter what phone you buy most phones will do it even Sony Ericsson's. My sister has this phone & I have the G600 & she has never had any problems with it & I use it all the time it's a really good reliable phone. If you think it isn't that good you obviously don't know how to use a mobile & you don't use T9 if it annoys you use it on standard text! You do get the option to send only text like most phones do you just have to know how to work your phone to come across it. I don't get it don't come on moaning about your phone if it annoys you get rid of it if you don't like it.

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Reviewer: Yaz - UK
Date: 27th Sep 2007

I just got this phone today, & I really like it so far. The things you can do with the camera to edit pictures are really good, warping & all that.

The menu is set out nicely, & very easy to use.

Only bad things I would say, is that it takes quite a long time to take a picture, you have to stay still for a while. Also at times, the phone quite slow.

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Reviewer: Bodhi - Belgium
Date: 27th Sep 2007

I don't have it but I am laughing reading people giving poor percentage for the design. You like it or not. Have you any taste? Why did you buy it if you don't like the design?

Well done!

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Reviewer: Ubai - Malaysia
Date: 27th Sep 2007

The most stupid phone I ever bought, &, yes, I am sorry to have bought it. Don't buy it.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 27th Sep 2007

I purchased this phone today & have only one problem with it, when I open or close this phone the slide motion seems a little stiff & there is one point in the slide where it clunks. Will the slide become smooth after frequent use or should I replace it. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Efaye - London, UK
Date: 26th Sep 2007

Warning people! Don't let its looks fool you!

I had this phone for about 3 months, then two weeks ago I was just listen to my MP3's when my screen turned multi coloured, & I thought, oh let me try turning it off & on again so my beautiful Samsung U600 would return to its normal self. So turning the phone back on - it wouldn't come on, the keypads were lit but the phone wasn't on, there was no sound & the screen was jet black.

I took it into the shop for it to be repaired these were the prices quoted: £70, £60 & £50 personally I thought that was a lot to pay especially when I don't know what the cause of the break down was. I finally found someone who could fix it for £50 after 2 weeks of waiting for my all new fixed U600 the man tells me that the phone is dead & there is nothing I can do about it!

Now I am using my VERY OLD but reliable Nokia 6610 (that phone is so old you can't even buy it anymore) LOL. Warning people! Don't let its looks fool you!

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Reviewer: Liinnzzii - UK
Date: 26th Sep 2007

Firstly, I recommend this phone to anyone, I will admit that the touch screen buttons did take a little getting used to, but after a few days, it was as if I had always used touch screen.

Secondly, as far as I am concerned, there are no problems with the phone. The people, who review this phone & list hundreds of negative points, just can't work it.

It's the best phone I have ever had, texting is easy, it takes great photographs, memory is great as long as there is a memory card, & the touch screen buttons are so easy to use.

So don't let the negative points change your mind for buying this phone. The people who are complaining about the phone just are not able to work it themselves, & are blaming the phone for this problem when in reality it is themselves. This phone not only looks great but has great qualities inside it.

Buy it NOW! Xxx

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Reviewer: Cmg - Sussex, UK
Date: 25th Sep 2007

I've had this phone for 4 months. I lost it for a month & in the meantime used my old Nokia. Having found the Samsung again, I have not put the replaced SIM card in. I personally dislike using it. It certainly looked great when it came out of the box, but the screen soon deteriorated & is impossible to see in daylight. There are so many poor features & gripes I have with it that I will be sticking with the old Nokia. I'll have to replace the keypad though. Salivate at will, but this is a one-night or day relationship. Avoid this phone.

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Reviewer: Adam - Birmingham, UK
Date: 23rd Sep 2007

This phone is a right pain. I used to have a D600 so that is what I am comparing it to, just so you know!

- You can't turn off the battery low warning.

- You can't turn off the message sent tone.

- You can link it to the TV but you have to buy the lead separate.

- You can't choose to send a MMS message, you have to adapt your text message half-way through.

- When you take a picture it takes ages & your subject has moved.

- To take a picture you have to press really hard on the button to activate the camera.

- To delete a message you can't just press & hold 'C' you have to go through the menu system each time.

- Every message you send is automatically saved no choice to save & send or not.

- When you do send a message it saves in 'recent contacts' + 'sent box' + any inbox messages have been sent to you. Don't buy if you have affairs, you will forget to delete one of these files.

- Predictive text gives you a choice of words sometimes above or sometimes below the miss spelled word. You have to remember to press up arrow or down arrow to select correct spelling. However you will always press the wrong option!

- I agree with most of all the other good comments on looks etc. I also agree on all the bad comments you read here.

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Reviewer: Wendy - Doncaster, UK
Date: 20th Sep 2007

The only thing I really dislike about this phone is the constant tone when you send a text, no good if you are trying to sneak one at work. The way to sort that apparently is to flash with new software has anyone else found this problem? It is on t-mobile.

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Reviewer: Cath - Ilkeston, UK
Date: 19th Sep 2007

I usually go for Nokia but since buying the U600 I find it easy to use very light, extremely good phone, touch sensitive a bit difficult but you soon get used to it brilliant phone would recommend.

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Reviewer: Kathryn - London, UK
Date: 19th Sep 2007

I got this phone yesterday courtesy of Orange. I put the order through on Saturday & got it by yesterday (the day I selected).

This phone is excellent. The touch screen does take a little getting used to but it's amazing. The phone looks really swish & sleek & is really impressive.

I really would recommend this phone!

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Reviewer: Clara Littlemore - London, UK
Date: 18th Sep 2007

I have had this phone for 1 week & the battery requires charging every day. Furthermore, the texting function is truly awful. Had I known that this phone has so many inherent problems I would not have got it. It will be returned to the shop tomorrow.

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Reviewer: Steve Amison - Nantwich, UK
Date: 17th Sep 2007

I can't believe that anyone thinks this phone is good or that Samsung have released a phone with such obviously flawed software.

I know 3 people with the same phone & we all have the same issues. Basically the phone will take you back to the main menu from texting, setting alarms, viewing pictures anytime it feels like it. The right menu key nearly always dumps you out of whatever you're doing. The camera is very slow & the predictive text is rubbish. It's very difficult to add a word & it's not capable of taking what you have already typed in & converting it to a new word. Also, it goes from predictive text lower case. To. Want to add a word with a capital? To numeric entry. To predictive text with a capital. What bright spark came up with that sequence of events?

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! How I haven't thrown this phone at the wall is beyond me!

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Reviewer: Mic - Shaw, UK
Date: 17th Sep 2007

It's interesting to note that most of the positive reviews on this handset are from female reviewers, whilst most of the negatives are from blokes.

Does this suggest that the ladies are more concerned with looks & image than performance & vice-versa. No sexism intended or implied. Just an observation on human nature?

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Reviewer: Scoobs - Scotland, UK
Date: 17th Sep 2007

This is a great phone. Easy to use. Very stylish too.

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Reviewer: Victoria - US
Date: 16th Sep 2007

I love this phone!

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Reviewer: Christian - Southampton, UK
Date: 15th Sep 2007

Really good phone very impressed with it, however sometimes it just randomly starts calling people & the sound could be improved but apart from that, all in all great phone & I would recommend you get one.

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Reviewer: Tejman - Portsmouth, UK
Date: 15th Sep 2007

This phone is great one. It's really FUN to use it. But the problem I have is, I have a Windows Vista & its software doesn't work in Vista. If anyone can help, please do so.

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Reviewer: Sharon - Leicester, UK
Date: 14th Sep 2007

Got this phone on 11/9.It is the 3rd Samsung that I have had. Everything is excellent except I can't get picture messaging set up. Can anyone help me please?

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Reviewer: Kathryn. - American Samoa
Date: 14th Sep 2007

It is mint, good phone.

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Reviewer: Christina - Australia
Date: 14th Sep 2007

Hi. Does anyone know if the problems that Australian users of the phone is to do with only the mobile number coming up when a message is received can be rectified? I am really interested in buying this phone. Also does the radio work in Australia?

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Reviewer: Melanie - Belfast, UK
Date: 13th Sep 2007

This phone is the best phone I have ever got. I got it yesterday & I must admit at the start it was really frustrating getting used the touch screen & finding your way about, plus I kept phoning people by accident & also kept going out of the screen I was in, but that's only because I had to get used to it. It's absolutely fantastic. Very clear ringtone, camera very clear only I think it takes too long to take a photo but apart from those minor things it's a class & stylish phone. I got it in pink & can't stop showing it off.

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Reviewer: Hannah - Upminster, UK
Date: 12th Sep 2007

Being a Samsung user I found this phone simple & easy to use (may take a little longer to get used to if you haven't had a Samsung before). The touch screen is a little sensitive but after you get used to it, everything is fine.

I personally think it is a great phone with all the features & is a great design, so that you don't end up pressing all the buttons if it's in your pocket. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but if your looking for something a little bit funky, yet simple to use then this phone would be perfect.

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Reviewer: Suzie - London, UK
Date: 11th Sep 2007

Yes this phone looks rather good & is pretty simple to use but the battery life is awful, I am lucky if it lasts me a day which is a tad inconvenient if I want to stay out all night.
The picture quality is better than most but is quite bad for video footage.

Also I have found that it just randomly likes to turn itself off while I am texting which is a bit weird & also annoying. One other thing that annoys me is that I can't have the phone on loud & have it vibrate when I get a message, I don't know if this is me just being stupid, please let me know if there is a way to do this.

A good point is the amount of contacts you can store & the amount of text messages it can hold although these factors are not as important as others. Also, the music player is really easy to use, but is not much use unless you get a memory card.

I would say buy this phone if you don't intend to use it that often but for someone like me who is always either on the phone, texting someone, listening to music or is asleep then I wouldn't bother because you will constantly be annoyed & missing calls due to the fact there is no battery life. This is the only reason I am considering getting rid of the phone.

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Reviewer: Linda S. - Leicestershire, UK
Date: 11th Sep 2007

Love this phone, it has to be the smartest looking phone I have ever owned (& I've had quite a few phones of various makes). I must admit I did find the touch screen a little difficult to use at first - kept ringing people. I didn't mean to but you do get used to it after a while, just like anything the more you use it the easier it is. I sometimes only use the phone for texting & calls & the battery lasts fine, it's obvious if you play music a lot then the battery is going to use up quicker, no problem stick it on charge each night. Get a car charger whatever is easiest for you. Love the phone like I said earlier - camera is brilliant, not used the video mode yet. Tones clear too. Recommend it, no problems that a little bit of practice won't cure.

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Reviewer: Vidas - Adelaide, Australia
Date: 10th Sep 2007

Excellent phone in all ways but the only one feature would be nice to have is a standard headphone connection.

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Reviewer: Lisa - Southampton, UK
Date: 10th Sep 2007

Initially this phone was good, but like others I have had problems with the screen freezing whilst in the middle of a text. I have also had problems with the touch screen buttons but then I do have sausage thumbs! I think I am going to be exchanging this phone for the Samsung G600 which has had nothing but excellent reviews.

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Reviewer: Lucy - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2007

This phone is the best. It looks really smart, & it also takes really clear pictures, it has loads of memory, & it has lots of really good features. It is also quite easy to use, & doesn't take a lot of getting used to. It is the BEST PHONE EVER. Buy it!

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Reviewer: Tony - London, UK
Date: 8th Sep 2007

This is a review of the Samsung u600 & Nokia 6300, with reference to the Sony Ericsson k750i. There will be no unhelpful comments like 'Junk, UTTER JUNK' or 'If you buy this phone you will seriously regret it after 2 months', just subjective opinions on various aspects of design & performance. I hope to file this under both 6300 & u600 phone reviews.

I've had a k750i for the last 2 years. It's still a great phone - reliable, fairly nice-looking & very functional - but at 20.5mm it's quite thick by current standards, & the 176x220 pixel screen is now behind the almost standard of 240x320 for new mid- to high-end phones. That has a particular bearing on music playback, where the display shows artist-track-album in a single line scrolling display, not the far more practical iPod-style one line for each item. I fancy the k810i, but I am limited to 100% cash back deals from reputable companies, so recently I acquired the Nokia & Samsung on T-Mobile contracts.

First to arrive was the 6300. Initial impressions were very favourable, it looks & feels nicer than it did in the shops, & the 16m colour screen is superb. The uncovered lens is disappointing, but not half so much as the pictures it takes - even without taking the same shot with the k750i for comparison, it was obvious that the 2 year old technology is far superior. The first few days' battery life has been indifferent, but I think that's improving as the battery settles in. Irritatingly, there are 2 different music display modes: open the music player & select a track & the details for artist, track & album are shown separately. Start a track from the file explorer ('Gallery'), however, & you get a non-scrolling display of the filename. Daft.

Far worse, however, is in store. Read the manual & it turns out that the 4-way control around the centre button contains nickel, prolonged exposure to which (it says) can cause an allergic reaction. That's all. So why use nickel? How much exposure? Some games probably require constant use of the control, & I can't imagine a generic Java write taking into account this little gem of a feature, even if they know about it. Come on Nokia, show a bit of common-sense, & consideration for the people who buy your products (which if the cashback works out, I have to admit doesn't include me).

Signal strength didn't seem great. To test this further, we swapped sims between it & the Orange sim in my wife's Motorola L6. Interestingly, this showed that the Nokia (from Simply3G) isn't locked, which is particularly nice because unlocking 6300s isn't straightforward. After watching both phones as we went for a walk, it was clear that the Orange & T-Mobile networks are both very variable in this area, but overall I'd say the phone's reception isn't great. The k750i seems to get & hold signals that the slimmer phones can't.

The u600 arrived next day, courtesy T-Mobile again. Initial impression was that it was smaller & nicer looking that it seemed in the shops, but a little bit boring to use. No built in themes (just 'black' & 'white'), no screensavers, dull menus. Most of the games are demo versions. Roll on a few days, however, & with a few reservations, I love it. To an extent this isn't quantitative - it just feels right to me, it might not to someone else. Like the Nokia, there are 2 different music playing modes depending on how you start playing a track; why, I would love to know. Oddly, in the music mode it doesn't display the current album, even though' there's plenty of room to do so. It's my first slider phone & my first one with touch sensitive controls, both of which took a day or 2 to get used to, & I can see why some people can't adapt to the touch sensitive angle, though' I can manage even with quite large fingers. (& by the way, to those dweebs who comment on other users' difficulties by assuming they're old & suggest they get much simpler phones, lots of young people find some phones difficult to use. I am almost 50 & still love new technologies.)

Anyhow, on to that famously slow camera. Yes, it is a bit on the slow side, but not the 5 seconds quoted by one reviewer. Maybe 2 seconds, on the highest res, highest quality settings. Also, any sort of underexposure is disastrous & the results are unusable. Digital zooming, as might be expected, quickly degrades the image. However, if the shot can be framed without zooming & the lighting is good, the results can be excellent - better than the k750i, which set the standard when it came out, & blowing the 6300 away. There are also some fun features. I wouldn't normally recommend a phone based on things that are better done by editing after the event on a PC (or Mac), but the Mosaic option is both fun & potentially useful.

Signal strength seems to be on a par with the Nokia, again presumably a limitation of slim phones. Battery life too.

I have more research to do, but so far I think the worst aspect of the u600 might be the PC sync software: Samsung don't seem to allow any access to the system, including the Java programs folder; & from what I've read it's not an easy phone to upload software to via cable. Although I haven't tried this with the Nokia, it came with some games on a 128MB microSD card so I presume I could add more, as I have done with wallpapers (the Samsung came with no card, both have since been upgraded to 2GB for under £14 each including postage & SD adaptors) I've downloaded freeware games for the u600, but I haven't yet figured out how to load them to the phone & activate them without paying to download them again directly to the phone.

The u600 display is the same 240x320 as the 6300, with fewer colours (a mere 262, 000). Although the Nokia's display is smaller & therefore theoretically 'sharper' (I.e. More pixels per inch), at this resolution the slightly larger Samsung doesn't lose out & is easier to see - maybe that's my age showing. The 'beach hut' theme that came on the Nokia's card uses mainly primary colours, but lots of shading that really shows the colour range very well. Putting the same wallpaper onto both phones reveals the 6300's display to be both brighter, but unnaturally warm & perhaps a little oversaturated.

The u600, by the way, was branded with a T-Mobile logo, & as I expected from this, is network locked. However having tried once, I won't be sim- or battery-swapping again in a hurry, because the phone doesn't feel very robust, & getting the back off is difficult without applying pressure to the screen. That might partially explain the 'cracked screen' reviews. Once the back is off, getting the sim out is also unnecessarily awkward. In contrast, the 6300's back comes off easily & the sim holder is as neat as I've seen on a phone, & I've had a few.

The k750i has proved itself over 2 years. It still works as well as the day I bought it & can still show the new phones a thing or two. The u600 gets around the Sony's limitations without sacrificing too much (I'll miss not being able to activate the 'flash' as a torch & mugger-dazzler in our local dark alley as winter sets in), adds several improvements, & feels like a genuine advance in technology, so if it's still working in 2009 I'll be able to recommend it as a good buy in 2007. In the meantime it's my choice for daily use, & my wife will get the Nokia, which is a lovely phone but is thoroughly let down by its camera.

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Reviewer: Craig - London, UK
Date: 8th Sep 2007

Sombody please tell me - How can anyone be pleased with this phone? .

PLUS POINTS
Great design, looks & features - that's it!

BATTERY LIFE = 30 hours on standby at a push. Don't even bother trying to do anything else with it. 1 short call, 2 photos & 3 text will eat up all power in one day.

CAMERA
Forget it. It will take 20 seconds from pressing the shutter button to the phone taking the picture. Anything moving faster than a snail will result in an action blur. Good quality though when do you have the patience to take a picture of a stationary object. USELESS.

KEYS
Wasn't too put off by the touch sensitive buttons. EXCEPT it is physically impossible to press the right navigational key without also touching the bottom right menu key. This will automatically exit what ever you are doing & take you to the main display. In a nut shell USELESS

TEXTING
very uncomfortable. Pressing the bottom righ button (space) is impossible to do with ease unless you have a double jointed thumb. Predictive text is a night mare - USELESS

Had this phone now 5 days & the screen has cracked after it was dropped! All my other phones have survived scrapes & bumps, but this thing is FRAGILE. It needs touch sensitive keys, because if you actually had to press anything it will break!

This is one of the most user unfriendly, useless phones on the market. I am sure others will fall into the same trap of getting it for looks & features - BEWARE! I Now have the sim card in a Sony Ericsson. 10000% better.

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Reviewer: Dan - London, UK
Date: 7th Sep 2007

Quite like this phone but just wanted to make one thing clear - with this phone it is virtually impossible to text one-handed. That would be bad enough, but, because you are holding it in your other hand to text, you will keep hitting the heat-sensitive buttons which are placed too near the edge of the phone & wiping your texts. Infuriating!

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Reviewer: L - Ayr, UK
Date: 7th Sep 2007

Best phone all round, I had the Nokia N75, also the Blackberry pearl, both phone's were too big & bulky so I bought the Samsung U600 on pay as you go & put my contract SIM in, excellent phone for style, features, & usability, NOW ALL MY FRIENDS & FAMILY ARE BUYING THIS PHONE. IF YOU USE IT PROPERLY WELL the PHONE SHOULD WORK JUST FINE, A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE GETS YOU A LONG WAY.

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Reviewer: Mic - Shaw, UK
Date: 6th Sep 2007

I got one as an upgrade on Orange had it one day & I am sending it back. The camera is absolutely useless; it takes around 3 to 4 seconds (no exaggeration! ) from pushing the button to it taking the shot. By this time the subject has moved, you've moved, or continental drift has shifted the scenery sideways!

Sure. It's very pretty to look at & a masterpiece of fitting stuff into a slim package. But it's full of features that look good, sound cool to the youngsters & are absolutely no use to anyone wanting to use the phone! I am talking about touch-sensitive buttons (I killed 2 calls by wrapping my fingers round it & touching the 'kill' key), & the ridiculous bypass to unlock a closed phone that can be accidentally pressed while it's in your pocket.

Looks good, will get you kiddies plenty of playground kudos, but if you adults want a camera phone, buy something worthwhile. I've had several older Samsungs, but if this is the way they're going, I'll go back to Nokia.

I am a product designer by profession, & would be shot if I put a piece of kit like this onto the market that is quite simply not fit for purpose. Good design means that form should always follow function. But not in this case it appears.

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Reviewer: Phil - Lymington, UK
Date: 6th Sep 2007

This phone is stylish & its features are OK but as everyone has said before the touch buttons on the screen is rubbish! I keep hanging up on people & also calling others by mistake!

I have had this phone now for 2 weeks & I am gutted that I have gone past my 14 day peace of mind because I want to return it! I now have the phone for 18months! Stitched!

Keypad is too small & as I have fat thumbs I can't text people very well without sounding drunk! Don't get it!

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Reviewer: John - Leeds, UK
Date: 5th Sep 2007

KIZ in KILMARNOCK: how right you are.

I have had this phone for about a month now, & I am at my wits end 'accidentally' dialling friends/ cancelling texts /connecting to WAP etc because of these damn 'SOFTKEYS' on the screen. For some reason they are too sensitive when they don't need to be pressed, & don't respond when you actually push them.

I have also found the software to the phone pretty slow, & the phone is constantly freezing & playing catch-up to your actions, especially when scrolling through mp3s, which is annoying. Why does this happen? the text function is difficult to use also, mysteriously having to select the recipient's number first. There are many times whilst texting I have knocked an incorrect key accidentally, & the whole message blanks off/has to be 'saved to draft' etc.

So all in all, while I agree the phone is very well designed aesthetically, Samsung don't seem to have put much consideration into ease of use. I have had Samsungs for 6 years now, with no problems, but I constantly feel like bowling this bad-boy off the wall.

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Reviewer: Paddy - UK
Date: 4th Sep 2007

I've had this phone for about three months now & I going to say it's brilliant, the keypad is a little fiddly to some people but I am not a small guy & I got used to it in about 2 days, plus the touch buttons are excellent once you get used to them. The one thing it doesn't have which I'd have liked is 3G but then at the end of the day I wouldn't have used it all that much & at the moment it seems to be more of a gimmick than anything else.

As has been mentioned in a previous review, it can be annoying in texting as it sometimes switches itself on & off, but this is becoming ever more infrequent, & the battery life is OK if charged from empty each time. I have to say I used to swear by Nokia's & Motorola's but this phone has swayed me to Samsung so I would certainly recommend it!

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Reviewer: Kim - Ipswich, UK
Date: 3rd Sep 2007

I have had this phone for a few months now, it was fine to start with but now it's going back to the shop. It will NOT save any words to the predictive text dictionary & has recently started freezing after typing 3 words in a text. I also do agree with other reviews that the touch buttons can be very sensitive. I was told Samsung are reliable but beginning to doubt that.

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Reviewer: Frances Lay - UK
Date: 3rd Sep 2007

I will be honest. I love Samsung's & this Phone looks amazing! But I have had to take it back so many times due to freezing after every word in texts & scrolling to fast. Overall, looks good. But is rubbish!

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Reviewer: Lorna - Halifax, UK
Date: 3rd Sep 2007

I have had this phone for a few days now & I love it! I usually go for Nokia's purely because I am used to the features & they are, of course, really easy to use. The touch sensitive buttons do take a little while to get used to but I am already learning to keep my fingers & thumbs away from them when I am in the middle of a text message etc.

The phone does lock when making & receiving a phone call which can be irritating if I want to put the phone on loudspeaker etc. This phone also locks completely when the phone is closed, so no buttons can be pressed whatsoever if the phone is in your bag/pocket. The phone is sleek & smooth & I love carrying this about.

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Reviewer: Raj - Birmingham, UK
Date: 2nd Sep 2007

A nice simple phone that has a good camera & is easy to use. Functionality & style are its main benefits.

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Reviewer: Rachel - Bristol, UK
Date: 2nd Sep 2007

At first glance this phone seems to have it all:

The good:
- Looks SO nice.
- Still looks so nice.

The bad:
- Touch sensitive keys may be innovative but they're really annoying when your on the phone to someone & your ear puts the phone down.
- Mine kept turning off/ freezing & then the screen just went black now I have to claim off insurance.
- Camera has about a 3 second delay on it, so annoying!

This is a lovely phone, looks gorgeous but practicality not good!

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Reviewer: Farah - UK
Date: 2nd Sep 2007

I love this phone, but I am having problems with opening my pictures once I've transferred them from the computer to the phone. It keeps coming up with the message not allowed! Can anyone help me?

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Reviewer: Laura - UK
Date: 1st Sep 2007

Just bought this phone this morning & so far so good! I have never had a touch button phone before, but I have already got used to this one. I read reviews that the buttons were really sensitive, but they really aren't that bad! The camera quality is excellent. I can definitely see this phone lasting me. Another brilliant Samsung phone!

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Reviewer: Craig - Notts, UK
Date: 1st Sep 2007

This phone is a good looking phone & easy to use, the keys are a bit sensitive though.

I have had to send mine back after only 3 months as the screen stays black when I slide it up & have to turn it off then back on to get it to work.

But still a good phone.

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Reviewer: Sophie Folwell - Hullbridge, UK
Date: 1st Sep 2007

HI PLEASE READ THIS, I really want this phone for Christmas. It looks really good but I want it in pink. I noticed it when it was sponsored by the X Factor. Can people tell me about this phone, is it a good phone?

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Reviewer: Jay - Corringham, UK
Date: 31st Aug 2007

The problem with this phone it is just boring you get it home takes 10 minutes to set up then that's it like I say boring no themes can't see the clock when shut you got to open it what a pain, so I am getting a Sony w580i.

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Reviewer: Jez - Hull, UK
Date: 31st Aug 2007

I have had the Samsung U600 for a good few months now & I absolutely love it I would advise anyone to go out & buy it but if you like to have a lot of music on your phone I would suggest to buy a memory card for it as you can't store that many pictures & songs. My battery life seems quite good & I do use the phone quite a lot & only seem to charge it every few days! The touch sensitive buttons aren't as sensitive as the E900 & I am well impressed with it!

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Reviewer: Simone - Manchetser, UK
Date: 31st Aug 2007

I have had this phone 7 weeks & wouldn't advise anyone to buy it, although it is a beautiful looking handset it drives you mad!

It constantly crashes & resets itself while texting, the touch screen is too sensitive so you ring people without realising. I have today taken my phone out of my pocket & it has completely reset itself & I have lost all my numbers that were stored on the phone. It's going back today!

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Reviewer: Cc - Ireland, Ireland
Date: 31st Aug 2007

I LOVE my phones! & I have to say that this is the first one that I have ever been truly disappointed with. It is AWFUL! I had the Sony Ericsson K750i & I loved the camera. I bought the Samsung U600 because it had a 3.2MP camera. Boy was I disappointed!

The auto focus takes forever to kick in. Hence it takes 3-4 seconds to take a picture. In my opinion, you have a camera phone for those spontaneous events. Not much good when your toddler is already in the next room by the time you take a picture!

My husband agreed to try it & he hated it for other reasons that also annoy me. The key pads (& no I don't have big fingers, they are just very un-user friendly. The touch buttons are VERY irritating too, so all in all a BIG disappointment.

I am going to hang on for the release of the Sony Ericsson k850i & its 5.2MP camera & just buy it sim free. It'll be worth it.

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Reviewer: Pete Wicken - Afghanistan
Date: 31st Aug 2007

I don't know if I should get this phone or not. I heard loads of good reviews & some bad. Please can anyone tell me what the touch screen is like because I've never had a touch screen before.

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 30th Aug 2007

Just got this phone today & am so surprised with how good it looks & how good it performs! It is so sleek looking! It is well equipped for your everyday needs & more! The touch sensitive buttons are different! They are not bad in any way it's just I need to get used to them & I actually prefer to keep them over ordinary buttons because it's easier to press & helps the phone stand out from the crowd!

Overall a fabulous phone! Great camera with loads of fun effects, dashing looks, fun slider phone, MP3 player is ace, so lightweight & everything you will need in a phone!

Few downsides! Firstly the headphones provided are awful they are far too big for human ears! I am going to buy a 3.5mm jack adapter. I have read bad reviews about the battery life however I am currently charging it like it says to ensure I get the most out of my battery! So I can't comment! I will update in about a week's time let's hope it all goes well for this nifty phone!

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Reviewer: Steve - Leeds, UK
Date: 30th Aug 2007

I like the phone can anyone please tell me if the music is quite, medium, or really loud or just loud, thanks a lot.

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Reviewer: Lulu - Notts, UK
Date: 30th Aug 2007

I had to write my own review after reading others. I really haven't got a clue why people are having problems texting? the buttons are so easy to use & aren't too small or too close together. The screen can easily be cleaned when the phone is shut as it's locked. I have never had any problem ringing people by accident. When the phone is shut it is LOCKED & doesn't ring anyone.

This is the first touch screen I have had & it's perfect. It's so easy to use a small child could use it. The only down side to the phone is it takes a few seconds to take a picture, but hey this is a phone. If you want a camera go buy one. This phone by far is one of the best phones I have ever owned.

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Reviewer: Justin - Bradford, UK
Date: 30th Aug 2007

If you don't charge it for 6 hours what will really happen? Please give me a quick reply as I am getting this phone in one week. I absolutely love this phone I liked the positive reviews :-).

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Reviewer: John - Northe East, UK
Date: 30th Aug 2007

The phone looks the part but I wish I could be more enthusiastic about the features & usability.

The problems been the screen has cracked before I had a chance to use the phone properly. These things happen but I only had the phone in my pocket, tried to get it repaired but it costs too much with the comment 'these big screens are easy to damage', if this is a common problem don't get one! Anyone else out there had a similar experience.

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Reviewer: Danielle - UK
Date: 29th Aug 2007

Had this phone just over a month now & got to send it back because every time you ring people you can't hear them, you have to wiggle the phone about to get it to work. Does not look like I am the only one with this problem, as I have read some messages with the same problem.

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Reviewer: Cara - UK
Date: 29th Aug 2007

Hi Guys. I have read all of the reviews both good & bad & I think I am going to go ahead & purchase the phone. Right now I have the Motorola Razor K3II which is absolutely rubbish. But for about 4 years now my boyfriend has been getting Samsungs & they are always great.

TO LENGTH OF BATTERY LIFE- loads of people have complained about this & it's the same with all phones as soon as you get them put in your SIM turn the phone off & charge it uninterruptedly for 14 hours. I know this is dead annoying as you've just got a new phone but if you don't do that you will have problems with the battery for ages.
I understand the design of this phone is amazing & if I do get it I am 100% going for the silver but & everyone said the screen scratches TO PREVENT SCREEN SCRATCHING- there is a pink leather slip case available from the Carphone Warehouse for £12.99 so when you put the phone in your bag just put it in the case. Anyway I think after everything I've read I am going to go ahead & get it because I love the model & the features sound GREAT :-D so I will review back with my opinion once I've purchased the phone.

Thanks to everyone who posts reviews on this page you've all really helped me!

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Reviewer: Emma - UK
Date: 29th Aug 2007

This phone looks good but has to be the worst phone I have ever had, & I have had a lot! I have had to exchange it twice in the last 2 months, both times the same thing happened when I went to send a text message it would freeze after 5 or so letters & then turn itself off therefore I could not send any messages! I know some one else who this happened to as well so if I where you if you want a phone that will last your contract do NOT get this one, trust me!

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Reviewer: Aldy - US
Date: 29th Aug 2007

Better get N93i, throw this mirror away! Ridiculous design, difficult to use for a beginner.

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Reviewer: Anon - US
Date: 29th Aug 2007

A hate it's design with perfect nonsense mirror design, throw it to the trash can. I am disappointed with Samsung designer.

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Reviewer: Robin Ayres - Aldershot, UK
Date: 29th Aug 2007

Can I start off by saying I LOVE THIS PHONE! I have had it for a couple of weeks, it did get scratched up in the first day so I sent it back got a new one & put a crystal case on it & now it has no scratches at all.

The music player & camera take a while to do that stuff but in the end it doesn't bother me that much. Some of the features just make life so much easier than my last Samsung (z400).

I love this phone so much I would highly recommend buying it & don't be put off by the bad reviews because there are more good than bad.

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Reviewer: Jenny - UK
Date: 28th Aug 2007

Had this phone about a week now & everyone wants one too. The Samsung u600 is the best phone that I have ever have. The phone is just the best. Even thought I am charging the phone every night this does not brother me as I am taking pictures & recording videos, listening to music & playing the games. So if you just used the phone for normal things like calls & texts it would last longer. The phone looks really nice. It's very slim & is sleek to have in the handbag ladies! It is the best looking phone I have seen & beats all Nokia's & Sony Ericsson phones. The only bad thing about this phone is the video recorder is not good. The quality is very poor. The camera on this phone is fabulous. I think everybody should get this phone. Please do not let the bad reviews put you off buying this boss phone, as they almost did for me but now I have bought it's the best. To the people who are writing bad reviews are they on the same phone as me?

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 28th Aug 2007

I am a huge Samsung fan but need to be honest about the practicality of the phone.

I have had to change it twice in 2 months due to the same fault.

When texting, every time I press the space key, the phone freezes & then turns itself on & off, very frustrating, so the only way to overcome it is to type the word, press the right arrow on the circular dial & then press the space key, after every single word.

The other thing I am not a fan on is the call waiting. You cannot easily pick up the second call, you have to press the middle round button & then accept the call. It's not easy to switch between the two or retrieve a call or even hang up one of the callers.

I agree that the camera takes far too long.

Need to return the phone I have now due to the same problem with texting but it's such a hassle. Won't be exchanging for another U600 I am afraid. I am looking for a more reliable phone.

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Reviewer: Dawn - Birmingham, UK
Date: 27th Aug 2007

I have the u600 pink & have only had it just over a week & am amazed with it. I totally love this phone & would advise anyone to get it. Best wishes xx.

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Reviewer: Kiz - Kilmarnock, UK
Date: 27th Aug 2007

This is the worst phone EVER! Do NOT buy it.

The touch screen is either too sensitive or non-responsive.

The battery life is about 36 hours, if you're lucky.

It's impossible to use for texting.

Seriously, get a pen & paper & start writing a letter, 'cos it'll get there a lot quicker & you won't end up:

a) Screaming
b) Crying
c) Tearing your hair out
d) Shouting
e) Calling the person by mistake
f) Cancelling the text by mistake (usually when you're on your 3rd text-page of your 4th attempt)
g) Smashing the phone against the nearest solid object

The camera function is too slow. Forget trying to capture the moment, your chosen subject will have lost. They will to live long before you turn the camera on.

The clipart animations seemed to be designed by 3-year-olds.

The balancing point of the handset means you hold it by the softkeys at the side of the phone, so it dials numbers by 'accident'.

The screen is impossible to keep clean, wipe it carefully or you will call someone by 'accident'.

There's no lanyard hook point.

File transfer from PC to phone is approximately 9 small size. WMA files.

Oh &, if you ever need to run 2 you-600's off the same PC using the Studio 3 software, & you get an error because the PC doesn't recognise your second phone, manually change the USB settings on the second phone yourself. Do not waste your time contacting Samsung for support because they DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.

I've persisted with this pile of pink garbage for nearly 3 months, & I am now off to buy a pay-as-you-go Ericsson to put my T-mobile sim into.

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Reviewer: Kat - London, UK
Date: 27th Aug 2007

I am just about to get this phone today.

I had a play with the phone in the shop & asked for it to be switched on. I checked out everything.

I think a lot of people who are putting negative comments haven't quite figured the phone out properly first.

But if I were to make one suggestion, I'd say. When you go to buy a phone, ask to view the handset switched on.

Believe me, this does help, & you can figure out for yourself before you buy the phone, whether there is something you don't like about it!

Wish me luck with the phone! =]

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Reviewer: Amii - Derby, UK
Date: 25th Aug 2007

Bought this phone today & already it is proving absolutely amazing! If you have other Samsung phones then you will get on great with this, it is perfect, stylish & VERY easy to use.

I've read previous reviews about the over sensitive buttons & it is not true at all! It took no getting used to & you can't even tell the difference from them to normal buttons. They are an excellent feature & so easy to use- I never called anyone once like everyone keeps saying!

BRILLIANT PHONE, BUY IT!

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Reviewer: Raf - Paris, France
Date: 25th Aug 2007

Please help. I don't know which phone to buy, either Sony Ericsson s500i or Samsung u600. They both are nice. S500i is beautiful but the keypad problems concern me. I saw it in the store they have the samsung600 & sony500i & I checked its W29. It's been a week & I can't decide which one to buy. It's really irritating. Please help me to decide which phone should I buy & has anyone had both the phones. Thank you.

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Reviewer: Laura - Birmingham, UK
Date: 25th Aug 2007

Same as Baz from UK. I am now on my second phone & sent this one back twice because screen keeps freezing & turning off when I am texting. It's really doing my head in. The worse phone I have ever owned. Might look nice but not when it's in pieces because you have thrown it out the window. That's what it makes you feel like doing!

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Reviewer: Wil - Yorkshire, UK
Date: 24th Aug 2007

I have had this phone for about a week now & have had NO problems so far, the features are good & camera is great but sometimes I find it a bit confusing but I like the design that's top notch!

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Reviewer: Thomas - London, UK
Date: 24th Aug 2007

WOW! This Is the Best phone I have had & I have had a lot of fones. 6230i. K750i. W810i. 5300. 6300. D600. LG Shine (Worst phone I had. So Annoying) But I Love the U600 the touch buttons are fine to use. Great phone!

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Reviewer: Samuel - UK
Date: 24th Aug 2007

This is a great little phone. Really thin as stated. The camera seems to be quite sharp but the preview just after you take the picture seems a little washed out.

Other than that it could do with a few more ringtones but that can be taken care of by uploading any MP3 you would like.

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Reviewer: Lynn - Liverpool, UK
Date: 24th Aug 2007

I think this phone looks really nice & it's very nice to hold. The features are pretty decent- good camera (though slow to use & even slower to flick between photo & video). My main issues with it are:

- the text messaging usability is poor. It takes me a lot longer to compose & send a message than on most phones I've used, particularly Ericsson & Nokia. (It's a real pain to make it select a number from your contacts). & often I'll have half-written a message then brush against the touch screen buttons for clear & the message is gone, very frustrating.

- the touch buttons are inconsistently used across different features so sometimes you need to do one thing, sometimes another. Not as intuitive as it could be. Which is a shame because it looks good & the interface is generally okay menu wise?

I suppose the advantage is I've sent less text because I hate using it to write them. ;-). Don't get this if you love texting.

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Reviewer: Anon - US
Date: 23rd Aug 2007

Can someone tell me how loud the volume is on the phone? Because I have had loads of fones that I miss calls on because I can't hear it ring! Really annoying!

So yeah please can someone tell me because I am supposed to be getting the phone next week if I can't find another one! Please write back.

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Reviewer: Hannah - Wells, UK
Date: 23rd Aug 2007

Well. I loved this phone but had it for less than a week, took it out of my bag & it had a crack on the screen, which led to the WHOLE screen not working! Which I was pretty annoyed about! I took it back & they said they can't do anything about it. I was not told about the fragile nature of the phone, offered insurance, or advised to maybe buy a case! So I know have to pay another £45 to have it repaired due to BAD customer service! This phone would be great without the burden of bad sales!

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Reviewer: Eddie - Lisburn, UK
Date: 23rd Aug 2007

Had this phone now for two weeks & can't find any fault with it at all. It didn't come with a vista CD but I got the drivers no problem from the Samsung site. My last phone was the S400i the worst phone ever made so this one is 100% better.

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Reviewer: Tracy - Cambridge, UK
Date: 22nd Aug 2007

I have had this phone since April. What a nightmare the touch sensitive screen is. The screen is scratched so much it looks like the phone is much older than 4 months. I have never had a phone that's scratched that bad, EVER! This is my first & last Samsung. Depressing to know that I still have 14 months left of the contract.

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Reviewer: Jo - Sydney, Australia
Date: 22nd Aug 2007

Hey all, I got this phone today & I think it is an awesome phone, I got it in white/silver & it is so good looking! The touch sensitive buttons take minutes to get use to & I was surprised at how natural it is using them!

I only have ONE problem though. When I receive a message, the phone displays the number it's from not the name of the person that sent it to me. Is this just a normal feature of the phone or can I change it? I have gone through all the settings & can't find it anywhere. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining about this phone, it's the best phone I have ever had & I have had around 10 in the past 5 years! I love this phone, I just can't figure out why it's doing that? If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!

P.S If you buy this phone, you won't regret it! I am so happy I did!

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Reviewer: Sam - Sweden
Date: 21st Aug 2007

The best phone I have got so far. Everything is superb. But I am having problem with my camera. Maybe some settings are wrong. Whenever I take a picture it gets very bright & if I decrease the exposure to the limit when I can hardly see in the LCD & take a picture, then the picture is okay. Can anyone solve my problem, what do I have to do.

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Reviewer: Maria - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 21st Aug 2007

This phone is great. However, when I receive a message the person's ID does not show. That means I have to go out of my way to find out who sent me the message. Does anyone know how to configure this so that the persons' id shows?

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Reviewer: Julie Weston - London, UK
Date: 19th Aug 2007

I have to say I am so a lover of Samsung, this phone is fantastic my only problem with it is the pictures, the quality is superb however it takes so long to take a picture longer than 5 seconds, if you want to get a snap shot of the kids or something else quickly you can't because by the time you clicked to take the picture the kids have gone by the time the camera actually takes the photo, so does anyone out there know if there is a settting on the phone that can be pressed to alter the time the camera takes to take a picture or is everyone having the same problem? I really need to find out. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Kirsty - UK
Date: 17th Aug 2007

By reading these reviews I have come to the decision that this phone is best used for the younger generation as (not being rude) are more up-to-date with mobile devices & how to use them.

What more could you want?

- Its stylish
- Easy to use
- PINK
- Picture quality is great!

Everything is just great!

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Reviewer: Sophie - Hull, UK
Date: 17th Aug 2007

Does any one know how you personalise your messaging tone on this phone! Would really love one of my own if at all possible.

If anyone has any ideas please post, thanks guys.

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Reviewer: Bev - Manchester, UK
Date: 16th Aug 2007

I have had my U600 phone since April, it took a little time to get use to it, but I managed & I must admit I love it. However after having the phone only three weeks I noticed that a small crack had appeared at the top of the screen, I still have the protective film on from the manufacturer & haven't dropped or banged the phone in anyway, it looks as though it's a stress fracture. Can anyone let me know how I can get it repaired & would it be under the manufacturer's warranty, also if there is any kind of protective case available.

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Reviewer: Jayne - UK
Date: 16th Aug 2007

This phone has to be the best on the market. I bought this phone today & I am so glad I did. To the people who are writing bad reviews are you really looking at the same phone as me? This phone beats all the rest. The touch buttons are so much better than the E900, after about an hour I got used to them. The camera is really good, even thought it takes about 2 seconds to capture the picture.

If you are thinking about buying this phone & are worried about bad reviews, don't listen to them. They almost put me off but I am so glad about buying this phone!

SAMSUNG U600 the BEST EVER!

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Reviewer: Ash - UK
Date: 16th Aug 2007

Well after a lot of reading what everyone else had to say good & bad, I decided to go ahead & purchase the U600, I will also give a very honest review.

Firstly this phone looks super cool, the design is slim, the slider works great & with ease, the key buttons are very user friendly & not fiddly at all especially for sausage fingers like myself!

I switched the phone on & it had 3 bars, whether this came fully charged or partially charged I really don't know, but I was playing with it all night, I have texted, & added music, played music, used the radio, been in & out the settings time & time again, played games, videoed & used the camera a good deal, added contacts etc & still had a full 3 bars, a lot of people have moaned about the battery life only lasting two days, well I am the sort that would charge mine every night or at least every two so it wouldn't be a problem for me, but after the usage last night I'd say the battery isn't much different from those on other phones.

Another thing against this phone was the time it took to take a picture, well it does take about 4 seconds to take, but again not much different from my old Samsung, & really is 4 seconds out of your life really going to cause so much disruption? & the quality is more than worth it.

The radio is great, easy to tune & store, the navigation of the phone is very easy to get around, yes there are a lot of sub menus but very user friendly IMO, I like the fact it has a mobile tracker, which means you can enter 2 mobile numbers (family or friends) & if anyone enters their sim into your phone the said people will receive a text. I also like the SOS feature which can send an SOS to your family/friends in an emergency.

I like the way you can set the alarm to a song of your choice, so waking up to Paul Weller is a bonus for me! :) I like the big Ben feature & the way as night draws in it does so over the house of parliament on your phone, with birds flying past during the day & & of a night shooting stars with fireworks going off for an alert.

As for the touch sensitive buttons people are moaning about well IMO they aren't that sensitive, in fact I have had to tap them harder than expected to make them work, so not as sensitive as the E900, as for the text sometimes you have choose from a list of words, or add your own, but I didn't check if that was just on predictive text or not, if so it's easily changeable, but haven't found it a nuisance either way.

All in all this is a classy phone, & I am glad I listened to those for it rather than against it, it's sleek & lightweight with so many functions which I am still exploring, including adding emotes to messages, I would say without a doubt I am really glad I got it & well done to Samsung for putting so much into it, memory cards are available but I do have one complete album & another two songs in my music which is expandable & I will purchase one but as it stands I am completely satisfied.

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Reviewer: Tracy - Suchow, China
Date: 16th Aug 2007

I like it. It really looks good, Wow.

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Reviewer: Gally - UK
Date: 15th Aug 2007

Great phone. Easy to use. Cool design, cool themed background! I've had it 2 weeks with no probs, a child could use it.

I would recommend it without any hesitation.

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Reviewer: Katycoorners - High Peak, UK
Date: 15th Aug 2007

What a load of rubbish this phone is, I have had it for 3 month & it's been back to Vodafone twice. You just can't hear people on the other end & as others have said before me you keep ringing people when you are trying to text people. So they finally decided I can change it for something else. Don't BUY.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 15th Aug 2007

This phone is rubbish.

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Reviewer: Lesley Parry - Warrington, UK
Date: 15th Aug 2007

I am quite happy with my new phone. The only problems I am having, is downloading games. Whether it's the network I am on, I don't know. Thought there would have been a couple of games installed when I got the phone, but there wasn't. Over all, one of the best phones I have had in a long while.

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Reviewer: Mad Martin (dj) - Barnsley, UK
Date: 15th Aug 2007

Nearly 50 years old & getting a few wolf whistles with this little baby.

Not very good with modern technology though. Need a bit of help.

Whenever I send a msg over a page long my partner always gets incomplete message. Probably a network problem (me T-Mobile. She Orange). If it happened previously I was able to drag the message from sent items & shorten it using the edit button & then resend. Not possible with this phone.

Anybody want to help an old feller please?

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Reviewer: Julie Young - UK
Date: 14th Aug 2007

Hi, I am looking at buying this phone but want to know can you view your sent texts without having to save them every time like you do with the E900?

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Reviewer: Derek Robinson - UK
Date: 14th Aug 2007

OK for all the people moaning about sensitive button's Deal With It cause it'll be the standard soon. The poor battery life? Early U600's had low battery power, the latest ones (like mine) have 800mA battery, so depending on how you use it you're looking at 2-5day's approx before you need to charge it. Not too bad. Camera is around 1 second slower than E900 to take a pic (last phone) but it's worth the wait trust me 3.2MP! I am 100% Samsung I've had E720, E800, E350. E370, D600, E840, E900 & a few I can't remember U600 top's the lot.

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Reviewer: Nathan - Plymouth, UK
Date: 14th Aug 2007

Superb phone. Last phone was the Samsung X820, part of the initial Ultra Edition. This is certainly a step up, a sophisticated model that oozes class. The X820 uses the same battery as the U600, so I am used to its relatively low battery life. If you listen to a lot of music, play with it a lot, watch videos etc it will run down quicker. The way I look at it, I go to sleep every night for 7-8 hours, a perfect time to plug it in! Cannot understand why a 2-3 day battery life, with a normal amount of usage, should put people off! Always remember though, whatever the phone is, regardless of manufacturer or battery size, always charge it like mad for the first time. Leave it off, & charge for 16 hours. Don't even turn it on, no matter how tempting it is! That way you'll get the best out of your battery

Like any new phone it takes a bit of getting used to, even if you are used to a Samsung. & anyway, who needs the manual these days, you teach yourself how to use it in a couple days, messing around & trying things out. The best way to learn is to get stuck in!

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Reviewer: Ben - New Zealand
Date: 14th Aug 2007

This is a great phone, I got it last week & it has been awesome! The only problem I have is when listening to music & you want to change the song you have to go back into the music player now playing screen & change the song which can take a while, but other than that it's been fine! Does anyone know what video file formats it supports?

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Reviewer: Jimmy - UK
Date: 13th Aug 2007

Dislike this phone a lot, it breaks easily & the touch buttons are annoying.

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Reviewer: Paul - Teeside, UK
Date: 13th Aug 2007

To be honest I love the phone but have had five replacements in the past two weeks of getting the handset, all having the same fault. The fault being if you access the menus of the phone with the slider down & play a track on the MP3 player then pause it & forward to the next track whilst paused the phone will reboot to main screen with no signal, on the handset.

The phone then becomes extremely slow loading & sometimes takes up to two minutes to load the main screen icons.

But other than that I really like the phones design & features & I have no other problems with text, camera or the touch pad being too sensitive.

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Reviewer: Davina - UK
Date: 13th Aug 2007

I am having the same problem with the predictive text, as Steve - the phone keeps switching its self off after typing a word, very frustrating. Anybody got a solution!? Other than that have been very happy with this phone.

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Reviewer: Jim - Plymouth, UK
Date: 13th Aug 2007

I love this phone! It is small, light, thin & perfect. It is easy to use & I highly recommend it!

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Reviewer: Sweetkoko - Jakarta, Indonesia
Date: 13th Aug 2007

I owe this website big time in helping me to decide whether I would buy this phone or not. Here in Indonesia, we do not have the luxury returning stuffs after certain amount of time. Thus, I read just about every single review (both pluses & minuses) in this page. I finally decided to purchase this phone because first & foremost, it just looks sleek! & has most features that I need. I just want to review several issues that most people have after buying this phone.

1. Battery life is not as bad as reported. You just have to turn off the Bluetooth. (This is the same for all phones).

2. The 'touch' key is really a touch key. All you need is a gentle 'touch' & NOT even a 'press'.

3. Honestly, it took me a day to learn Samsung's user interface (this is my first ever Samsung phone) the reason is because this phone has lot of features but the they are not arranged in most logical way IMHO.

4. Since English is not our native language, I have never used predictive text feature in any phone. Thus, I never had any problems texting using this phone.

5. The speaker on this phone is small. The 3D audio works like a charm by somehow making the sound clear & big. However, because the speaker is tiny, you can't really crank up the volume.

This is my first ever Samsung phone. Samsung has not advertised it properly but the upside on that people will look at your phone & want to look at it more closely. Yep, this phone is really that sleek!

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Reviewer: Paolo Lasa - Manila, Philippines
Date: 13th Aug 2007

It's terrible, I will sell mine & get a u700 which is better.

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Reviewer: Nath - Stoke, UK
Date: 12th Aug 2007

Had this phone a couple of months now.

It's a great design & it also has plenty of features but the phone is more 'style than substance' because although the touch screen is easy to use & its easy to navigate the menus the problems are when taking photos & listening to music the music player is slow & often freezes & although the camera is clear it takes a long time to take the photograph.

The phone is a good phone but it's not perfect because of them little problems.

I would recommend a k810i because that's what id have preferred now having experiencing these problems with the u600.

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Reviewer: Paul G - Hitchin, Herts, UK
Date: 11th Aug 2007

Fantastic looking phone, BUT, very poor battery life, poor quality camera at night & too easy to access the Internet by accident via touch sensitive soft keys. I REALY wanted this phone to be good, but it didn't live up to expectation. I've just sent it back to O2 & ordered a K810i.

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Reviewer: Vipul - Delhi, India
Date: 11th Aug 2007

Oh man! This is such a great phone! Bought it about a month ago & I am still very much in love with it. The design is rocking, the features are great to. The camera is one of the best but doesn't work very good at the night. The sound quality is just perfect, the headsets are not so good though (I am talking about there design n fitting). Great phone Samsung. Its worth each n every penny of yours. So go ahead & get 1 for yourself!

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Reviewer: Ash - UK
Date: 10th Aug 2007

Apparently so bad, but some say not as sensitive. I have read everyone's reviews good & bad & I have decided I am going to go ahead & buy one. I'll be back Wednesday with an honest review of how I am finding it & rate in accordance to how I feel once I've used it :)

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Reviewer: Lou - Liverpool, UK
Date: 10th Aug 2007

Chris Lincs, I had problems with my MMS & realised you need to change the settings in the phone to your particular network. You will find this under Multimedia messages settings.

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Reviewer: Julie - Leicestershire, UK
Date: 10th Aug 2007

I THINK THIS PHONE IS IN A WORD rubbish! YOU RING PEOPLE BY MISTAKE, IT WON'T LET YOU TRANSFER PHOTOS TAKEN FROM OTHER PHONES EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN BE VIEWED ON OTHER MAKES OF PHONES, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT, I HAVE SPENT £150 ON THIS PHONE & I am REALLY disappointed & STUCK WITH IT!

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Reviewer: Stevie Morse - UK
Date: 9th Aug 2007

I love this phone! I know it takes some getting use to but once you've mastered the touch sensitive buttons it's easy! I have had some problems but they're only little ones. I did crack the screen in 2 places but that was easily fixed. I must admit it's hard to keep scratch free but all my phones get trashed so I am used it by now!

I am having a problem at the moment with texting. If I use my T9 mode it freezes & then the phone turns itself off! It's a pain in the backside having to use the normal text mode. The pictures are good quality even though it does take ages to take a photo. I love being able to mess around with the pictures after you've taken them. It's been good fun down the pub!

I did have a problem with the battery being drained & having to put it on charge for 12 hour to get 4 hours life out of it but I figured out it was my memory card that was draining it.

All in all it's a sleek looking phone & I would recommend it, but only if you have a lot of patience!

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Reviewer: Bob - Belize
Date: 9th Aug 2007

Everyone is just in a mood, this phone is great, if only they would buy it in every mobile phone shop!

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Reviewer: Akanksha Sharma - Noida, India
Date: 9th Aug 2007

This really is a cool phone. One thing I am missing is that I can't listen to the real player audio files (which are of course of lesser size than MP3) & can't see the contacts separately for SIM & Phone. Voice quality is good & the best is the search function. Worth buying the phone.

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Reviewer: Yvonne - UK
Date: 8th Aug 2007

Brilliant phone, have had Samsung previously, the E800 was hard to get on with as keep cancelling out what your doing with the touch control but no problem with U600, can change message ring tone to your own & also choose your own alarm, brilliant vivid text options, would recommend.

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Reviewer: John - Hampshire, UK
Date: 8th Aug 2007

Well, after a long saga with my phone company, I am finally getting another U600, I have sold the U700 I was given as a replacement as it's a load of RUBBISH, so don't get a U700!

As for the U600, I have only ever had Samsung phones & I don't wish to have Nokia's or Sony's etc. I am afraid I've only ever had Samsungs & I must say that they have hit the nail on the head with this one. I've had mine on & off for a month now & I love it because Samsung have got what I class as the 'essential features' which, in the past, some phones have had some, some have not, it was pure luck if you got one with them all on. Here we go

- 3.2 MP Camera.
- MP3 Player.
- FM Radio.
- Customisable SMS Tone (A MUST in my opinion, the U700 does not have).
- Auto power for the alarms.
- Micro SD slot.
- Video Camera which you can change to record for max memory.
- Not overly touch sensitive buttons (compared to the E900).

I am sure there are more things but that's just a few reasons why I love it. As for the battery problem, the key is to do an initial uninterrupted charge for 12-14 hours to condition it & then it gives its maximum potential (2-3 days in my experience). 10/10!

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Reviewer: Chris - Lincs, UK
Date: 7th Aug 2007

Hi, does anyone know why I am unable to send or receive picture messages? User Guide is rubbish & doesn't go into detail on anything. Any setting info would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Lisa Baines - Kirkby Lonsdale, UK
Date: 7th Aug 2007

Read reviews but still went ahead with purchase I have given it a good shot but eventually decided to return the phone as the battery life is just a major down point. Will last a max of 2 days if I don't really use the phone much less when used which is a pain when away from home. Didn't find the touch keys too bad but think use would be improved if they had been less sensitive.

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Reviewer: Alex - Notts, UK
Date: 7th Aug 2007

This is my 2nd Samsung mobile phone & it's really good so I would definitely recommend it. The only downside is the battery doesn't last as long as my old one, but since I charge it each night, I don't mind.

However, I would recommend not using it for long trips if you need to be contacted, without a car charger handy. It does say in many brochures, that the battery is only meant to last 240 minutes, which is 4 hours on standby, LOL.

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Reviewer: Chaz - UK
Date: 7th Aug 2007

I really like the design of this phone especially in the pink colour which I have got. I agree with everyone that the camera is slow at taking pictures & at first the touch screen is annoying but you do get used to it. I have never had a problem with reading messages by calling any one as you can slide the phone up to read your messages this applies for answering & putting down the phone without having to press unlock. I also find the vibration alert is not very loud & that it is very difficult to music on my phone from my computer which I have not managed to do yet. Overall I do like this phone & would not swap it for another one.

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Reviewer: Jo - UK
Date: 7th Aug 2007

Hi, I think that the U600 is great, key feature's for me are:

- Photo ID
- 3.2 Megapixel Camera
- Enhanced Messaging

The U600 is the best phone going, & I would defiantly always buy a Samsung going forward, especially after owning a N-Series one.

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Reviewer: Mark Roberts - UK
Date: 6th Aug 2007

I too love the look & feel of this phone but find the touch sensitive buttons & the fact that the directional keypad is tiny & the keys close together sooo annoying!

The battery life isn't brilliant either. If I had the choice again I would probably have gone for something else.

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Reviewer: Lisa - Newcastle, UK
Date: 6th Aug 2007

Jen UK - yes you can personalise your message tones. This is a great feature.

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Reviewer: Jodie - Bradford, UK
Date: 6th Aug 2007

Hi, I have had this phone for three months now & it irritates me like nobody's business! The design looks great when you first buy it, but with all the care in the world it still manages to get scratches all over the screen!

The down fall is the sensitivity as I find when I am texting someone I always end up ringing them!

My friends are looking on my phone & they are like oh. Ash is ringing you but actually I am ringing them!

The camera is good but you have to wait ages for the photo to be taken! I would say yeah the phone is OK, but I can't wait to get rid of it!

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Reviewer: Helen - Birmingham, UK
Date: 6th Aug 2007

I do like this phone, had the e900 prior & d500, so am a Samsung fan.

Use of it as far as I am concerned is good, the only niggle so far is. Yesterday I could not phone out or in receive or send texts. Having switched it off & on again its fine, but only having had the phone a few days makes me wonder whether I should keep it.

Oh & Lara from Edinburgh. The £ signs ect will appear when you hold the hash key down when messaging. :-)

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Reviewer: Karl Pearson - Stockport, UK
Date: 6th Aug 2007

Whilst this is a nice looking phone, it's slim & is nicely designed, it is let down by poor build quality & awful software & gimmicks.

Starting with the build quality the slide part after the first day of owning this phone not only slid up & down but there is now definitely.

Battery life does leave something to be desired, going from a Sony to this phone you really notice that, if I am really lucky & hardly use it I might get 2 days.

Texting is a awful you right a word you have to go to the word from the list then select it, if you don't manually select it takes the default word no matter which one you have highlighted, but when you are at the top of the screen you go down to select it at the bottom of the screen you go up to select it. If you press the back button & did not want to you can't go back to the text you have to save it in draft then go to draft to finish it.

The soft buttons (touch sensitive) these are set up by the operator, I have rung both my operator & Samsung themselves & have been told that there is no way to change these once they are set. So you will find yourself constantly connecting to the Internet. The cancel button is also one of the touch sensitive buttons, I often find that I am being asked by the phone if I want to exit the application I am in as I have gone somewhere near this button when doing something else.

The camera whilst good quality is so slow you will have issues even when taking pictures of snails.

I am sorely wishing I didn't purchase this phone so much that I might go back to my old phone & put this on one of the popular auction sites.

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Reviewer: David Couch - Leeds, UK
Date: 6th Aug 2007

I got my phone ten hours ago. Upgrading from a Sony Ericsson k800, I can go with all the comments, both good & bad. It's not a k800, that's why I got it. Some things will take time to adjust to.

My gripe is how bad the manual is. It assumes a high base of understanding that I wish I had. Or that's why I think is so short. Micro print is a pain also.

This is a good phone. I will struggle at first. But I have with all my phones.

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Reviewer: Irene - London, UK
Date: 5th Aug 2007

Had my phone a couple of days now.

Anyone tell me how to access the flash on this camera & where I can find out about all the options in the camera mode & what they do/mean? User's Manual not very helpful on this - a bit of a negative there I am afraid. Otherwise a really cool phone.

Happy snapping in the near future I hope.

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Reviewer: Kenny - UK
Date: 4th Aug 2007

It always goes wrong, you could almost say there are too many features & it's ugly!

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Reviewer: Leanne - Manchester, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

Hey everyone,

I bought this phone yesterday I was feeling like everybody else. Whether to buy this phone or not. I have read some good & bad reviews like everyone else.

I absolutely love this phone especially the colour CANDY PINK! I love the layout & find it easy to use. I love the camera & it has flash waheyyyyy :) I am thinking of buying a memory card of eBay for all my songs so then I don't fill my memory.

I haven't found any problems yet apart from my alarm I don't seem to be able to hear any tunes when my phone is on silent. But o well that's not a bad point.

I usually use predictive text on my texting but I am not using it yet as it very different from my previous phones. I will use it soon once I have familiar with the buttons etc.

People have complained about the Battery but for me so far so good. It isn't low I reckon the battery will last about 2-3 days.

From my point of view up to now I think it's a great phone & all my friends are jealous & want it. From reading these views I found from my opinion that some people are just too fussy & can never be satisfied.

Hope this has helped all you people out there who are thinking about getting this phone.

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Reviewer: Julie - UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

Great Phone! :D It's Trendy & Thin, & It Has a Great Camera :) I think its A Great Phone :)

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Reviewer: Catherine - UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

I got this phone 2 days ago & I feel like I've had it forever already!

I was a bit worried before it came because of some of the bad reviews but most of them are just people moaning before they've actually tried to fix the problems. e.g.:

- The person who says you can't end a call? Change the slide settings!

- The person who can't use predictive text? It's the same as most other Samsungs, predictive texts are different on different phones aren't they so it's to be expected isn't it.

- The people whose batteries run out? When I got my phone I put it on charge & left it charging for 14 hours. I didn't even turn it on to play with it for a bit. Yeah, it was frustrating but I was worried about the battery life so I did it & my battery has only just gone down one bar & that's after 2 days of playing around with it loads!

All in all I think this is a great phone, it gets a good reaction out of people when I show them, lots of 'wows' :-) The bad reviews are mostly impatient people so if you are thinking about buying this phone then please take into consideration that most of the complaints people have can be avoided if you are sensible about it!

Also, I heard that the screen scratches quite easily so I ordered a screen protector, it was only a few pounds & you can hardly tell it is there!

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Reviewer: Lauren - UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

AMAZING!

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Reviewer: Mike - Kenley, UK
Date: 2nd Aug 2007

Oh this phone is something else! How can the people who not only design them, buy also sign off the finished product keep their jobs! The BATTERY life is a complete joke & if you're lucky it will last a day, in my case only 10 hours so all that rubbish about countless days & 4 hours talk time is all talk. NOT USER friendly at all.

You cannot change the soft key destinations which are pre programmed into the software by what looks like the air time supplier, whatever, it's so easy to launch the Internet when not required. THIS PHONE IS RUBBISH when it really didn't need to be! Samsung rethink WHO is working for you. If I ran my business like you, I would be bankrupt. Stay away from this phone unless you have several spare batteries & don't mind changing them as often as a baby's nappy. Mike.

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Reviewer: Christina - Australia
Date: 2nd Aug 2007

Hi guys. I just wanted an opinion on whether to purchase this phone or the U700. A carrier in Australia have the U700 to purchase, but originally was interested in the U600. Any problems with it? I like that the U600 has FM radio & that the U700 is 3G compatible. Help! I need help deciding!

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Reviewer: Zoe - Cardiff, UK
Date: 2nd Aug 2007

This phone is great from the point of view that it is slim, fairly light in weight & has all the functions I need. However, the BATTERY LIFE is absolutely TERRIBLE. My other phone used to last up to 4 days. This one is lucky if it lasts a day & a half.

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Reviewer: Gordy - UK
Date: 1st Aug 2007

This is definitely the worst/most frustrating phone I've ever used. The buttons are terrible, the touch buttons are worse & have either no feel or are too sensitive.

I constantly cancel things by brushing the cancel button. Also keep calling people by mistake. Doing anything seems too complicated, it comes up with a menu just to answer a call. The menus are annoying, they pop up sub menus which cover everything else up so you can't read the other options properly, not helpful. Can't return it, because get this 'I used it! '.

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Reviewer: Garry Chard - UK
Date: 31st Jul 2007

DON'T GET ONE. I'VE HAD THIS PHONE FOR 6 WEEKS. I HAD the D500 BEFORE MY Sony 610I. BOTH WERE GOOD.

THIS IS BAD BECAUSE.
- I HAVE TAKEN MORE CARE OF THIS PHONE THAN ANY OTHER BUT the SCREEN HAS SCRATCHES ON IT MORE THAN the OTHERS POOR.
- YOU DO RING PEOPLE ALL the TIME WHEN the PHONE IS OPEN OR TEXTING THERE IS 4 SENSITIVE BUTTONS & the LAST CALL BUTTON. PRESSES 2 TIMES & YOU HAVE RANG YOUR LAST CONTACT.
- TEXTING IS A PAIN YOU RIGHT A WORD YOU HAVE TO GO TO the WORD FROM the LIST THEN SELECT IT BUT WHEN YOU ARE AT the TOP OF the SCREEN YOU GO DOWN TO SELECT IT AT the BOTTOM OF the SCREEN YOU GO UP TO SELECT IT. IF YOU SELECT the WRONG WORD, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO the START OF the WORD WAIT ABOUT 5 SECS FOR IT TO COME UP AGAIN. & YOU COULD PRESS the WRONG BUTTON & RING the PERSON YOU ARE TEXTING. IF YOU PRESS the BACK BUTTON & DID NOT WANT TO YOU can't GO BACK TO the TEXT YOU HAVE TO SAVE IT IN DRAFT THEN GO TO DRAFT TO FINISH IT.
- the CAMERA IS GOOD QUALITY BUT TAKES 5 TO 6 SECS TO TAKE A PICTURE.
- the TOUCH SENSITIVE BUTTON HAS the BROWSER ON IT & SO KEEPS TRYING TO CONNECT TO Internet.
- The PHONE BUTTONS ARE POOR BUILD QUALITY IS POOR.
- IT CRACKLES & SOUND GOES ON & OFF WHEN TALKING TO PEOPLE.
- The BATTERY JUST LASTS 2 DAYS BOTH MY OTHER PHONES LASTED 3 DAYS.

GOOD ABOUT IT: - LOOKS GOOD
- LIKE SOME OF the SOFTWARE LIKE WHEN YOU TYPE the NUMBER IN IT RIGHTS IT IN OLD ENGLISH STYLE.
- YOU CAN LOCK YOUR FILES LIKE VIDEOS ETC.
- YOU CAN COUNT YOUR SENT TEXTS IN YOUR CALL LOG.

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Reviewer: Rick - Blackpool, UK
Date: 30th Jul 2007

Just got the phone a week or so ago! I am still finding it tricky to operate. However, the more I do use it, the more confident I am getting. Think this could be said of all my previous new phones though! Will keep with it as it is one the best phones available at present! To those still struggling, stick with it. All the best!

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 30th Jul 2007

I THINK THIS PHONE IS FANTASTIC! The DESIGN IS REALLY cool & sleek & ONLY 10.9 MM THICK! IT HAS LOADS OF A GREAT FEATURES, & IS DEAD EASY TO USE! SO IT'S A BIG THUMBS UP FROM ME!

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Reviewer: Clare Are - Wirral, UK
Date: 30th Jul 2007

I bought this phone & I love it! I love the way you can put pictures & songs from your computer on to the phone & from the phone 2 the computer!

I think the phone is great so far! All the buttons are easy 2 use & I think it's great. If anyone need help or got any questions, I would like to help.

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Reviewer: Laura - Birmingham, UK
Date: 29th Jul 2007

Hey, love the phone, but I brought it from O2, it's not locked to O2, but even now I have put a Orange SIM card in it, it still maintains some O2 features such as the right touch screen button being O2 active & having a 02 start up screen. Does anyone know how to get rid of this?

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Reviewer: Jen - UK
Date: 29th Jul 2007

I know this is a random question. But can you have your own message tone with this phone or do you have to choose from a set of 10 like with other Samsungs! I like to have a random message alert that's all :o) Thanks.

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Reviewer: Kelly - UK
Date: 28th Jul 2007

Phone is bril only thing I am having problems with is the battery when I got the phone I charged it on off for near 12 hours & the battery is lucky to last a day any advice?

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Reviewer: Alvin Soo - Singapore
Date: 28th Jul 2007

I agree with Kelly. The phone is good. There's no problem with the touch sensitive buttons at all. The functions are good. This is my second Samsung phone after 3 yrs. Back then were all Nokia phones. I have given up on Nokia for the lack of design. But I have to admit I still weld have prefer Nokia if they had come up with a design like U600. Over all Samsung U600 is a great phone to have. However the battery life is really short. Mine lasted only for a day with some text messaging & calls. If you mind charging the phone after a day or so, you might just want to go for the style dude. =]

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Reviewer: Natasha - Cumbria, UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

I haven't bought this phone yet but I want to make sure it's worth buying first before I regret it! I've got a Sony Ericsson W850i at the moment but it keeps switching it self off from time to time which is quite annoying when you're in the middle of writing a text!

Can anyone please tell me if it's a good phone & worth the money?

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Reviewer: Macca - Worthing, UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

Got my phone 2 days ago now I used to have a Sony w810i so I am finding this phone a little harder to use takes me longer to send a text message & the touch sensitive buttons can be a bit of a pain but its new.

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Reviewer: Cate - Wiltshire, UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

After reading some of the blogs on here I was a bit worried about the U600 arriving. But now I love it! It's a bit difficult to get used to but once you've played with it for a bit it's great. I did have problems with the 'accidental calling' but just shut the phone, don't try & press unlock, cancel etc It's got that on there cos the buttons are touch sensitive it's to ensure your ear doesn't cut you off when your talking. The camera is good, but it is true about it taking a good 6 - 7 seconds to take the picture. The video recorder I felt most let down by after I read reviews saying it only recorded for 15 seconds. But hey ho I found out (well my boyfriend did) how to lengthen it. So if you need to know I've put it here: It's all because it's on 'limited for multimedia sending' as a definitely' & it records for ages!

I didn't like the 'crystal' case for it, it was too bulky, so I just bought some funky phone socks to keep it safe but so you don't lose the look of the phone. Although I kind of fell in love with the D600, it's still in the family but the U600 is a great phone. The only thing that it missed out on getting 100% was it doesn't have the TV cable to be able to watch your video's on your tele (I loved that on the D600) but I love the U600 for it's 'cropping' facility so I can zoom right in on my fab pictures & they look loads better. Love it!

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Reviewer: John - UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

Really don't know why people are saying that this phone rubbish!

I've had mine about 6 months now & its fine! The screen size is good & the camera is great. The touch sensitive buttons are no problem either!

Think people are making a fuss over nothing. Great phone glad I bought it!

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Reviewer: Sean Long - UK
Date: 26th Jul 2007

Just like the girl below, I am writing so that ppl aren't put off by negative reviews. By far the best phone I have ever had & soooo stylish to boot.

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Reviewer: Bobski - UK
Date: 26th Jul 2007

This phone looks great. Really smart, good features, 3 mega pixel camera.

But, I am absolutely gutted that I have now missed the 7 day period during which I can return the phone. I tried to convince myself I just needed to get used to it but its been nearly two weeks now & I find it practically unusable. If I am very, very careful with what I am doing it, it's possible to perhaps reply to a text & use normally. If you are trying to rush, send a quick text or flick through the contacts, there is practically zero chance of it happening without calling someone by mistake or something. I upgrade from a Samsung D900 which was excellent & am now regretting it.

The touch sensitive buttons are an absolute nightmare. I have lost track of the number of calls that have been made to people by mistake on this phone & also as soon is a call is placed, the keypad is locked. Why has this been done? I just don't see the benefit? Very annoying having the touch sensitive buttons randomly call your boss or someone & then panicking when the hang up button does absolutely nothing. You can hang up by sliding the phone closed, but even that doesn't always work. & what is the point of a hang up button if you can't use it with unlocking the keypad? Who's going to bother? People who are used to a hang up button will either have to spend time getting used to closing the phone instead, or they'll just give up on the handset.

Battery life which was stated as 11 days or some either lies pedaled by the upgrade guy is actually closer to about 2-3 days. & that's bearing in mind that I've hardly used it. Apart from those lovely panicky moments when I am trying to cancel the random call the phone has decided to place to my ex-girlfriend or something & twice in a 4 days I've spent ages painstakingly typing in a lengthy text message using the revamped (why? ) SMS interface only for it to randomly disappear. The most recent time resulted in the phone adding 'flying' to its impressive feature list.

I think I might just stick it on eBay & go back to the d900.

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Reviewer: Paula S - Hull, UK
Date: 26th Jul 2007

I've had this phone a few days now & absolutely love it. I nearly didn't buy because of the reviews I've read. It is very easy to use just like all other mobiles I have had so the people who can't use it shouldn't really have a mobile phone I think. As for the radio that people can't find it is there as long as you plug in your earphones just the same as other phones I have had. I've had no problem with the battery at all. It's the first touch screen I have had & took a couple of days getting use to it but soon sussed that out to. All in all I think this phone is great so don't be put off by other people just do what I did go & buy it & see for yourself you won't be disappointed.

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Reviewer: Phone-addiction - Thetford, UK
Date: 26th Jul 2007

I just forgot, when you get this phone you have to charge it for a full 6 hours without touching it. If you don't charge it for 6 hours then the battery will get mucked up & run out easily which is what most people are doing!

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Reviewer: Danielle - UK
Date: 26th Jul 2007

This is a great phone! I have always had Samsung mobiles & loved the design & overall look of this phone as soon as I saw it in the shop! The touch sensitive keys are fine, no problems at all, all they need is a simple tap & that's it! The camera does take a few second to take a photograph but this is not a problem for me.

I bought the pink version just to be a little bit different from the usual black or silver mobiles that I usually have.

The battery life seems fine so far, I charged it for around 5 hours before using it at all so hopefully this has done the trick!

So far I've had no problems at all with this phone & all it needs is little getting used to as I've never had touch sensitive keys before!

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Reviewer: Lara - Ednburgh, UK
Date: 25th Jul 2007

Fantastic phone! It takes great pictures.

I have three specific niggles with it though. The first thing is that every time I change the profile, it reverts back to its own! I have to re-do the sound settings each time. I now just leave it on normal or switch it off. The second thing is, when texting, it has no ampersand, £ sign, brackets or inverted commas. It does real smileys though! The third thing is, I find it difficult to end a call. I have to open & shut the phone.

All-in-all, a beautiful looking phone. If only it were perfect! :-)

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 25th Jul 2007

I love this phone! I have had no problems with it at all! I really don't know what the fuss is about the touch sensitive keys they are not a problem!

If you're thinking about getting this phone ignore all he bad reviews. Go for it. It's great!

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Reviewer: Matt Noskiw - Derby, UK
Date: 25th Jul 2007

THIS phone is amazing.

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Reviewer: Tim Mccarthy - North West, UK
Date: 25th Jul 2007

Very very disappointed. Read rave reviews about this handset so took the plunge when I had a free upgrade.

Unfortunately the same within 3 days & now I am stuck with it for the next 11 months.

I'd also add that the phone isn't particularly user friendly, texting is awkward & when reading texts if your not careful you'll be calling people as the touch sensitive buttons are exactly that, very sensitive!

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Reviewer: Angelique Basson - London, UK
Date: 25th Jul 2007

HORRIBLE! The phone seems to get worse the longer I use it. The slider is loose, it doesn't ring (changing the settings don't matter! ) & the battery life is non-existent! I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone.

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Reviewer: Bazza - UK
Date: 24th Jul 2007

I love this phone however I have returned 2 already due to the phone freezing & then restarting itself whilst texting in predictive mode, it seems fine in normal mode but it is frustrating. As I've said I am on my 3rd phone now & if this does the same its goodnight U600 I am afraid. It's the only thing that's letting it down.

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Reviewer: Jonathan - Manhattan Beach, Ca, US
Date: 24th Jul 2007

Wow, I just traded my Sony Ericsson m600i for this phone (it got kind of boring.) & at first, it was thoroughly disappointing. I couldn't send my contacts because I had a Mac, but I guess once I found a way around that, & I did get to send them over but everything was all right.

Like all Samsungs the screen is a bit hard to see in sunlight which is kind of annoying but I guess I can live with that.

Also, the keys are VERY sensitive. I'll be texting or anything involving the key pad & then I'll grace my finger over the clear/exit key without knowing & then all my hard work is gone (even though I am the BEST T9 user you'll EVER know! Haha)!

Some have said that the bottom piece feels like & looks like cheap plastic. Wow, why would you have gotten the phone w/o researching & looking at photos? ! But anyways, I guess sometimes pictures don't really look anything like the product. BUT, anyways, I got the ruby color & it looks VERY sophisticated, I love it. This actually makes a pretty decent fashion phone.

Also, I have to say that I am in accordance with everyone else. The battery life is terrible, within 6 hours, the little battery icon went from 3 -> 2 bars, & then 2 -> 1 bar. It's upsetting but I think the phone is worth enough for me to stand the battery life. I'll probably end up getting another [battery] anyways.

Overall, I am very satisfied. Extremely happy & unexpectedly in love with this phone. Amongst those two problems I had (the over-sensitive heat-sensitive buttons & the poor battery life), there's one more - it's not 3G, I would've liked the secondary camera for conferences but I guess that's what the u700 is for? ! But it doesn't bother me too much so every time I slide the phone open (which by the way is a VERY smooth & mechanically precise mechanism) the geek inside of me is ultimately pleased.

*hope this helped!

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Reviewer: Kelly - UK
Date: 24th Jul 2007

People!

To get it off predictor text, just hold the * button!

It takes 4 seconds to take a picture, well so does the Samsung D900, but still no one has complained about that are they!

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Reviewer: Kelly M - UK
Date: 24th Jul 2007

After reading loads of negative reviews, I had doubts about buying this phone but in the end I bought it anyway & I am soooo glad!

All of the bad reviews I read were completely not true & most ppl just wrote you can't do certain things because THEY just didn't know how to do it! A lot of people said you can't turn off predictive text - you can! Some said you have to unlock the phone to come out of a call - all you have to do is the slide the phone down! A lot of people complain about the touch sensitive buttons - there's really no problem with them at all, maybe some people just have clumsy hands. I haven't really found any features that are missing.

The only reason I am writing this review is because I don't want people to be put off buying this phone like I almost did!

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Reviewer: Linda - Dundee, UK
Date: 24th Jul 2007

Best phone I have ever had.

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Reviewer: Rachel - UK
Date: 24th Jul 2007

I really like this phone. I got it yesterday & haven't been able to put it down! One question- if you receive a text message off someone that is longer than one page do you have to wait for it to come through? I have a text message that's 3 pages long but can't read it =[

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Reviewer: Phone-addiction - UK
Date: 23rd Jul 2007

Had the phone for a couple of days now. My battery is fine & is still on full even though I have mucked with it constantly. Lovely design but even though the phone takes a few seconds to take a picture I rate this phone to anyone!

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Reviewer: FMC - London, UK
Date: 23rd Jul 2007

Seems good so far but one question. Under predictive texting, how do you go back into a word already typed & change the spelling of it without having to delete the whole word & start again? Other than this niggly problem, the phone is great.

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Reviewer: Harish - Malaysia
Date: 23rd Jul 2007

To all those who are confused whether to buy this phone or not, BUY it. I was in doubt after reading the many positive & negative reviews but after owning it I can say it is the best phone I have ever had. Yes the heat sensitive buttons are difficult at first, but not that bad.

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Reviewer: Emily - Bolton, UK
Date: 22nd Jul 2007

I have had this phone for 1 day. On the first day, I kept playing with it while it was charging & so it didn't get the charging it needed. I also took it off after 3 hours! I had no problems with the battery, it lasted til I went to bed (4 hours) & still had full battery even then! I messed about with it & send some songs (around 10). The facilities on this phone are amazing! The touch screen, didn't take me 5 minutes to suss out-it is so incredibly easy! The design is magnificence! I would definitely review helpful & if you are wondering on whether to get it- don't just get it!

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Reviewer: Jim - Alberquerque, US
Date: 22nd Jul 2007

Brilliant, fabulous, the best phone ever.

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Reviewer: Addy - UK
Date: 21st Jul 2007

AWFUL PHONE! Mine broke the day after I got it, the touch buttons froze then I could do nothing!

I have got a new phone now, still Samsung. The Samsung F300! The good thing about this phone if it freezes there is a reset button so there is nothing to worry about, the F300 is way better I think!

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Reviewer: Charlotte - Cannock, UK
Date: 20th Jul 2007

I have had this phone for about 3 weeks & apart from calling random people at times I'd rather not & having quite a low phone memory I have nothing negative to say. The phone is good looking, very stylish with a big screen. The camera is really good & is great for when my friends & I fancy having a pose. Thanks Samsung for this great phone I love it! X

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Reviewer: Sami - UK
Date: 19th Jul 2007

For every one who is saying the camera is rubbish because you have to stand still, stop that is what you paid for 'auto focus'!

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Reviewer: Furry Bear - UK
Date: 19th Jul 2007

I have already posted a review for this fantastic phone, however I have got a few questions if anyone can help!

Is there any way the alarm can sound while the phone is on silent?

It seems I can only assign ringtones to certain people if their number is stored on the phone, I like to have numbers on my sim in case my phone breaks but if I copy them from phone to sim my contacts list is in duplicate, does anyone know a way round this, I'd be very grateful, cheers!

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Reviewer: Manny - London, UK
Date: 19th Jul 2007

When I first started using the phone, the touch buttons were doing my head in. I kept on calling people who were in my recent contacts lists. But I've had the phone for 2 weeks now, I've got used to the buttons & I am really starting to enjoy using this phone. MP3 player is great, although I could do with ordering a 2GB memory card of eBay soon as I can hardly get nothing on it with the standard size. The camera quality is brilliant as well. All in all, a great phone after you get over the touch buttons haha LOL.

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Reviewer: Darren - UK
Date: 19th Jul 2007

I hate this phone! It looks fantastic & for the first couple of weeks I put it down to being different. After owning the phone for about 6 weeks I am now looking to buy another handset as I don't want to wait for a free upgrade.

The camera is rubbish, as many other people have stated the subject has to be perfectly still for the photo to be clear. Texting is very unintuitive & the touch sensitive buttons seem to react to being looked at. I wish I had stuck with my Sony Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Saima Arooj - Birmingham, UK
Date: 18th Jul 2007

I bought this phone despite the nightmare touch sensitive buttons of the E900. The buttons are better BUT the problem is the casing, it's my third phone in five weeks, the first one I got was wobbling when I bought it but the second one started three weeks later & I had to go back & get a replacement. I hated the E900 BUT AT LEAST IT WASN'T THIS FLIMSY.

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Reviewer: Freddi Boi! - UK
Date: 18th Jul 2007

I have rated them all low!

I don't see the point in that cheap looking plastic bit at the bottom, it ruins the phone I think! It has lots & lots of features which is good, but I think it has too many, this makes the phone slow & freeze a lot. Also the touch buttons drive me mad ahhhhh.

I have always had a Samsung, I love them & they are reliable, but this ones isn't one of their best sorry!

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Reviewer: Shona - York, UK
Date: 18th Jul 2007

I have had this phone now for nearly 2 months & am shocked at how poor it is! After being a long term Nokia user I thought it was about time I gave another brand ago & frankly I am stunned at how difficult it is to use! I regularly find myself phoning random people due to the over sensitive buttons, but when I need to use them have to tap them quite hard for them to work! The phone regularly switches itself off when sending text messages & if you're not really careful will delete whole messages, again, due to the badly placed touch sensitive keys! The battery life is poor to say the least, & will last no longer than 2 days if you are a regular user like me! I hate to be overly negative as I think the design, menu system & features are fantastic, all that lets it down is the hardware! Come back Nokia, all is forgiven!

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Reviewer: Lyndz - UK
Date: 18th Jul 2007

Big issue with this phone debating whether or not to send it back! Is there a message counter?

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Reviewer: Kym - Manchester, UK
Date: 18th Jul 2007

I recently upgraded with Orange from a Sony W800i to the U600 due to the design & 3.2 Mp Camera etc which everyone seems to get sold on. I had read several bad reviews about the touch sensitive buttons, but thought surely they could not be too bad!?

I was wrong. When reading messages I found myself calling the person almost every time. This is annoying to say the least! Writing messages is also a struggle due to layout of buttons on keypad, so again 1/10 on that.

The camera is 3.2 Mp, but should you move it 1mm whilst taking the pic it blurs & you have to take it again!? What's that all about? My old Sony was spot on for taking photos, & that was 2Mpixel. Videos are also poor. When panning on Video, they picture becomes very pixilated!

Anyway, I have had the phone for 6 days & have just called Orange to re-upgrade to the Sony k810i. It's going to be a couple of weeks due to sending the phone back, but well worth the trouble.

Save yourself the hassle. Go for a Sony Ericsson!

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Reviewer: Holz - UK
Date: 16th Jul 2007

I got this phone a few weeks a go & I love it! I had a Samsung phone before & it lasted a long time so I saw this in pink & I upgraded. The camera is very good, especially when it is loaded onto the computer is still quite clear.

The only issue I have is sometimes I end up ringing people off my last calls because its just one slip of the hand & the same with texts I have gone through a long text & slipped & the whole text was deleted. However apart from that I have no other issues with the phone at all & would recommend it to anyone.

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Reviewer: Becki - UK
Date: 16th Jul 2007

I have only just got this phone & I love it, but how do you upload music on to it? What sort of files does it take? At the moment I just can't do it, & it's really annoying me!

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Reviewer: Alexandra - UK
Date: 16th Jul 2007

It is a beautiful mobile phone that I have just been bought for my birthday, & I must say that it is my favourite phone out of all the mobiles I have ever owned!

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Reviewer: Sian - Aber, Afghanistan
Date: 16th Jul 2007

V good phone! Good design & v easy to use! I love the Samsung phones & I hope this phone will be as good as my other Samsung!

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Reviewer: Bob - Glasgow, UK
Date: 16th Jul 2007

This is my second U600 the first one needed charging after one day so I sent it back & got another one it lasts now for approx 4 days but I am a light user but I do have the Bluetooth function on all the time for hands-free through my tomtom navigation. This phone has great looks but if you are a heavy user I wouldn't recommend this phone as the battery life is poor. The MP3 player & radio are fine works well I bought a 2GB card for £2 although the postage was £9 but this helps greatly for storage. The touch sensitive buttons take a little bit to get used to & I find it annoying to cancel a call I have to press unlock then the cancel button. You can set a theme on this phone which changes depending what country you are in (UK being Big Ben & the houses of parliament) you also get an airplane trailing coloured smoke when you get a text, in nighttime its fireworks, clouds float by & birds fly by too. The phone has vivid mode which changes some words in texts you receive for emoticons. You can have your own sound for text message received (I had the d600 before & you couldn't do this) the camera takes nice pictures although it is a bit slow taking the photo in other words as long as nothing is moving the picture will be sharp enough. I thought it was a bit of a con that the games I have on the phone 3 of them were demos you have to pay to get the full game. All in all there are some small gripes but no phone is perfect. The phone is great looking & does its job well the only thing letting it down is battery life.

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Reviewer: Michy - Mississauga, Canada
Date: 15th Jul 2007

Am I be able to use mp3s I uploaded from my PC as my ringtone? How about for text messages alert?

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Reviewer: Mary - Kent, UK
Date: 15th Jul 2007

Had the phone for 4 days now & have had to charge it every day! That's the worst thing ever. What happens if I am going camping & there is no electricity I am not going to have a phone? It should last for at least 2-3 days min! Other than that I really like the phone it's my first Samsung.

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Reviewer: Joanna - UK
Date: 15th Jul 2007

I got this phone a couple of days ago on Orange as my first contract phone & I love it! I got the pink one & I think the colour is gorgeous its very girly & its such a nice phone to look at its very stylish & really light & thin, love it!

The features are excellent it has everything you could need! I think the camera is very good as with my other phones the camera quality has been pretty poor but this one takes clear photos. The only feature I don't like about this phone is the games, I was excited when I found out there was loadsa games on it but the way you can only play so far on them is somewhat annoying!

I think the touch screen buttons are very easy to use but as some other people have said the battery life is not so good on this phone, if you use it a lot it only lasts a day! However, if you don't use it as much it can last about a day & a half so pretty poor in that department but oh well I think its a brilliant phone & I am happy to keep it & charge it every night if I have to!

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Reviewer: Anna - UK
Date: 15th Jul 2007

I have had this phone for little over a month now, & so far I have had no major problems with it. The camera is excellent quality, although it does take a while to take pictures, & I love the design. The touch screen is just something you have to live with, but to avoid calling people & wasting my money I dial the number to check my balance (1345 on Vodafone, 4444 on O2 etc) after calling someone. It's saved me a few pennies.

I have one question for anyone that has this phone. It comes with a Tetris Demo, & I am addicted to it. Has anyone bought it? If so, could you tell me if it costs £4.50 for the complete game in total, or does it cost £9? Help would be appreciated because I am dangerously addicted to this game!

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 15th Jul 2007

I have had this phone now for just over a month, & I still love it.

Sometimes, when texting or going through the menu, I will accidentally press the back button instead of the right button, & so it will send me back to the main screen, which is fairly irritating.

the camera quality is amazing, although does sometimes take a while to take a photo, I believe this is because of the auto-focus.

I've not yet tried to make videos on there, so I can't comment on the quality of those.

A lot of people have said that the music isn't very good, as there are often delays between songs. I also can't comment on this because I have never really listened to it on here, as I have an iPod.

As for the battery life, it isn't great. I have to charge it every other day or so. But this is my second Samsung (I previously had a Samsung Z500) & the same thing happened with that. I was constantly having to charge the phone.

But overall, the phone is amazing. One of the best on the market.

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Reviewer: Raul - Singapore
Date: 15th Jul 2007

Excellent phone, completely satisfied with it.

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Reviewer: Tt - Viet Nam
Date: 15th Jul 2007

Super slim, nice color & easy to slide up. But there is one problem is message tone without vibration. Anyway, it's OK!

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Reviewer: Lisa - Newcastle, UK
Date: 14th Jul 2007

I have just upgraded to the pink U600 on Orange & I love it to bits! The battery life is the same as the previous Samsung's but this phone has so many features that outweigh that.

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Reviewer: Louise - UK
Date: 14th Jul 2007

I recently received the Samsung u600 for my birthday as my Walkman w810i broke for some reason. Anyways I got it out the box & first thing I noticed was the large screen I wasn't too fond on it but as time has passed I have got to thinking it looks OK. I get annoyed when I press the wrong button & it starts phoning someone & it won't stop it also annoys me that it takes about 4 seconds for the music to start playing as with the Walkman it looped them so it played one after another without any breaks. The camera takes time to focus as well but the camera gives you a great picture unless if you are taking a picture of friends they feel the need to move & it gives you a funny looking picture. I was delighted that it had 6 games on it then when I went to play them you can only get so far on 5 of them & the game that you can keep playing is rather rubbish. But apart from all the points listed it's an OK phone

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Reviewer: Nataliie - Wrexham, UK
Date: 14th Jul 2007

I have had this phone 2 days now & I love it! Its sooo slim & silk it fits comfy in ma pocket, love the fact that you can use the screen as mirror to. Well I am a girl :D Just annoys me that sometimes the buttons stop working for no apparent reason, has anyone else have this problem?

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Reviewer: Pete - Grays, Essex, UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

Read so much about the u600 a bit confused but still like it have k800i been back for repair 3 times, for software problems & upgrade keeps going blank the screen & loosing all the memory so going for u600.

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Reviewer: Simon - Northwich, UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

OK I've read loads of reviews of this phone prior to getting one -some good some bad. I have to say I think the phone is excellent. The touch sensitive buttons work really well & a superb looking phone, great features & so thin. Get one you won't regret it.

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Reviewer: Mo - Stoke, UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

This is a great phone, which has been well designed & has good features, it includes extra features than the previous Samsungs. The ringing tones are reasonably loud & it includes 60 mb internal memory which is a bit of a downfall as you can only save a small amount of songs, pics, vids etc but this can be sorted by purchasing a MicroSD Card which costs around £7.49 for a 1 GB.

Overall the phone is a nice phone with some new & extra features, so it's a thumbs up from me.

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

Just got this phone today. Impressed so far & finding the touch sensitive buttons easier to use than I anticipated. Two questions though if anyone can help me please.

1. I am on Orange & there is a shortcut menu on the left hand side of the screen. Does anyone know how to get rid of this?

2. I was told that like the D900, this phone would have houses of parliament with flying birds/fireworks when messages received etc, so far I haven't been able to locate this.

Have I been mis-informed? Thanks.

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Reviewer: Guppyfish - Harrow, UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

Just got this phone in pink for free on upgrade. Firstly, yes it's every girl's candy pink dream! BUT the battery is annoyingly low as mentioned in other reviews. I fully charged the battery before even turning the phone on & it still died a day later, which is pretty rubbish to me as I am used to my phone battery lasting 2-3 days & that's with normal use. Another annoying thing about this phone is the irritating vibration that comes on when the battery is low. OK I can see the bars are low, I don't need to feel it too! This is the first time I've got a phone that isn't Nokia so I guess this low battery vibration is something I have to get used to. I love the design, it's sleek & stylish & definitely, nothing's perfect.

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Reviewer: Rhiannon Anthony - Northampton, UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

This is possibly the best phone I have ever had!

Have had Samsungs, Sony Ericcsons & Nokia's - old & new. I did have a Samsung D900 which I thought was wonderful, but had to have it changed as it malfunctioned & was offered the U600 instead.

It arrived Yesterday & I have never had such a brilliantly designed, stylish & sleek & highly usable phone.

It has everything you could ever want - & some.

If you are thinking or getting this then don't think any more it is the best phone available!

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Reviewer: Martin Scanlan - Wallington, UK
Date: 12th Jul 2007

QUESTION. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHETHER the SAMSUNG U600 MOBILE PHONE SUPPORTS AD2P?

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Reviewer: Carrie - UK
Date: 12th Jul 2007

I have had this phone for a week & have mixed opinions of it so far.

The phone itself is very stylish & I love the sleek look of it. The sapphire blue is nice. It took a while to get used to the touch screen keys however, & have quite often been in the middle of a text & just a slight touch on the wrong button has canceled it. When I am reading a text I also somehow manage to start to call that person & then struggle to hang up because the keys are locked. Strange.

I agree with many of the other reviews that the camera has a lot to be desired because the time delay is too long. But it does take a good picture if you can sit still for long enough! My main gripe with this phone is the battery life. My old Samsung used to last 3 days not a problem & the U600 lasts no longer than a day which I find a right pain & will start to irritate me!

But so far so good!

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Reviewer: Cameron - Walsall, UK
Date: 12th Jul 2007

First time I have bought a mobile phone on contract, having always had a pay as you go phone.

I liked the style & slim design of this phone which has more features then I would ever use.

The button are easy to use as I always seemed to have problems with my previous phones & the u600 screen is bright & clear to view.

Best of all, I found a free mobile phone contract that also included the phone as well.

So far very pleased with the phone.

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Reviewer: Vanessa - London, UK
Date: 12th Jul 2007

As cute & sleek as this phone may look, I cannot believe with everything that this phone can do, the battery life is not longer. I practically have to charge my every night & it isn't about adding pounds to my electric bill! To b honest, if I had known about the battery I wouldn't have got the phone. Also the camera procrastination, aka 5 second delay is a bit ridiculous when you have to keep saying to the subjects 'keep still. Keep still! '. To be honest, I feel like the shops knew & know about these 2 gripes & like some customers are realising now, it's not as great as it seems. I CANNOT wait for my upgrade!

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Reviewer: Marie - UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

I have had this phone since Sunday, so nearly 4 days. It is an excellent phone & recommend it to anyone.

However the camera can become a bit of a pain because of its long delay & I am always calling other people because of the touch sensitive buttons. However to stop this I clear my call log on a regular basis.

I have got this on a £25 contract from virgin & it is excellent. I particularly like being with virgin as if next month I would use my phone more I can ring them & they can upgrade me to the £30 contract for that month.

I have also seen the Orange version & I wasn't impressed with the alterations they made, like the menu. I also don't like the Orange symbol on the back (I am a bit fussy like that). However Orange have an excellent £35 deal at the moment.

I opted to go with a 12 month contract as the phone is becoming very popular &, like the razor V3, has a high risk of being ''too common'', I also chose to not get the pink version as I feel it will simply go out of date quickly.

Overall excellent phone - definitely the best contract phone on the market.I would recommend it to everyone.

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Reviewer: Gdad - UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

Great phone. I do believe that more thought could be given to ensuring that inadvertent operation of external buttons do not cut off incoming calls when removing phone from its wallet.

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Reviewer: Liz - London, UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

Absolutely love this phone. It's 3 months now & still going strong!

However, the battery life is a bit of a let-down. Having to charge it nearly every night & that's just for minimal usage. Nokia is still rated the best for battery lifespan.

On the music side, there seems to be a slight problem with the volume, in terms of using a 'downloaded' tune as a ringtone. Sometimes, I don't even hear my phone ringing & that's even when it's switched on to 'vibrate & melody'. Sony Ericsson seems to be great for music.

Apart from these minor glitches, the phone is great! Design is sleek; very eye-catching & touch screen is relatively easy to use (once you get used to it). Camera produces excellent images - clear & crisp.

I wouldn't trade it for anything else. Unless of course another great phone came into the market. If you're a 'tech' buff, then this is the phone for you.

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Reviewer: Ben - London, UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

The top 4 buttons are touch sensitive e.g. The two phone icons either side of the circle & the two line-like buttons just below the screen. As for the circular pad in the middle & the number keys, no. =)

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Reviewer: Ray - London, UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

U600. Uummmm?

I had this phone for 3 weeks & I had to return it.

It is amazingly light & thin, no doubt about that. It's really good looking & stylish.

BUT. Remember, if you don't like TOUCH SENSITIVE phones then don't get it, although this one isn't that sensitive compared to the E900, promise!

If you are a man with considerable 'big' fingers, then the buttons on the keypad might be a nightmare to use.

Don't even ask me about the battery life! It is extremely bad! I even contacted Samsung directly & they sent me a new battery, but the same thing happened. I had to charge this phone every two days! Without me even using it a lot & it is OFF during night time.

After 2 weeks, I noticed it switches off itself without any apparent reason, when I try to send a text message, it switches off (sometimes). SO, I RETURNED IT!

I will just stick to the Sony Ericsson for now, they have the best battery life & very reliable! Trust me, I had 3 Sony Ericssons before & a friend of mine works in a mobile phone repair shop, he knows which ones are good & not so good.

Good Luck!

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Reviewer: Katie - Southampton, UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

I think this phone is great! You can use ringtones & message tones which is fab & for once they are really loud too! The two touch buttons are great & I love the pink colour! I will keep this phone for a long time.

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Reviewer: Aj - UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

A definitely before brains device!

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Reviewer: Ade - Cannock, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

This is probably one of the best phones out there. Build quality is superb. Beats me why people moan about the delay on the camera, if you know how to use a proper camera then this acts exactly the same, point, with button pressed slightly until focused, the further the quicker it will focus, then press all the way, set so the focus is on matrix, this will focus slightly quicker, spot focus can be slightly quicker as it concentrates its focal on one spot only, giving a better depth of field, trouble is a lot of people out there are point & shoot novices, & can't use a proper camera, if you could then you would find it quite easy. My only grip is it is a bit of a pain ending calls quickly, as you have to unlock, or slide to do it.

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Reviewer: Stephen Bessey - Norwich, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

On the whole a very good phone, great looks great screen but poor battery life, mines about 3 days.

Also on the negative side I will never understand why Samsung insist on making the select button the Internet launch! On the plus side it looks great, fits in my pocket perfectly.

Also has some really useful features.

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Reviewer: Sophie - Durham, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

I am a Sony Ericsson lover wanting to venture out to this phone as their are no nice Sony's on the market. Do people recommend that I switch? anyone rate Sony Ericsson more?

Also I cannot live without a phone strap on my phone. Does any1 know ANY WAY in which I can connect a strap to this phone?

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Reviewer: Abbie - Nottingham, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

Can somebody tell me is this phone touch sensitive buttons please? As I am meant to be getting this phone delivered tomorrow & am unsure of it.

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Reviewer: Hannah - Portsmouth, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

Upgraded from e900 & it's a lot better. Camera & display is much brighter only thing I miss is a little jingle when you open the slider bet hey i'll live! Love the fact you can choose a song 2 b your msg alert. Only bad thing is the battery doesn't last long.

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Reviewer: Rachel - Lowton, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

I have just ordered this phone & I am just wondering if the ringtones is loud on it because there's not much point in having it quite so you can't hear it. Also because I listen to a lot of music on my phone does it store a lot of tunes?

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Reviewer: Simon Miller - Northampton, UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

Excellent & stylish phone. Once you get used to them tappy buttons! Excellent 3.2Mp camera provides quality pictures.

Battery life does seem to be a problem, but then how do you keep the phone so slim, pack it with features, give it a massive screen & expect the battery to last a week?!

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Reviewer: Jess - Wirral, UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

Got this phone & is taking a while getting used to the touch buttons, struggle to end calls at times as well as it doesn't always unlock straight away. It does look lovely & I like all the features. Main gripe is the camera, it's alright for people to say what's a few seconds but if you're main subject of photos is 4 year old son & friends you find they have left the shot before it has taken! Does anyone know how to switch off the auto focus as that would be so much better, tried using macro but no better!? !

Another moan is with phones 4 u I tried to take the phone back but was unable as there was a mark which I know I did not make as it had not been out of the box at home so that is how they sold it to me.

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Reviewer: Sam - London, UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

Brilliant phone.

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Reviewer: Adam - UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

Great phone just got it, love it.

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Reviewer: Natasha - Notts, UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

At first I absolutely LOVED this phone, I mean everything about it was brilliant. I took amazing care of it, I didn't take the protective screen off for 3 weeks, I didn't drop it & I put it in a case, THEN IT ALL WENT VERY WRONG! After a week or so the screen started to leak its colours or show no display whatsoever & I had to turn the phone off then on again repeatedly for it to appear normal. At first I thought it would be OK & I waited a few more days & then decided to complain. Vodafone said they would send me a replacement but cancelled it as I didn't complain in the 14 day guarantee which I didn't have a clue about & to make it worse they didn't tell me they cancelled the replacement & now I've had to suffer with this one until they decide to fix it for me. Just over one month on, the screen now shows no display whatsoever, even after been turned on & off & I have just been sent the repair package & to top it all off I still have to pay the contract without using the phone anyway! To anyone thinking to buy this phone DON'T CONSIDER IT. To be honest you're much better off considering a Sony Ericsson as my sister just got the new one & it is an amazing phone with NO FLAWS!

AN EXTREMELY UNHAPPY SAMSUNG/Vodafone CUSTOMER.

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Reviewer: Gavy D - UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

Got my Samsung U600 yesterday. Not fully tested it out however, all the talk about the keypad being a nightmare are strictly not true. Firstly, they do not appear to be touch sensitive as people are saying. The two soft keys are, but not the keypad. It actually has a great feel to it I think.

The battery: I charged it up for 24 hrs & after it being on for 12 hours today & a couple of calls & texts later it is still showing full power. Time will tell, but a slim phone like this, without a large battery, is not perhaps going to last as long as some others. I remember years ago Samsung actually released a phone that had two batteries: a slim one, & a larger one. I didn't use the large one, ever. Just charge the phone properly.

I was worried about the phone after reading all the reviews, but I am so glad I got it. After all, if it was only battery life I was concerned about, I would have kept my D600: also a fab phone.

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Reviewer: Vambo - Ayrshire, UK
Date: 8th Jul 2007

Short & sweet, I use the phone for three things:

- Making calls
- Texting
- Taking photo's

For the first two - the touch sensitive pads are a pain. Yes you can get used to it. You'll find you can keep your thumb a lot closer to the centre navigation wheel than you would think. But you still accidentally miss from time to time & muck up whatever you are doing. Not acceptable.

Taking photos. You would be better throwing a sheet over your head & removing the lens from a pinhole camera. 5 second delays are suitable for studies in still life only. If that is your bag, then the quality is superb.

As a point of interest. This is not unique to the U600. Almost all new generation phones have the autofocus delay. So if taking pictures you have had it.

Full of features, slim & stylish but a complete retrograde step in usability. The camera belongs to the turn of the century when it comes to exposure time.

Sorry, back to the shop. I'll be requesting a downgrade.

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Reviewer: James Hinchliffe - UK
Date: 8th Jul 2007

This is a brilliant phone, even though at first the touch sensitive buttons do cause a hassle you get used to them pretty much straight away. The camera is great, the delay is due to the auto focus re-adjusting the shot to give top notch pictures. This phone well worth it, but some people say it is a gap of 5 seconds, mine does it pretty quickly, just a couple of seconds it takes.

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Reviewer: Lauren - UK
Date: 7th Jul 2007

I am thinking of getting this phone but does it come with a sim lock on images & text?

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Reviewer: Kez - UK
Date: 6th Jul 2007

I had the E900 for a year, & just upgraded to the U600. I was used to the touch screen buttons already so that really isn't a problem for me. The display & screen are amazing, & the picture quality is really good.

However, the battery life I believe is quite poor. My battery lasts a day at the most, depending on how many calls you make. I find this a bit disappointing, but not inconvenient when I can just charge it up over night. I even charged the battery 16 hours before I even turned the phone on like you are supposed too.

All in all, I like the design, I like the features. Definitely that lets it down. Well. You can't have it all LOL.

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Reviewer: Fowler07 - UK
Date: 6th Jul 2007

I got the pink u600 about a week ago & I love it to bits! Its got loads on it I never get bored of it! It looks absolutely stunning & the sound is great! I think this is definitely finger/thumb on the back/end call button & having to do it all again!

Overall I love this phone & recommend it to anyone! The blue/grey is fab too!

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Reviewer: Marty-party - Reading, UK
Date: 6th Jul 2007

Actually I, have a few questions for those owners of the u600.

1) If an SMS text message fails to send, is it held in the outbox & automatically sent later? I live in a weak reception area & the Motorola phones keep trying until the message is sent.

2) Have Samsung improved the menu over the older phones? Does it still take loads of key presses for a simple function? One example I remember on the old phones was the amount of questions you had to answer just to send a text I.e. Any more recipients, asks for number when in most cases you want to send to someone in your contact list etc etc? Thanks

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Reviewer: Monika - UK
Date: 6th Jul 2007

I bought this phone just 2 days ago & its absolutely fantastic! I was a bit worried about the touch sensitive buttons as I have never used a phone with buttons like these. But once I got it, its soooo easy to use! All you do is tap it & that's it.

I deff recommend this phone!

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Reviewer: Teyana - UK
Date: 4th Jul 2007

I just got this phone for my birthday & I am going say although there are some bad points I still love the phone. Firstly it looks so sleek & stylish & its so slim you can't even feel it in your pocket. The touch sensitive buttons are so cool even though it gets annoying at times when your hand touches it slightly & it cancels whatever your doing. The memory seems like enough but for people like me who like storing music & pics its not enough I think I am going to buy a memory card. It takes me longer to text because you have to press the buttons much harder. The camera quality is really good.

Can someone just tell me can I get a clock on the outside when the phone is closed because otherwise the screen just stays black & at night its better if it had a clock there?

Anyway the phone is really good & I am sure you wouldn't regret buying it. Every phone has some bad points so you can't do much!

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Reviewer: Chris Whitaker - Lancashire, UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2007

THIS IS the WORST MOBILE PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD! . I HAVE HAD SAMSUNGS FOR 5 YEARS, LAST BEING the D600. I UPGRADED TO THIS PIECE OF JUNK 4 WEEKS AGO. & IN the LAST WEEK the TEXT MESSAGES CONSTANTLY JAM AFTER 3 OR SO WORDS, THEN IT WON'T DO ANYTHING! . I HAVE TO TAKE the BATTERY OFF TO DISCONNECT IT! . WHICH. LASTS HALF the TIME OF the D600. IF YOU THINK THIS PHONE IS GREAT, WAIT TILL YOUVE HAD IT A FEW WEEKS OR A MONTH OR SO. THEN YOU WILL FEEL LIKE SMASHING IT TO BITS, COS I DO! . IT'S GOING BACK TO 02 & I WANT A DIFFERENT PHONE, ONE WITHOUT THAT PATHETIC ICE-CREAM VAN TUNE WHEN YOU PRESS A WRONG BUTTON OR YOUR TEXT REFUSES TO SEND ( LIKE MINE DOES 90% OF the TIME ).

UTTER rubbish!

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Reviewer: J Plater - Leighton Buzzard, UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2007

What a great phone, I think its the best one out, try it for yourself.

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Reviewer: Lance - Hewitt, UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2007

Quite simply just a great little phone! 90% on design because I can't work out what the plastic bit at the bottom is for, otherwise floorless. If anything there are too many features, more like a small laptop than a mobile there's so much loaded on it. Usability is near perfect, although if honest not the easiest phone to dial out on! Simple once you're used to it though. I traded an LG Chocolate in for it & wouldn't go back. Slimmer, far better designed, loads more functionality & considerably lighter.

As I said, quite simply a great little phone. Buy one!

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Reviewer: Decider - UK
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

Well at the moment I have Samsung p400 which is very old & I have been looking for a new phone, I was thinking of Samsung e900 or 3G chocolate but I have been told that these two phones are very bad & should not be touched, so is this phone reliable, because I do want a good phone, so what are the views on this phone?

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Reviewer: Darren - Morgan, UK
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

This phone is awesome. Good bits: touch buttons are just right they are not over sensitive at all, when you have a good signal the sky on your background is bright blue but as your signal gets weaker more clouds appear on your screen. In the day when you get a message a plane flies across the screen & at night your screen sky goes darker & lights will come on the picture, if you receive a message when the screen is like this fireworks will go off in the background. Texting is awesome & the predictive text is wicked. The only bad things with texting is that I don't think you can turn off predictive text if you don't want to use it so you better get used to it. My battery life is good as well as it lasted 3 days with average use before conking out on me. It has a very strong slide as well, it is not shaky at all. Camera is very good as it is 3.2 megapixel. There is a delay after pressing the button & the picture actually being taken. You will get used to this very very quickly. There are also loads of adjustments you can fiddle around with to get your picture just right. Perfect phone definitely get it its brill. Otherwise you won't know what you're missing out on.

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Reviewer: Katherine - UK
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

I have recently got this phone & I think it is brilliant. Originally I was quite put off by some of the reviews I have read about the battery life & the touch screen buttons. I am glad however that I ignored the comments & bought it anyway! LOL. Fist of all the battery is not bad at all, a lot better in fact than my last Samsung, the e720. I charged the u600 when I bought it on the Tuesday, & did not have to recharge it till the Sunday, & I used it a lot in between time! The touch buttons also have not been a problem for me, I have never accidentally called someone, to do this you would have to touch the call button twice. Also, if this is a problem it is easily solved by deleting the records in your call log, e.g. missed calls, answered calls etc. Overall it is a lovely phone. It looks lovely, very slim! It is packed with features & is relatively easy to use. The reason I have given it 90% for usability is because while the touch buttons are fine & you get used to them, it would be easier without them! Overall though a brilliant phone, best phone I have ever had.

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Reviewer: Mark - Hull, UK
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

I love the style of this phone, but after changing from a Sony Ericsson W700i I found it rather irritating at first. The camera takes fantastic pictures if you keep your subject matter still for a few seconds. The music player gives great quality sound but if you're accessing music stored on your microSD it takes a few seconds to start the song. Also, you can't access the memory card if you're listening to music. I really like the touch sensitive buttons, but they do take a while to get used to. Texting is much slower than on my previous phone too, & that's not just down to the buttons. The screen is gorgeous to look at, even in direct sunlight thanks to a sunlight mode. The phone can view Microsoft office applications, which is a great convenience for myself. You can't edit them, but being able to bring up an excel spreadsheet or word doc on the go is great. Overall the U600 is a great phone with a few annoying definitely.

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Reviewer: Al - Brighton, UK
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

Love this phone. Ignore the other reviews. Trust me you will love it if you get it. Only thing you need to be is not heavy handed with the touch buttons & you will be fine.

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Reviewer: Footy - England, UK
Date: 1st Jul 2007

I am going to get this phone! And loads ppl say that the photos take ages to take! Well what do you expect? It's a 3.2 mp camera which is one of the best you can get on a phone! And it is gong take longer because the image is beta quality! Just be PATIENT! 5 secs isn't gong make much difference in your life is it?

I think everything on this phone is absolutely amazing! & I love it! I am getting the pink one! & also touch sensitive are so easy to use! I always go on my mates phone so I am used to them! Stop complaining & just practice using them! Some people just expect TOOO much!

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Reviewer: Minni - Leeds, UK
Date: 30th Jun 2007

Hi! I just got the U600 & it seems like a great phone HOWEVER. When the keypad locks the screen turns black. Is this meant to happen? Also if it is then is it possible to get the clock/time visible when the screen is black as I could do this on my D500? PLEASE HELP!

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Reviewer: Michelle - London, UK
Date: 29th Jun 2007

I got this phone in PINK last night & I absolutely love it! I had a Samsung D600 before so this 1 was quite easy to get the hang of. The heat activated buttons are not a problem at all just have to give it a little tap & it is pressed, everything about it is great! Love this phone!

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Reviewer: Emily - UK
Date: 29th Jun 2007

Is this phone worth getting? Because I have ordered it already. An reading all these reviews I am regretting it an the phone has even got here yet & has this phone got a lock on messages?

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Reviewer: Jay - London, UK
Date: 28th Jun 2007

I bought the blue one yesterday. Got it from P4U but with on an 'extra' deal. Still quite dear comparing to Internet shops but not that bad. As I am an ex-Siemens user who moved to Samsung I will compare this model with others I owe E-800 & E-900.

Plus Points:

- The design caught the eyes of all my work colleagues within seconds
- Touch-sensitive buttons are less sensitive than on E-900 (it was really awful before)
- The sound of MP3 on headphones & also on speaker is simply & truly awesome! (Never heard such clear sound from a mobile phone)
- Samsung HAS COMPLETELY FIXED the lag when browsing the list of pictures (thumbnails) - real time browsing, no waiting (there was a huge lag on E-900)
- The A/V synchro FIXED when playing long movies (big issue on E-900 after few minutes, the sound was behind)
- You can define any MP3 as sound for Alarm (plays first 1min), SMS (plays first 5sec), MMS (?)
- Call Alert Options: Mel./Vibr./Mel.+Vib./Vib.then.Mel./Incr.Volume
- 10 fully customable Alarms: Name/Activation/Time/Recurrence (days of the week)/Type/Melody/Volume/Snooze (min)/Repeat 1-10x/Auto Power-Up)
- USB Cable charges the phone (even old cable does)
- Radio is surprisingly clear & loud
- cool template which is changing day/night (like on D-900)
- Smart phone number search
- SOS Message, Stolen Phone Message
- You add NUMBERS to CALL &/or SMS BLOCK LIST. So, they will never be able to call nor text you again!
- Huge Contacts (1000+SIM)/SMS (1000+SIM) memory
- Quality pictures from the integrated camera
- Refusing a phone call & sending an automatic customable 'Sorry' message by pressing 1 button only!
- The shared charger/USB/headphones connector is finally located on the left hand side, which makes things much more convenient for right-handed ppl like me
- The Word/Excel/HTML & other documents browser is handy. E-mails & Internet might be useful for high demanding users.

Minus Points:

- There is a little lag when you select 'Play/skip a song/movie' (2-4secs) but you can live with that, once you select them into your playlist, you can just listen/watch
- Most of the games included are very short demos
- Could have some more templates/themes
- The A/V cable still not included in the pack but however you can get the original from the Internet for ~£10-15
- Camera takes some time to focus on subject, I am trying to find out, how to switch off this feature

General Point:

- All sounds/music used for Calls/Alarms/Messages have to be in the phone's memory

Tips:

1) Watching movies => wait few seconds before closing the phone otherwise movie will stop & there will be no more sound, press # for full screen
2) Keypad Lock/Unlock => Press On/Off button shortly
3) Need Flash Light? => Hold the Volume-Down key for 1 second in the main screen view
4) Like the theme but hate the key sounds? => Press the Volume-Down key several times until Volume 0 is shown
5) Annoying message sound => Switch off the Indicative tone
6) I Button unwanted connections => make your own BLANK connection profile & set is as active. It will then display Connection Error message instead of connecting
7) Silent Mode => Press # button in main screen view
8) Capturing Fast Moving Subjects => Select lower resolution
9) Volume key has several functions (zoom/font size/PgUp/PgDn/FlashLight/Volume) try them yourself. :)

In Summary:

This is the BEST phone I ever had & it is loaded with very useful & thought-through features. I would buy 2 if I had the money. There are only few tiny details which might have been different but if you have ever used Samsung & are used to the menu & features, this gadget will grab your & all of your friends' attention. It is a very useful piece of art. You cannot go wrong.

Advice:

Grab your credit/debit card, buy it, get yourself 1GB microSD card for approx.£10 & enjoy all its features. You cannot go wrong with this model. E-900 is worthless piece of rubbish comparing to u600. Remember, the blue one will look nicer even if scratched. Trust me. :)

Someone has mentioned that you can play ONLY 1 SONG AT A TIME from a memory card. That is not true. Not only can you select multiple songs at the same time. The U600 also scans all the file structure when you push the microSD inside, so you can browse phone & card memories together sorted by Recently Played/Most Played/Artist/Genre/Name or PLAYLISTS. You can select any multiple files by ticking them & then adding them into your favourite playlist & of course, you CAN PLAY ALL SONGS in the playlist regardless where they are located.

Design is a matter of opinion. Have a look in a shop & try, how it feels. Some ppl might find the touch-sensitive buttons hard to use. I say if you are not clumsy, you will handle it in a week. Even my ex-girlfriend with long nails has pinched my E-900 several times & used it without any problem.

I am a high demanding user who wants quality, functional & reliable phone. So far U600 is the best choice I have ever made.

Final Points:

- Don't let yourself to be put-off by someone who has not even tried all the features & assumes they are not there
- Don't buy it until you try it. You might want something simple rather than hi-tech phone with lots of functions. In this case go for Nokia. Lower model number=better for you :D

I am sorry for this long review, hope it was helpful. You all have a good day & congrats to all owners of U600!

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Reviewer: Danny - Nijmegen, Netherlands
Date: 28th Jun 2007

Very nice phone.

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Reviewer: M - London, UK
Date: 28th Jun 2007

I gave it to my Aunt she is older & a house wife. It will suit her. What a waste of my time. I am getting myself a Nokia 6300 :).

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Reviewer: Mo - London, UK
Date: 28th Jun 2007

Oh my, oh my! This is the most ugly looking phone I have seen recently. It's narrow from the bottom & wide from the top. To be honest it appears as if someone has left his phone on a pavement & a truck passed over the phone's top. It is slim though but not so slim as others were claiming. Battery life is rubbish & touch screen buttons are a pain. On top of that the Blue colour is horrible. It appears to be as if's it's not a new phone at all. Really poor, my gf's E900 looks better.

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Reviewer: DS - Kent, UK
Date: 28th Jun 2007

This is a well good phone & is well nice you should get this phone if you are looking for a good phone. For me it was the LG chocolate platinum or this samsung u600.

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Reviewer: Andrea - Downpatrick, UK
Date: 27th Jun 2007

This Phone is a good Phone. I have the d500, d600, e900 & this phone is the best! Out of the lot!

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Reviewer: Linda - Nederland, Netherlands
Date: 27th Jun 2007

I think I am in Love. Wonderful Design.

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Reviewer: Liona - Epping, UK
Date: 26th Jun 2007

Hi people! I just bought this phone & I just think that it's simply amazing! Does anyone know how to get rid off the clock on the main display?

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Reviewer: Jerry - Tremain, UK
Date: 26th Jun 2007

Firstly, for Jenni of Stirling UK: you can turn off the key sounds but first you have to set the font type to normal (Settings/Display settings/Font type). This then allows you to switch off the key sounds from the Sounds menu (Settings/Sound settings/Keypad tones).

Only had my phone four days now, getting used to it as it's my first Samsung (usually Nokia). The touch sensitive keys are a bit fiddly but getting better each day. Lovely graphics too & looks great.

My CONS, disappointed to find that there is no voice tag function. I use this feature a lot for calling from my hands-free & for some short cuts, a serious shortcoming for such a smart phone. Also CONTACTS management is weak, you cannot display your contacts in SURNAME order so what is the point of putting them in? If I've got some of these wrong let me know, I am still a newbie!

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Reviewer: Youz - UK
Date: 26th Jun 2007

The Samsung u600 is a one of a kind phone. It is incredibly light & small & I promise you it will fit in any pocket. I love the idea that you can set the wallpaper as a video that you can take. The camera is 3.2 megapixels & is so professional. Its not just point & click. You can set the shooting mode, the size, macro (auto focus), flash, timer, effects etc. The camcorder shoots much more frames than average phones.

The design of the phone is fantastic very stylish. The media player is good but the only problem is when you are switching songs it's a little bit longer than usual. It's got six games. But 4 are previews so you have to buy it to play longer.

All rounder it is awesome phone & I would recommend it to anyone.

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Reviewer: Jay - Ipswich, UK
Date: 26th Jun 2007

Right after reading & reading all these comments about touch buttons I read all the same stuff when I was thinking of getting my e900. I didn't have a single problem & easily got used to the buttons & after almost a year I haven't once called someone by mistake. Now I am looking at upgrading to the u600 & again it's the same old things being mentioned. In my opinion if you want a super fast camera buy a camera not a phone if you just like to take the odd pic then but a phone. As for the touch buttons I am sure they fine as I never had a problem with the e900 ones. I have always had a Samsung & I think they by far look the best so to some it up for those other people who are thinking of buying this phone my advice to you is buy it & find out yourself. If you don't like it you can always take it back but it's rather hard to just go by someone else's views especially when they are so varied.

My ramble is over LOL.

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Reviewer: Carina - UK
Date: 25th Jun 2007

I took out an 18 month contract with this phone, got it in pink cuz I thought it would look cool & be easy to use. Had it for only 1 day. It takes 4 seconds to take a photo, which is really bad cuz by the time it takes the person moves & you get a bad pic! Don't no if that was just with my phone or is it all of them in general? the touch buttons are rubbish, not responding on the first touch. The worst phone I have had, I took it back & exchanged it for a Sony Ericsson w850i. I advise people not to buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Kirsty - Kent, UK
Date: 25th Jun 2007

I am considering buying this phone as I love the design of it but I am also considering on buying Sony Ericsson k810i. I am a little worried about all the comments people are saying about the touch sensitive buttons & the alarm etc. I have had Samsungs in the past but not a touch buttons phone yet but I will post a comment if I get the phone to see how it goes.

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Reviewer: Beth - Ilkley, UK
Date: 24th Jun 2007

I think it is an excellent phone!

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Reviewer: Elaine - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 24th Jun 2007

Swithered whether or not to get this phone or the K810i. My criteria was a practical, stylish good looking phone that could take great photos.

The look of the Samsung swung it for me however, seriously considering sending it back. Only wish I had read these reviews before ordering the Samsung.

The battery life is very poor. I don't want a phone that I need to charge every day, sometimes twice a day! What's that all about?

Delay of a few seconds before it take the picture. - Mmmn not very practical for capturing the moment.

Phoned T-mobile who suggested I try charging the phone overnight. Tried this & so far so good. The battery life seems to be lasting longer than it did yesterday when I charged it to when it said the charge was full.

Delay is due to automatically focusing picture. Wonder if it's the same with the K810i. So, photo should take quicker if it is in focus properly.

The phone still looks more stylish than the K810i so I have decided to persevere another day & if the battery is still needing to be charged to often, the phone goes back & I will take my chances with the Sony.

Regarding the touch sensitive buttons. Believe me, you get used to them. Practice makes perfect. If the phone accidentally starts calling someone by mistake I have found the quickest way to cancel out is to slide the phone down to shut it.

Hope this review helps & if I do end up sending the phone back, I will let you all know that trying to focus better before taking the photo doesn't speeds things up & the charging overnight of the battery doesn't make any difference.

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Reviewer: Samsunghater - UK
Date: 24th Jun 2007

Well this phones features ill give it 100%, but the user friendly thing, oh dear, I give it a 5%, I tried getting used to the touch sensitive buttons & all the features you control with these sensitive buttons etc automatic keypad locking every second, & the slow music player, but not anymore more I am sending it back, Nokia come to daddy! LOL

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Reviewer: Clare - Wirrak, UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

I am getting this phone for my bday but I don't know if I want it anymore because everyone's saying how bad the keys are. I want it mainly for the MP3 but people say the sound is bad as well :S should I get it?

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Reviewer: Mr D Hull - UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

In the reviews people are asking for how to set the alarm, for when the phone is off.

Software should be as follows.

> Open phone
> Menu
> Planner / Organiser
> Press alarm
> Scroll down three, to Auto power up
> Press on to activate, set the alarm, turn the phone off

At the time the alarm is set for, the phone comes back on, you can press snooze or OK, OK turns the phone back off, as the instruction has been carried out.

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Reviewer: Jen - UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

Hey can any one tell me if it's got touch screen texting? & which is better the u700 or the u600?

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Reviewer: Richards - UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

This phone is really good with features & that, but when it starts going crazy at you, it's not so good. My U600 is currently dead! Will not turn on, will not charge.

Not the best phone I have ever had really but still a real good phone for tech, honestly though I wouldn't recommend this phone to the heavier handed person.

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Reviewer: Sajeev - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

I bought a U600 two days back & still getting used to it, it is a stylish phone, features are good, touch panel is so sensitive, you have to be used to the phone to avoid mistakes. Camera gives good pic's but it takes 5 sec to click. Overall, U600 is a stylish phone with good features.

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Reviewer: Keonel - Philippines
Date: 22nd Jun 2007

U600 is the best of the REST!

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Reviewer: Ali - Surrey, UK
Date: 22nd Jun 2007

I have had this phone for a few weeks & have just had to return it as the keys keep 'freezing', very annoying when you are trying to make a call/send a text. However, it is a very nice looking phone & very easy to use & would not hesitate in recommending it.

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Reviewer: Al - Brighton, UK
Date: 22nd Jun 2007

I have just got off the phone to O2 & ordered one of these. Well after reading these reviews I am now panicking in case its rubbish. I have got it for free & can return it in 2 weeks so I will hold my judgment until then. I have had Samsungs since day 1 so I am used to them.

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Reviewer: Aryan - London, UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

Hey, Well I have had the phone for a month now, & I think it's really what I would consider as a stylish bundle. I would like to add that it is a bit sensitive on the keys & it can cause problems from time to time, but not frequently. Anyway, you can't have a phone which has everything, there just so much choice in the market. But my recommendation would be if you like it, buy it. LOL. Take Care.

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Reviewer: Lee - UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

I have had this phone for just over a week now & with the exception of the first day, when I inadvertently called someone I didn't want to, this phone has been great. Like all new phones it takes a short time to get used to. The manual is very poor, but an online search can teach you all you need to know. It is a very cool looking phone, very slim & everyone I have shown it to agrees.

The touch buttons are a nice 'touch' & are not really as sensitive as some reviews would have you believe, certainly not as sensitive as the LG Chocolate. The camera is excellent, as good as I have seen on a phone. Music Player is also decent. The only downside for me would appear to be battery life. I find I would have to charge it at least every other day, but I guess I have been using it a lot & experimenting, so that may explain this.

Overall, I really like this phone & am looking forward to discovering all the features this phone has to offer.

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Reviewer: Jenni - Stirling, UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

Please help! I have seen loads of replies about turning off the tone when sending a message, but how do you turn off the annoying tone you get whenever you enter anything on the menu (not the keypad tone) I.e. When you press menu & you get that tone, I want it off as its driving me potty. Only had the phone one day but loving it so far, I had the KG800 (chocolate) & loved it, the U600 is slightly more touch sensitive, but like everything else I will get used to it. J x.

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Reviewer: Anne - Reading, UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

I find that the volume is too low I can't hear someone when they call me & I struggle to hear & I have decided to use the head phones, is there someone experiencing the same problem, please help.

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Reviewer: Heather - UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

Hi I've had this phone for a week now & think it's the best phone on the market, just a couple of questions though. How do you set the alarm to your own ringtone? & how do you permanently keep the colour you have chosen when writing a text message?

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Reviewer: Anon - London, UK
Date: 20th Jun 2007

I am getting this phone on Thursday. I can't wait! I don't care what people say about the phone. I want to see it for myself now! Just 12 more hours to go! Yey! LOL, hope it's not like e900.

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Reviewer: Batesy - Derby, UK
Date: 20th Jun 2007

Fantastic looking phone but it takes nearly 8 seconds to decide to take the photo. If the auto focus could be turned off it would be great but I can't find out how to turn it off.

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Reviewer: James - UK
Date: 20th Jun 2007

I don't think that the new Samsung U600 is good at all, it's unreliable, it feels cheap, & it's a lot to insure. I would advise others to go with the Samsung D900, its one of the most amazing phones I have had so far!

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Reviewer: John - UK
Date: 20th Jun 2007

It's pretty much an improved version of the aforementioned phone with better looks & they've sorted out the over sensitive of the touch buttons. Full screen video is a great bonus, as well as some other nifty features Inc. Recent callers list for texts etc. I am happy, I hope you are happy too. Keep sleek everyone.

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Reviewer: Chris - UK
Date: 20th Jun 2007

Upgraded to this phone about a week ago. I was slightly worried about the touch buttons, but I needn't have worried, they are fine. As long as you don't handle the phone roughly, plastering your fingers everywhere, you will be fine. There are more than enough features to keep you going, something for everyone I imagine. You get 6 games included (including Tetris! ), a music player, FM Radio etc. The camera is 3.2 MP & good quality. My main gripe is that once you have clicked the 'take picture button', there is a delay of about 4 or 5 seconds as it auto focuses etc, perhaps not one for those who love their moving shots.

Overall, it's a classy little phone. The theme included is one of those small, simple things in life that you just enjoy- it's a picture of the houses of parliament & Big Ben, but is an animation- so there are birds flying across the screen, sometimes a plane, & then at night, the sky turns to night & you see shooting stars etc. The simple things in life :P

I'd therefore recommend this phone for most people- it does everything. But if you are after a predominantly camera or music player phone, perhaps it's not the best for you- it is more about style with the added bonus of a wide range of features.

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Reviewer: Alex - New Zealand
Date: 20th Jun 2007

Got the Samsung a month ago & I am very pleased with it. Problems included the amount of time it takes to load a picture & lack of 3G as my last phone, Motorola v3x, had 3G. It is very easy to get used to the touch sensitive buttons & the screen is excellent. I couldn't have got a better phone for the price I paid!

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Reviewer: John - UK
Date: 20th Jun 2007

Great phone & excellent features. Does anyone know if it comes in Black?

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Reviewer: Ben - UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

The Ssamsung U600 is a well good phone I had it about 2 weeks now & I am well happy with it.

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Reviewer: Janet - UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

Just trying to get used to this phone, but will keep trying. Please could someone let me know why the screen goes blank, as if I've been cut off when I am in the middle of a conversation? My Nokia used to keep the screen lit up until I'd ended the call. Also I used to just touch one button on my Nokia to go to loudspeaker. But with this it's quite difficult to go onto loudspeaker. Please help someone. Thanks

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Reviewer: Beckii - UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

I Was Just Wondering If anyone Knew When This Phone Came Out In Pink?

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Reviewer: David Plumb - UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

Ignore what people say about the touch sensitive buttons. I have had no problem with them. They lock when the phone is closed. They can't be activated during a call unless you press the 'I' button first. I have accidentally set them off in menus but certainly haven't called anyone by accident. The phone looks great & is pretty thin so you won't notice it as much in jean pockets. Bluetooth is good. MP3 player now has options to select by album, artist or genre. The headphones that come with it are great. I have also used it for watching episodes of family guy on the move & it makes a nice little video player. I can't comment on the battery life as I've not had it long enough yet.

Bad points are the keypad is not well definitely Samsung D600 2MP didn't take this long. It would have been better to keep the camera at 2MP rather than the upgraded 3MP if it improved speed.

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Reviewer: Dee Dee - London, UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

Can anyone tell me, if like all past Samsung's, this phone will play the alarm even if its on Silent? I have tried everything & the only way the alarm will go off in the morning is if I keep the phone on loud. I don't normally keep my phone on loud at night in case someone calls me at 3AM. Anyone know what the deal is with this? Thanks.

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Reviewer: Murray - Dingwall, UK
Date: 18th Jun 2007

OK people, I have read all the reviews (not a 5 minute job I tell you) & seen as so many people have given up there time to write a review I thought I should too. You get used to the touch keys, I promise, the battery isn't great but I have always charged my phone everyday anyway as I use it a lot. OK I have only had this phone a week but every day I have had it I have liked it more, I doubt there is a better all round phone out there yet for me! I have my phone in my pocket all the time so this phone being small is very important to me!

1st though, here's all the bad points I have discovered so far. If anyone knows anyway around them I would be internally grateful!

- There is no auto power on the alarm, this is unbelievable, if I set the alarm for 7 the phone should alarm for 7 even if it is on silent, but sadly it doesn't!
- I can't set memo as a short cut, I use this feature a lot when I remember things I have to do or get!
- the centre key takes you to the Internet, I don't use this much so the location is a pain & I have accidentally gone on 2 it a lot but nothings perfect is it! Incidentally if you get charged for surfing, you may be happy to hear that accessing the 1st page on your Internet is not chargeable for this very reason, well on Vodafone anyway!
- Maybe as I have never had a touch sensitive phone before, when I wrote out a long text, on several occasions when all I was wanting 2 do was delete a character I lost the whole text, this is painfully annoying but now it doesn't happen anymore as I am used to it now!
- the camera delay after pressing button to take pic is shockingly slow, not good if you want a shot there & then to catch the moment.
- Finally you will need a memory card as normally you won't get one with phone, 2m will cost between £10-15, not sure if this will slow down phone as I haven't got 1 yet!

OK I could write 4 times as much on the good points to this phone but I will try keep it short!

- MP3 is real good sound.
- Camera is top quality too.
- Radio is superb too plus you can listen to it aloud if you keep the earphones in as they act as a signal receiver.
- Games are well good if you are in to that!
- It looks fantastic & you hardly know it's in your pocket.

BOTTOM LINE (in my opinion) THIS phone IS the BEST, if your thinking of getting it, I say, go for it, hey if you don't like it you can return it, you get about 2 weeks to make your mind up, by a week, my guess is you won't want to let it go!

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Reviewer: Emma - UK
Date: 18th Jun 2007

I got this phone about 5 days ago & after being a Sony Ericsson fan I am slowly being converted. It's a beautiful, sleek, looking phone & has a lot of good features but!

- Battery life not that great.
- Instruction manual OK if you have been a previous Samsung user, if not, Vague!
- Video quality very fuzzy.

Everyone complains about the touch sensitive keypad but it does take some getting used to as I have ended up accidentally calling people when I have been texting. Saying this I do actually love this phone & I am really happy with it. (I still miss my rubbish K750i! ).

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Reviewer: Jo Jo - UK
Date: 18th Jun 2007

FAB PHONE! But it's really getting on my nerves that I can't have an alarm on when my phone is set to silent. Can anyone help? But other than that SUPER PHONE.

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Reviewer: Andy - Wolverhampton, UK
Date: 18th Jun 2007

An excellent phone, looks great, lightweight, the slide operation works well & fairly easy to use. The manual is small & simple to follow but easy to get the hang of by playing around with the phone, good battery life. Must be one of the best phones of it's type on the market

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Reviewer: Tania - UK
Date: 18th Jun 2007

Got this phone about 2 weeks ago, love it, no problems at all. For those who are worried about the touch sensitivity & are holding back because of it, don't! It comes with time not really that sensitive, its a great phone with great features.

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Reviewer: Sam - UK
Date: 17th Jun 2007

I have had this phone for a month now, the phone is great, you need to get used to it & know how to use the phone. What I like is the unlocking feature, you don't need to worry about unlocking the phone & if you worry about sensitive button by the time you know how to deal with it, if it makes a call by mistake press unlock & then cancel, its that simple, it is irritating first time but once you know the secret you realise you've got a quality phone.

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Reviewer: Amy - Luton, UK
Date: 17th Jun 2007

I have this phone in Silver & it is just the top two buttons that are touch sensitive. The phone I had before was the Samsung E900 & I must say the touch buttons on that phone was a nightmare. I was always ringing people by accident. I love the design, the camera is great & it is so much easier for text messages. This phone is available in blue & that is the one with four touch buttons, this silver one just has two. P.S. This phone is quite loud to listen to your favourite tunes.

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Reviewer: Paul Clorley - UK
Date: 16th Jun 2007

HAD THIS AS AN UPGRADE AFTER A SAMSUNG D600, WICKED PHONE BUT the U600 WENT BACK AFTER ONLY ONE DAY BECAUSE the SOUND RECORDED WITH A VIDEO COULDN'T BE UNDERSTOOD MUFFLED & KEPT CUTTING OUT & ALSO the TOUCH SCREEN BUTTONS ONLY WORKED WHEN THEY WANTED TOO. The MANUAL THAT COMES WITH IT DOESN'T TELL YOU HOW TO TURN OFF the CAMERA AUTO FOCUS (TOOK AGES, ABOUT 3 SECONDS, TO TAKE the PICTURE AFTER PRESSING the BUTTON) BY THEN WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO CAPTURE HAD MOVED. RUBBLISH PHONE IN MY BOOK, DON'T BUY IT.

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Reviewer: Frey - UK
Date: 16th Jun 2007

I just ordered this phone. I saw it & randomly just called up & ordered it! I always have Samsung phones because I think they are great. Although I had the Samsung E900 touch screen & it did annoy me for a bit, but I got used to it. Could anyone tell me if you can actually have a personal message tone? All of the other phones I have had will only allow the tones the phone has for the message tones.

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Reviewer: Sacha - London, UK
Date: 16th Jun 2007

High-resolution worked the same. The most exciting part for me was at last being able to have my scary laugh as my message tone (sad I know, but I am easily pleased).

I have now had the phone in my grubby little paws for about 5 hours & I have put it down as there doesn't seem to be much more to it than my D600, it does everything the D600 does with a few bits on top.

The touch sensitive pad is great & I don't think it is overly sensitive. The speaker sound & headphone sound are much better. I wouldn't say they were life changing, but still an improvement. The music player playlists have a much larger capacity than the D600 had (I.e., instead of 30 MP3s per playlist, I have 200 MP3s on one playlist) a much bigger improvement, it was getting boring having to listen to the same 30 songs over & over if I couldn't be bothered to change playlists.

I like the fact that the handset I got was generic (open to all networks), this made it so much easier to transfer contacts & the like, not sure if this is the same for all of the U600s. I haven't heard any of the odd noises it's supposed to make when sending texts, that could be because the only noises I allow from any handset are ring tone & message tone, so the first thing I do with any handset is sort out the noises they make. Please don't ask me how I do it because for the life of me I wouldn't be able to tell you. Put it this way, within 15 minutes I had the phone set the way I wanted it.

All in all I think this is a great handset & I am very glad I upgraded to it. My only bugbear is that I can't sync it to my PC, it just won't have it no matter what I do. I am not too fussed as I can Bluetooth to my PC or just take the memory card out, put into PC & transfer that way, I find doing it this way much quicker anyway. I would very much recommend this phone especially if you've had a Samsung before.

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Reviewer: Glen Pearce - Worthing, UK
Date: 16th Jun 2007

Overall a very nice phone. It really is impressive to hold. However, I am going to be sending mine back to Vodafone next week as I have completely had it with the shoddy call quality. There are moments of complete silence on some calls before the audio snaps back on. It's clearly not a signal related issue. It's so infuriating when it happens & makes most calls an effort.

The touch buttons are OK but they really can become bothersome when you accidentally brush past one during a text or call. I am not entirely convinced on the build quality of the slide either as I could see it breaking or malfunctioning after extended use. Still, a very nice looking phone with good features. The first days you have it, you will be in awe of the engineering & design.

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Reviewer: Gary - Stockton On Tees, UK
Date: 15th Jun 2007

I don't know what everyone is moaning about I have this phone & the touch screen is nowhere near as sensitive as the E900 & as for texting, I don't find it a problem, it never does its own thing with me. Overall I think this is a brilliant phone & all I can say is well done SAMSUNG.

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Reviewer: Kiran - London, UK
Date: 15th Jun 2007

I got this phone 4 days ago now. Even though it is a gorgeous phone, good features & sits nicely in the pocket as it is so thin, that is where the good points stop.

Now on to the bad point:

- The battery life is terrible! With the same usage of my past phone, W550i, I need to charge the U600 everyday, the W550i I could go 3 & even 4 days without charging!

- The touch sensitive buttons are far too sensitive! I was writing a text then all of a sudden it started calling the person I was texting. I needed to lock my phone before it got connected.

- Again, on the touch sensitive buttons, navigating through the handset is not as easy as other phones, as you can easily accidentally touch a touch sensitive buttons & it will start to call someone on your call list. Very annoying.

So if you are looking to buy this phone, be cautious, very cautious. I will be sending this phone back for the Sony Eric K810i, I CANNOT WAIT :-)

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Reviewer: Sarah - UK
Date: 15th Jun 2007

I Am Looking To Buy This Phone & After Reading Most Of the Reviews I Am Now A Little Bit Confused - Mainly About the Touch Sensitive Pad. I Always Thought That This Was A Good Feature But I am Wanting To Know If It Really Calls People Randomly & Cuts You Off In the Middle Of A Call? But Everything Else Seems To Be Just What I am Looking For!

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Reviewer: Suzi - Sheffield, UK
Date: 14th Jun 2007

Can anyone tell me how to change the menus from any colour but Orange? ! Only skin colours are black & white with an Orange box around the text. I don't know if this is O2 thing or a Samsung thing but if anyone can shed any light would be much appreciated!

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Reviewer: John - Colchester, UK
Date: 14th Jun 2007

Andy C, thanks for the advice on the message tone. I did exactly what you did & unfortunately no luck, other advice anyone?

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Reviewer: Jojo - UK
Date: 14th Jun 2007

I have only just got this phone today & can someone please help me out? When I put the charger in my phone, it doesn't say whether it's charging or not & the battery stays the same, I know I am definitely charging it right (well I think I am) help!

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Reviewer: Cool Grigson - UK
Date: 14th Jun 2007

For Steven UK, keep the # key pressed for a couple of seconds.

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Reviewer: Sue - Gloucester, UK
Date: 13th Jun 2007

Overall its fab! I am not a tech wiz so you need to persevere with this phone - just need to get used to some of the features. I was worried about the touch sensitive keys but its fine - not as annoying as their other model. The only thing I find annoying is the outgoing text message tone! I tried what Andy suggested by turning off the alert on the Broadcast Message but it didn't work. Has this worked for anyone else? Or can anyone else help as I find this the only annoying feature. To answer someone else's question - the lock is on during a call so that you don't automatically cut someone off etc - good feature - just takes getting used to. So for all of you who do keep cutting people off or calling no's by mistake - you need to put the key lock on! Then every time you close the phone it gives you the option to lock it. So for all those in doubt - Go on, treat yourself!

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Reviewer: Tony Attwood - Middlesbrough, UK
Date: 13th Jun 2007

I opened the box & thought what a gorgeous phone BUT! After opening the phone I thought oh my goodness what have Samsung done with the key pad & touch screen? Its infuriating for me when trying to send texts (DO NOT BUY IF YOU HAVE BIG HANDS) the phone also reboots its self all the time & also half way into writing a text it will for some strange reason delete the text all the way back to the beginning (Nothing worse after spending 20 mins writing it) the key pad also wants to make its own words up when texting I think this is because the keys are far to close underneath the aluminum pad. Overall I am so disappointed after using Sony for the last 2 years because the cybershot k800i has a far better camera even though Samsung claim to be the same 3.2 mega pixel & DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE IF YOU EXPECT GOOD SOUND QUALITY FROM YOUR MP3 MEDIA FILES IT SOUNDS LIKE A CHEAP £5 CASSETTE DECK. Anyway its going back to Orange tomorrow on the not satisfied 21 day agreement & also because I have had 4 U600s in this period that have all crashed at some point. I am going to have the Sony k810 cybershot for my pictures while out mountain biking because this phone is bomb proof unlike the very fragile u600. Last comment is how can anyone give this phone 100% for the 3 different qualities of the phone? Must be Samsung lovers because I cannot find any use for this phone other than stood looking good on the top of the fire surround whilst using 1 of my previous contract phones. I am being very honest & I have had a D900 before & found it great in comparison to this so called ultra phone.

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Reviewer: Mr Fife - Glenrothes, UK
Date: 13th Jun 2007

HAD the PHONE FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW, & MUST SAY IT IS A GREAT PHONE REALLY EASY TO USE, ONE OF the BIGGEST DOWN FALLS IS THAT THEY SAY the BATTERY LIFE IS 260 HOURS standby BUT I ONLY MANAGE ABOUT 40HOURS, (THAT MY BE A FAULTY BATTERY OR SOMETHING ELSE BUT OTHERS HAVE the SAME PROBLEM) SO IT IS A CASE OF HAVING TO CHARGE the PHONE AT ANY AVAILABLE MOMENT YOU GET.

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Reviewer: Matthew Buckley - Manchester, UK
Date: 12th Jun 2007

Looks great but then again looks are not everything. I have had my phone for about 1 month now & to be honest I still find the touch screen difficult to use. I have lost count how many times I have called people by accident, cut people off during a conversation & connected to the net. It seems to have a mind of its own.

I have bought a 2GB memory card for the phone but for some reason my phone wants to store everything on its internal memory & that fills up very quickly. I then have to copy everything to my memory card. I had hoped there is an option to switch the definitely phones.

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Reviewer: Claire - UK
Date: 12th Jun 2007

Most of the reviews sound great. I am looking to get this phone the weekend & I just want to know if anyone has it on Vodafone? Did you upgrade & did you get the memory card with it or is this something that you will need to buy separately? Can you have a screen saver or not? (Not that I am too worried about that! ) Can't wait to get it!

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Reviewer: Jack Dyson - Clitheroe, UK
Date: 12th Jun 2007

I have JUST purchased this phone & I will be honest with you, it's the best phone I have ever had. It looks hot & the features are great. The buttons are easy to use trust me. I would highly recommend this phone to any one.

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Reviewer: Pravee - UK
Date: 11th Jun 2007

The phone looks sleek but the touch sensitive buttons are quite annoying. After the call it takes a couple of seconds to disconnect the line. The camera though is 3.2 mega pixels & the photos do not have the clarity of the Sony Cybershot 3.2 pixels.

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Reviewer: Robin Lewis - Bristol, UK
Date: 11th Jun 2007

To be short & true about this phone, it's a good phone, works well & the touch screen though worried at first is nothing to be scared of. It's got a few annoying features like the fact you can't have tone & vibrate on your message tone but it doesn't really matter. This phone works well the camera is OK but not as good as Sony Ericsson but it does its job, not amazing & I was hoping it was better. But even though this phone is great, a few days ago I dropped it about 3 ft & the screen cracked. It's a shame it's so fragile. So if you are clumsy with your phones this isn't the best choice or like me you just want a great photo when you are out drinking with friends this isn't the phone. But it is great I do love it & the new one should be here soon.

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Reviewer: Andy C - Forfar, UK
Date: 11th Jun 2007

Great phone & easy to use.

For all readers wishing to eliminate annoying tone when sending message - Go to SETTINGS, select 4. SOUND SETTINGS, select 3. MESSAGE TONE, select 4. BROADCAST MESSAGE, go to ALERT TYPE & using navigation buttons select OFF, & then select SAVE - it's as simple as that.

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Reviewer: Tom - UK
Date: 11th Jun 2007

Beautiful phone & very stylish. However, the predictive text software is very annoying, & the touch sensitive buttons make it all too easy to accidentally cancel out of the text you were writing. Also, most importantly I think, the phone appears to be inherently weak & flimsy. I've had it just 7 days & have already had to fork out £45 for the LCD screen to be replaced!

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Reviewer: Dt - US
Date: 10th Jun 2007

I just bought the phone about a week ago & I love it! Even though the touch screen was annoying at first but I am used to it now. I got the white one, it looks really good because it stands out. I was going to get black but most people have black.

If you are looking for a slim & stylist phone, this phone is for you. The music & other features are great! Battery lasts a very long time. If you compare this Samsung U600 to other stylist phones, this phone has the best features! Thus, this is an overall better phone. Check it out.

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Reviewer: Kelly - Devon, US
Date: 10th Jun 2007

Hi. I am debating on whether or not to get this phone, it looks good & from what I have heard it sounds good too. Can any one tell me if you can lock the messages & multimedia with a password? Thanks xxx.

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Reviewer: Anom - UK
Date: 10th Jun 2007

I haven't got one of these phones, so at the moment I am 50/50, but I am seriously contemplating it, I would like to ask a couple of simple questions though to gain a bit of opinion.

- the touchpad - how sensitive is it? Is it as sensitive as the E900?

- the keypad - what are the ergonomics like? How easy is it to text etc, because of the metal nature of it, it made me wonder due to the fact that the keypad on the E800 made it genuinely difficult to text, is there the same problem with this phone?

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Reviewer: Welshy - UK
Date: 10th Jun 2007

Had the U600 over a week & beginning to get used to it. If you are moving from a Sony Ericsson to a Samsung you will notice the distinct reduce number of features. Overall the phone looks superb & does the job. However I can't stop thinking they have left something out! If your heavy handed it is probably not the phone for you. Had the first Saturday night out & scratches on it already. Further when trying to work the camera it does feel a bit flimsy. Also (hate to mention) but the touch sensitive buttons are a pain when your in a rush, but this is not a reason not to get it. Further there are no profile settings. E.G There is only Ring or Silent which is a pain for those who are used to customising profiles. ALSO I hate not having the MSG alert on tone & vibrate, you can only have 1 or the other which again comes back to what I was saying that something 'was missing'. HOWEVER, I will be sticking with it for the simple reason it looks great & I think it will grow on me, hopefully.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 10th Jun 2007

It's alright but not as good as some of the reviews I read prior to getting one. Its not that well made, can't see it standing up to too much use. MP3 player isn't as good as the Sony Ericsson W810i or as well made. I don't like not being able to change the centre button (Shortcuts) to get away from going onto the net all the time. I prefer a standard keypad to the touch sensitive one on this mobile phone. Nice looking & fits well in a shirt top pocket.

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Reviewer: Steven - UK
Date: 9th Jun 2007

Good quality phone although the touch screen takes a bit of getting used to. The camera & looks are top quality. The only problems I have with it are:

1- Every time it makes a call the key pad locks, can this be removed?

2- How do you put it on silent mode? Other phones had a soft key for the different modes available this one doesn't appear to have the option?

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Reviewer: Shevaughn - London, UK
Date: 9th Jun 2007

An absolutely great phone! Well done Samsung! The only good phone on the current market.

Took me a few days to get used to the touch screen buttons but when one gets a new phone it always, without doubt will take a few days adjusting to.

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Reviewer: Sue - Herts, UK
Date: 8th Jun 2007

Hi, I don't have the phone yet, but am wondering if anyone can answer my question. I tried the Prada phone thinking it looked great & stylish, which it is but I have very long nails & the touch screen would only work with your skin touching the screen & not your nails! The u600 phone looks great but would I have the same problem as I need to text, can anyone advise me please!

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Reviewer: Darrell Dring - UK
Date: 8th Jun 2007

This phone is the Scooby Doo of all mobiles. Took 35 minutes to master it without a manual & looks like James Bond should have one! Wow would he pull the chicks with this!

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Reviewer: Julie - UK
Date: 8th Jun 2007

After reading all the glowing reviews of this phone here I was very excited to finally receive it this week. & yes, it looks very stylish, but other than that I am really disappointed with it so far. The touch sensitive keys are highly annoying, I kept calling random people by mistake as well as getting cut off mid-conversation because my face came too close to the key pad. Moreover, the 'OK/I' button in the middle which can be used to select functions inside the menus was very irritating as it connects you to the web when not inside a menu. I will wait for another couple of days to see if I can get used to it, otherwise I will return it to Orange.

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Reviewer: Hannah - UK
Date: 7th Jun 2007

It's a great phone! Like the touch sensitive buttons, don't see a problem with them. Usability lets it down as it takes a while to get used to it & the user manual is not very detailed.

I would recommend this phone!

PS: How do you stop the noise of an outgoing text message?

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Reviewer: John - Colchester, UK
Date: 7th Jun 2007

I've always had a Nokia phone & said I would never change but at the moment I don't think a lot of their range so I took the plunge & changed to a Samsung after reading numerous reviews.

Initial impressions were the menu set up was similar to the Nokia phones so I thought a quick flick through the manual & I would be away, but couldn't believe how bad the manual was & how little information there was in there, so it's been a case of get on & find things out for myself. Surely a more detailed manual would make everyone's life easier!

The most annoying thing I've discovered, & it looks like many other people have as well, is the annoying tone you get after sending a text message. I have checked everywhere on this phone to turn if off without success so I called Samsung today & they told me it was down to the sim card! They told me there is nothing I can do about it as there is nothing on the phone to stop it!

Another problem is trying to look at the screen in daylight, I can't see anything unless I change the setting to sunlight mode which is a pain in the backside to have to keep changing that every time I go outside!

The touch sensitive buttons do take a while to get used to but if you dial someone by mistake you notice straight away & by closing the phone it disconnect so it's not a major problem.

There also seems to be delays receiving text messages at times but this has only happened on a couple of occasions.

I have been tempted to give the phone back & revert back to a Nokia but I am gradually getting used to it & don't want to give up on it! The size & weight are perfect & it looks great so I am going to carry on with this phone.

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Reviewer: Jonathan - UK
Date: 7th Jun 2007

Been phone shopping for a bit now, think I have almost decided on this beauty. One question remains that I have not been able to find an answer to: Can this phone receive calendar events from Outlook (an absolute must). If it can, do you have to sync it with a computer or can you receive the emails & it automatically put those events in the calendar. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Sandeep - India
Date: 6th Jun 2007

Hi guyz please help me finding out the sound quality of this phone ! I'm intending to buy this cool phone but I'm a complete music lover, I want a phone that has stereo sound & which really beats the Walkman series, firstly I was going 4 Moto ROKR E6 but then I saw this beautifully sleek phone.

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Reviewer: Jinny - London, UK
Date: 5th Jun 2007

This phone is one of the best phones out. It truly is an amazing phone. Had a few difficulties to begin with but don't we all when we adjust to a new phone.

You should all get one:).

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Reviewer: Stacey - UK
Date: 5th Jun 2007

Good phone with great looks. Could anyone tell me if the Samsung U600 comes with the standard Samsung privacy feature? & also does it allow you to use different message tones of your choice? Thanks.

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Reviewer: Karen - UK
Date: 5th Jun 2007

Just got this phone & it won't transfer music from PC tried Samsung PC studio & multi media player? Phone is set & connected but transfer won't go - any ideas? Nice phone.

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Reviewer: Katie - UK
Date: 4th Jun 2007

Love it to bits, this phone has all the features a girl about town could wish for, my current mobile is never far from my ear (I am not admitting to the phone I am using at the moment because it is too basic & was a bad buy). I am always on the phone & I am holding on to get the Samsung U600 in the pink colour, it is available in July 2007 & known as the gorgeous Samsung U600 PINK, I am so excited about this phone. The U600 seems a wicked phone & my work friends were even talking about it, hey office small talk is all PDA, laptop & mobile phone chat. I will let you know my personally option once I have mastered this beauty.

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Reviewer: Elise - Lancaster, UK
Date: 4th Jun 2007

Had my phone a week or two now & the battery is still find lasts a couple of days which is expected.

Only problem is I cannot seem to be able to transfer my photos from my phone onto my computer do you need a memory card to do this? As it lets me do it with music files.

All the help about the tone still hasn't worked. ):

I have to put my thumb over the speaker LOL.

Going to Carphone Warehouse to see if they can help me & I will post my finding back here. (:

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Reviewer: Nikki - Liverpool, UK
Date: 4th Jun 2007

Is this phone out in pink yet? If not does anybody know the release date?

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Reviewer: Jonny Lockwood - London, UK
Date: 4th Jun 2007

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE - I HAD MINE JUST 30 DAYS & the KEYPAD BROKE. WHEN YOU PRESS '0' the NUMBER '3' APPEARS ON the SCREEN.

Anyone KNOW OF A PHONE NUMBER THAT DOESN'T START WITH 'ZERO'? Nor me. & YES I AM SHOUTING.

T-MOBILE & FONEHOUSE - not my friends at the moment. It's going to take 5 weeks for them to repair it.

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Reviewer: Liam - UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

Anyone debating whether or not to get this phone will be reading these reviews looking for their answer & it's exactly what I did before I got the U600. If you haven't used touch buttons before then it's something that takes getting used to but the U600 Touch buttons are a lot less sensitive than say the E900. The display is unbelievably sharp adding to the overall style of the phone. Nothing bad I have read in these reviews has been true for me & the U600 is an outstanding handset. Samsung have improved all that was wrong with the E900 making it a well rounded phone. I've found nothing much wrong with the phone apart from the battery but for the world's slimmest phone what do you expect. So if your sitting there thinking, 'well I dunno', I would definitely this phone as it won't disappoint.

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Reviewer: Mikey - UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

To disable the outgoing text noise go to settings. Sound settings. Extra tones. & uncheck the 'indicative tone' function then save the changed settings. You CAN set MP3's as your message & alarm tones. Depending on what network you are on. As far as I know, O2 do not allow this! Orange do though =] & you can set your incoming call & texts to melody & vibrate. But once again, this is depending on what network you are on! [Bad isn't it!? ]

No real big cons for this phone. The best I have had yet =]

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Reviewer: K - Devon, UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

To set to silent just hold down the # key until it says silent mode in a little box.

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Reviewer: Marko - Helsinki, Finland
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

The best of the best! If something is cool it is Samsung U600!

Camera features & quality are amazing! Picture with wrong color balance is very easy to correct just using tools provided by phone itself. Using macro mode camera can be use taking notes from newspapers. Very useful for short notes.

Phone looks good! & feel so small. Any suggestions for stand on car?

I had to learn avoid to touch End button because it get me out of menus so easy. That was my first bad feeling from my new phone. Another was situations when phone lid is closed during music & media playing. I can't find my music player as player anymore. Just list of text ongoing background playing. Player can be started again but music will be started also in the begin of the track. Media player stop music when lid is closed & screen is turned off. Movie can be seen but no music. This is bug I would said! Full screen media player looks so good (press # during playing movie).

Finally Bluetooth works! My D500 was not fully functioning with Bluetooth devices but U600 is. D500 was much faster with menus then U600. But features are much better in this phone.

Tip for you all: Carry USB cable with you because it is charger also. Charging capable PC:s are available a lot when you traveling. Just skip selection after cable is connected to the phone & your phone will starting charging. I will use my iPod USB charger for this phone with USB cable in my car too.

I have tested talking time, three calls total 3 h 15 min & 1 day standby with lot of other doing with web & players. Samsung promised 3 h 30 min talking time. & no heated ear after call with this phone.

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Reviewer: Claire - Essex, UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

To laim-uk

I haven't got the phone yet, it's going to arrive on Tuesday, but on my current Samsung mobile, you have to hold down the # key, then a message will tell you it's on silent.

Hope it's the same for this model.

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Reviewer: Emma - Wales, UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

Hi all, I am due an upgrade on my contract, & have read the reviews on this site. My last two phones have been Samsung, the E720 followed by my current phone, the E900 - the original touch screen Samsung. Well, heat activated keys. Anyway, after scanning through the last couple of months' reviews from you all, I was wondering if you U600 owners could answer me this - can you have MP3s as a message tone? I've not known of a Samsung yet with this feature.

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Reviewer: Louisa - London, UK
Date: 2nd Jun 2007

I like the phone. Everything about it is perfect. Having doubts about keeping it though. It may be slik & thin but its wide & I don't know if it's feminine enough for me.

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Reviewer: Russ - Manchester, UK
Date: 2nd Jun 2007

Is there a way to see what people are sending you through Bluetooth & what percentage it's complete BEFORE you actually receive the file?

I can only see what I have been sent once it's actually arrived.

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Reviewer: Andy - Darlington, UK
Date: 2nd Jun 2007

What a nice I phone can't put it down.

Only problem I have is the camera sometimes looks up when I first turn it on.

To get rid of the annoying sound when sending a sly text from work, just press & hold the # key to put the phone into silent mode, simple when you know how.

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Reviewer: Klowie - Bristol, UK
Date: 1st Jun 2007

This phone is amazing! Basically all those who moan about the fact its touch sensitive. GET A MOBILE THAT ISNT if you can't use it properly! & those who find it difficult & a long task to text. You're probably not good at texting anyway - taking an average of 15 minutes per text. You know who you are! LOL quit moaning please :) & the person whose review I read who is like OBSESSED with capital letters. & went crazy because it puts a capital letter in front of first names in the phone book & not last. Seriously. Get a life LOL

GREAT PHONE

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Reviewer: Sylvia Mottram - Spain
Date: 1st Jun 2007

I live in Spain & had to get this from the UK as there is nothing this modern available!

It replaced my old Samsung which finally broke down after 2.5 years.

I bought this phone & after a couple of tricky days getting used to it being so modern compared to the old one, I am totally in love with it.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

I really can't fault it at all, it's beautiful, packed full of stuff & features.

If it were to lose any points I would say the camera lag takes a bit of getting used to - I now point, press the button, & count to five!

With that aside & to be fair it really doesn't diminish what an amazing phone it is.

I can't imagine anyone not loving it.

My husband has just got a Pearl & I wouldn't swap, no way!

Buy it!

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Reviewer: Christopher - Belgium
Date: 1st Jun 2007

Very good phone, but bad battery.

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Reviewer: Jo Jo - UK
Date: 1st Jun 2007

Hi Guys, well what can I say, super phone & some really great deals from this site. I am really happy with my U600 & it is the FIRST Samsung phone I have ever wanted or used. I was a Moto fan before this phone raised it little head, wow, it caught my eye & now it has caught my heart. I don't want it to become to popular as it will be common, but all my friends are showing far too much interest in it already. Great phone for a high use mobile phone user & some good deals on it when considering it a CRACKING phone. I hope you enjoy this phone as much as me.

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Reviewer: Matt - UK
Date: 1st Jun 2007

One thing I would like some help on. When recording a video the quality is very good but when I play the video it is very blurry! Does anyone know a reason for this & how it could be solved? Cheers.

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Reviewer: Greg - UK
Date: 1st Jun 2007

Got this phone on the strength of the reviews on this site. Only trouble is that as I am on O2 I can't set the alarm tune to an MP3 & I only have one selectable melody! How rubbish is that, I can't believe they would intentionally disable this. Also I am unable to modify the soft keys. Seems like a money making scheme to put the browser there as it is quite easy to accidentally connect to the web! Spoke to their handset advisors & they confirmed that these two things can't be altered, so back it goes! Very disappointed as it's totally different to the one I tried in the Carphone warehouse.

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Reviewer: Henry Jones - Australia
Date: 31st May 2007

Have had it for a week now & still love it!

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Reviewer: Tom Brown - UK
Date: 31st May 2007

I've had this phone for a month now & I have had almost no problems at all! Everyone who is saying that the touchsensitive buttons are bad because you end up making calls & ending calls with your pocket/cheek - I don't know what you're talking about! The phone automatically locks when you are in a call or when the phone is shut, or in fact, anytime you want (just press the power button).

Only 2 downsides:

1 - When you first get the phone, & are obsessed with keeping the screen shiny & polished - it is easy to instinctively brush it with your thumb, which may cancel what you are doing at that time. Also, at first, when your thumbs are quite clumsy, it is easy to press the cancel or the back button when typing a message, but both of these problems are very temporary & after about two days I stopped doing them & my fingers/thumbs became less clumsy!

2 - No screensavers (as far as I know) but this is not a problem because screensavers just use up battery life (compared to just having a black screen), & the phone looks far better when the whole face is black anyway!

I've just realised that this review makes the phone look quite bad, with most of it being downsides - but really - think how many features there are on this phone (a lot), & I really do not have time to write about how great they all are! - & you probably don't have enough time either.

So this phone, once the initial learning of how to use is over, & you become more wary about touch sensitive buttons, is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!

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Reviewer: Kim - UK
Date: 31st May 2007

This phone looks & sounds like its fantastic!

Just two questions I need answered before I buy this phone, can you set it to vibrate & ring at the same time & can you apply MP3 music as a message tone?

I know some of these questions have probably been answered before but I have been through all the reviews & haven't seen anything, so have probably missed it!

Thanks for any help!

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Reviewer: Cosmo - Hudds, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

When I got the phone it got nicked shows you that its good. Boo hoo.

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Reviewer: Al Hal - London, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

The thing that bugs me about Samsung phones is that they are so brilliant in 99% of features, but so unbelievably stupid in their most important features sing as texting & ringtones. Let me give a brief rundown of the pros & the cons.

Pros:

- The phone looks dead sleek.

- It is lightweight, yet has a sturdy feel.

- The screen is large & bright.

- The menus are easy to navigate.

- The numbering system for the menus is a great time saver.

- The slider is smooth & responsive.

- An amazing amount of features for such a tiny handset.

- The photos from the 3.2MP camera come out sharp most of the time.

- Music quality is good & MP3 player shows album art.

- Allows up to 1000 texts to be stored (as opposed to 200 with my D900)

- Micro-SD allows for good multi-media expansion.

- FINALLY, Samsung allow your phone to ring & vibrate at the same time when someone calls.

- FINALLY, Samsung allow mp3s to be used for text & alarm rings.

- FINALLY, Samsung auto-capitalises the first word in a sentence when you text.

Cons:

- Texting is still not smooth & intuitive. I've had the phone for a month & it still takes me twice as long to compose a text as on a Nokia.

- The apostrophe character requires you to go into the symbol menu.

- Text sensitive keys make it easy to quit a text instead of deleting a letter.

- For predictive text, you are required to use the navigation cross to select alternative words.

- When entering a name into the address book, it auto-capitalises the first name, but not the last name. Why? !

- I still can barely hear my phone ringing when it's in my pocket, let alone when I am walking down a busy street.

- The phone is so slim I can barely feel it vibrate in my pocket, which results in many missed calls.

- MP3's take AGES to load, especially from a mini-SD card.

- When listening to MP3s, you leave the music player menu as soon as you close the slider. If you want to skip tracks, pause, etc. You're forced to go back through the menus to access music control keys.

- Pictures take several seconds to take.

- the flash only comes on when you're about to take a photo. No more handy mobile phone-flashlight when you've dropped something in the pub!

- Battery life won't last more than a day & a half, especially if you use the multimedia functions extensively.

- Most games are only demos, although Bobby Carrot is the full game & very addictive!

- There is no screen-saver mode like many Sony-Ericssons.

- Samsung doesn't provide much in terms of cool pre-loaded backgrounds & graphics.

All in all, this is a wonderful phone which is packed full of features. However, lack of refinement on some of the more important aspects of the phone such as texting & ringtones prevent me from saying that this is the best phone I've ever had.

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Reviewer: Courtney - Huddersfield, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

This phone is ace.

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Reviewer: A - Leeds, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

I am not sure why you're telling people to stop moaning when putting their opinions across about over sensitive keys in a phone review.

Please stop moaning.

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Reviewer: Laim - UK
Date: 31st May 2007

RIGHT! To clear this up. To turn the sound off for outgoing texts. YES. I know it's VERY annoying & embarrassing!

> Go to settings
> Then tone settings
> Then other sounds (or something like that!)
> Then right at the bottom there is a function (forgot the name!)
> You need to uncheck this function & save the changed settings

I cannot say this is all true. I do have the phone but its hard explain it as it's not with me now!

Hope it helped! :)

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Reviewer: Russ - Leeds, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

Got this phone the other day & think its fantastic, everything is simple & easy to use & it's packed with features.

I have read a lot of reviews where people are saying that the phone is bad, the battery is poor & the touch buttons are rubbish.

WHAT A LOAD OF NONSENSE!

The battery life is excellent, the phone is simple & easy to use, & considering I have never had a touch screen phone before I haven't even accidentally called anyone yet so its not as if its a problem.

For the people wanting to turn off the message tone when sending a text just turn off inductive tone, it worked for me.

One thing I haven't figured out yet is how to change profiles? I want to be able to put the phone on silent when I am at work but I can't find where to set it.

Any help cheers.

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Reviewer: Andrea - UK
Date: 31st May 2007

This is the most beautiful phone I have ever had & I am in love with it! I spent a lot of time deciding which phone to upgrade to & I am not disappointed. The design & features are spot on & the touch sensitive keys are not a problem at all. The battery life is a bit disappointing but I have not stopped playing with the phone since I got it so it may last longer under normal usage. I would recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Mark - Yorkshire, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

Super phone! The best phone I have owned (& I have owned a few! ) it does just what it says it will.

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Reviewer: Debbie - Stoke On Trent, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

Love this phone. Received it today & have played non stop with it. My only 'moan' about this phone is the instruction book that I have bought for it. It just seems like a photocopy that has been glued together! Does anyone know where I can get a more detailed booklet from? I could just do with more instructions on the camera & how to use the wallpapers. I am getting old & need things spelling out for me! Apart from this is it a fantastic phone & I am really pleased that I got it.

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Reviewer: Andrea - UK
Date: 31st May 2007

My phone does not make a noise when sending texts. I have turned off all key pad tones. Give that a try & see if it works.

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Reviewer: Tony Mahony - England, UK
Date: 31st May 2007

When I first saw this phone I fell in love with it, the design is so beautiful, Thank fully I did have to wait too long to get mine.

The features are just sublime, I have not stopped playing with the phone since I have had it. The memory to which it can be upgraded is mind blowing (up 2 GB). Its just hours of fun. The best phoned I have ever possessed. The menu is quite straight forward, idiot proof in my opinion.

As to the visibility it's quite chic, it gets you noticed & compliment do come flying. The colours are vibrant crystal clear.

My rating on this phone is 100% all round. My verdict get one you will not be disappointed I LOVE IT.

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Reviewer: Alex - Belarus
Date: 30th May 2007

Sleek phone!

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Reviewer: Lynne - Lincoln, UK
Date: 30th May 2007

Great Phone, easy to use even for a technophobe like me :-) Only one gripe, it's not MAC compatible!

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Reviewer: Rich - Chester, UK
Date: 29th May 2007

Right, had this phone for 13 days before sending it back, the textin feature broke, wouldn't remember any of my input words & then crashed every time I pressed space, only in T9 mode.

The battery lasted about 30 hours if I used it normally, up to 45 hours if I decided to not use my phone as a phone & only as a pocket weight.

Texting was a mission & the touch buttons, after 13 days weren't a problem but the fact you delete the entire message by hovering near the end call button too long. Not great. Camera good but did take a while.

Holds a lot of messages which is good. Looks good & people do notice it. Overall, the phone is good, the problem is that it has a tendency to break, bad battery & is over complicated.

I am exchanging it for a Sony Ericsson w850i cos it has a good battery life an they text well.

Oh & I forgot, the signal is diabolical. Enjoy =D

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Reviewer: Liv - UK
Date: 29th May 2007

I bought this phone today, & I have to say I am so far very impressed with it.

First off, it looks amazing, really thin with a large screen that is stunning. The colours on screen are so bright & very impressive. Delving into the phone, it has a lot of applications & things, it is capable of so much I am sure I am yet to find out. You can either chose to have a black or white theme to the background which both looks good.

MP3s - the phone itself stores 15 songs, which is reasonable considering you can buy a memory card if you want more. The speaker sound is out of this world for a phone! I can't believe it - I think the Bang & Olsen sound really makes a difference. The only real draw back about the Music player is that you are supposed to connect it up to Windows media player - but I have a Mac & so I am not able to do that - however I don't think this really matters because I have been able to Bluetooth the files.

Camera - the camera is great - it has a flash, & so much more: different settings for different lights, effects, & even Macro (for close up shots) It has a place where you can edit the photos- changing levels/contrast (very impressive for a photo lover like me) etc!

Other bits include the general things like calendar, java games (comes with two, as well as some demos which you can purchase), you can have personalised ringtones, there is a radio, & there are also extra nice little features like changing the font or the way you read your texts. Etc.

I have heard a lot about 'annoying touch sensitive buttons' but there are only 4 touch sensitive buttons, & I find them really nice to use. I haven't accidentally rang anybody or anything, although I do occasionally exit what I am doing, but that's fine as I can just get straight back to it again. I am still getting used to texting on this phone, but the buttons are actually quite large, so it's relatively easy.

I have also heard a lot about bad battery life, & as I have only had it for a day I can't really comment fairly on it - but so far, my battery has gone down - however I have been playing around with it ALL DAY.

Overall I absolutely love the phone, & would highly recommend it (the rest of my family have all recently bought new phones & are all jealous of this one). A slightly poor battery life should not put anybody off this phone, or the rubbish about annoying buttons, because you will regret not buying it. Just remember to charge it each night & I am sure it will be fine!

Hope this helped! & hope if you do buy it, that you love it as much as I do! (& I never even thought I was a 'phone person').

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Reviewer: Sam - London, UK
Date: 28th May 2007

Can you listen to your songs & do other stuff at the same time?

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Reviewer: Hj - UK
Date: 28th May 2007

I got this phone yesterday & I think it's fantastic. I like the fact that you can have a favorite tune as a ring tone. The only fault I can find with this phone is that annoying xylophone sound. I turned it off.

I think it's a fantastic phone to have. I LOVE IT!

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Reviewer: Ella - London, UK
Date: 27th May 2007

I am only a young person & to be honest there are much worse things that are happening in the world other than buttons which are a tad to sensitive.

Please stop moaning.

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Reviewer: Dipesh - UK
Date: 27th May 2007

Brilliant, just the touch sensitive buttons get on my nerves.

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Reviewer: Jen - UK
Date: 27th May 2007

This is so the best phone I have ever had. I got it on an upgrade for my contract & it is so easy 2 use & the pictures the camera takes are just so brill! I really wanted one in pink though : ( so bit of a bummer but its still a great phone so anyone thinking of getting this phone it's a must that you have 2 get it!

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Reviewer: Jenni - UK
Date: 27th May 2007

I love this phone sooooooo much. Was going to get a Nokia 7373 cos they look really cool but the camera on this ones amazing. Can't wait to start using it. Just got it today.

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Reviewer: Grant - Weston S Mare, UK
Date: 26th May 2007

Took ages for the phone to come but when it did it was so worth it! Enjoy yours!

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Reviewer: Vicky - Doncaster, UK
Date: 26th May 2007

For weeks I referred back to many reviews, hoping I wouldn't make the wrong choice after all the slander I had heard about this unique phone. So anyway, after weighing up the pros & cons, I went for it, I had a Samsung back in 04, the v200, so I was quite familiar with the layout, anyway, I got the phone home, put it on charge & booted it up. Oon the main display you have a choice of 3 clocks to go on any wallpaper, or you can set it to the theme which is rather detailed. Loads of choice to personalise this phone, how the menus are set, quick keys, tones, sounds, even how you want to answer a call. I don't know if it varies between networks, but the games I have are bobbycarrot, & timerider 2. Also asphalt urban gt, midnight pool, minigolf, & tetris all of which are trial versions. All very playable, the graphics vary but they are good. The camera, 3.2 mp, located on the back of the phone, has a mirror, & the flash to the left, & the lenses on the right. Granted it doesn't quite capture the moment with its 2-3 second delay, but hey, phones were made for calls. You can zoom up to 10 times, & adjust the brightness whilst taking a picture. The flash works very well, the shutter speed can be changed. Lots of different photo effects can be used, such as mosaic, negative, blur, black & white, distortion. Also there's options to crop the image, resize it, adjust it, insert a frame (many to choose from), & even add clip art, also there's the camcorder, which is smooth quality! For both the cam, & corder, there's also options to personalise sounds. The music player, well what can I say, the ease of use is fantastic & the sound is second to none. I have loaded 30 tunes to far & still going! Just remember to be considerate & keep the volume down! Okay, about the design, I have no issues, it's a beautiful looking phone, & it's rather hardwearing, I have dropped it on concrete from standing, twice! Careless I know, but it happens. The slide, it was stiff at first, as I expected, however it developed a minute wobble, about a millimeter, & that's as far as it goes. Like all other phone it will get scratched, to avoid this, buy a leather case! Battery life, well lets face it half the people that have just got the phone are bound to over use it, excluding that, after its no longer a novelty & just a brill phone, you will discover that battery life is no different to the phone you had before. Also remember you can do things to extend the battery life, such as keypad light on, for less time, turn Bluetooth off when not is use. You get the idea. The buttons, yes the touch sensitive buttons! How people are making calls is beyond me, I tried & failed miserably. My only first issue was that when writing a text you will notice the delete key, & the back to main menu key are directly above/below each other, which at first caused problems, because every time I went to delete a character, it would take me back to the main menu, & thus have to start again, but with a bit of use I forget it was even an issue. Well, I think that about sums up the phone, it is from some, it isn't for others. I am happy with it, there's nothing much better on the market at the moment, it's a low price & worth every penny.

Hope this helped in your decision!

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Reviewer: Josh - UK
Date: 25th May 2007

I am getting this phone tomorrow & looking forward to it! Once I have it in my hands I will come back here & write a review for you guys. :)

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Reviewer: Sally - Hants, UK
Date: 25th May 2007

I have tried to be completely objective in my purchase of this phone. I have never owned a Samsung, previously being a fan of the Sony Ericsson & wanted genuine reviews, which this site offered - both good & not so good!

I have had the phone for a week now & I am thoroughly disappointed. Within minutes I had aching hands from trying to type text messages - not the easiest I have to say. However, because I was conscious of the touch screen I was careful when using this & haven't really encountered many problems, but that was because I read all of these reviews!

It's just not really my cup of tea at all & I will be sending it back today. There are other points, but I won't bore you with them. It looks fantastic, it's really sleek & fits easily into pockets & small handbags, but for me anyway, I think the Sony's have the edge.

This isn't a whine about the phone, I am just offering my opinion after using this phone - I have tried to be objective & have patience, but to no avail.

I think it obviously is a fabulous phone for some people, but I have to say try it for a while & make your own mind up.

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Reviewer: Xxlittleprincessxx - UK
Date: 25th May 2007

This phone is buff!

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Reviewer: Adam - Nottingham, UK
Date: 25th May 2007

I found this phone fairly difficult to get to grips with but once you're 'fluent' it's amazing, the features are fantastic, it's practically idiot-proof but also has complex features for advanced users.

The U600 turns heads with its design, it's brilliant.

I have this deal from Vodafone, £35 a month, 12 months. £420.00 cash back, means the phone is free!

I recommend this phone to anybody who loves stylish gadgets, male & female.

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Reviewer: Priya - Leicester, UK
Date: 25th May 2007

High-resolution & not being able to use them to the fullest because the battery life is rubbish.

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Reviewer: Dwait - Stevenage, UK
Date: 24th May 2007

I will be getting this phone tomorrow have been through most of the Samsung ranges & just hope this one lives up to its expectations I am looking forward to it & will let you now how good this phone is.

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Reviewer: Dog Boy - London, UK
Date: 24th May 2007

MESSAGE TO ANNA WYNNE: From your article, I think you may know a lot about the U600. If so, please tell me how can I get rid of the message tone every time I send a text? Why doesn't anyone know the answer to this? Or do you all love the sound it bellowing out when you are on the bus, train, or room?

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Reviewer: Ankit - UK
Date: 24th May 2007

Nice phone. Have had it only for 3 days though so still getting used to the touch sensitive keys. But I can't add the music files from the memory card to the media player play list. It only plays them one at a time. Also the PC Suite does not detect the memory card. Any solutions?

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Reviewer: Natasha - Notts, UK
Date: 24th May 2007

I got this phone today, & although I need to get used to it more, it's fabulous! It is one sleek phone & all my friends seem to think so too! I am on a £20 a month contract with Vodafone & to say it's a £240 phone I think it's a brilliant deal. My advice at the minute is that anyone considering buying this phone, GO FOR IT!

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Reviewer: Playa 4 Lyf - UK
Date: 24th May 2007

The best phone you can get so far.

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Reviewer: Dominic - Leeds, UK
Date: 24th May 2007

3.2 Mega-pixel Camera, Video Recorder, MP3 Player, FM Radio, Games Etc!

What more you want? It looks stylish, it's the slimmest slide phone made, plus it's easy to text, picture message, call & more. You can change ringtones, text message tones, alarms everything. All it needs is a bit getting use to;

I would advice this phone over anything. It's wicked, fantastic, amazingly good!

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Reviewer: Dino - Oxted, UK
Date: 24th May 2007

At first the battery life is not great but you need to let the battery run down & then fully charge & after about 3-4 times the battery life improves. Touch screen is a bit weird at first as I had a Sony Ericsson before which does not have touch screen. This also means I am used to the centre joystick as a main menu facility. With the u600 the centre button on the joystick enables you to surf the wap Internet, you'll find yourself doing this quite a lot at first. Menus are easy to use & follow. If you are after something that looks the good & is reasonably small then look no further.

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Reviewer: Frankie Lee - Kent, UK
Date: 24th May 2007

Right I do really like this phone but am a bit disappointed in the colours it would be nice that if like the Samsung e900 they done it in pink! But other than that when the lights are off the screen has a slight mirror affect which I find cool. The memory could be better & you have to actually put the memory card in the PC to put songs, pics ECT on the phone so that takes a bit of time to do. The sounds loud & I like the fact that you can put it on vibrate & sound at the same time & that you can have your own sound ads a sms tone. It's easy to use but the touch screen takes a bit to get used to. Overall I would rate this 9/10 as I would prefer it pink.

Great phone well done Samsung.

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Reviewer: Dog Boy - London, UK
Date: 23rd May 2007

Does anyone know how to get rid of the annoying text sound every time a text is send?

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Reviewer: Vicki - Warrington, UK
Date: 23rd May 2007

I have had the phone now about 6 days & I think the battery life is very poor. The rest of the phone is OK & I think that is the only thing that lets it down.

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Reviewer: Andy - US
Date: 23rd May 2007

Amazing phone, although a little tricky to begin with.

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Reviewer: John - Southampton, UK
Date: 23rd May 2007

Well well, another Samsung & this time they have cracked it! At last they have included all of the little features I look for in a Samsung into this phone.

I've had it for a few days now & I am dead chuffed with it. By far their best phone so far, & I've only ever had a Samsung!

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Reviewer: Minty - Cardiff, UK
Date: 22nd May 2007

This is the best phone I have ever had. Great display, top music quality, lots of features easy cool design & has every thing anyone would want. It is way better than Sony Ericsson k800i, k810i, w880i & Nokia n95, n93, n73, n71 & LG shine.

U600 is awesome I hope you get it. Good luck!

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Reviewer: Josh - UK
Date: 22nd May 2007

Gorgeous phone!

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Reviewer: Laura - Scunthorpe, UK
Date: 21st May 2007

I ordered this from O2 on contract how cheap is this £30 a month for 1000 texts & 400 mins. Anyway the phone should be arriving tomoz I can't wait. But read peoples reviews & it doesn't seem all that. So hopefully it's what I expect the phone to be like & something I don't like & can't get along with. But I am moving up in the phone world & this seems the best choice as I currently have the w550i which is good but hopefully the u600 is way better.

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Reviewer: Brian - Birmingham, UK
Date: 21st May 2007

Hi, I ordered this phone free on a 12 month contract. I am using it now & I have to say it looks very slim & sleek, I sometimes lose it within my pockets, I have to put my hands in to find it, its sometimes hard to just check from the outside. The phone is very slim with a 3.2 mega pixel camera. I wouldn't say its camera is anywhere near a Sony Ericsson or a Nokia camera. Using it is not very easy like Nokia`s but if someone is used to other Samsungs, I don't think there should be a problem. Over all 8/10.

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Reviewer: Hef - Glasgow, UK
Date: 20th May 2007

Amazing, the Bluetooth blows your mind away.

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Reviewer: Marcus - London, UK
Date: 20th May 2007

I found this phone amazingly easy to use. The touch keys are a bit hard at first but after ringing a couple of people by accident I got more used to it. On the mention of battery life I have found it to be short living. Especially if you are like me & never have it out of your hands other than that an amazing phone & would gladly recommend it to anyone.

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Reviewer: MB - UK
Date: 20th May 2007

Amazing phone, & only 10.6mm thick, it really is handy. One question, does anyone know whether it's 3G compatible?

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Reviewer: Anothony - Mill Creek, US
Date: 20th May 2007

Can you use this phone as an MP3 player with head phones?

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Reviewer: Emma Hall - Poole, UK
Date: 19th May 2007

I got this phone today, & it is very good, there are a couple of things that are annoying me. The camera takes a while to take the picture. I am not sure if this can be changed or not. If it can be can someone please tell me how & there is touch sensitive buttons which you get used to.

Very good.

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Reviewer: Kasper - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date: 19th May 2007

My battery lasts easily 4 days.

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Reviewer: Jamie - Widnes, UK
Date: 19th May 2007

It is a great phone but could be made even thinner at the bottom :)

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Reviewer: Eliar - London, UK
Date: 19th May 2007

Well basically this phone has its goods & bads. The good side of it every has mentioned a lot. The look, Big Ben etc. But the bad. O oh. Well. You can't view photos in full screen, I have tried EVERYTHING! But no luck, where you can view videos full screen. The screen gets minor scratches easily, so don't peel the plastic thing off when you get it new hehe. The speaker is POOR! You can't hear your ringtone on the street that's how low the volume is, message ringtone doesn't vibrate & ring, only ring. When you put a 1GB memory card in, it slows the phone down so much! Takes at least 30sec for the song to load. Annoying when showing off to your mate : (. Hope that review helped a few people & if any1 knows how to 'fix' the bad please post.

Thanks.

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Reviewer: Jack Seddon - Manchester, UK
Date: 18th May 2007

Hi the battery life apparently is about 2 days which isn't the best but isn't the worst, hope this helps?

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Reviewer: Sarah - Crawley, UK
Date: 18th May 2007

Well, well, well the Samsung U600. It was my birthday present, I have been waiting so long for a new phone & it has only just came out & is basically only on contract with T Mobile but Virgin has it as pay as you go so I got it the moment I found it online!

It came within 24 hrs & I was told I would need to charge it for 12 hours, when I took it out the box it looked amazing & stunning. It was easy to use at first & already had a full battery! I played around with it & was very happy.

All of my friends are jealous & they want one too! I love it. It has a great camera & you can edit the pictures that you take dramatically & to your own wanting. I wanted to know how many songs it would hold as I am sure many others do & I would say about 13 songs, not bad I suppose, I have filled this up already but the good thing is that it has a memory card slot, so I will get a memory card soon to use. The radio is great & the voice record & I don't get why people are saying its hard to use & others are accidentally pressing things as I have had no trouble at all with this & it really worried me when I bought it so don't be worried about it as its easy to use.

It is not touch screen the mot common buttons are touch sensitive but that is it & nothing else is. So far I am very pleased with this stunning phone & I have not found any faults as yet & I don't plan to!

The battery life could be better I suppose but it's not that bad & I suppose that it is OK because of draining it by using the music & radio etc. The internet is easy to access, I have not been on there for long yet myself as it costs alot of money. The middle I button connects straight to it & I have to admit I have accidentally pressed that a few times but it is really easy to get out of even before it has connected.

This phone is better than the W850i by far because it doesn't just have great music but all the other features of your dream phone. I hope this helps & remember this phone is easy to use ! You just might want to get used to the buttons for texting. I have only had it about a week & I am used to the phone completely already, love it, amazing phone, many thanks & good luck with it & what ever phone you are thinking of buying but I strongly advise you to get this one because it is absolutely amazing!

Much love, Sarah.

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Reviewer: Bethan - Coventry, UK
Date: 18th May 2007

Only got the phone today, just wondered if anyone knew how I could install the Samsung PC studio on windows vista as it doesn't seem to support the program.

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Reviewer: Mac - Belfast, UK
Date: 18th May 2007

Great phone, had a Samsung d840 before this but turned itself off after 3 days so went & got the u600, don't regret a thing with this phone, it's truly amazing & has great design quality & features, would recommend this phone to anybody.

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Reviewer: Anna Wynne - Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, UK
Date: 18th May 2007

I am just so sick of all the whining. Some people just never cease to amaze me. I mean, what more could you possibly want in a phone?

It is the best phone I have ever owned. Sleek, stylish, packed full of features, brilliant camera that just gets even better when viewed on a TV or computer screen, great sound quality & PLENTY of room for music if you buy a memory card.

What more do you want it to do? Make you breakfast? !

For almost every fault people have managed to find in this phone, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation.

- Low battery life - Okay. Well to solve this problem; upon first using the phone, play around with it, when the battery has completely gone, charge it for 16 hours. Problem solved. Using this method, my battery lasts for 3+ days of fairly intensive usage.

- Complicated to use - Well. Duh! How about giving it more than a couple of hour's usage before jumping to this conclusion? I found it extremely simple to use from the start, Samsung have excelled themselves in making so many features easy to find & use. Just play around with it & like all new gadgets, it will eventually become 2nd nature to use. Yes, it isn't as easy to navigate as say, the Nokia 3310, but what do you expect? ! It has 90% more features! Give it a chance before giving up!

- Calling people/accessing Internet without intention - Well. Have you ever typed the wrong key on your PC keyboard? Yeah, thought so. The mistakes aren't exactly hard to rectify. You can easily escape the Internet browser & end a call before ANY damage is done. As before, you will get used to it. Just be a little more careful. A beautiful piece of kit like this deserves a little respect. So if you are a cack-handed oaf, perhaps this isn't the phone for you.

I could go on. The ONLY fault I can agree with is the fact that there is a pause before taking pictures. Yes, it can be a little annoying, but I think the quality of the pictures MORE than makes amends for the 3sec delay. Patience is a virtue, my friends! I would rather put up with the delay & have a beautiful picture, than have an instantaneous pic of rubbish quality. Wouldn't you? & as for the people giving false information because they haven't taken the time to get to know the phone, please refrain from writing your reviews here & potentially preventing people from owning this delightful mobile.

You CAN set it to ring & vibrate at the SAME time, I don't know why anyone would think you can't, as it's fairly straightforward to set it to do so & for the person asking about playlists, I currently have 14, & presume I can add more. I have a 2GB memory card, & if you care to upgrade the memory yourself, I believe you will find that this phone can more than excel an I-pod in that respect & as for the people reporting faults, perhaps you have purchased you mobile from a suitably unreliable company. If that is the case, then you can never guarantee that it hasn't already been used & is being sold BECAUSE of the fault. ALWAYS buy your mobile from a reputable company. I may eat my words if my phone starts to play up, but I have had no probs for around 3 weeks, & it works as smoothly as the day I bought it.

Lastly on the complaints front; the people who have reported the sliding mechanism being a bit wobbly, I can only presume that you don't treat it with the respect it deserves.

Be a little gentle with it, & I can bet it will last as long as you require it to last. Phew! Well. I shall leave it there. I hope I have helped a few people to make up their minds & decide that this is the phone for them. Believe me, you will NOT regret your purchase. I love mine, & I give it 10/10 for EVERY single aspect. I will be sticking firmly to Samsung from now on, they have proved themselves to be outstanding craftsmen & they have sure made me VERY happy!

Thanks for reading, & go buy it now!

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Reviewer: Alexis - UK
Date: 18th May 2007

Just got the phone but am not too sure about it as it takes a while to get used to texting & also it won't let me change the theme does it just have one Big Ben theme on it? There's hardly much on the images as I d expected it to have more. I have had Samsung D500 & compared to that's its not so good.

The camera isn't too good either would have expected it to be better but the screen quality is good.

Will just have to try & get used to it!

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Reviewer: Nb - UK
Date: 17th May 2007

A truly fantastic phone!

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Reviewer: Elise - Lancaster, UK
Date: 17th May 2007

Stunning Phone.

I used to have an LG Chocolate so I am used to touch screen, so it really is no problem for me & you do eventually get used to it. I also think the response from the touch screen is very fast & the texting does take some getting used to but it does every time you get a new phone. So please stop moaning.

I also have the problem of the outgoing text making an extremely loud noise.

Does anyone know how to get rid of it?

It can be quite embarrassing!

Other than that I think it is a top notch phone.

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Reviewer: Johnathan Cook - Bideford, UK
Date: 17th May 2007

This phone is great.

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Reviewer: Siobhan - UK
Date: 17th May 2007

I have no problems with this phone. I had the Samsung D600 before this so I am used to the Samsung phone & I think this phone is ace.

The only problem I have with this phone is the battery life. I have to charge it every day since I got the phone. When I get a new phone I expect to have to charge it every 3 days or so maybe even more. Is anyone else having this problem?

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Reviewer: Victoria Houston - Glasgow, UK
Date: 17th May 2007

I got this phone as an upgrade from the Sony Ericsson w800i. It is a great phone, a bit complicated at first to use but you get the hang of it eventually. The only two problems I would say are my signal disappears completely at times & the reception for the radio is rubbish. I never had any of these problems with the Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Carla - UK
Date: 16th May 2007

This phone looks absolutely great, I just had to have it.

The screen is very clear, probably the best on the market. It is easy to use (once you get used to the touch buttons), I was really happy - if not proud of my new phone.

BUT there were some problems.

After a couple of days, it started feeling a little bit wobbly where it slides up & down, I had been really careful with it, but I thought I could live with it.

The camera takes about 2 seconds to actually take a picture, OK, so you look a bit silly holding the button for that long, but I could live with that.

The real problem came with the battery. Now, I don't really mind having to charge a phone every couple of days, although it is a bit annoying. What I don't like it when you leave the house with 3 bars of battery showing, send one text & make one very short phone call & half an hour later it has gone down to 1 bar, only for it to be completely flat 5 minutes later! That is not something I can live with so I had to make the decision to send it back : ( I am very disappointed.

Speaking to the lovely people in the O2 shop, the only company making phones with decent batteries at the moment are Sony Ericsson. Just wish their phones were better looking! I have always liked the Samsung phones in the past, but I am afraid they need to spend some time improving them to make them a viable option for me now.

I am now left using a very old, very slow Motorola, wondering what on earth to get next.

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Reviewer: Mitty - UK
Date: 16th May 2007

DOES ANY ONE NO HOW TO PREVIEW YOUR texts WHILE YOU ARE IN VIVID MODE. MY FRIEND HAS A E 900 & CAN ON HIS BUT MY U600 DOESUNT SEEM TO HAVE IT.

DOES the U600 HAVE A SLIDE SOUND WHEN YOU OPEN IT, AGAIN MY FRIEND HAS A 900 & HAS IT.

The PHONE HAS SOME ANNOYING HABITS OF RINGING PEOPLE THAT YOU don't WANT TO BECAUSE YOU ACCIDENTALLY HIT the TOUCH SCREEN.

The BATTERY LIFE WILL LAST APPROX 3 DAYS IF YOU text ABOUT 70 MESSAGES & USE 20 MINS OF CALLS PER DAY. THIS IS NOT BRILLIANT BUT I MESS ABOUT CHANGING THINGS & PLAYING GAMES FOR ABOUT AN HOUR A DAY.

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Reviewer: Julie Hunt - Worcester, UK
Date: 15th May 2007

Horrible, horrible, horrible! I really, really tried to like this phone. You either love it or hate it & I hated it. I thought it was a lovely design, so slim but apart from that, there is simply no point in me saying anything more about it. It's back to good old, reliable Nokia for me!

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Reviewer: Mariah - Den Helder, Netherlands
Date: 15th May 2007

I've had this phone for about a week & a half now. It looks great!

I was originally planning to buy a Nokia 5300 - one from the Xpress Music series, but landed on the Samsung instead because the salesman said it's much better & after about 5 minutes of thinking about it I agreed to get this one instead. My previous phone is a Nokia 3100 (I've had it since May 2004) so it got me some time getting used to the new one because they're so different.

Now the quality of the player is super! The music is clearer than on my actual MP3 player :D the camera is great, though I haven't really used it for videos YET. The screen is pleasantly clear.

The cons: the touch sensitive keys are way too easy to land on accidentally! I've called someone twice without meaning to do so. Guh!

Overall I think it's a great phone & I am glad I was convinced to buy it. It was way more than I bargained for!

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Reviewer: Kay - London, UK
Date: 15th May 2007

I've just sent mine back for a few reasons: didn't get on with the touch sensitive keys, found texting really difficult, esp as the apostrophe can only be accessed by going into the full 'symbols' menu rather than by finding it via the asterisk button (as on my older Samsung) & couldn't be bothered copying all my numbers one-by-one off my sim card as it doesn't allow you to select all. Have exchanged for the Nokia N95 which I am hoping is a more sturdy, easier to use bit of kit.

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Reviewer: Keelie - UK
Date: 15th May 2007

Hi can anyone tell me whether this phone plays music & can you set your own music as the ringtone & message tone? Also is the u700 out yet?

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Reviewer: Bob - Staffs, UK
Date: 15th May 2007

Had this phone a day & I am sending it back because the touch sensitive keys are driving me mad. Keep phoning people by mistake & clearing the screen when texting.

However I am a big bloke with big hands & my wife liked it so much she got one herself. I am having the Nokia N76 which is more up my street.

Shame because it is a really nice phone but seems a bit flimsy in a big mans hands!

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Reviewer: Kw - UK
Date: 14th May 2007

OK update: having had this phone a month now, one thing I will point out is: the supplied manual is very very VERY basic. Many things I have found out just by `playing` with the phone. Even daft little things like: yes you `can` use the flash as a torch. (Press & HOLD the top part of the left side rocker button) the camera: there are many options & the manual mentions nothing. E.g. Multi shot, altering the white balance, the iso settings, changing pic size, black & white shots, sepia a 10x zoom, timer. Heck there are options I don't even know what they are. If you get this phone you MUST play around with it. I am constantly finding out new things & I have barely scratched the surface. BATTERY LIFE: It started out useless, now I would say at least 4 days.

Has anyone had the `Lighthouse` background on yet? I got it moving into a different signal area. I love this phone :-)

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Reviewer: Emma - Lincoln, UK
Date: 14th May 2007

I read that the phone doesn't ring when the slider is down? Surely this can't be right as you will always leave the phone with the slider down!

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Reviewer: Rich - Chester, UK
Date: 13th May 2007

This phone looks ace but can anyone tell me about battery life? I have read that it's terrible, but other people don't mention it? Are the people calling it terrible just people that want it to last forever or have they only had it a few days? Does it get better?

Basically, does it last more than 3 days? Cheers.

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Reviewer: Craig Stephens - Harlow, UK
Date: 12th May 2007

I've had this phone for about a week & overall I am very happy with it, but like all things, it's not perfect.

A few of the issues I have are that the battery life isn't as long as I would of liked. My previous phone was the Sony W810i & its battery could last much longer. The sound quality when doing video recording isn't very good either as it doesn't pick up sound very well. Txtn takes some getting used to as well on this phone.

Where this phone is great though is that it looks & feels amazing. It feels sturdy & well made. I've dropped it a few times & it takes knocks well. It took a while to get used to the layout of how to access the features but it's mostly user friendly, but if people complain that it's too complicated to perform simple tasks I wouldn't totally disagrees with them. Overall I like this phone a lot & its one that is eye catching & feature packed.

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Reviewer: Lingkan Delia - Tasikmalaya, Indonesia
Date: 12th May 2007

Style & features of what we call hand phone are there. What else are we looking for.

I had a D820 before looking for this U600. I wish I didn't buy the D820 before. It's not good! I want to have that U600.

God Job guys. Keep inventing new phone things.

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Reviewer: Pryesh Mistry - Cov, UK
Date: 12th May 2007

Hi guys, I have just ordered this phone & I absolutely can't wait for it to come. I will give a full review on it as soon as I have it in my hands & plus I got it for a bargain brand new!

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Reviewer: Will - Liverpool, UK
Date: 12th May 2007

I have the new u600 I have had it now for 3 weeks I have had a few problems txting as it stops half way through BT besides that the phone is great the functions are great & easy to use I would recommend you buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Jess - Togo
Date: 12th May 2007

My friend bought this phone it is amazing. Yes it has touch screen the quality of the music player is true brilliance.

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Reviewer: Jav - London, UK
Date: 12th May 2007

Very good phone.

However every time I send a text it gives out a very annoying tone. Does anyone know how to get rid of it?

The manual only mentions sound settings for incoming texts, not outgoing texts!

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Reviewer: Arifa - Lancashire, UK
Date: 11th May 2007

Was spoilt for choice over Samsung U600 & Sony Ericsson W880i. After seeing my brother's new Sony Ericsson W880i decided it was not the best phone as I found the keypad to be very annoying! Therefore decided to go for the U600 & I am very pleased with my choice.

So far I have had no problems with using this amazing phone & the design of the phone is superb!

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Reviewer: Shallane - Birmingham, UK
Date: 11th May 2007

I give it all a 95% just because nothing is perfect. I have had this phone 4 a few days now & I really like it. I upgraded from the e900 which I loved so much I had it 4 a year & when I saw this one on the net I went straight to the shop & got it the same day. The features are almost the same as the e900 with a few extra features although I am still finding out new things with it. The u600 is great al though it does take a long time to take a picture which kind of bugs me but I don't take that many pictures so I don't mind. I am not sure about the battery life so I can't say much yet but so far so good I would recommend the phone but not to too many ppl as when I had the e900 everybody started copying me. If you get frustrated quickly then I wouldn't suggest e900 but u600 is better as the exit button isn't as easy to press as the other phone. I have found it is harder to press the buttons to text which is a bit of a pain but it all takes getting used to. The design is great slim sleek & fit for both boys & girls so yes if you are thinking of getting the phone then I would but just be careful with the Internet as I have gone onto it a few times. All in all I wud suggest it X.

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Reviewer: Jason - West Yorkshire, UK
Date: 10th May 2007

Had this phone 24 hours & I love it. I've had Nokia & Sony Ericsson phones before & upgraded from the N70. The phone is very slim & didn't take much working out as most phones work in a very similar fashion.

The phone doesn't ring when the slide is closed as at this point the phone lock is on.

The camera is great, but a lot of people confuse what is a good camera with what is a good screen to display the photos. I have downloaded 2 photos onto my PC & displayed them on screen & the quality is great, probably on a par with my brother in laws K600i.

I can't really knock this phone at all, you get used to how much pressure to put on the touch sensitive buttons & it has after only 24 hours become 2nd nature.

Having gone from a Smartphone to a standard mobile phone I am very happy that it does exactly what I wanted with some very neat little touches like the Big Ben theme. The sky darkens as it gets later into the evening.

When making a call the reception is very clear & precise has a good earphone & a good mouthpiece so you don't have to raise your voice at all.

I stewed over which phone to get for a couple of months & I am so glad I got this one.

Any questions about this phone please ask.

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Reviewer: Jessica - UK
Date: 10th May 2007

I've just got this phone but the phone book is listing all my contacts by surname. Any one know how to get round this?

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Reviewer: Warren - Watford, UK
Date: 10th May 2007

Simply one word to describe this phone. Amazing!

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 10th May 2007

Over all an excellent phone from Samsung. I had a D500 a few years ago & the U600 is much better.

My last phone was a Sony Ericsson W810i, which is a good phone but not problem free.

The U600 is incredibly thin so you hardly notice it in your pocket. Software on the phone is better than the W810i, but if you want any extra games or programs, best to download them through the wap browser from getjar etc. It also has a lovely clear screen.

The keypad buttons are conventional push type but the four buttons that, dial, end call & navigate are touch sensitive.

There is a round central button, not touch sensitive, for wap browsing.

Battery life is poor to start with, but like all new batteries, it takes several complete discharge/recharges to reach its maximum efficiency. Mine is lasting about two days but I am a frequent user of both user of voice & text.

I have ordered up a second battery, I do for all my phones, so this will solve any battery problems.

Problem areas are:

The volume control is tricky to operate if you have the wired headphones plugged in.

The touch keys are easy to operate accidentally when opening the slider. This could be easily fixed by including an option to operate these keys by double tapping! Sadly Samsung have not included this feature so the buttons are likely to drive U600 users mad!

Apart from that it's a great little phone, I am keeping mine!

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Reviewer: Ian Marley - Coleshill, UK
Date: 10th May 2007

Just received my u600 from O2. GORGEOUS phone. Simply beautiful. A little PC even :)

Would recommend it to anyone, lovely big screen, camera is superb, the picture quality is fantastic, they touch sensitive buttons are fantastic & not a problem at all.

I looked over 25 odd phones & settled on the u600 & so glad I did. People in the office are envious!

Get it. NOW!

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Reviewer: Lesley - Cambridgeshire, UK
Date: 10th May 2007

I have had this phone for a couple of days now & I love it ! I wasn't sure if I would get on with the touch sensitive screen but it's really easy to use & nowhere near as sensitive as the E900. It sounds great & looks great what more could you ask for ! The camera is good too I have tried it a couple of times & had no probs with it at all.

It's nice to have a phone that looks good & is easy to use.

I was unsure if to get this phone at first after reading some of the comments people was writing about it & I am so glad that I did ! Only thing is hubby wants it now LOL but he will have to wait til I upgrade again!

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Reviewer: Arslan - UK
Date: 10th May 2007

This is a great phone, it looks really nice it good features & the touch sensitive buttons are pretty good compared to the e900 so far no problems with the phone except it does take some time to load files off the memory card but then again it makes up for it in other places.

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Reviewer: Jt - Shrewsbury, UK
Date: 10th May 2007

I have finally got my hands on this phone after upgrading from a Sony Ericsson W810i & to be honest it does feel a little weird. Sorry Sony but the lure of this phone was too great to pass up. & what a phone it is, having read most of these reviews I am not sure what the people who bad mouthed it were on about!

The phone itself looks great, it's light, slim & is very sleek. The moment I held it in my hand I knew it was going to be a good relationship. I don't have any real problems with it to be honest. The touch sensitive keys will take some getting used to & I haven't made one accidental call yet. The camera is great but unfortunately is great!

I love the wallpaper of the houses of parliament & love the way the day changes from day to night, very nice touch. All in all the phone is ace & would well recommend it to anyone. It just needs love & a bit of getting used to but once that hurdle has been passed you'll never look at another phone again!

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Reviewer: Scott - Newport, South Wales, UK
Date: 10th May 2007

I am in 2 minds about getting this phone. Reason for this is I current use a D900 which I think is a great phone but I find it suffers from a number of different things. First one is its lack of, or poor signal availability, I know my Service Provider could be to blame here (Orange) but I haven't had this problem before. & secondly the flash is totally useless! , waste of time imo! . So basically what I am asking is does the U600 suffer from similar problems?

Cheers

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Reviewer: Joanna - UK
Date: 10th May 2007

I love this phone. I got it last night & it's great. I would recommend it. Super stylish. Easy to use.

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Reviewer: Me - Midlands, UK
Date: 9th May 2007

How many songs have people been finding they can fit on the phone as standard?

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Reviewer: Sara - UK
Date: 9th May 2007

Great looking & stylish phone that is very easy to use. Highly recommended.

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Reviewer: Jon Massey - Stoke, UK
Date: 9th May 2007

Nice looking phone, the end call button doesn't work only problem I have with it.

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Reviewer: James - UK
Date: 8th May 2007

Hey, after reading many reviews on sites such as this I decided to go & buy the Samsung U600.

The camera is amazing, everything about the phone is amazing. I previously had the K800i & was a bit worried about the apparent 'screen wobble' & the lack of an Xnenon flash which the K800i has but I must say I haven't been as impressed with a phone of this quality in a long time. The touch screen buttons are perfect, not oversensitive or anything like that. The flash I will admit isn't as good as the K800i but still good enough to make a picture perfectly visible in total pitch black shots as I just tested this in my pitch black room. As for the screen wobble I don't see why people make such a big fuss about it. Yes the screen does have a slight wobble it really is ever so slight which you hardly notice & if you do pick up on it you get used to it after 30 mins of using the phone like I did. I almost did not buy this phone because of people exaggerating such 'screen wobble' problems & that would have been a mistake, although maybe some phones have the wobble more than others; I have no idea, I have only had one handset.

So if you would like a phone that's extremely sleek, stylish yet packed with all the features of the brick-like Nokias & Sony Ericssons then the Samsung U600 may be the phone for you. The reason I haven't given 100% for features is because it has an LED flash instead of Xenon which I am used to on my old K800i.

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Reviewer: Missy - UK
Date: 8th May 2007

Bought this phone today taking it back tomorrow. Cost me 220 pounds & was definitely complicated & frustrating when you delete things. Although it is a stunning phone.

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Reviewer: Adam - Netherlands
Date: 8th May 2007

I currently own the Sony Ericsson k800i, a phone I am very happy with, but have been tasked with finding a phone for a friend. The bulkiness of the k800i is a problem for him, & he seems to think that the 3.2MP camera on the Samsung will be as good as the one on the k800i, which I doubt.

Does anyone have any experience with pictures from both cameras? Thanks.

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Reviewer: Lewis - Huddersfield, Zambia
Date: 8th May 2007

I am thinking about getting the u600 but I don't know whether to get that or the new d900, which do you recommend?

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Reviewer: Carly - Glasgow, UK
Date: 7th May 2007

I am getting this phone on Tuesday :-) can't wait, so excited. When I get my phone I will come back on here & write what I think of the phone :-D ;-)

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Reviewer: Nath - Cheshire, UK
Date: 6th May 2007

I am waiting for mine to come not long now!

Yes it has touch sensitive buttons & to all those of you complaining, please buy a new phone & don't tell everyone else its rubbish!

I have just upgraded from an e900 so yes ill be used to the keys & if your camera is blurring it's because your shaking you hand! Buy a Motorola!

I am really looking forward to this phone its going to be so great! No problems what so ever with the e900 a great phone to so if this is an improved version of that it can only be better! =D

Cheers people =)

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Reviewer: Chris - US
Date: 6th May 2007

Had phone 3 days I can't send or receive messages plus won't show who is calling always says unknown. Also having problems with camera taking it back not sure if going replace it shame cuz nice phone.

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Reviewer: Dean - UK
Date: 6th May 2007

Got the Samsung U600 for my birthday. Really happy with the phone. Great gift.

There are only two minor things, the texting pad & at camera autofocus (takes to long to take a picture) but apart from that it's top quality.

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Reviewer: Lloydy - UK
Date: 6th May 2007

Excellent phone! Great camera, very clear & easy to use! Also looks pretty trendy too, very slim & light! Recommend to all mobile phone users!

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Reviewer: Fleur - Wiltshire, UK
Date: 6th May 2007

Hey I am thinking of buying this phone but have mixed feelings after the reviews. My other option is the Sony K800i, just wondering for those who have had both, which one is better?

Pls reply! Thanks.

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Reviewer: Joe - Grimsby, UK
Date: 6th May 2007

Hello, my sister recently bought this phone on contract but the ringtones seem to be really quiet when I play them & when people ring her, it is on full volume as well does anybody have any suggestions?

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Reviewer: Warrior - UK
Date: 5th May 2007

I went to CarphoneWarehouse & played around with the Samsung U600 for about 15 minutes. My quick conclusion, the operating system was quite sluggish & when the touch buttons were pressed, you sometimes think, did I touch the button properly or not? the pressure required for the touch buttons is not much, but I ended up pressing the buttons too hard, because I had a few instances where I touched the buttons & I did not receive a response from the phone. All in all, I was going to buy the phone sim free but to be honest, in my opinion the phone is 'definitely opinion, I could not see myself using the phone 6 months down the line.

Note: I am aware I only used the Samsung U600 for a short amount of time, so do NOT flame as this post is my personal opinion however, buyers beware, TEST the phone before you buy, because before I went into the shop, I was convinced it was the right phone for me, when I came out, it was clearly not what I expected.

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Reviewer: Juicy - UK
Date: 5th May 2007

I've got to say I love this phone! I got it on 1st May & all the features are great! Also, FINALLY a Samsung phone where you can change the message tone! Touch screen is really easy to use, you can't call anyone by accident as Samsung have taken precautions. The end call button working as the cancel key takes a bit of getting used to. Also so far battery life hasn't been too good but as with my fella's d900 it seems to extend the more times it's charged. First time (after initially charge) I charged it the battery lasted 24hrs (with normal use) but on its 3rd charge we are currently approaching 48hrs. Hope this helps!

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Reviewer: Ryan - Swindon, UK
Date: 5th May 2007

Hi just got my Samsung u600, great, I have installed the computer software (PC studio) but when I go to connect my phone it comes up on the screen saying:

Cannot install this hardware, there was a problem installing this hardware: WMC ACM 1.00 App

An error occurred during the installation if this device.

The data is invalid.

Can any one HELP me please?

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Reviewer: Hayley - London, UK
Date: 5th May 2007

For any users who have this phone already, I have a quick yet maybe strange question haha! I am probably going to get this phone but wondered if it had a feature that most new models seem to be having. When the phone is on, but not in use, does the screen go completely blank, as if the phone is off? Or is there an option where you can say have a clock etc so that you can see if you have messages etc without having to slide up the phone? This just really bugs me as I like to be able to quickly check if I have anything haha! Any replies would be brilliant. Thank you :)

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Reviewer: Micheal - London, UK
Date: 5th May 2007

Phone is amazing if you are wanting a phone for style then this phone is for you!

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Reviewer: Pam - Potters Bar, UK
Date: 5th May 2007

I can't stand it. I brush a key without knowing it & ring someone/start up WAP/get asked if I want to exit or save the text etc. Etc. However, in contrast, the letter keys have to be pressed very firmly. I love the Houses of Parliament on the screen with birds flying & changing from daylight to dusk; love the design; love the feel; can't do with being out of control with the keys. Frustrating!

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Reviewer: Karl - Birmingham, UK
Date: 5th May 2007

After owning the Samsung E900 which I was very impressed with, I am delighted to come across this basically upgraded version of it. Basic features are the same with the same very basic standard ringtones again, but there are some notable differences. For example the U600 has a fantastic 3.2MP camera which is brilliant, it even has a flash & auto focus. It like the E900 has a music player but the U600 comes also with a FM radio which lets face it can be useful when your vored of the normal playlists!

General design is stunning - the touch screen is always one of those debated areas - I say its fine but it's a 'love it or hate it' feature. If you have never used a touch screen phone then try one before buying would be my advice.

The only real problem that I have encountered so far with this phone is the battery life! It isn't by any means the best & if you are out all day then you will be more than likely charging it every night!

Overall I think this is a fantastic phone, great features, great design, & with the exception of the battery life I can't really fault it.

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Reviewer: Kelisha - UK
Date: 5th May 2007

I couldn't wait for my upgrade & when it came round I wasn't disappointed. It did take me a while to get used to the touch sensitive keys but this is the 1st phone I have had with that capability. I suppose you learn through TRIAL & ERROR. I am still working out how to use the music player in terms of how to stop it playing once it's been minimised. But overall I can honestly say this phone is the wicked I love it to bits. Well done Samsung.

PS Guys & girls be careful if you tend to leave your phone in your back pocket you don't want it to snap now!

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Reviewer: Jake Barnes - Sheffield, UK
Date: 4th May 2007

I am getting this phone it sounds really cool!

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Reviewer: Kasper - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date: 4th May 2007

I don't get why all of you people are grousing about the touch sensitive keypad. If you are you don't have any patience, take the time to get used to it.

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Reviewer: Imogen - Sheffield, UK
Date: 3rd May 2007

This phone is simply brilliant. Such a great design. The touch sensitive keys are a nice addition to this model.

Yes, it is easy to make calls when you don't intend to, but its no major problem so don't let it put you off. Once you get used to the touch buttons you will become more aware of how you use them, & as I have found have leant to simply be more careful with them. & as far as any other faults such as the scroll bar being slow or jarring which some people have mentioned in their reviews, this is not typical of all handsets!

The features are excellent on this phone. Texting is easy, & the quality of the pictures is flawless to. I would recommend that you buy a SD memory card though, because the phone memory is pretty poor. I found the largest capacity memory card (1.0GB) in a shop for only £11.99, so shop around before you buy one cos I found it retailed at £30 in other stores. The card lets me store loads of photos, videos & songs, & slides neatly inside the phone.

I have always liked Samsung phones as they are easy to use & are notorious for looking good-& the U600 has not failed me yet! A great purchase!

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Reviewer: Louise - Northern Ireland, UK
Date: 3rd May 2007

I saw this phone today for the 1st time & it looks great & seems to have everything that needs to b on it plus more! I have to buy it!

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Reviewer: Damian - Poole, UK
Date: 3rd May 2007

Now for the u600 it has style its slim fits in any tight pocket, camera is excellent (but yes not as good as k800i) but not far of it! . The display is fantastic crisp & bright it has everything on it (except 3G & wi-fi) oh yes & this phone can hold 1000 text messages great! Radio & MP3's are clear. U600 is easy to use.

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Reviewer: Liz - Kent, UK
Date: 3rd May 2007

Love the phone but already had to take one back & looks like I will have to take this one back too as the predictive text stops half way through a message! Very frustrating that a phone this advanced has a problem like this!

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Reviewer: Deano - Walton, UK
Date: 3rd May 2007

PROPA DECENT phone. A good DEAL WITH VIRGIN MEADIA.

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Reviewer: Hunny Alrohaif - Liverpool, UK
Date: 3rd May 2007

The 1st Samsung phone I got was the D500, thanks to that phone I am still sticking to Samsung. I got the D900 & loved it too, but it wasn't as good as D500. Now have the U600 & again, I am loving it. An O2 lady called me early in the morning just to ask if I wanted to upgrade to a better deal & said yes, then she what phone I'd like. I didn't have anything in mind since I wasn't planning on getting a new phone anytime soon. So I asked her if they had any new Samsungs, she said the u600 had just came in 5 days ago. I simply said OK to that phone not knowing which one it was, then went back to sleep ;p

Few days later I received the phone & I was so impressed. Great looks, great features & ultra slim! The 3.2Mpix camera produces really good quality pictures. Unlike my D900, U600 is much faster when taking good quality pictures & when loading files from a 1Gbites memory card. The only thing I find weird is that when you press on 'camera' it doesn't take you to the media folders as the last two Samsungs did. But that's OK I guess. Now, about the touch buttons, it'll take you a day or so to get used to it. & just so you know, whenever someone holds your U600 for the 1st time, they'll end up calling someone by mistake ;D

The out cover of the phone is quite different too. Looks very good but in the beginning I thought it would get damaged easily. I've had this phone for 3 weeks now & it's doing fine. I did manage to scratch it on the first day which freaked me out. But now I am less careful when handling it & there are no new scratches. I think I just thought it was TOO light & that it wouldn't take any roughness. But I am glad to say I was wrong :)

So yah, this phone is one of the best phones I've held. I am a big fan of Samsung, they sure are capable of combining the good looks & good quality for reasonable prices.

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Reviewer: Russell Haworth - Baxenden, UK
Date: 2nd May 2007

I was skeptical about buying this phone after I had read all these different views on the phone, but I can safely say I am totally satisfied with this sleek & beautiful phone. It will take a little bit of getting used to but stick with it & you want regret it.

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Reviewer: Jspencer - Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2nd May 2007

Having read most of the other reviews. I also had a problem with ringing people by accident! Found it difficult to figure out how to use a lot of the functions as manual is useless. But stick with it. Play around with it & it all becomes clear. Love the 3d view text message reading. Also you don't HAVE to put recipient first when texting. Scroll down & write message then go back to recipient. Also don't need to go all through menu to add recipient. Simply press* key bottom left, change to Abc & select from phone book. Trial & error but definitely there isn't a more comprehensive user guide to help.

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Reviewer: Lizzie - UK
Date: 2nd May 2007

I was persuaded to try this phone with a really good tariff offer & have now had 2 replacements & am changing to the Sony k8ooi. I was put off only by the slide as I've had experience of them not being sturdy in the past, again, this one was beginning to wobble after only 1 week of use. On both my u600s the phonebook auto scroll stuck on L, so if I wanted to call anyone with a name past 'L' I had to scroll manually.

I also kept calling people, going onto the browser & going back to the main display by accident. Lots of great features but many annoying factors.

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Reviewer: Elle - Sheffield, UK
Date: 2nd May 2007

This is a fantastic phone. It has excellent features, & I have just got an SD memory card to expand the memory which is fab-the card loads of additional songs, pictures & video minutes, definitely.

The touch sensitive buttons are a nice feature, but are sometimes slightly frustrating-I've accidentally called people by brushing the buttons, mostly when I have been in the middle of a text! But it's not a major problem, I am just more careful with it after. Keypad operates nicely, & the camera is just fantastic-crystal clear pictures, & they look good when transferred to PC.

Overall this is the best phone I have owned to date & I am really pleased with it.

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Reviewer: Denise - Rotherham, S Yorks, UK
Date: 1st May 2007

I've had my Samsung U600 4 days now so still getting to know the phone, had D600 previously so a lot of features similar. I have once managed to ring someone without realising it because of the touch sensitive keys but only because I had the phone open at the time, this will not happen when closed. I agree with another reviewer about the predictive text, where Samsung have decided to alternate between up & down when choosing other words. But other than that I have found it to be brilliant. It looks great & feels great, Camera is spot on a lot better than D600 & you can use your own tunes for your text tone (AT LAST) Being a wife & mother I also find the memo feature very useful, when doing my weekly shopping I would always forget my shopping list, now I store my shopping list on the memo so I've always got it with me. BRILLIANT!

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Reviewer: Greg Starkins - Watford, UK
Date: 1st May 2007

I think this phone is brilliant. It's got everything you want & looks smart. I haven't misused the touch screen once I think it's excellent.

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Reviewer: Sarah - UK
Date: 1st May 2007

I've had the phone around 3wks.

I had to send the 1st one back as the messaging kept freezing & crashing the phone. Not good with how much texting I do!

I've had my replacement delivered today & now the spring at the back is catching whenever the slider is used. This wouldn't be an issue at all but the first one didn't do it & my concern is that it's got to last 18 months!

All in all, think I am going to have to send it back as this is now 2 handsets with different probs. Shame as love the phone & the features but can't see it being very durable unfortunately.

Has anyone else had these probs with the messaging & the slider?

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Reviewer: Mel - UK
Date: 1st May 2007

Very touch sensitive. Like many others I keep calling people! Does anyone know how I can make the phone go to voicemail?

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Reviewer: Ronny - London, UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

My new phone arrived this morning, I took it out of the box & it looked the nuts! The design is awesome & I was well chuffed. After charging it & having a play around with the features I was quite happy with what it had to offer. But as the day went on, it slowly began to get on my nerves! The touch sensitive buttons are a nightmare, any slight brush across it & it either calls someone or exits you from whatever you were doing.

Then there's the camera! Its gets very blurry at the slightest movement & the video is appalling! The sound keeps cutting out & the picture quality is rubbish, totally not what I expected.

First thing I will be doing tomorrow is sending it back which is a shame because looks superb.

I should have taken notice of the other posts on here! Anyone know of a decent phone worth getting?

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Reviewer: John Wilkie - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

This phone is terrific! Apart from an initial small problem with the touch sensitive, I've found this phone very easy & enjoyable to use!

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Reviewer: Janet - UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

Only had it three days & it certainly takes some getting used to, but as a senior citizen I would expect to take a few weeks to get used to any new phone. At my age it's good not to allow oneself to be beaten by new technology, but to be patient, exercise the brain & other faculties, & in the meantime enjoy the street cred of owning the latest in design. I mean to conquer this one, & think of the personal satisfaction then. Incidentally, I chose it for its large, legible text (also a consideration as one ages).

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Reviewer: Billy - UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

Best phone I ever bought.

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Reviewer: Jamie Watson - Brighton, UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

I haven't found anything wrong with the phone at all. Everyone keeps saying there are problems where the phone makes calls without you knowing because of the touch screen but if the phone has been slide shut then the keys are locked, I don't see the problem. I have recently lost a K800i & I needed another phone. I didn't want to buy the same one again so Ii bought this one, it is better because its so much better looking & I love sliding it up & down. If anyone could possibly tell me how to get a DVD onto my phone I would very much appreciate it. I have managed to get an episode of how I met your mother on there & that is cool to watch on the bus but I have tried to convert DVD AVI files & put them on my 1GB memory card but it doesn't support it on the phone. Any ideas?

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Reviewer: Louisa - Surrey, UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

All of you who are saying it's hard to use. NO IT ISNT! & that review near the top of the page, the lady who took it back after a day, seems a little fast!

I had the e900 before I got this phone which is also a touch screen & I admit that in the 1st week it was a pain but it only took me a few days 2 get used 2 it! & if you don't want it hanging up when you're in a call. Lock it! It isn't all that hard.

Brilliant phone with excellent features & stop moaning about the touch screen, just give yourself time to get used to it & don't press it too hard!

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Reviewer: Alan - UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

Lovely looking phone with excellent features. Some initial problems with touch keys but once used to them they are fine. Music & radio sound is good. Only real niggle is navigation sound effect - can someone please tell me how to turn it off (or change to a beep). Overall a good phone with good camera.

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Reviewer: Laura - Cardiff, UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

I have been so disappointed with this phone. Firstly, the design is useless. The touch-sensitive buttons, despite not being overly sensitive, are so close to the navigating circle that you either find yourself in a random menu or at the start screen. Secondly, the number buttons feel like if you press too hard (which you need to! ) the phone will snap. They are far too flat & only go in a tiny fraction. Also, there is a large wedge at the bottom of the keypad which means if you have big, or even normal, size fingers you'll struggle. With regards to the software, it's OK. It's got a bizarre sub-menu system which is difficult to explain & even more difficult to get used to. The WAP button is also in a really silly place, I accessed WAP unintentionally countless times today, & may end up costing some people a fortune. The advantages of this phone are the camera quality & the screen quality. For those looking for a built in MP3 player, it's also useful. In response to an earlier review, you can set this phone to 'Melody & Vibrate' - one thing Samsung has actually solved. I had this phone for 6 hours, & it's going straight back to O2 & I am getting myself a Nokia with real buttons!

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Reviewer: Sv - Finland
Date: 30th Apr 2007

Good Phone - a really good multimedia phone! P.S. For all the people who are saying that they are not happy about the touch sensitivity - the PHONE IS A SLIDE PHONE! WHEN IT'S CLOSED IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING! For the alarm thing, it's placed on silent, & it doesn't work because. IT'S ON SILENT!

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Reviewer: Steph - Kent, UK
Date: 27th Apr 2007

This phone is sleek. I love it! I have had this phone for 3 days now & it's great! The only thing that is a bit annoying is that I accidentally brush my finger past the touch sensitive button & it calls people or deletes messages but I can live with that. The camera is good, the sound quality is great. The phone is so light & looks good! You can transfer MP3 files from media player easily onto your phone to get then as ring tones or message tones. I give the phone 100%. You have to get it it's the best!

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Reviewer: Rebecca - UK
Date: 27th Apr 2007

I am a bit shallow when it comes to buying a new phone & I get bored very quickly! When I saw this one I knew I just had to have it.

I got the Sapphire blue one & I think it is a fab colour, not a drab black or grey/silver. I was originally after the N73 Nokia but was strongly advised not to get it as apparently the software is very slow & too advanced for the phone to cope with. When I said I wanted the U600 I was strongly advised against that too! He then tried to plug the Nokia 6300 - I think they just had a certain few to get out actually so I stuck to my guns & ordered the u600 & I was really pleased that I did.

It is so unbelievably light & flat that you wouldn't know you had it in your pocket which I think is great as my old K800 is quite bulky & didn't look good in a girl's pocket.

The slider is smooth & not clunky, it moves ever so slightly when out which someone else mentioned in a review but not as much as they made out & it is so not a problem.

Now for the features - the touch buttons are absolutely fab & I love that. Takes a bit of getting used to the fact that you don't have to press & I have accidentally called loads of people by just brushing the green phone button - however the keys are locked automatically quite quickly so it's just a matter of adjusting to using it. Stylish too I think.

The themes once you push the info button in the centre are good too, clearly show what your menu is & you can have a list or blocks. Easy to navigate around the various menus & there are loads of sub categories under each heading which I love as there is loads to look through & store shed loads of info in. Messaging a bit awkward as you put the recipient in first which I am not used to, shouldn't take long. Haven't had a chance to sort my music on the player yet & have just bought a 1GB card as the memory is not huge - depends on what you want to store in it.

Camera was a big thing for me so when I saw it had a 3.2 megapixel camera I was really smitten. The quality is fab & no different to my Sony k800. The video is a little pixilated however but you have to compromise somewhere. The only thing I will say with the camera - I may be being stupid - is that when you push the take piccie button, it takes a few seconds to actually take the picture so taking a piccie of a 2 year old who won't sit still is a problem - perhaps something for Samsung to look at. Great that it has auto focus & there are lots of features that you can adjust with the camera as if it was a normal SLR digital camera! - brill.

Quality of calls is great too, can't fault it, clear & easy to change volume during calls. Can't really comment on the battery life just yet but I have only had to charge it twice in a week - can't remember the rules for charging on first getting it but I think that is quite good. Can't fault the clarity of MP3 files, clear & sound great. Have not watched a video yet so cannot comment but I am sure someone else will.

All phones are slightly different & you have to play with them a while to get used to them & their quirks, I have not had a Samsung for a while but it has not been hard to pick it up at all, everything is self explanatory & if not then there is always the small easy to use guide book (big manuals put me off).

All in all I would like to say that the man at the shop was wrong & I love this phone, I have had it a week & just love it. It is sleek, stylish & very user friendly. Don't know what else to say really, wouldn't want to recommend it & you hate it but you'll never know unless you try. I would have put the % a bit higher but no one is perfect & at least there is a little room for improvement - don't want Samsung getting all big headed do we!

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Reviewer: Rosie - London, UK
Date: 27th Apr 2007

Great looking phone & the features are what you'd expect from Samsung. However the battery life is awful! I've only started using the phone today & I've literally only used the phone for half an hour & I am down to one bar already.

Has anyone else had the same problem I had the D600 before which had a better battery life but I think Nokia leads in the battery life debate.

Another problem I have is the text messaging. I am not sure about the spacing between the lines when you write a message & the large text that received messages are written in.

Overall OK, but I am thinking of changing the phone because of the battery.

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Reviewer: Ashley Lewis - UK
Date: 27th Apr 2007

Unable to connect my phone to the PC XP PRO sp2 using USB cable. I am on my second phone, with same problem. Device not recognised error. Does any one know why? Or have a fix?

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Reviewer: Sarah Mcshane - Norris Green, UK
Date: 26th Apr 2007

Worst phone I have ever bought.

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Reviewer: Philipp Dunhill - UK
Date: 26th Apr 2007

It's a great looking phone & has some great features.

But the battery life is absolutely terrible. Had the D600 previously & battery life was much better (although Nokia will always be the best for that from previous experience).

Will Samsung sort out the battery problem?

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Reviewer: Jamie - UK
Date: 25th Apr 2007

Got the U600 yesterday, taking it back today. Worst phone I have had, I know others say the opposite, but this phone has driven me to despair in the short time I have had it.

Touch sensitive buttons are useless, I have made 4 calls whilst just going through the menu settings down to just brushing my thumb past the stupid things!

Opened the phone with my left hand last night, ended up calling one of my mates!

Then there were the text messages that got deleted when I was typing them, again, brushed the touch sens. Button when using the menu.

I couldn't last 2 days with this phone, let alone the duration of my contract!

My old D600 owns this phone for user friendliness!

Oh yeah, can't change the keypad tones either as there is an issue with the phone, set it to beep & you still get the annoying Xylophone (sp? ) (maybe specific to my phone?)

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Reviewer: Barny - Carlisle, UK
Date: 24th Apr 2007

This phone is absolutely brill! It has everything I want & its looks great! Definitely worth buying!

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Reviewer: Jorden - West Yorks, UK
Date: 24th Apr 2007

Excellent looking phone with excellent features although the keypad buttons are a bit annoying whilst txting but I am getting used to them. Nice piece of kit which I have just upgraded from a K800i to. Flash is a bit rubbish compared to K800i but it has zoom etc. Best things about it are the clever software it has installed like phone tracker, passwords for most things (good to keep the spying parent out! ) & the special search thingy.

All in all I prefer it to the K800i as is very much more advanced.

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Reviewer: Neil - London, UK
Date: 24th Apr 2007

I agree with some of David's comments.

I ordered this phone as it has excellent features & nice design - but it is very frustrating to use.

The I button located in the centre of the handset does not take you to the menu but onto wap & another keypress is required to exit this.

The c button is very sensitive making it impossible to play games on the handset without accidentally exiting out of them.

The camera has impressive resolution but is slow & the flash all but useless. Flash cannot be used as a torch.

Making & receiving calls is unintuitive & hanging up calls not easy to do.

The speaker is excellent & the screen fantastic but it saps the battery which did not last a day for me after a full charge.

I will return it to Vodafone, go back to my W800 & probably wait for the W580 to come out.

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Reviewer: Cassy - Sutton, UK
Date: 24th Apr 2007

Great design & functions. Not very sensitive touch keys as E900 is.

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Reviewer: Ben - UK
Date: 24th Apr 2007

I've currently got the Sony Ericsson w800i (A great phone apart from the joystick! ) Its upgrade time & I don't know what to go for. I think I am between the new Nokia & the Samsung u600. Can anyone give any recommendations as to what one is better?

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Reviewer: Missy - Wiltshire, UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

Phone is cool. Very light, good to look out. The only thing I find is when you're making a call to end the call I have to unlock it first using the power button then I can press the cancel button, any Ideas how I can take the lock off?

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Reviewer: Dave Jones - UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

Firstly, this is a great phone! The slim design & super clear screen are like nothing else on the market & it really looks smart in grey. The touch buttons take a few minutes to get used to, but they are that sensitive at all so not sure what some other reviewers are talking about.

I've upgraded from a D500 & everything has improved. I don't really use the camera or MP3 ability, but it is capable in both areas.

If you want a smart, slim high spec phone then look no further.

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Reviewer: Christine - London, UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

AWFUL - was sent a replacement handset due to problems with sending texts & MMS messages, & problem was never resolved, even after speaking to Samsung direct. Heat sensitive buttons are a nightmare ended up calling people without realising as buttons are so sensitive. Very flimsy as well, couldn't see it lasting more than a few weeks. Wouldn't waste your time or money on this phone. I've returned it today.

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Reviewer: Kirsty Edwards - North Wales, UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

I had a demo of this phone at the weekend - very slim & looks very classy compared to other chunkier phones. You can now assign your own alarm & message tones, which is good. It also now vibrates & rings at the same time. Still 1 thing that I don't like, that when the phone is idle, it is completely black so you don't know if you have a missed call or message unless you touch one of the buttons. Also the speaker is not brilliant for the music, but I don't really sit & listen to music. My last Samsung was the D600, so the touch sensitive buttons would take a bit of getting used to. Decided I will wait until the U700 is out, but I will definitely get one of them.

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Reviewer: Phil - UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

It annoys me that so many people write bad reviews about this phone. I almost didn't buy it because of some reviews, & what a mistake that would have been!

The phone is unbelievable. The touch sensitive buttons have been designed brilliantly, & they are not TOO sensitive at all! The phone is mega slim & fits great in a suit jacket or trousers!

I would recommend this phone to anyone!

Good luck

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Reviewer: Alex - UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

Stunning design, but the touch sensitive buttons keep bringing me back to the main screen when I don't want to!

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Reviewer: Lauren - UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

I really want this phone, but I just want to know how many songs does it hold without the added memory because I have the Motorola PEBL at the moment & it only holds 1 song which is really annoying. Cheers Mate.

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Reviewer: Colster - Norwich, UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

To answer a couple of questions posted on here first:

Jamie, Yes it can sync to Outlook & Outlook Express

Emily - No, this Samsung still won't do vibrate & ring at the same time but unlike previous Samsungs you can now use downloaded MP3's for your message alert, although unlike Nokia's it won't play all of it (approx 5 secs - same as Sony Ericssons)

As far as reviews go: I love this phone, the design is a real head turner, ppl love the London screen theme with the birds flying over & the fact the sky gets dark at night, also when you dial a number a little pen appears on the screen & writes the number - OK so no real practical value here but shows if nothing else that some thought went into it :)

This phone is just jam packed with other more useful functions like when you start typing a number it also displays matches from your phonebook & call logs (bit like auto complete in Internet Explorer).

I have found both reception & sound quality (on O2) to be great & unlike another reviewer the FM radio on mine works fine.

The camera is great & has a handy shortcut menu where all the keys provide some function, for example pressing * while in camera mode toggles the flash on & off.

I slapped a 2GB SD card in it (£20 from memorybits) & now have loads of TV shows on there (NOTE - the software included with the phone includes a feature to convert avi to 3GP & can connect to the phone via Bluetooth as well as the supplied USB cable).

This does bring us to the phones achilles heel - the battery is NOT terrible although streaming media off the memory card does eat it pretty quick but car chargers for Samsungs can be bought on eBay for 2 quid so I just bought one of them.

Note though you can't use the headphones while charging as they use the same socket.

I haven't had a single problem with the touch sensitive keys, they lock when the phone closes so I can't really see how ppl end up making false calls.

Been a long while since I loved my mobile phone but I am really happy with this one - can't praise it enough with the only downside being slightly shorter battery life than I have had before but then the phone does so much as is so small it's kind of makes sense I suppose but like I said car chargers are so cheap, just get one of them.

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Reviewer: Sanjeev - Sussex, UK
Date: 21st Apr 2007

I was not sure whether to get the LG Prada or Samsung U600, I tested both out & I found the LG Prada to be very stylish but I struggled with texting. Texting my name was very difficult especially for those of us with big fingers.

So I went with the Samsung U600, as soon as it came out of the box you notice how thin it is. The style & size is great people do sit up & notice the phone, my last few phones have been Sony's so it took me a little while to get used to the texting & menu's. On the whole this phone is stylish & is great mobile to have. It does not have 3G but I hardly ever used 3G on my old Sony. It takes Micro SD, I found a 2GB card on the net for £20.

Overall I place the U600 as the number one in the market & LG Prada as number two. Prada is the most stylish but for texting it was too difficult & U600 is thinner than the Prada.

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Reviewer: Lou - Manchester, UK
Date: 21st Apr 2007

I bought this phone from O2 website & got it delivered yesterday. It does take a lot of getting used to & I have rang so many people because of those touch sensitive buttons. It's just a case of getting use to everything. I've had every single make of phone & I have gone back to Samsung. Nokias are good phones but they seem to be quite bulky were this one is ultra slim. Good all round phone, still exploring the features. Can't quite work out the camera yet. Excellent emotions on text messages. Easy to use menu. I would definitely purchase.

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Reviewer: Sukhi - West London, UK
Date: 20th Apr 2007

Great phone. Samsung have really surpassed themselves this time! I recommend everyone to go out & get it!

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Reviewer: Mel - UK
Date: 20th Apr 2007

Firstly, Emily from London (reviewed u600 17th April) yes it does ring & vibrate at the same time. David from UK please don't give incorrect information this phones camera DOES have a zoom facility. When in camera mode you press the round 'D' button on the front of the phone either up/down if held in upright position or left/right if held horizontal. As with most phones you have to have a good play with it to find out what it can do, the instruction manual on this phone isn't much use. I have had it now for a week & I think the features are excellent for a normal user, the radio is a nice feature (first Samsung with a radio I am told), the speaker phone is good quality, the camera is good enough for snap shots but not as good as the Nokia N73 or Sony Ericsson K800i (though they are much bulkier).the touch sensitive keys take some getting used to & you really have to be conscious of how you hold the phone when txting & making calls as its very easy to brush one of the touch sensitive keys & my only other gripe is that I wish it was a little sturdier when the slide is up like the D840. It feels fine in the hand when closed but too flimsy when up. All in all good features lovely looking, easy to use but would have been better without the touch sensitive keys & a bit sturdier.

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 20th Apr 2007

I have had this phone for a few days. Being a former Nokia & Ericsson customer I was somewhat sceptical moving to Samsung but the phone looked so nice I couldn't resist. I was very surprised when I started using the phone, easy to use, even the touch sensitive buttons. There is a slight delay from the phone when pushing these but it isn't anything worth worrying about. If anything it actually most likely makes the sensitive keys manageable. The menu interface is very easy to use & is quite customisable which is great. I am a huge texter & the predictive text is quite pretty fast & easy to use. One gripe is that when you want to choose a different word, Samsung decides to alternate whether you have to push up on the nav key or down. Also, if you are adding punctuation to a long word, the word is cut off from the selection box. Otherwise, the camera is great quality, sound good & allows personal ringtones & sms tones. Feature wise the phone is very nice.

HOWEVER, after using the phone just a handful of times the top piece of the phone (the piece which slides up) starts to wobble when the phone is open. Looking at the design of the phone it can be clearly seen why. The runners to which the phone glides on aren't touching throughout the phone & therefore when it is open causes the top piece to wobble somewhat back & forth. This is extremely annoying & really decreases in my opinion the quality of the phone. I have read a number of other reviews (Googled it) with other people experiencing the same issue. Supposedly it is down the metal plate which is used in the D900 for support being removed to get the phone so thin. I think this is a real shame that Samsung have done this. I would much rather have a phone an extra 2mm in thickness then one that rattled continuously. As a result I am sending my phone back as if it is like this after a few days, then after a year it's going to be terrible. This is a massive shame because I really like this phone & it looks so nice. I wondered if this wobble is a common issue of sliders but a friend has the D900 & my Girlfriend has an LG Chocolate & the slider on both is extremely sturdy so I am inclined to think it is a specific fault on the model.

Great phone Samsung but poor build. Shame.

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Reviewer: Pete - Glasgow, UK
Date: 20th Apr 2007

Bought the phone 4 days ago (O2 version) on the strength of its' great looks & have had good Samsung experience in the past BUT thinking of taking it back because:

1. Alarm does not sound when phone is on silent so you must leave it on sounder & hope you don't get a (junk) text/call in the middle of the night!

2. You cannot nominate to have EITHER sim or phone memory for contacts list as phone always reads both at same time so, if you back-up from one to the other, you end up with double entries.

3. On my preferred display setting for time & date, I cannot read the date figure due to the pre-set colour schemes (you need to see it - unbelievable! ).

4. Initially, my right-handed operation of the slider invariably set off the very touch-sensitive browser key & probably cost me money each time, however, I seem to be learning to avoid this now but still don't feel comfortable using it.

I have contacted Samsung Customer Services who essentially said 'Sorry, these cannot be changed, live with them'.

All in all: good looking phone but not thought out.

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Reviewer: Jamie - UK
Date: 18th Apr 2007

Can someone tell me if you can sync your ms outlook contacts on this phone please?

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Reviewer: Tilly - UK
Date: 17th Apr 2007

Great phone but really bad reception, aerial always crackling. Had to send to back, pretty gutted.

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 17th Apr 2007

Possibly the worst phone I've every used. I've had it for 3 days & it has annoyed be every time I've used it. The touch sensitive buttons are a nightmare - I've made more unwanted calls than I can remember & it took me 4 attempts to send a text msg.

The headphones are terrible & the FM radio & MP3 player are rubbish. The camera which is good, has no zoom. You have to open up a flimsy little flap to both charge & attach the headphones.

The phone is going back to Vodafone & I'll be going back to my Sony Ericsson W800i, until Sony Ericsson releases something worth upgrading to.

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Reviewer: Lindsey - Surrey, UK
Date: 17th Apr 2007

I just bought this beautiful phone yesterday.

Before I had a basic Nokia (which I found really easy to use). I haven't really given this one a chance yet but so far I am finding it a bit difficult to use (I suppose it is just getting used to the different manufacturers & new technology - how old do I sound? ! ). For example I find the touch sensitive buttons get high-resolution it has I.e. Camera, MP3, display etc are fab.

One more thing, I find the buttons quite hard to push. I wonder if they are going to loosen up as the phone gets used more?

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Reviewer: Emily - London, UK
Date: 17th Apr 2007

I was just wondering. Can this phone vibrate & ring at the same time? A problem I have had with other Samsungs in the past is that they do not have this function!

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Reviewer: Dwade - US
Date: 17th Apr 2007

How the hell can you compare a U600 to a N93! Just because they both have 3.2cameras? Anyway, Samsung 'slim' phones are notorious for being rubbish in battery capacity! I have a d900 (sold on online two days ago) - which I had to charge every 1 1/2 days (on during night as well). I used about 45mins to an hour of total talk time & maybe played around with settings & barely got through 2-3 tracks of mp3s & like I mentioned, after 1 1/2 days I would need to charge! That's bad. The u600 & any other ultra-edition phone will be the same problem, if not worst. Also just to make sure I went out & purchased an OEM Samsung battery from dealer directly for d900 & compared to the battery I already had. Same issue! So I don't think it's an isolated thing. Now as far as design & features I give these new Samsungs all thumbs up. They are awesome in that dept. Usability is terrible though! Only because of battery. Without a good one how can you truly enjoy any phone.

Food for thought - Nokia has great battery life. ESPECIALLY the new '&' series phones. Brother has N80 & I love my Nokia N73! Pss. That's a true 3.2 megapixel monster). Not as slim as the Samsungs. That is one thing I don't like of Nokia phones.

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Reviewer: Kw - UK
Date: 16th Apr 2007

If you are not used to `touch` keys (me) it takes some getting used to. I kept holding the phone with my left thumb over the call button, this opens the `call log` & then dials the selected number. So I kept opening the slider & inadvertently making a call. Now I am used to it & it's pretty good. The whole operation of everything seems very quick & slick. The touch keys auto lock when the slider is closed (good! ) There are many features on this phone & most of which I have not yet used (radio through the headphones is good) to answer a previous question: yes it has a speakerphone.

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Reviewer: Ian - London, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2007

SIMPLY the BEST PHONE I HAVE USED TO DATE. GREAT LOOKING -EASY TO USE. BATTERY LIFE GREAT. GOODBYE Nokia & Motorola SO YESTERDAY! I NEVER USE the CAMERA OPTIONS ON ANY PHONE - I HAVE A DECENT NIKON FOR THAT.BUT THIS IS cool. 10 OUT OF 1O the LAST PHONE YOU WILL EVER BUY.

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Reviewer: Alex - Stoke, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2007

Well I have a friend who works in car phone warehouse & I am looking to upgrade my phone so basically I had him get me out a demo u600.

As for design that's completely up to you guys weather you like it or not I guess.

Usability I found that the touch keys were very good actually providing you understand that as you apply pressure to the keys they don't automatically respond, its like there's a small small small small delay, just like a processing time delay I guess, please don't think I am saying its slow I am just saying the really impatient of people my press the button more than once. Also the Samsung menu is very clear to use & I would recommend it to anyone.

Finally the features are great, the loudspeaker level is very high & could be heard in the noisiest of places & the camera looked great to, he even showed me some images he put to his computer & they looked great also.

Hope this helps.

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Reviewer: Deejay - Newport, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2007

Very cool phone, yes it does have a loudspeaker, cool pictures with the camera, very sensitive keys. Had mine a week now still getting to find new things with it. Battery life could be better though. Have fun with yours.

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Reviewer: Taz - Cardiff, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2007

AWESOME PHONE, BUTTONS ARE LESS SENSITIVE THAN THGE E900. IT, S FEATURE PACKED & IS ULTRA SLIM. The BEST MOBILE ON the MARKET AT the MOMENT. HAD MINE 3 DAYS & IT, S JUST AMAZING. IF YOU'RE THIKING OF GETTING IT. DO IT YOU won't REGRET IT AT ALL.

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Reviewer: Sukhy - UK
Date: 14th Apr 2007

Wow, great phone, ultra slim I was originally going to get the Nokia n93 but it's so much bulkier & the u600 is definitely worth getting!

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Reviewer: Ben - Chipping Campden, UK
Date: 14th Apr 2007

Purely a sleek phone. Can't wait for it to charge up!

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Reviewer: Tracy - UK
Date: 13th Apr 2007

I've just ordered this phone from O2 & am hoping I've made the right decision as I was going to go for the D900 anyone out there going to advise please?

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Reviewer: Sue - UK
Date: 12th Apr 2007

Does anyone know if the U600 has speaker phone on it?

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Reviewer: Husky - UK
Date: 12th Apr 2007

This is one sleek looking phone. It's so unbelievably slim, even the user manual it comes with is ultra slim! Features wise, it's got a pretty good camera & pictures are easily uploaded to a computer to share with friends or just to free up a little memory space.

For those who want to know. YES, it does have touch sensitive buttons on the outer screen. I sent the E900 back because it was too sensitive & difficult to use. This one, however this one appears to be less sensitive & so much easier to use.

I only got this phone this morning so I need to get used to it a bit more but so far, so good.

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Reviewer: Warrior - London, UK
Date: 11th Apr 2007

Hello, could someone confirm how long the battery life of the phone lasts for?

Also, does anyone know if you can switch music tracks e.g. Next track & previous track when the phone is closed & in the pocket. This feature is present on Sony Ericsson mobile phones by using the up & down volume keys.

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Reviewer: Ani - UK
Date: 11th Apr 2007

I was guna get the prada phone but I don't want it no more I WANT THIS PHONE! Is good. X. X.

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Reviewer: Kjc1000 - UK
Date: 11th Apr 2007

I currently have the D900 & I don't know what to get next! Is this really similar to the D900, if so doesn't seem much point in getting this?

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Reviewer: Sarah - London, UK
Date: 10th Apr 2007

Had a go with the demo phone in the shop, & its fantastic! The 'pick up the phone' & 'put down the phone' buttons are the only ones that are touch sensitive, & they're much better than the ones on the E900. You don't have to touch them really quickly in the fear that it's going to do something you don't want it to! The camera is really good too - the auto focus is excellent, & there is no blurring either. Didn't get a chance to have a go with the MP3 player which was annoying. Overall, it looks like a fantastic phone. It feels really nice to hold, it looks nice, & has great features! I can't wait to get mine! One more thing - has anyone had any problems with it?

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Reviewer: Bart - London, UK
Date: 9th Apr 2007

I have a question. Does this phones music player allow more than 4 playlists? A limitation of Samsung's previous D500 & 600 models.

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Reviewer: Snowman - Netherlands
Date: 9th Apr 2007

This indeed is a very nice phone & I am not sure either to buy this one or the Nokia N93. Can anyone tell me if the buttons are all touch sensitive, & if the screen really breaks easily? & some advice for my upcoming choice would be nice :P

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Reviewer: Wonderkid - London, UK
Date: 8th Apr 2007

Just got to play with a U600 in Phones4U. Just to confirm it DOES have an FM Radio, (fast) Auto Focus camera & voice recorder. It does a lot, but is a little flimsy when the slider is slid out - but that may just be the fact I was using a well used (working) demo phone. Amazing how they get so much technology into such a small case! The D900 seems huge in comparison now! Wow (Wee)!

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Reviewer: K - UK
Date: 5th Apr 2007

A very sleek phone. I am glad I waited for it to be released. Just wish that I had the colour option though.

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Reviewer: Mart - Stoke, UK
Date: 5th Apr 2007

Now this is amazing I love the touch buttons & the fact they have made them less sensitive as the annoying E900. I love also the 2 new metal touch buttons for calling & cancelling. Top phone. WOW!

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Reviewer: Kerry - UK
Date: 4th Apr 2007

Amazing phone. Can now customise message & alarm tones, brilliant camera, excellent design. Best phone on the market.

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Reviewer: Alfie - US
Date: 4th Apr 2007

Can a phone really get any better? No! It can't!

The U600 is so attractive, slim, easy to use & it is simply a fantastic phone ! It is the best phone I have ever had! & trust me, I have had a lot!

Everyone should get 1!

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Reviewer: Tyler - UK
Date: 3rd Apr 2007

Yeah the buttons although they stand out like normal buttons are heat sensitive it's out from today (Wednesday) Only on 02 & Orange.

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Reviewer: Navi - London, UK
Date: 2nd Apr 2007

This is really fantastic phone, easy to handy, Samsung U600 hasn't got any problem, I am really please with this phone. I was the first customer for this phone when I have bought it from phone 4U. It has very nice features. Please believe me it's really amazing.

Best Wishes for all buyers!

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Reviewer: Niko - Berlin, Germany
Date: 22nd Mar 2007

Perfect design & ultra slim.

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Reviewer: Fraser - Glasgow, UK
Date: 19th Mar 2007

I only have 1 question if anyone knows pls post.

With my current k800i I also get a pic displayed when I receive a text msg, not only when called. So far I only know Sony Ericsson's to do this. Does anyone know if the new U600 has this feature?

Other than that This looks amazing! Hurry up + release it.

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Reviewer: Bob - UK
Date: 16th Mar 2007

The Samsung U600, simply an excellent phone.

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Reviewer: Brad - UK
Date: 14th Mar 2007

Anyone know if the buttons are touch sensitive like the E900? Thanks



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