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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.