Samsung announces Omnia W, we go hands-on

26 September, 2011
Samsung has just announced its first WP7 Mango-based smartphone - the Omnia W and we have some live pics.

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  • GreekGeek
  • JF7
  • 27 Sep 2011

I was expecting something like Sgs2 for WP7. Super Amoled is kinda old , it should be the PLUS version. Other than that CPU is enough but 512mb Ram is low. Also camera should be 8mp.
I think we will see better devices from Nokia.

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    • AnonD-5197
    • qbY
    • 27 Sep 2011

    AnonD-17348, 27 Sep 2011The TouchWiz from then is a world apart from the TouchWiz o... moreTouchWiz 3.0 icons were very similar to the iOS icons. Other than that they work completely different. As of TouchWiz 4.0, they look and work completely different. Yes, then we do have the drop down notification bar which iOS shamelessly copied Android.

    TouchWiz skin over Gingerbread and Bada looks almost exactly alike, but they work differently.

    How about you go deeper instead of judging by how it looks?

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      • AnonD-1420
      • PFe
      • 27 Sep 2011

      Looking good. C'mon Nokia, show us what's up your sleeve!

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        • John
        • sS{
        • 27 Sep 2011

        What a surprise another Samsung.

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          • AnonD-17348
          • tA{
          • 27 Sep 2011

          AnonD-5898, 27 Sep 2011Err....what do u mean by Bada is an Android-rip off, does i... moreThe TouchWiz from then is a world apart from the TouchWiz of now, which is a blatant rip-off of iOS. Then we have the drop-down notification bar. Go deeper, however, and you have a very Android-esque menu, such as contacts, settings, etc.

          http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/402/wavecontacts.jpg/

          http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/nexuscontacts.jpg/

          http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/waveeditcontact.jpg/

          http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/nexuseditcontact.jpg/

          Didn't go looking for more images, but I'm sure you can see how much they've "borrowed" from Android.

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            • Anonymous
            • fCL
            • 27 Sep 2011

            Looks like xperia ray

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              • noname
              • PS6
              • 27 Sep 2011

              Finally Samsung phone got own design(even do it's still look like iPhone-ish). Keep up this great work on SGSIII.

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                • Carmel
                • wgj
                • 27 Sep 2011

                I like a phone with windows OP but this one has a too small screen for my comfort.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Ui{
                  • 27 Sep 2011

                  a little known fact, u can actually charge it by plugging in a the mini usb cable...

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                    • Sie
                    • H5F
                    • 27 Sep 2011

                    As this is the Omnia W, can we safely assume that Samsung have an Omnia S, R, M and Y in the works?

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                      • AnonD-5197
                      • x8y
                      • 27 Sep 2011

                      [deleted post]Somebody needs a basic economics lesson on supply and demand...

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                        • AnonD-5898
                        • fsV
                        • 27 Sep 2011

                        Anonymous, 26 Sep 2011the sudden surge of new windows phone by htc and samsung is... moreAnticipation of WHAT? HTC and Samsung have been making Windows Mobile Phones since...2005, '06, '07....So they are only continueing to make the Windows Phones quite naturally...and not bcos Nokia is about to make their first....

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                          • AnonD-5898
                          • fsV
                          • 27 Sep 2011

                          AnonD-17348, 26 Sep 2011Leave aside the Galaxy range of phones and tablets for a mo... moreErr....what do u mean by Bada is an Android-rip off, does it use Android apps or something...if u're referring to the looks...ah....for Godsake it looks like that bcos it's made by Samsung...That "look" is not an "Android look" but a "Samsung look" called Touchwiz and Samsung has been using it all their touchscreen fones since...F480 in 2007 or so...And if it weren't for MS's restrictions....this Omnia thingy u see here would also "look" like that...U know why??...ITS MADE BY SAMSUNG.....So based on these facts what u're infact saying is that "Bada OS is a Samsung Rip-off"...:-|....how stupid....

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                            • Anonymous
                            • syH
                            • 26 Sep 2011

                            It looks very similar to the Galaxy S II...

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                              • AnonD-23699
                              • ftV
                              • 26 Sep 2011

                              plz i need to known much about diz omnia phone and am uzing diz time to beg for help on how i we got this phone plz.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • U2}
                                • 26 Sep 2011

                                wp7 is a let down, i had the older - omnia 7 and it was pretty much this same phone.
                                I now am on a LG 2x running MIUI rom and its great

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                                  • AnonD-7408
                                  • iwp
                                  • 26 Sep 2011

                                  I see some similarity to Wave 3

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                                    • Ashura
                                    • MA%
                                    • 26 Sep 2011

                                    This looks NOTHING lik the Iphone

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 4DI
                                      • 26 Sep 2011

                                      Oh no. It's black. Get ready for an Apple lawsuit.

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                                        • sneh
                                        • utr
                                        • 26 Sep 2011

                                        those who critisize samsung on design front tell me can samsung make a square or round shape phone to look different from crappy iphone, even before iphone was born there was similard design's of phone's from samsung and every other manufacters !!!!!!!!!!