Counterclockwise: Samsung's pre-Android smartphones were multimedia beasts

21 October 2018
The Omnia and INNOV8 didn't have the "smartphone" thing quite figured out, but their multimedia features rocked.

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Why are people always forgetting about the SGH-Z610? It was an entire year before the iPhone, had a large (for that time) touchscreen interface, had a video camera and even a secondary selfie one. Why are we always forgetting about this model?

https://techtickerblog.com/2006/08/29/samsung-z610-music-phone/

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    • Anonymous
    • 3Y2
    • 21 Oct 2018

    No mention of Jet and Pixon 12. I think they deserve a place on Samsung story.

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      • Jimmy
      • LaT
      • 21 Oct 2018

      I still have the i8910, horrible software but the camera was great & I remember the screen being ginormous back in the day.. now its just tiny.

        The startup and shutdown sequences of these phones were very ludicrously popular in Russia.

          rizki1, 21 Oct 2018If I see an amoled screen with LCD together I think LCD is ... moreDepends on the OLED. If you ever compare the iPhone XS and an LG G7 ThinQ, you'll see that the blue whites are only something that Samsung does to make the screen fantastic for multimedia. Of course, the iPhones method of keeping colours accurate does away with that blue white. Plus, you could go into settings in the Samsung screen tab and change and customize the screen settings

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            • Anonymous
            • amb
            • 21 Oct 2018

            JunN, 21 Oct 2018INNOV8, my beautiful past life 👍 I had the i8510. One of the best phones I've ever owned.

              HTC made the best early Android phones. Then they locked down their bootloaders took away the sd card and disappeared.

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                • Anonymous
                • 8Kf
                • 21 Oct 2018

                LOL... This omnia7 has exactly same button of the iPhones..
                I wish Samsung stopped being in love with Apple.

                  This definitely brings some memories. I still have fully working original Omnia, and I turn it on from time to time, just to mess around with it a bit. And yes, it's crazy to think that it was Samsung flagship just ten years ago, but it's definitely a phone that will be remembered by me.

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                    • Kx1
                    • 21 Oct 2018

                    INNOV8, my beautiful past life 👍

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                      • Moj
                      • a33
                      • 21 Oct 2018

                      ha ha
                      It is funny how GSMA guys try to make apple fan-boys to shut up!
                      "The first HD-capable iPhone (the 4) would arrive a full year later."

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                        • Hxc
                        • 21 Oct 2018

                        Kiyasuriin, 21 Oct 2018Agreed! Oh. And 8. Expansion of memory! Thanks! Yeah, I should have put "microSD card memory expansion" as point number 7.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 6ck
                          • 21 Oct 2018

                          I hope god give a chance to join the mobile tech :)

                            AnonD-632062, 21 Oct 2018Great Article. Samsung has always had a rich history, espec... moreAgreed! Oh. And 8. Expansion of memory!

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                              • m2A
                              • 21 Oct 2018

                              No mention for the Jet? :(
                              Smarter than a smartphone and all that... As a side note, I wonder if the Jet was the phone that inspired then to make the note, with its semi-capacitive touch screen that really preferred to be used with a pointy stylus.

                                Wave was great, thin, stylish, hw call buttons and for good price. Would they persist with their OS, we would have one more OS in phones now.

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                                  • m2A
                                  • 21 Oct 2018

                                  Anonymous, 21 Oct 2018To be completely honest, the speakers are a letdown. The on... moreI see you've never heard a Note 9.The speakers are loud, clear and generally very nice to listen to.

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                                    • Fht
                                    • 21 Oct 2018

                                    rizki1, 21 Oct 2018If I see an amoled screen with LCD together I think LCD is ... moreLCD is on its way out thank god. Dont even compare the two.

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                                      • Consumer2
                                      • MnP
                                      • 21 Oct 2018

                                      Samsung then, and Samsung now. Then complete success and now complete failure.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • mE0
                                        • 21 Oct 2018

                                        How long samsung took to number 1 was ages...

                                        Huawei are rising way quicker, already number 2 in a few years

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