Samsung S8000 Jet review: Airborne

08 July 2009
It's that time of the year and the living is easy: pool parties, blockbuster movies and new gadgets. The Samsung S8000 Jet sure knows good timing and gallantly promises a bit of everything...

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  • Anonymous
  • 2@y
  • 21 Aug 2009

Went to the store to buy the Jet. Couldn't play around with the phone much, but the display was simply stunning, with lively, saturated, and vivid colors, and I hand it to Samsung for making such a gorgeous display. The screen was very responsive, though I did have problems browsing the menu, where, while swiping to go to the next page, I kept selecting an item on the current page. Plus, photo browsing did turn out to be a bit sluggish. The landscape QWERTY, however, was really good to type with, and I liked it, as much as I liked the interface. I couldn't test the phone much more, though, as my "evaluation period" was over, but despite the few niggles here and there, I was hooked on to the phone and was dead serious about buying it. However, then came the big shock - the price - and the exorbitant VAT left the phone out of my reach. It was either saving for a few months more, or buying my second preference, the Nokia E71. So, having been stuck with my K800i for a little over two years, and desperate to get my hands on something new, I went for the latter.

Well, I certainly don't regret the decision, but I could've done with the brilliant, large AMOLED display and the "top-notch" DivX/XviD support. I would've got the hang of browsing the menu, too, in a matter of time, and the slight delay when moving through images wasn't something I found to be intolerable. Yes, the phone its flaws, albeit a few, but its pluses outweigh its minuses, and, if you can get over that, this would be, without doubt, a very good buy. It's not an iPhone, mind you; it even sells cheaper.

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    • Neno
    • pcn
    • 21 Aug 2009

    blahblahblah, 20 Aug 2009hey i just purchased a samsung s8000 jet and its amazing. N... moreE means EDGE network available...it is 3G tehnology that allows high rate data transsmission. I bought my samsung 2 days ago and it is great. Does anyone know if one can use the LED as torch and how???

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      • blahblahblah
      • q{U
      • 20 Aug 2009

      hey i just purchased a samsung s8000 jet and its amazing. No problems so far..used if for 2 weeks + . I love my jet!

      but i have a question for the jet owners for some reason i have blue "E" logo beside the signal strength on the home screen...anyone know what that means?

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        • Anonymous
        • mst
        • 20 Aug 2009

        I have never seen a more bias review in my life!

        Samsung S8000 is SLOW!!!!!

        Poorly designed software wise.

        It is an embarrassment to Samsung!!!!!

        I like Omnmia HD! Probably the best model on the market!


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          • Anonymous
          • 2@y
          • 18 Aug 2009

          SANDY, 14 Aug 2009i am looking for a great touchscreen phone with great displ... moreWell, if you can dish out a bit more, I'd suggest you wait for the i7500 Galaxy. It may look average, but it's got an AMOLED screen, runs on Google Android, and is fast, fluid, and responsive, thanks to Google's OS. It's got a 5-mpx camera, too. The one letdown it has to the Jet is it doesn't have DivX/Xvid support. Other than that, it's a smartphone platform, and there are tons of applications you can download and install, not to mention themes.

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            • SANDY
            • SYB
            • 14 Aug 2009

            i am looking for a great touchscreen phone with great display,camera >5mp with excellent music quality and most importantly a good battery back up.my budget is around 20-21k.
            should i go for jet or arena or any other....

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              • Anonymous
              • Pkx
              • 07 Aug 2009

              Anonymous, 06 Aug 2009“Is the Samsung Jet smarter than smartphone?” – the answer ... moreThia phone has a Microsoft Exchange Support and Samsung already has a app shop (if you get what I mean),so it seems to be an option apart from the smartphones!

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                • Anonymous
                • w0Q
                • 06 Aug 2009

                “Is the Samsung Jet smarter than smartphone?” – the answer is “NO”. The snappy processor and multitasking functionality are not enough to make someone who´s used to smartphones switch over to a feature phone. The major problem is the lack of additional applications and interconnection among the different software elements.

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                  • moozer
                  • nFg
                  • 06 Aug 2009

                  i had a go on one in a vodafone shop and yes it has push email

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                    • w0Q
                    • 03 Aug 2009

                    Ernet , 01 Aug 2009What is the truth of Samsung S8000 JET's TouchWiz origin ( ... moreSamsung S8000

                    Display
                    Type : AMOLED RESISTIVE touchscreen, 16M colors

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                      • Matt H
                      • nU{
                      • 03 Aug 2009

                      Does this have exchange e-mail push capability???????

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                        • Anonymous
                        • w0P
                        • 03 Aug 2009

                        pls advice... i cannot connect to any web browser using the wifi although iam already connected....

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                          • Ernet
                          • 05M
                          • 01 Aug 2009

                          Ernet, 31 Jul 2009What is the truth of Samsung S8000 JET's TouchWiz origin ( ... moreWhat is the truth of Samsung S8000 JET's TouchWiz origin ( kind of TouchWiz ).In the previous post ( almost the same )I made a mistake- there is corrected sentence " The reviewer clearly wrote that it is resistive one ". .MOREOVER I just received email from Samsung Support Uk where is stated
                          "Dear Ernet Lew
                          Thank you for contacting Samsung Electronics.
                          In response to your query about the s8000, this handset has a capacative
                          touch screen ".
                          So again what is the truth ?!

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                            • Ernet
                            • 05M
                            • 31 Jul 2009

                            What is the truth of Samsung S8000 JET's TouchWiz origin ( kind of TouchWiz ). The reviewer clearly wrote that it is capacitive one. There is quotation from this review ( 2nd page ,in the middle of this page ): " It reacts to even the slightest touch just as a capacitive screen does... " and I believe in that. However some others reviewers claim that it has " new R-Resistive technology " ( i.e. mobile-review.com ).As we all known capacitive touchscreen are much better that Resistive ones I do appreciate to somebody confirm that.

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                              • Adeel Naseem Jet Win
                              • nCb
                              • 31 Jul 2009

                              dear all samsung jet is most of powerfull perfomence phone i like it so much its touch screen and its pic cleartiy wonderfull but there is still some problem when i connect my home WIFE its not connected and one post comment on wifi how its work thank you.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • q8F
                                • 28 Jul 2009

                                just wanted to ask if this phone supports 3rd party applications.

                                thanks

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • TqM
                                  • 28 Jul 2009

                                  All Samsung Jet users!
                                  Please can you explain to me where to go to block incoming text messages and calls please? I have been trying to find this info out for ages and have had no such luck anywhere!
                                  Thanks

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • mpr
                                    • 26 Jul 2009

                                    Jdub, 22 Jul 2009Hi, i REALLY want this phone but I was just wondering if yo... moreyes you can change the language but i only found when you are typing and yes the shutter can be turned off

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • t7x
                                      • 26 Jul 2009

                                      can we download opera web browser or any other web browsers into the Jet??

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                                        • s8003 jetmaniac
                                        • PIa
                                        • 25 Jul 2009

                                        same problems here with the pc connectivity software and browser