Samsung i8910 Omnia HD review: Going to the movies
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- j.bruha
- YaV
- 31 Jul 2009
Can someone from GSMArena post what firmware version the review unit was running? Or if it was mentioned in the review, can someone post it here?
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- mo
- Nxs
- 31 Jul 2009
What the hell! Is this a joke or what? The hd recording frame rate is appalling! 1st of all we cant transfer hd videos and second of all hd recording is a total disaster! I just hope that samsung will improve this and that the D1 recording is at 30fps, matching or equaling vga on n97,n86 and iphone.
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- Lakuta
- wrv
- 31 Jul 2009
good review gsmarena, nice phone 1 want it
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- Anonymous
- nCM
- 31 Jul 2009
software like nokia 5800 in clock and write message
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- j8
- MK5
- 31 Jul 2009
I've had this phone for about 6 weeks too and it's by far the best phone I've ever had.
Mine is on orange (uk) so was crippled by the orange firmware.
I am glad I dared to invistigte and flashed it with the newest firmware virsion. I have a copy of the orange firmware too if it needs to go back for a repair ;-)
It's like a completely new phone now! Everything is improved from menu speeds to internet browsing and of course the audio on the 720p res is much improved.
Respect to Samsung for recognising the bugs and fixing them! (there are still a few small bugs that I look forward to being fixed).
It's a shame orange feel the need to ruin such a briliant phone!!
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- Daniel Owen
- MIa
- 31 Jul 2009
Had this phone for around 6 weeks now, and really really like it, it doesn't have kinetic scrolling which would make the browser much better, but it's not that bad at all.
AAC audio is now much better, and if they sort the framerate it will be great.
Messaging etc. I find wonderful, not had QWERTY on a phone before and it's improved my typing speed massively.
Screen has to be seen to be believed.
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- Video freak
- 0n3
- 31 Jul 2009
Great review, guys.
I can't wait to see the updated info regarding it's battery life. I also wouldn't mind having more detailed info about the video playback capabilities of this monster - how good is it with non-ASP MPEG4 (non XviD/DivX video streams) e.g. how would it handle MPEG-4 AVC / ITU h.264 - what encoding settings (cabac=1 or 0), framerates; bitrates etc or would it play the obsolete MPEG-2/h.262 video format.
Will e-mail for more info.
Cheers!
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- ho ho
- TIE
- 31 Jul 2009
What? If video quality is so lousy, why did Samsung bother putting HD in the name?
I hope they can improve the video quality and other bugs.
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- Morty
- nbd
- 31 Jul 2009
Thanks for the fantastic review. :)
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- Blue1k
- IxX
- 31 Jul 2009
Zobi, 30 Jul 2009is good phone, no doubt. I not sure why they picked Symbien... moreBecause Android can't currently can't support such a large resolution.
Down the road this will be supported.
There are some people hacking to make Android run on the HD but this is far away from working as a regular everyday OS
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- Anonymous
- wYI
- 31 Jul 2009
With all honesty, I really can't buy these whole HD recording thing. As long as mobile phone can do 30fps@VGA...I'm solve
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- Segev
- 0@H
- 31 Jul 2009
Thank you GSM team!
Finally what w'eve all been waiting for !
As usual, amazing in depth arranged and High quality review, a review which cant be rivald by any web out there...
Thanks! it was very enriched!
As for the phone?
Clearly, the best in the business.
And even its only threat, the SE Satio, will hit the shelves only in october.
That fact show us once again that Samsung is leading this industry.
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- uk786
- pTK
- 31 Jul 2009
It's a good review but not as good as expected..
GSMArena you don't say anything about the touch-screen itself I.e. Sensitivity, response comparison with other phones I'm a bit disappointed :(
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- Anonymous
- 0BF
- 31 Jul 2009
Anonymous, 31 Jul 2009Well done GSMArena!!!
Only took 2 and a half months to r... moreDid you even read this at the FIRST page?!
"Some of you must be wondering what took us so long to get an Omnia HD for a proper in-depth review as it's been around for a while. Well, it's true and it's not. Samsung i8910 Omnia HD was released in the end of May through selected carriers but shortly after that Samsung froze production and stopped supplies, reportedly due to software problems. Now, the official release has been announced and the Omnia HD is available worldwide, all bugs fixed…though let us be the judge of that. But anyway, the i8910 Omnia HD is ready to roll."
If you were then you should know that the FINAL Omnia HD is launched in the late July! Previous review are written on bugged phones and poor video capabilities. This review in fact is just in time!
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- omnia boy
- 3kD
- 31 Jul 2009
-sucks u cannot edit office documents, u need to pay extra cash to have it..
-navigator doesnt have preinstalled maps and voice guided navigation..
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- Anonymous
- BwV
- 31 Jul 2009
Well done GSMArena!!!
Only took 2 and a half months to review a phone.....
Good job i didn't wait for your advice and bought it in May!
Simply stunning phone and perfect in every way!
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- tyl
- 5Er
- 31 Jul 2009
Omnia HD is King among crowd of equals. When reviewers nit pick minor flaws instead of major ones, u know it's a beast!
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- Anonymous
- 0BF
- 31 Jul 2009
ZENATI, 30 Jul 2009Thanks GSMARENA for the fantastic review, but i've one ques... moreSamsung dropped the AMR and Omnia HD uses AAC.
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- Zobi
- Cat
- 30 Jul 2009
is good phone, no doubt. I not sure why they picked Symbien. Why not put touch-wizz interface on Android??
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- ZENATI
- nCb
- 30 Jul 2009
Thanks GSMARENA for the fantastic review, but i've one question.
In which Audio codec the sample videos were recorded ?? AMR or ACC ???
Thanks