Samsung D820

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llaw019
Pyk
13 Sep 2006

It looks awesome, I think the slide function is a little stiffer than D800 but I like this over the D800 as it has better keypad and look. However, the screen of D820 is not as bright and the size of the letters are smaller than D800, but thats something one can deal with. I tend to use the phone with minimal background brightness to reserve battery anyway. Now to compare the D820 and D800 with D600. 1st, Stuff the camera, who gives a dam*? who intend to take important pictures with a phone? as with those emergency ones or those of your friends and family, which would be view on the phone anyway, what will a mere 0.7mp do any difference? on to the look, simply, D600 look a piece of crap...round...big...chuncky...cylindrical...black...hahaha even if it has the GREATEST function in the world, even if it has a 3mp cam, internal 5Gb memory, 3G etc, I would not want to buy it. It reminds me of E800 with is a girls phone and the E800 looks way better anyway. Also, do one really need 3G? i mean...talking with the phone in your hand by your ear is already annoying...(thats why people designed a little thing called hands free) now talking with your arm out in front of you, looking at the phone while you talk? crazy...not to mention you gotta brush your hair (or for some people put make up on)before you can make a call? absolutely annoying! The thing annoys me with the D820 is that I dont understand why they hide the real screen behind a wall of clear plastic (maybe thats why some people say it collect dust? because it has a layer of empty space in between)? whereas you can see directly on the screen for D800 which is why it is brighter!
A good advice for advoiding dust collection is to try not to press on the screen too much as this creates crack / leaks on the side of the screen where dust and infitrate.
I had a V3 and the clear coating of the keypad starts peeling off after a month of normal usage and I dont have long fingernails! Will never buy those phone with that kind of so call "fashionable" keypad again...will stick to good old plastic like this D820 from now on.
I had a E398 before too and it was really fun, too bad samsung phone cant be modified so easily like motorola's do.
Also, for multimedia... I cant believe someone could actually watch movies on a 240x320 screen...wouldnt that give your sore eyes? I never use the video fuction to watch any movies...waste battery...a phone is a phone, if you want a good camera, get a real camera, if you want a real multimedia device, get a iRiver or something...I either drive or work or at home or with friends. none of these activities require the multimedia function of a phone... you cant listen to mp3 at work, you dont want to use that mp3 at home coz you got a $5000 stereo or at least a computer, you cant replace the stereo in the car and you will look like an as* listening to mp3 while you are out with friends! sure it is fun to take some photos whenever you want, but does that require a 2/3mp cam? what are you trying to do anyway? spy on people? take pictures in the changing room? dont think so! (may not be true for some people though haha). Also for some of those who heard things about how korea has 7mp phone and are jealous...there is no need to be, most of these >5/6mp cam are interpolated, which means it is actually a 1/2/3mp camera but uses some method (dont want to and cant explain) to make it look like a higher pixel image. it is not real, it is like a very clear way to digitally enlarge / zoom in the image. think about it a real 5/6mp digital cam cost heaps and is often quite big. fitting in to a low cost phone is impossible. Not to mention there are no optical zoom in a mobile phone yet.
These kind of interpolated camera are cheap, I can get a 10mp one easy for about $200-300 in New Zealand / Asia.

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WOW
Pyk
13 Sep 2006

To those of you who doesnt know already, FERI is its street name, just like a black ferrari with great finish!

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Shinryu
P1h
12 Sep 2006

another little extra.

There isn't yet a micro sd of 2gb the maximum at the moment is 1gb.

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Shinryu
P1h
12 Sep 2006

And one last comment, tha camera is good, maybe 1.3 isn't so good, but this is another hint, if you don't move while takin the picture the result is awesome! Obiusly if you move even a little the result is poor.

And Dont't forget, if you wanna take better pictures put the mode on ISO100. The capture is more faster compared with ISO400. So don't put in automatic, put it in ISO100.

Make the test ;-)

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Shinryu
P1h
12 Sep 2006

where to get software? ok this is a hint, a place is getjar, another is by torrents on the web and the last hope is searching the exact name of the program plus .jar.

Example:

princeofpersia3.jar

and the search result will have many pages where you can get it ;-)

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Anonymous
QXB
12 Sep 2006

I cannot access the web thru cingular. I soent hours on the phone with tech support and they said the phone is too new and they do not have settings for it. everything else works great except batt life

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JONY
SY0
11 Sep 2006

where to get softwares from??

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Shinryu
Lrq
11 Sep 2006

of course this phone support games and applcations in java, i already installed 6 applications and 7 games and perfect! All games with usb cable and 1 application witn WAP.

To Someone who post with the compatibylity with micro sd of 1 gb, with me works perfectly and have no problems even with videos is excelent!

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mahir
PEr
11 Sep 2006

dear mr sorkur,
it seems to be ur 1st phone ..better check out other phones in the market..they are cheaper and much ore convinient ..this phone doesnt even support java games..thats ridiculous..just go and check out the quality of sound of se walkman phones..with mega bass..this phone is meant for aged people like u and not for all..i agree the looks are awesome

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ex samsung fan
NaA
11 Sep 2006

Nice fone,BUT...beats me why samsung would make such an advanced fone,with such battery-sapping feateres as gprs/edge,bluetooth, musicplayer,etc, but a wholly insufficient batterylife..2 batteries in kit,yes,but no desktopcharger??? Nonsensical...u have to recharge virtually every night !!! ex fan

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Fred
j2C
10 Sep 2006

Really a great phone. Just 2 questions. Under the display settings there is only two options for the skin P1=blue and P2=red to choose from. How or where can I get or download more ? Also can u change the msg tone to a downloaded tune?

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Anonymous
PU2
10 Sep 2006

hi lara,

In camera mode when the cam is facing right at u, just press up the volume side keys to correct the upside down image and down to correct the mirror image.

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Lara
PSx
10 Sep 2006

Thanks RCJian for the last advice - it really helped!!!

I have another question to ask - The camera flips to face u - but why does it show me upside down. It is not the right side up?! I am shown upside down - whats the use of that? Does any1 know how to resolve that? Thx

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Atanas
nUZ
10 Sep 2006

I was holding in my hands. The construction is damn high-quality! At first sight it dosn't seem so sturdy. However, the pictures from its camera isn't so good. Just a plain 1.3MP. Video record and the business functions are nice. Display is amazing also. Very amazing.

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bk
j@9
09 Sep 2006

I've had a 1Gb sandisk ultraII in my d820 for 3days now and its working fine.

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Willem
Ghc
09 Sep 2006

Hi I have a d820 ..but why do the battery do not last long 2 days then it flat..and the G stays on...does that not take the battery life ??

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paul
C54
09 Sep 2006

thanks Mubarak for your feedback, sounds like it's better to use 512mb for now. well, if it's 1GB compatible, maybe the phone spec should show...

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paul
C54
09 Sep 2006

Battery problem:

I found that if you don't use bluetooth often, the battery last 5 times more. Any comments?

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Mubarak
mJe
09 Sep 2006

WEAK BATTERY SOLUTION:
Almost everyone copmlaining from the weak battery. To overcome this problem, For all my phones I buy another battery, charge it and carry it with me all the time to replace the discharged one. And I dont have any problem at all.

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Mubarak
mJe
09 Sep 2006

TO PAUL:
512MB proved good for my D600, X700 and D820. I bought 1GB for the D820 and used for about 10 days then it became unreadable it fail to transfer video clip from phone memory to the 1GB memory card. I tried my best to fix the problem,but failed. So I destroyed the 1GB memory card since it contains personal data, and came back to 512MB. I do know was the fault from the phone or the Sandisk memory card. I want to try again, but hesetant.
I REQUEST ALL 1GB USERS TO COMMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

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