Samsung U800 Soul b
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- Anonymous
- 4nb
- 21 Dec 2008
Jono, 19 Dec 2008Ok.. that umm "honest" review of the phone just had my mout... moreto avoid scratches -- keep the phone always wrapped up in linen and silk. to make the battery last -- keep it inside the chilling towers of Sprint where they keep the dedicated servers for FEMA, Homeland Security, etc. super cool and super secure. what a joke!!
and your "soul" collection -- either you're over-funded by somebody else's money or someone dear to samsung is gifting you these tincans. perhaps it's about time for everybody to realize that review of samsung phones can not be trusted anymore. why? because samsung probably makes a few handsets specifically to be reviewed by "mobile review" and/or "gsmarena". and then they bulk manufacture a scaled down version to launch it in the market. creepy trade secret? dishonest marketing strategy? welcome to the real world. the truth is out there? must be.
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- sunil
- 2SU
- 20 Dec 2008
very very bakwas phone i have never seen such a worst phone, worst battery life, display is also poor
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- Jono
- Nh7
- 19 Dec 2008
Ok.. that umm "honest" review of the phone just had my mouth hanging open. With the exception of the colourful screen and sleek design eveything else is a total contradiction to my experience. Iv always owned samsung phones and this ranks very well in their Soul line up ( i also have a U900 ) and fits in neatly. The music/speaker is clear and loud enough for me. Battery lasts 2 or 3 days. and the 1 bar takes a good 7 or 8 hours to disappear. Iv taken sum excellent photos with the cam. Bottom line is we gotta remeber that we r not buying a digicam or mps player... its a phone! And the scratch complaint - if you take care of your phone then it wont get damaged. I reali like this phone.
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- wolfhound
- Md%
- 18 Dec 2008
Nigel Tindle, 18 Dec 2008I will speak on battery power and the speakerphone in a bit... moreI am very close of buying this one.. please confirm these statements
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- wolfhound
- Md%
- 18 Dec 2008
Nigel Tindle, 18 Dec 2008I will speak on battery power and the speakerphone in a bit... moreWow!!! are you serious man? your review is quite unique from what ive read before. is the battery really that bad? in gsm review, it lasted 4 days. about the scrtchy casing, is it that bad?
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- Hindustani
- 4nb
- 18 Dec 2008
Nigel Tindle, 18 Dec 2008I will speak on battery power and the speakerphone in a bit... moreYou ARE SOMEthing, mate. amazingly honest. precise. to the point. you -- indeed -- are a sharp-shooter. In an absolutely HONEST to GOD way I'm heartily appreciating your effort for this CORRECT review. I bought mine month of October. Ashamed by my own stupidity of making this purchase, couldn't even take it out of the house. And guess what? I switched the SIM card from my Nokia 8910i to this piece of junk. Some irony, huh?! Perhaps "Junk Jewelry" title suits this trashy scam the best.
This phone adds a nice extra feather to the wings of a Korean penguin. Perhaps penguins are trying/hoping to fly now. Flap-Flap! Great going Samsung, eh?
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- Nigel Tindle
- 0C9
- 18 Dec 2008
wolfhound, 17 Dec 2008can someone post an honest review of the phone?
im plannin... moreI will speak on battery power and the speakerphone in a bit. Indeed a very smart, polished and elegant looking phone. Thin and compact to boot. The brushed metal is prone to scratching very easily. You know, those faint but evident scratches that eventually end up dulling the exterior. its my personal pet peeve. The battery life is terrible. Even on standby, it falls short. I have to make sure to charge it daily. When the battery indicator level falls to 2 bars, it quickly drops off from there. Its a bit alarming actually. The speakerphone is barely adequate...surprising for a phone this expensive. Some annoying features. The buttons on the phone don't press down enough when under pressure, especially the 4-way navigator, and so its easy to overshoot a character. The # 3 button is far too close to the 'off' or cancel button. So many of my sms text compositions are interrupted by an errant finger a few millimeters off. Thankfully, the phone prompts to ask if you want to save the sms in the drafts folder before exiting. The music player is primitive with a very very tiny interface. The speaker for the media player makes the media sound 'tinny' and garbled and the volume is inadequate. The built in camera is among the worst I've tried. It does not have autofocus and when using the LED flash, there is considerable (I mean a LOT) of lag between the time your finger snaps the button and before the shutter actually clicks. Low light or club shots hardly ever turn out because subjects will definitely move in the ridiculously long 4-5 second delay...The saving grace is the slim design and the bright colourful screen and the 'cool' factor. I've had mine a month and I'm ready to pawn it off already. Thanks for the read :)
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- wolfhound
- Md%
- 17 Dec 2008
can someone post an honest review of the phone?
im planning to buy this one. Im very particular with its battery life and speaker phone.
--Thanks
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- carl
- mZr
- 17 Dec 2008
Smash, 16 Dec 2008Can this phone run more than one programme/application at a... morehi ive just got the samsung u800 i just wanted to know what people thought of it.pleas reply
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- Smash
- p$K
- 16 Dec 2008
Can this phone run more than one programme/application at a time? Can i play a game and use the internet at the same time? Does this phone have a special button that is used as a menu button ONLY?
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- Anonymous
- 4nb
- 16 Dec 2008
asad, 15 Dec 2008any text tone can be set of your choice including external mp3smine can't. since living in india, i had to buy the out-of-this-world u800e, remember? not the advertised [hyped] u800, remember? no office document viewer, remember? no secondary camera, remember? tri-band gprs and no 3g, remember? no living world theme, remember? priced inr 9,500/_, i.e, euro 146/_ -- remember? the 7th & 8th digits are 02 meaning the phone was assembled in uae, remember?
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- Anonymous
- kx6
- 16 Dec 2008
anything other than the preset tones for SMS can't be set. since living in india, i had to buy the out-of-this-world u800e, remember? not the advertised [hyped] u800, remember? no office document viewer, remember? no secondary camera, remember? tri-band gprs and no 3g, remember? no living world theme, remember? priced inr 9,500/_, i.e, euro 146/_ -- remember? the 7th & 8th digits are 02 meaning the phone was assembled in uae, remember? - hindustani
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- Anonymous
- kx6
- 16 Dec 2008
Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970SE T-700 is billion times better than this soul scam.
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- Anonymous
- 4nb
- 16 Dec 2008
asad, 15 Dec 2008any text tone can be set of your choice including external mp3smine can't. since living in india, i had to buy the out-of-this-world u800e, remember? not the advertised [hyped] u800, remember? no office document viewer, remember? no secondary camera, remember? tri-band gprs and no 3g, remember? no living world theme, remember? priced inr 9,500/_, i.e, euro 146/_ -- remember? the 7th & 8th digits are 02 meaning the phone was assembled in uae, remember?
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- Hindustani
- 4nb
- 16 Dec 2008
asad, 15 Dec 2008any text tone can be set of your choice including external mp3sMine can't. Since living in India, I had to buy the out-of-this-world U800E, remember? Not the advertised [hyped] U800, remember? No office document viewer, remember? No secondary camera, remember? Tri-band GPRS and no 3G, remember? No living world theme, remember? Priced INR 9,500/_, i.e, Euro 146/_ -- remember? The 7th and 8th digits are 02 meaning my U800E was assembled in Emirates, remember?
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- Hindustani
- 4nb
- 15 Dec 2008
asad, 15 Dec 2008any text tone can be set of your choice including external mp3sMine can't. Since living in India, I had to buy the out-of-this-world U800E, remember? Not the advertised [hyped] U800, remember? No office document viewer, remember? No secondary camera, remember? Tri-band GPRS and no 3G, remember? No living world theme, remember? Priced INR 9,500/_, i.e, Euro 146/_ -- remember?
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- asad
- u1u
- 15 Dec 2008
Hindustani, 15 Dec 2008There are 4-5 pre-set SMS polyphonic tones. Every single on... moreany text tone can be set of your choice including external mp3s
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- Hindustani
- 4nb
- 15 Dec 2008
Dunker, 13 Dec 2008Hi can someone please tell me can you change the message(tx... moreThere are 4-5 pre-set SMS polyphonic tones. Every single one is more horrible than the next one. And you would be stuck to them. Can not change the SMS alert tone to anything else of your choice -- neither MP3 nor WAV. Nothing et al. Sorry, mate. Hands-on experience.
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- chris
- ibc
- 15 Dec 2008
who can tell me izit tat u800 soul b can support mpeg4 or wma video file????
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- Gremlin1708
- N9C
- 15 Dec 2008
Hey there all... Just want to say that i think the Soul B is a very good phone. Only thing that i have against it is the little lag. My previous phone was also a samsung ,with no lag :-) , and it gave me no problems. I am sure that this one would be the same if not better. Samsung did a good job according to me. Keep the SOUL up :-)