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Samsung SGH-i780

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List price as of Apr 1, 2008:
S$828

CNET Asia Review

By John Chan
Apr 1, 2008

Excellent

8

out of 10

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The good: Attractive price; good QWERTY keyboard; convenient shortcuts; slim design; extra battery included.

The bad: Square screen may not work well with third-party programs; optical joystick not as fast as regular directional pad; bundled GPS app not optimized.

The bottom line: Though not perfect, the i780 is an excellent choice for those who want the most features in a sub-S$1,000 PDA-phone.

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Average User Rating

from 20 users


Very good

6.6

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User Reviews

3Times one to one Exchange due to constant hanging

May 12, 2008

Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)
Pros: Love the keyboards
Cons: Shuts off or hangs more than 3 times a day
Opinion:
This phone spells trouble for me so far. I really hope the wm6.1 will rectify all the issues. 3sets of brand new Samsung i780 exhibits the same problem.

No way to change now, got to wait for rom update.

 

My i780 never worked from Day 1

May 6, 2008

Rating: 2 out of 10 (Terrible)
Pros: HSDPA is fast, Good features
Cons: WM6, Forced to use Outlook for my contacts, everything except the phone works!
Opinion:
My i780 has been giving me problems from Day 1. I switched it on and it went into a mode where it recognized the SIM card, but showed no service. I could do everything except make and receive calls. I could access the 3G functions, check e-mail and check and send sms. However it showed no service for the phone and I couldnt see any contacts from my SIM card. The same SIM card worked fine on my SE K608i. The only way out was to do a hard reset and then it seemed to work for a few days. Then I tried installing Navphone PPS (the GPS software that came with the phone) and the phone crashed after installation. Every time it crashes I get a cprog.exe error and it goes back to a mode where I cant make or receive calls since it shows no service. Trying to select a service manually doesnt help either and the only ... Read more

 

poor sound level kills a fantastic product

Apr 24, 2008

Rating: 4 out of 10 (Mediocre)
Pros: everything u can need
Cons: sound quality abysmal
Opinion:
this would have been a fantastic phone had it not been for the very low sound level : both with the speaker phone on and without it. God help you, if you use bluetooth....u will barely be able to hear the person on the other line.

Otherwise brilliant....i wish they would have taken care of the sound quality...let us not forget, this is a phone first.

 

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User Discussion

msbt: Anyone know when it will be available in HK? canīt seem to find it in the samsung HK webpage Thanks
leersb: Had tried to do the setting to access GPRS for my 3 day old i780 via phone with the ...
edvarcl: according to one of the telcos, it's 25 March, so watch out for it ;p
1STEPATiME: when will this phone be available in Singapore or Philippines OR where ever in Asia???
dash7869: is the hard reset via standard keyboard presses impossible with this phone?

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