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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 22 users


Very good

6.7

out of 10
 

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User Reviews

best n cheap pda

May 17, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: all
Cons: 320x320
Opinion:
i really don't know why other ppl having problem wit this fon..i was using it for 2mth till now n never had any major prob wit it.great processing speed,display n etc..320x320 was a major talking point bt hell..its a new technology..one of this day it wil get rectify..for the price i don't think ull be sory

 

my 2 cents worth

May 16, 2008

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: Everything about it; light, fast, good software, excellent value for money, great design, looks expensive.
Cons: Cons – If you have an old piece of software, the 320 x 320 resolution may cause you a problem, not very stable
Opinion:
Got a black colour one on 1 May, replacing my 3 yrs old Palm Treo 650. Why I decide to switch from Palm OS to M$ OS, even though, M$ os is often the “bugging” type, when I must admit, I choose the phone form factor rather than the OS.

Well, since I took the plunge, let’s focus on my 2 cent worth of experience. First the specifications. This is what you get when u open the black box. The design of the box is simple and nice.
First the key specifications:-
• The Samsung SGH-i780 ( 1 unit)
• Getting started disc
• Quick reference guide
• USB sync and charge cable
• Mains adaptor
• Headphones
• 2 standard batteries
• Battery charging caddy
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• 624 MHz Marvell CPU
• ... Read more

 

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.

 

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User Discussion

msbt: Anyone know when it will be available in HK? can´t 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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