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Top 10 phones for June

By Damian Koh

We had a number of strong ties in the past two months and this seems to have carried on in June. The top spot last month was shared by the Nokia 6500 slide and Sony Ericsson W910i. The two companies could also be seen battling it out for the 5th and 8th positions. Samsung's Soul remained the only one from Korea with a spot in the Top 10. New to this list were the Sony Ericsson C902 Cyber-shot and G900.

Note: Results are based on readership as well as data collected from retail outlets (Mobile Square and WhyMobile) and the major mobile operators in Singapore including:


MobileOne

SingTel

StarHub


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1.  Nokia 6500 slide
 
CNET Asia rating: 7.7 out of 10
The good: Solid build quality and one of the best sliders available; Carl Zeiss optics for the 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera; quadband GSM with dual-band UMTS; A2DP.
The bad: Autofocus doesn't work in video mode; no backlight adjustment feature; phone doesn't auto keylock after closing the slider.
The bottom line: The Nokia 6500 slide is an excellent basic camera-phone based on the S40 platform, though some tiny issues prevented it from getting a higher score.

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2.  Sony Ericsson W910i Walkman    
 
CNET Asia rating: 7 out of 10
The good: Slim design; built-in motion sensor; large 2.4-inch LCD; HSDPA connectivity.
The bad: Walkman button too small; poor location of connector port; no onboard 3.5mm audio jack; sub-par camera.
The bottom line: The W910i is great for those looking to purchase a trendy music phone with a little bit of fun, but which doesn't lack in features, although it's a little pricey.

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3.  Nokia N82
 
CNET Asia rating: 7.7 out of 10
The good: Quadband GSM with HSDPA; Xenon flash with 5-megapixel camera; built-in GPS; A2DP; 3.5mm audio jack; microSD card slot.
The bad: Tiny keys; smaller 2.4-inch display compared with the two N95; microUSB port.
The bottom line: The N82 is an excellent all-round phone with an impressive list of specifications despite some niggles that could have been avoided.

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4.  Samsung Soul
 
CNET Asia rating: 8 out of 10
The good: Classy design with solid build quality; excellent keypad; decent set of camera features; 3G with HSDPA; Bluetooth with A2DP; FM radio; microSD expansion card slot.
The bad: Uses LED instead of Xenon flash; screen legibility suffers under direct sunlight; character limit in subject field when creating calendar appointments; below average battery life; sluggish picture browsing on the phone.
The bottom line: The Samsung Soul doesn't do everything; there's no Wi-Fi or GPS for starters. But for everything else, there's plenty enough to enjoy.

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5.  Nokia N95 (8GB)       
 
CNET Asia rating: 8.2 out of 10
The good: Sleeker shade of black; better build quality; 128MB of RAM which is twice the amount compared with the earlier N95; 8GB built-in memory; larger capacity battery.
The bad: No expansion card slot; no lens cover on camera.
The bottom line: The N95 (8GB) is a great successor to the original N95 with most of the earlier issues addressed, making it one of the best and feature-packed smart phones available now.

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    Talkback
vincentlow says...
B] Look in this post seriousy before you move to buy a Samsung product[SIZE=7]

[/B]

1st 8days of the experience of using Omina
Hello: Samsung, what can I say to you?


Day 1: bought it on Friday evening from m1, not much activities on it besides charging it.

Day 2: upload my contact, 6 media files to storage card, and install few software
The phone was functioning. Only sometime needs to restart by remove the battery.

Day 3: watching one movie on the phone and view 1 or 2 internet pages via wifi. then sleeping until 9pm with it beside my pilot. Watching the Olympics opening ceremony while upgrading the firmware with exactly follow the procedure
After the “upgrading completed' appeared on my pc screen, the phone was dead.
Tried to remove the battery in order to power up after sitting and waiting for more than half hour in front of it (that’s really stupid. I thought it will be able to be turned on automatically like others). it hit me badly. No response at all.

Day 4: early morning, the second customer was on the svc on 11am.... told to receptionist and was told to leave phone for checking and will get it back aft 3hrs
1 and half hrs passed, one phone call received from the svc: sir, sorry to tell you that you don’t need to wait for collect it back today, we need to 3-5 days more to wait for the parts and replacing due to motherboard was burnt' this call was a huge thundering just dropped side of my ears like eating a flash grenade in Counter strike source directly, straightly.............

Day 5: no activity at all on phone....waits for call...............

Day 6: nothing done on the phone.....waiting for good news.......wrote a email to Samsung on the early morning (4am+)

Day 7: no news is good news. What bullshit it is? Who said it? Ca not wait till die Must do something..... Activities and schedule today:
Morning: called Samsung hotline and addressed the problem again to the receptionist. goods news: was told to wait for call back later aft confirm with the svc where I sent my phone, possible to get a new replacement.....no call come in until now (5:48am next day).......

Day 8: wrote email again to the Samsung and wrote this post there and to call them during office hour.........


This is my first trying of Samsung product and also this is my experience with Samsung.....................

Case opens….see next coming…..BRB………

 
 
johnanthony77 says...
Why didn't you just return it to the store from where you bought it?

 
 
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