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Samsung SGH-G800

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8.1

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Great Camera phone

Jul 9, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: 5 MP camera, nice design
Cons: Xenon flash not that strong
Opinion:
this seems like a good product, Im getting one for my mom soon

 

Samsung has the most LAME customer support here in the Philippines

Jul 6, 2008

Rating: 1 out of 10 (Abysmal)
Pros: 5 MP, Face Detection
Cons: Lame customer support, Products easily brokes,
Opinion:
Yup, you've read it right, Samsung's product lines easily brooked even with just a short fall, screen specially, and when you go to their customer support, you will get the lamest service, you'll have to wait for a lifetime. To bad, what do they think of themselves, top of the line? nop, their on the bottom and in the wrack.

 

A good attempt from Samsung to join the Big 5(MP) league,but still a few steps away

Apr 16, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: 5 MP Camera,Sleek and futuristic design.Large text and clear display a bonus
Cons: Underpowered Xenon Flash,Camera options rather limited,Audio output(except Radio) rather soft.Samsung PC Studio rather glitchy
Opinion:
Samsung has done a relatively good job trying to enter the Big 5(MP) league with the Samsung SGH-G800.However,the G800 still have a few steps from being a distinguished Big 5 member,as some of the features are still not top-notch as compared with the big players such as the premium-priced Nokia N95 and the Sony Ericsson K950i

I think i'll list out the bad points here because all the good ones are essentially the same as the review on the 2nd tab above.

The slider for instance,im not sure if it's my set but if u open it at max speed retracting it would take a little more strength since its not very smooth.The problem is not present if u open it in normal speed.]

The Camera flash is rather underpowered,and i put the range around 1.5m or so.More than that it would get dark if u shoot low lighting areas.More for close up shots and portraits in ... Read more

 

My best Phone yet.

Mar 21, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Fast and responsive interface and software. Large text. Clear display. Great camera.
Cons: Camera slider tends to open accidentally too often. Size needs getting used to.
Opinion:
I dropped my Samsung D-910 once too many so needed a replacement. My wife came home with this G-800 and I'm glad she did. At first sight I was unhappy because of its' size but once I began using the phone I found the large size to be a plus: easy to hold, handle, type text and numbers and doesn't get dropped when I forget I have it in my hand. The interface is very fast, the fasted I've seen on a phone. Voice quality is excellent however the ringtone, speaker phone and music player applications could be louder.

Camera of course is top quality and the photos very good. Simply put, this is my best phone ever.

 

Follow up to my earlier post

Mar 15, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: gas posted below
Cons: not much in the way of spare parts
Opinion:
post mortem re: Samsung 800


Long story short; the camera was defective. Or, more likely, the USB cable was defective. Roughly half of the photos I uploaded to a PC were full of lines and horrible discoloration. The borders between photos also overlapped - it was basically a disaster, although I must say that the photos that came through without the glitch - looked really good. At first I thought the PC might be to blame, so I immediately switched to another. Same problem. Lines thorugh half od the photos. Then I thought it might be a defective USB cable, so I tried to buy a replacement - even went to the main Samsung Service Center at MBK - sorry 'no have' USB cable was the reply. With the 7 day return policy looming, I decided to trade it in for an LG KU 990 Viewty. ... Read more

 

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User Discussion

burlynn: Hi, Doew anyone know how to set the mp3 music as ringtone? Thanks
apocalyptica: And also,how much would this mobile cost approximately?
apocalyptica: Q4 2007 = 4th quarter of 2007?
dapoh: Hi there, does anyone knows the release date of this phone in Singapore? Really hope to get some response, because ...

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