Unlocked Cell Phones - Customer reviews - Samsung i900 Omnia Unlocked Cell Phone with 8 GB Memory, 5 MP Camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, MicroSD, Windows Mobile 6.1 - International Version with No Warranty (Silver)


Samsung i900 Omnia Unlocked Cell Phone with 8 GB Memory, 5 MP Camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, MicroSD, Windows Mobile 6.1 - International Version with No Warranty (Silver)
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Manufacturer: Samsung

List Price: $699.99
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Average Customer Rating: -

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Name: Hector Arias
Location: Houston, TX
Date: 2008-12-11
Customer Rating: -

Summary: OMNIA, A GREAT TOUCHSCREEN PHONE WITH LOTS OF FEATURES
Comment: I am glad I bought this phone. I fell in love with it since I got it out of the box.

PROS:

* Slim design, executive look
* Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional (great improvement)
* AGPS. 100% accurate when you choose My Location. Associated with
google maps is an A+. (Why pay for something that is already part of the
phone...That goes for you VERIZON!!!!).
* Opera Browser works great (sorry Internet Explorer)
* Touchscreen is very responsive (if you do not want screen to vibrate,
you can disable it in SETTINGS.
* Stylus, I do not use it. my fingers do the job excellent.
* Push E-Mail. I get all my emails from work, POP accounts, Gmail, (which
is already integrated in the phone), and of course windows live
messenger.
* Video player is very good, good resolution, great audio. (One thing
I dicovered today is that I can listen to Internet radio, WOW!!)
* My 5 Faves...NOT REALLY, but keep reading, (in this case 4 faves, yes, one of the widgets lets you add 4
people you call the most just like my five faves.) I am using my Omnia
with T-mobile and this came very handy.)
* Microsoft Office, YES! you have Excel, Word, Power Point. All 3 are
mobile version, you can read and edit any documents as you wish. you
also can read .pdf files, isn't that something?? you will love this
phone.

CONS:

* I personaly, don't have any negative comments on this phone, but I will
mention one that I know bothers some people out there, that is:

NO 3G Network compatibility in the USA. This phone was made exclusively
for Asia and Europe and their 3G works on a different band. But I tell
you one thing, Internet over EDGE is very good, so I really don't care
at all about 3G speed. So keep this in mind....NO 3G in the USA.

Over All, this is a great phone. you will have to take your time to play with it to find all its features and how to make them work for you. Don't get frustrated if you don't get it to work the way you want the first time. It took me a good week to figure this phone out and now I am very excited I chose this phone. Iphone is a thing of the past, which I never had but my friends have it and some of them are not too happy with it, plus, they got stuck in a contract. Here you don't have to do that.

Thank you SAMSUNG for this phone.

I have include this link called Omnia i900 - The Whole Nine Yards
This will make you take a final decision to get this phone or not.
Hope it helps, like it helped me to get this phone

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i900_omnia-review-267.php

Thanks! and let me know what you think.


Name: Maged Hamada
Location: cairo, egypt
Date: 2008-10-31
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Samsung Omnia i900 is definitely an iPhone killer
Comment: I have received my Samsung Omnia i900 through VibeCelluar and the followin to points are my reveiw

- VibeCellular delivary service is great.
- Samsung Omnia i900 is definitely an "i phone killer" (with apology to iphone fans), this is really an all-in-one cellular phone.


Name: Linden R. Buchanan
Location: FPO, AP United States
Date: 2008-11-24
Customer Rating: -

Summary: i900 omnia inputs
Comment: The phone has a few issues with the plasma screen if the sun is around the screen can't be seen. The signal is kind of weak but that could be a regional problem. The touch screen is not that great you have to use the pointer stick to sometimes use the icons. Your finger can't sometimes work on the screen. The phone is great but in time it will upgrade with better features.


Name: G. Evans
Location:
Date: 2008-12-10
Customer Rating: -

Summary: If you want to be dissapointed, purchase this phone.
Comment: The Samsung Omnia is a major disappointment. Let's go over all the things this phone does wrong.

1) Touchscreen - There is only vibration feedback when using the keyboard. You'll find yourself repeatedly tapping a command before the phone finally recognizes your finger press. The touch keypad is nothing close to the Iphone and impossible to use without the stylus. It registers on keypress (not release) so typos are a common occurance.

2) Slow - Throughout the day I have to run task manager and kill unwanted processes to keep my phone from dragging. I visit task manager between two and three times a day because this phone can't run at a good pace with more than 4-5 programs running


3) Stylus - THERE IS NO INTERNAL STORAGE FOR THE STYLUS! You have to loop it through a tiny slide bar and let the stylus dangle. It makes it look like you have eyeliner hanging from your phone. I've received multiple comments from people at work. (It's very noticeable.)

4) Widgets - Terrible.... It's easy to clutter your phone front screen with them and none of the widgets are truly functional except the calendar and Opera shortcuts. The alert widget is the worst. You can't set alerts for just one of your email accounts, meaning you'll constantly receive alerts (in the same widget) if you have multiple email / text accounts.

5) Visual Voicemail - You have to pay $3 extra a month for this feature.... Ridiculous.

6) Internal Antenna placement - I have dropped more phone calls because of the placement of the antenna on the phone! The antenna is located on the bottom of the phone and not the top! So if you hold your omnia like a normal cell phone, the palm of your hand covers the antenna, instantly dropping your cell phone coverage in half (usually 2-3 bars). The only way I've made quality calls on the OMNIA is with a handsfree device or via speakerphone with the butt of the phone facing the sky.

7) Web Browsing - Comes with Opera and IE. IE works for "mobile sites". Opera tries to render actual web pages and does a poor job of it. The omnia doesn't have internal memory dedicated to video / graphics so when you zoom in/out, the phone pauses before it re-renders the page. It made browsing a chore and painful.
The plus sides of the phone.

1) Light - barely feel it in your pocket
2) Internal memory - 8gb internal memory is a plus
3) Camera - 5 megapixel camera takes great pictures

In closing, do not buy this phone, you'll be deeply disappointed. The positive reviews must not have been reviewed by people that have used other smartphones. This is by far the worst smartphone I've owned. It's so bad I've switched back to my Motorola Q....