Samsung D900 Review
The superslim D900 is a supersexy sliding phone, complete
with a high quality 3 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus,
and a fully-featured music player with expandable memory to
replace your MP3 player. The D900 has been one of Samsung's most
successful phones and was the best selling phone of Winter 2006
/ Spring 2007. The D900i is virtually the same but with an FM
radio.
The Samsung D900 puts the WOW! in WOW! FACTOR. Seriously, a
phone this exceptional doesn't come along very often, perhaps
not since the Samsung D500 in 2004.
You can tell we love the phone, so let's get on with the reasons
why. Firstly, this is the world's slimmest slider phone (now
beaten by the Samsung U600!). Samsung have really perfected the
slide design, and the D900 is silky smooth. The physical
appearance of the phone is unbeatable, with a lovely magnesium
surface coating and a small but functional keypad making the
phone very tactile and easy to use. The LG Chocolate and the
Samsung E900 may look cool with their touch-sensitive keypads,
but you can't beat the ease-of-use of a conventional keypad. At
just 13mm thickness, the D900 even beats the Motorola RAZR in
the thinness charts.
Looks aren't everything however, so let's move on to the next
reason for choosing the D900 - its 3 megapixel camera with
autofocus. This is simply the best camera currently available in
any phone after the Sony Ericsson K800i. It gives results of
amazing clarity, and what is really astounding is that Samsung
have fitted their best ever camera in their thinnest slider
phone! We are in awe. The video camera is also of high quality
and records in MPEG4 format. The display on the D900 is very
finely detailed with outstanding clarity and does full justice
to the camera. Some reviewers are mistaken in believing that
videos cannot be viewed in full screen, but they can - just
press 1 to switch to full screen mode.
Next the music player. This handles a good range of formats -
MP3, ACC, ACC+ and e-AAC+ - and has very good sound reproduction
with 3D virtual surround sound and a digital power amplifier.
The player is easy to use with playlists of up to 30 tracks. You
can use the stereo headset supplied by Samsung or a wireless
Bluetooth headset. The built-in memory is 70 Mbytes, which is
enough to get started, but if you're serious about using the
phone as an MP3 player you can buy a Micro SD card - a 512 Mbyte
card costs around £15. The only real downside on the music front
is that there's no radio included.
The phone has all the usual features that you'd expect -
messaging, email, MP3 ringtones, speakerphone, Java games, etc,
etc. The full spec is listed below. There are a few bonus
features - a document viewer for viewing MS Office files,
offline mode for use when listening to music on a plane, a
TV-Out connection for viewing images directly on a TV screen,
and EDGE for fast internet access. Connectivity is via Bluetooth
or fast USB. The user interface is very nice and friendly, with
a new menu design featuring a black background - very smart.
Battery life is good. One gripe is that you can't use an MP3 for
the SMS alert sound (same with all Samsungs), but good news -
you can select vibrate and ring simultaneously.
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