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yeah. i heard more than once that its not a wise option though. apparently the battery life sucks, the memory even more (unless you have a memory card) and damages easily - most of the time permanent.
Samsung cellular phones:
1. Spare parts are between double and four times the price of a similar Nokia, Sony Ericsson or Motorola!
2. Slide Samsung's use a very basic flex cable to link the back of the phone to the front (even on the D900i) but the cables used by Nokia, SE and Motorola are of much better quality!
3. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola all offer a facility to upgrade your handsets firmware (software) but Samsung do not!
4. Nokia PC Suite is good, SE the same, Motorola software is a bit unstable but when working its great... Samsung PS Suite is very tacky, not intuitive in its use and wants to go online every ten minutes to upgrade itself!!
5. They take good pictues, Nokia do as well but the Sony Ericsson range seem to do just that bit better!
Post Script to this: Nokia battery life is average but on a 3G handset I'd suggest switching to GSM mode unless you need to use 3G. Memory cards draw next to nothing but if you've got a memory card then it follows that you're probably playing MP3's which does drain the battery. I've never had a memory card failure in a Nokia handset... Motorola yes, but not Nokia or SE! Suggest inserting or removing memory cards only when the handset is off!
1. Spare parts are between double and four times the price of a similar Nokia, Sony Ericsson or Motorola!
2. Slide Samsung's use a very basic flex cable to link the back of the phone to the front (even on the D900i) but the cables used by Nokia, SE and Motorola are of much better quality!
3. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola all offer a facility to upgrade your handsets firmware (software) but Samsung do not!
4. Nokia PC Suite is good, SE the same, Motorola software is a bit unstable but when working its great... Samsung PS Suite is very tacky, not intuitive in its use and wants to go online every ten minutes to upgrade itself!!
5. They take good pictues, Nokia do as well but the Sony Ericsson range seem to do just that bit better!
Post Script to this: Nokia battery life is average but on a 3G handset I'd suggest switching to GSM mode unless you need to use 3G. Memory cards draw next to nothing but if you've got a memory card then it follows that you're probably playing MP3's which does drain the battery. I've never had a memory card failure in a Nokia handset... Motorola yes, but not Nokia or SE! Suggest inserting or removing memory cards only when the handset is off!
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PostmanPot
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I'll never get a Samsung 
I largely agree with JimM with the following exceptions:
Samsung phones don't actually take great pictures, in every review I've read Sony Ericsson (and sometimes Nokia) are better.
The User Interface is truly awful, SE, Nokia, and Motorola have great interfaces but the Samsung interface usually requires several steps to do the same thing others do in one.
On the plus side Samsung phones look really pretty, and that's the only thing I can say for them, but the slide mechanisms usually break after a short time and the two halves grind against each other, they can fix it, but it just breaks again.
Overall the only good choices and Sony Ericsson and Nokia (don't get me started on what's wrong with Motorola, which is an absolute last choice for a new phone in my opinion.
Samsung phones don't actually take great pictures, in every review I've read Sony Ericsson (and sometimes Nokia) are better.
The User Interface is truly awful, SE, Nokia, and Motorola have great interfaces but the Samsung interface usually requires several steps to do the same thing others do in one.
On the plus side Samsung phones look really pretty, and that's the only thing I can say for them, but the slide mechanisms usually break after a short time and the two halves grind against each other, they can fix it, but it just breaks again.
Overall the only good choices and Sony Ericsson and Nokia (don't get me started on what's wrong with Motorola, which is an absolute last choice for a new phone in my opinion.
ToxicBunny
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HTC's are pretty awesome.
Almost decided that I'm gonna get me a P4350 when my upgrade comes around in about 2 weeks time.
Almost decided that I'm gonna get me a P4350 when my upgrade comes around in about 2 weeks time.
The G/f's D900i's screen cracked, it was in her pocket and when she pulled it out to make a call, nothing. I cant see any impact point like you normally do when you look at a cracked lcd screen. I have come to the conclusion that they use crap screens. I subject my phones to plenty of abuse and have never broken an lcd. replacement cost for the screen.. R1100 on a phone valued at R2200.
2 friends have U700's and both hate it.
Friend with a D500 went through 2 flex cables in a year.
Guy that works for me has a flip model, inside screen also cracked.(was closed in his pocket)
I had a small flip model (E700 or something) dropped calls, signal sucked, voice quality sucked and battery life sucked.
I won't recommend Samsung to any one
2 friends have U700's and both hate it.
Friend with a D500 went through 2 flex cables in a year.
Guy that works for me has a flip model, inside screen also cracked.(was closed in his pocket)
I had a small flip model (E700 or something) dropped calls, signal sucked, voice quality sucked and battery life sucked.
I won't recommend Samsung to any one
Samsung screens are OK in quality but in the case of the D900 when you fit a screen it also has the keyboard interface attached and this inflates the price even more! As the D900/U700 has no metal chassis is easy to "bend" the phone in ones pocket and bingo the LCD is cracked!
Both Nokia & Sony Ericsson's usually need a lot of abuse to crack their displays!
blue-eye-boy
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I have a D900, and can't complain, except for it's battery life. But I must say Nokia is impresses me more every day. Maybe that will be my next choice.