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Samsung i8510
$590.00
Released September, 2008
The Pros:Looks good - features a sleek industrial design. Construction - feels solid and well built. Great photo quality - has an 8 megapixel camera.
The Cons:Aging phone - newer, similar devices are now available. Poor built-in camera flash. The screen isn't as sharp as the competition.
The Samsung i8510 is a high-end sliding smartphone model with multiple features designed for the 3G network. It has a large, 2.8"-diagonal screen with 256k-colors and autorotate, and it also has an optical trackpad for navigation.
It has anmp3/mpeg4 player with built-in stereo speakers and 3.5mm audio jack, and an FM radio receiver. One of its notable features is its 8.0-megapixel camera with autofocus and double-LED flash, which also has face and smile recognition, geotagging using the included GPS receiver, image stabilization and wide-range mode. It also has an Office document viewer, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, multiple messaging options and a large internal memory capacity of 8GB. The i8510 is supposed to be a multimedia phone, designed with multiple high-end features at a high price point.
Features
- Release Date: September 2008
- 3G HSDPA 900/2100 or 850/1900 North American version
- 2G Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- 16 million color screen, 2.8" diagonal, accelerometer
- Optical trackpad
- 8.0-megapixel digital camera with video capture, face recognition, image stabilization, geotagging, LED flash, wide range mode
- SMS, MMS, email, instant messaging
- mp3/MPEG4 player
- 8GB on-board memory with microSD card slot up to 16GB
- GPS receiver
- Bluetooth v2.0
- Wi-Fi 802.11g/b
- HSDPA 7.2 Mbps data transfer
- HTML browser
- TV-out
- Symbian OS v9.3 Series 60
- Up to 8.5 hour talk time battery life
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Pros & Cons
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looks good - features a sleek industrial design
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construction - feels solid and well built
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great photo quality - has an 8 megapixel camera
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good battery life - should last most users several days in between charges
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aging phone - newer, similar devices are now available
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poor built-in camera flash
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the screen isn't as sharp as the competition
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the 3.5mm headphone jack is located on the side - not great for pocketing
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runs on Symbian - doesn't represent the cutting edge of mobile technology
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