Samsung Omnia W
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Pros:
Sleek looks and design
Price
Windows 7.5 Mango
Cons:
Non-expandable memory
The Bottom Line
Samsung Omnia W is an all round smartphone, considering its price point. Though it does not have dual-core processor and all that bling-bling that modern smartphones typically have, it does the job pretty well. Windows experience on the Samsung Omnia W is better than that on the HTC Radar. Nokia is anyways going to price their Lumia range higher than the Omnia W, so Samsung Omnia W is a safe and a decent bet if you wish to buy a windows phone.
8 | Great
FULL REVIEW
Samsung Omnia W is an all round smartphone, considering its price point. Though it does not have dual-core processor and all that bling-bling that modern smartphones typically have, it does the job pretty well. Windows experience on the Samsung Omnia W is better than that on the HTC Radar. Nokia is anyways going to price their Lumia range higher than the Omnia W, so Samsung Omnia W is a safe and a decent bet if you wish to buy a windows phone.The Samsung Omnia W is a mid-range Windows Phone 7 device, and has the latest Windows 7.5 Mango update factory installed. Lets take a peak into the details of the Samsung Omnia W.
Look & Design
Samsung Omnia W is a compact little handset and lightweight weighing at just 115 grams. Its got tapered edges and a reasonably sized screen at 3.7 inches and has good grip in your hands. The light metal looks at the back give you an up market feel to it. Overall the design of the Samsung Omnia W is faithful to the Windows Phone 7 guidelines, offering the obligatory three navigational keys below the screen, a physical Home button, and a dedicated camera key. The phone looks very conventional and no imagination as such was put into the design element of the smartphone.
Specifications
Samsung Omnia W has a 3.7 in super AMOLED screen upfront and at the heart has a 1.4 GHz single core processor. Omnia W offers 14.4 Mbps HSPA connectivity and 8GB of storage space. At the back the phone as a 5MP snapper with Led Flash & also has a front facing VGA camera for Video calling. It also allows for 720p video recording and playback. Other features that are standard in smartphones now are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth capabilities, an accelerometer, and light, proximity, magnetometer, and gyroscope sensors, you find them all in the Omnia W. The phone lacks expandable memory but unlike its brothe HTC Radar it has a replacable battery.
Camera
The 5 megapixel camera at the back gives, decent picture output and the phone records 720p HD video at 30 frames per second which is at power with many phones having similar specs. The camera mode also has several preset scene modes and effects you can apply to both the video and the stills. All in all a good camera at such a price.
Battery
Its 1500 mAh battery is rated for 6.5 hours of 3G talk time or 380 hours in stand-by mode, which is not anything great, but pretty ok considering the battery life of an average smartphone these days. I was able to churn out about 10 hours with the phone though during moderate usage.
Conclusion
Samsung Omnia W is an all round smartphone given its price point. Though it does not have dual core processors and all that bling band that modern smartphones are coming up with but it does the job pretty well. Windows experience on the Samsung Omnia W was better than what I had experienced on the HTC Radar. Nokia is anyways going to price their Lumia range higher than the Omnia W so a safe and a decent bet if you wish to buy a windows phone is definitely the Samsung Omnia W.
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