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Samsung Omnia, hot or not? |
vivid white
Joined: Aug 29, 2006
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I haven't tried one yet and so have decided my next mobile is going to be a WM one. I just wondered whether anyone has had any hands on experience with the Omnia?
If so what are you thoughts and feelings about it?
Many thanks
James
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Swag
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It's nice. The screen resolution is quite low and I like a hardware keyboard, so it was Xperia for me. 
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JiSm
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I sold the 16gb Omnia on Orange in the UK to a few people and it was really quite poor in comparison the Xperia and Touch HD. Operating speed was definately slower than the 2 mentioned and there was constant reports of bad battery life. If the Xperia or HD are within reach, they are definately better options performance wise.
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anonymuser
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I've a friend with one who seems pleased with it overall, but battery life can be a problem with it - apparently it's fine most of the time, but when he goes into a bad signal area it really hammers the battery. Obviously that's true of most phones as they have to work harder to maintain a signal, but the effect seems especially drastic on the Omnia. That's with the Vodafone firmware the handset came with though, I don't know if there have been any upgrades/generic firmwares that resolve this.
Aside from that it has the usual bundle of WM quirks but seems quite capable - the processor is good (and not a Qualcomm, which scores points with me).
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koto
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I played with one and found it quite disappointing. The screen resolution is bad although 3'' big. Without stylus and qwerty it is bad for daily business activities. I wouldn't change my fantastic P1 for it.
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doministry
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Fantastic P1 - that's very true... |
vivid white
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Thanks for the replies. I have decided now that I definately want to try a windows mobile device even if I am disappointed I just can't decide whether I want a omnia or x1. Hmmmmmm
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WhyBe
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Why not check the Touch HD vs Xperia ? I think that is more of an even match. What's so special about the Omnia that the Touch HD lacks ? |
vivid white
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Something about the Omnia just interests me and I cant quite put my finger on it but I will definately look into the Touch HD. Thanks for the suggestion. Looks like a trip to my local store is in order to have a try.
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James
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The most obvious thing you notice when you compare Touch HD and X1 with Omnia is the pixel density. The displays in HD and X1 are marvellous.
I've heard somewhere that there will be an updated version of Omnia next year where they, amongst other updates, have a new display with higher resolution.
Anyone who has info about that? |
Bonovox
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X1 any day. Have you seen the size of the Omnia its massive. The X1 is smaller than i thought it would be and sexier.
Phone?? What phone?? |
vivid white
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Thanks incoming.
Any info would be great.
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driftmania
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On 2008-12-28 21:12:00, Bonovox wrote:
X1 any day. Have you seen the size of the Omnia its massive. The X1 is smaller than i thought it would be and sexier.
are you kidding me? the omnia is much thinner than the X1 and i would hold up on getting the X1 on account of the "mystery" cracks that are showin up on them which makes it pretty repulsive. |
Del
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Well I have had the Omnia for a couple of days now and all I can say is that this is a great peice of kit, screen is good even in sunlight, its easy to use without the stylus, it sinks with my laptop flawlessly.
I have tomtom 7 and garmin xt running on it, which i have yet to test out properly, but they both look good on the 3.2" screen.
And the battery has lasted me over 2 days on the first charge with me playing with it constantly.
Call reception and volume is excellent.
Overall I think that this phone is worth it 
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vivid white
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Thanks Del for that mini review. Its nice to get some good feedback.
I have ordered my Omnia as a upgrade from Vodafone but just wondered whether Vodafone have messed up the menus on the Omnia and if so can they be debranded?
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Posted: 2008-12-18 23:33
