The Samsung G800 is one of the leading handsets which I've been looking forward to scrutinising by reason of its announcement. The main attraction (and marketing angle) is it vitality the first off of the 5 Mega Pixel cameraphones to come with optical zoom, however that doesn't all the more incorporate half the story. Even in the alike vein as the U600/U700 set; the G800 is the upgrade to the G600 and adds 3G into the string of features (amongst other things.)

The antecedent belongings to headquarters on is the vastness of the G800 when compared with the G600. Frankly, there is no comparison to be specious as where the G600 is sleek and compact, the G800 has been on a binge and tips the scales at a whopping 134 grams, exceeding its predecessor by 30 grams. It's very thicker though not just as yet as I was expecting, with the G800 at 18.9mm thick and exclusive 3.9mm thicker than the G600. Overall the interpretation is surprisingly authentic good; the slider is solid and everything feels relatively secure, though for something that weighs this much, I would expect that.

A minor concerning is that intensely glossy materials admit been used all over the G800, resulting in fingerprint marks fitting aggrandized prominent than usual. Faculty you, this puzzle pales in importance when seeing what the account of overly-glossy materials does to the display. In the G600, (a ring I posses owned for assorted months and am especial elated with) the show aspect was certified and besides included a flare sensor so that it could cope with all kinds of lighting variants. The G800 seems to me coextensive a course backwards as the legibility when under any contour of burnished is virtually nobody and is frankly unacceptable.

In consideration with this counteractive stand, the User Interface (UI) is all the more and basic than I expected. It has some similarities with the UI seen on the G600, on the contrary the reality is the G800's reputedly inferior brother has a also recent legend and does a still higher quality job. The processor seems to be of a higher endowment on the G600 too, which could define some of the issues with the UI.

The main attraction of the G800 testament obviously be the camera with its 3X Optical Zoom, nevertheless when place to the blue book against distinctive other similarly spec'd mobile phones, including the G600 the results were a dinky startling. Considering the G800 is meant to be Samsung's premier cameraphone, I was surprised to distinguish that the G600 seems to enroot identical or more useful images in all over 75% of all cases.

In conclusion, the G800's defective points act let it down altogether severely. The problem involved in reading the shade when under light sunlight is trustworthy to irritate bounteous and the weight subject is sufficiently to compose the G800 classifiable as a dynamite weapon. Though this is probably down to the mechanics needed for the Optical Hum feature, its decrease of effectiveness doesn't actually warrant its inclusion or the detrimental chain reaction it has.

The Samsung G800 is by no funds a wick phone; it's equitable the actuality that it isn't anywhere near as bad as it could hold been. Considering what it had to habit on with the G600's undoubted success, the detail that the 'less powerful' handset eclipses it on so bountiful major factors wealth that it cannot be classed as anything other than a disappointment.