Date: 27/11/2006
The Samsung D830 is a small and extremely thin clamshell camera phone with a width of just 9.9mm and weighing 91.5g. It is a top of the range phone and comes in a sleek black finish.
It has a very good 2 megapixel camera with 4 x digital zoom and video recording capabilities, although without a flash light or autofocus it does not compete with some of the other top of the range phones such as the Sony Ericsson K800i which has a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and a Xenon Flash. The phone has a very high quality internal display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 262k colours. It is TFT which means it is still visible in bright sunshine.
The phone has a good stereo music player supporting MP3, ACC, ACC+, eACC+ and WMA formats. It also supports MP3's for ringtones and has a 64 polyphonic sound which means that it can play 64 notes simultaneously. The phone has excellent internal memory of 80MB and the option to expand it with a MicroSD external memory card.
Connectivity for this phone is via Bluetooth, USB and TV-Output. Bluetooth enables you to wirelessly connect to another Bluetooth device up to 10 metres apart whilst connecting to a PC is done with a USB cable. The TV output connection allows you to view images and videos directly on a TV.
The D830 can connect to the internet with EDGE data transfer rates. This is the fastest available on a non 3G phone. EDGE has speeds which are three times faster then GPRS. It has a document viewer which means that emails with Microsoft Office and PDF documents can be supported.
Being a tri-band phone, it is capable of working in Europe and America but not Japan. It has quite a disappointing battery life of 215 hours of standby time so compared to other phones within this price range it is quite poor.
Overall we would not recommend this phone as although it is an extremely slim and stylish looking phone with some very good features, it is let down by things such as the camera not having autofocus or a flash, the poor battery life and the keypad, which is not very easy to use.

Features of the Samsung D830 include:

Camera: 2.0 Megapixel, 4 x digital zoom
Video Camera: Video player (MPEG4, H.263), Video recording (MPEG4, H.263)
Display: Internal - 262,144 colours / 240 x 320 pixels / TFT LCD, External - 16-gray / 96 x 16 pixel / OLED LCD
Music Player: MP3/ ACC/ ACC+/ WMA
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Ringtones: Polyphonic, MP3
Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB
Memory: 80 MB user memory, microSD™ external memory
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Internet: WAP 2.0, EDGE/ GPRS Class 10
Talk Time: Up to 3 hours
Standby: Up to 190 hours
Operating Frequency: 900/1800/1900 MHz Tri-band
Size: 100 g
Weight: 103 x 54 x 9.9 mm

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Write a review of the Samsung D830! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by sarah king on 24/09/2006
The design of this phone is great, it looks fantastic and the fact that its only 9.9mm thick is really impressive. However, i have just started using one and im struggling. Part of this could be that i have always been a fan of nokias and their styling and menus. This phone is most definitely NOT for anyone that sends text messages frequently. In my opinion it isn't as diverse as the nokia 6230i, when you compare the two handsets their features look similar but the nokia has a lot of nicer little extras, like changing the phones colour theme (the samsung only offers black or white). The samsungs text messaging font is huge on the smallest setting, something which i personally hate. When you dial a number the digits are so big that a basic phone number doesnt fit on one line - it looks sloppy. The keytones are loud, childish and irritating. More importantly for me, the ringing volume for an incoming call is dire. On full volume (level 7) I can barely hear the phone when it's i n my pocket. Should you wish to upload your own mp3 ringtone the sound is even quieter, I've missed three phonecalls because of it today already. The 2 megapixel camera has complicated settings, and is practically incapable of taking a good picture indoors in artificial lighting. It is extrmely difficult to get it to take a clear picture, the slightest little movement and the image is ruined. It is also very slow to open and browse through images. The keypad takes a lot of effort to use, you have to concentrate hard on what youre pressing and how hard youre pressing it because the keys don't click, theyre touchpad style. This is a nice idea in theory but its extremely impractical when youre trying to dial a phone number quickly and it ends up entering the same number 3 times because youve pressed the key a little too hard. You cant alter the sensitivity. The screen is great, the graphics are good, the music player is nice and the video recorder is also of a high quality. As far as i am concerned samsung have created a professional looking phone with extremely bulky and childish features, if you are someone that relies on your phone for all day every day use i strongly suggest you look for something else. Sorry samsung!
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