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Samsung U600
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Date: 02/06/2007
The Samsung U600 is the slimmest slide phone in the world. At just 10.9 mm thickness, it's almost as slim as an iPod, and more compact. Yet inside you'll find a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash and a high quality MP3 player. The onboard memory is 60 Mbytes, which is enough to hold a dozen or so songs, but you can expand the memory to 2 Gbytes with a cheap microSD memory card. You'll also find Bluetooth wireless connectivity, for swapping music and games with friends, or listening in wireless stereo with a Bluetooth headset. The U600 offers high quality photographic and music capabilities in a tiny package. The only thing we're not so keen on is the touch-sensitive buttons, but they do look cool! The price of the U600 has dropped substantially since launch and you can find some great deals on the net. Partly the reason for this has been the problem with the touch-sensitive buttons. Samsung seem to have learned their lesson, as their latest range of phones have conventional keypads. If you think that you can live with the touch-sensitive keys, then the U600 offers great value for money. Otherwise, we recommend that you choose the older but more user-friendly D900i, or go for the newer, more advanced G600, which has a 5 megapixel camera but is not quite as thin.
Features of the Samsung U600 include:
- Touch-sensitive keys
- Camera: 3.2 megapixels with autofocus, flash, 4 x digital zoom
- Video Camera: Video player (MPEG4, H.263, AAC), Video recording (MPEG4, H.263, AAC)
- Display: 262,144 colours / QVGA 240 x 320 / TFT LCD
- Music Player: MP3, ACC, ACC+, e-AAC+ formats with Bang & Olufsen digital power amp
- Java Games:
- Ringtones: 64-voice polyphonic ringtones, MP3 ringtones
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, TV-Out
- Memory:60 MB user memory, micro SD™ External memory
- Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
- Internet: WAP 2.0, GPRS Class 10, EDGE
- Talk Time: Up to 4 hours
- Standby: Up to 270 hours
- Operating Frequency: Quad band (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)
- Size: 103 x 49 x 11 mm
- Weight: 81g
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Reviewed by kirsty on 01/12/2007
i got this phone on augest and i have to take it back :( because of the touch screen wont work it :(
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Reviewed by sam on 01/12/2007
ths phone is brilliant i just had a play with it yesterday and everything is easy to use and the bluetooth is great also
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Reviewed by Kevin on 01/12/2007
This phone was great when I first got it! But, does any one know why the delay of the camera takes soo long!!! it taks about 10sec to take a photo!! But have great sound and loud. So I will give a 3 star! Tell me if you know of the delay!
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Reviewed by lucy on 30/11/2007
lovely phone, super thin,battery great love it!
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Reviewed by Hannah on 29/11/2007
Terriable phone! Upgraded to this on the reccommendation of T Mobile in September, and within 3 weeks, its battery life was awful, it freezes, switches itself off. its flimsy, ive tried to change it, and they wont let me, they sent me a new charger - no change - sent me a new handset - but no new battery - still no change! Its awful! Would never ever reccommend this! Or T mobile for that matter! Ive had nothing but trouble with this phone and with T Mobile! Anyone else had trouble like this?? I dont know what to do as can't afford to buy the G600!
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Reviewed by David on 29/11/2007
Average phone in my opinion. There are much worse but much better. Annoying touch sensitive buttons - yes to get used to them but it's still irritating every now and again when you accidently mess up. The battery is truly appalling, worst I have ever come across even just on standby. Very poor plasticky quality. Feels like the slider will break very easily. I have just ditched this phone for the Nokia 5310. It's on another planet in every way other than the camera. Size, weight, feel, quality, sound, menu system, functionality. If you want a decent camera, buy a camera!
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Reviewed by Paul Keating on 29/11/2007
I've owned this phone for two months. It's a beautiful phone, stunning to look at ... and I hate it. It's hard to use, unfriendly and unforgiving, and I long for my Samsung S100, that I loved, and would never have replaced if it hadn't stopped working. The T9 assumes you never, ever make a mistake such as accepting "of" instead of "me". If you hit the space key, that's it. There's no way to go back and fix it except to delete and retype the _entire _word. Often, if you hit a wrong key, you get offered 2 options, neither of which you want (example, Send or Save to draft). You have to accept one or the other; there's no way back. If you try to get back to where you were you lose your entire message and have to start again. One of the reasons I bought this phone was because it was supposed to have good www support. But you can't change the homepage away from Samsung Fun Club, filling in forms is incredibly finicky, and it won't connect to Google Mail. I've used hard-to-use phones: my first was a Motorola 5200. But at least it came with a manual. I'd be prepared to learn about this one's quirks, except there's no way to find out. The manual is a pathetic "Getting Started" leaflet (48 pages slightly larger than A7, one quarter of it health & safety guff). It doesn't even list all the menu options, let alone explain what they do. You're clearly expected to read manuals from other phones to learn to use the camera and video recorder. I wouldn't mind if there was a manual available via download, but no. The only way you can edit the phonebook without retyping over and over is to hook the phone up to a PC. The phone has no cut-number/paste-number facility. And the software, Samsung PC Studio 3, is only slightly better than its predecessor, Easy GPRS. Both insist that a contact can have only one mobile number. Most people who work regularly in several countries have one number in each. This phone was expensive and I bitterly regret having bought it. I feel as though I was dumped by the pretty, friendly, funny girl next door, and then got involved with a supermodel, only to discover she's a heartless, selfish bitch.
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Reviewed by dee on 28/11/2007
don't like this phone at all,my phone went back after a week as the screen broke, my husbands phone after 4 months.the keys was also too sensetive for my liking.i like samsung phones but this is the worst phone i've had.
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Reviewed by Leigh on 27/11/2007
Had it since September, went to get fixed October, got it back 4 an hour n it went wrong again, got it back last week and guess wat it's gone wrong AGAIN!!!! IT'S THE WORST PHONE EVER!!!! DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!! use the money in a pay phone instead!!! ul get to use it more!!!!!!
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Reviewed by rick pollitt on 27/11/2007
I changed from a nokia to the samsung u600....hate it, the touch sensitive buttons are a nightmare and sending text messages will drive you crazy...stay away from it
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Reviewed by Neil on 27/11/2007
Well worth the buy. Don't know why so many people complain about so-called flaws, etc. I certainly haven't experienced any. Heat/touch sensitive keys are not 'too sensitive' like so many have made them out to be. Obviously they think that they're pushing a button, press too hard and mess the screen up. Texting for me is taking getting used to (never had a Samsung before). When I make a mistake , I go to press the back button instead of 'cancel' and I'm then asked do I want to save as a draft. I'll get used to it soon!
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Reviewed by James on 26/11/2007
Wow, seriously this really is an excellent phone. Received it a week ago for my birthday and it's worked perfectly so far. Keypad, for me anyway, is really easy and comfortable to use, despite me ending a text by accident once, thought it was really down to my own clumsiness. Camera is excellent, really clear. Obviously, the phone look excellent and I can't get over how thin it is. I've actually found myself getting it out of my pocket to send a text and then I'll just look at it for a few minutes before realization hits and brings me back to Earth. Seriously, can't recommend the phone enough. Go buy it. =]
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Reviewed by kd on 25/11/2007
awful
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Reviewed by Chris on 24/11/2007
Looks great, feels great. Shame it's the worst phone ever. Don't even think about getting one
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Reviewed by Amii on 24/11/2007
Fantastic phone! I absolutley love it! Really slim, the touch sensitive keys are great. Camera is fantastic, although it does take a while to take. People say the g600 is better but its really not! The g600 looks awful and is way to fat! U600 is one of the, if not the best phon out! Would recommend it to anyone 5 stars! OUTSTANDING!
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Reviewed by Joe on 22/11/2007
This is without doubt THE WORST phone i have ever had the misfortune of owning! Perhaps the worst thing is the fact that i have another 12 months left to go on my contract! I have had the phone for 6 months and at first thought it was a great phone and one of the best i'd had (like many posters here) but unfortunatley lately everything mentioned in other posts has started to happen. the screen goes blank for no reason and can stay that way for a few mins. It can turn itself off at will and mysteriously reset itself overnight - with me losing several messages and all my settings i had saved. Texting is an absolute nightmare and the touch screen is way too sensitive - i've had other touch screens and never experienced anything like this. Do not believe the nonsense people are writing about how good it is (i thought that at first) - they've obviously just not had it long enough!! If it aint broke, it soon will be!!!
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Reviewed by hannah greene on 21/11/2007
best phone i ever had eriously not worth buying after incident with caera but still best phone ever talk later xxxx :o)
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Reviewed by Nick on 21/11/2007
OMG THIS PHONE IS ABOLUSOTE RUBBISH! I have had this phone for 2 months dont buy it! why? 1.The battery is rubbish 2. texting is very hard! 3.You can easly ring someone without knowing so that can waste alot of you credit! 4. Keypads very senstive. The only good thing about this phone is the camera! but i am not keeping it for that! Only buy this fone if you want to waste ur money on a piece of rubbish!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Sandra on 20/11/2007
Well i got this mobile 2 weeks ago and it is brilliant !! the best phone i have had & i have had a lot of phones :P I dont know what people moaning about the touch sensitive screen because it isnt causing me any problems , well it isnt causing me any problems at all !! If your looking for a new phone then get this one !
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Reviewed by James on 19/11/2007
fantastic phone but how do you see pictures in full-screen mode please??????
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Reviewed by asain on 19/11/2007
i hate this phone! firstly the looks are amazing! software is oky. how ever please read! since you can put a memory card in for further storage which is gud BUT when you want to put your files onto your computer it is soooo difficult to access your memory card on your computer. it is not user freindly and its very irritating! picture quilty is top class!! music is wonderful, not too keen on the quality of the headphones and the location of the handsfree plug in which is situated right under the volume buttons. it also sticks out which isnt comfortable in your pocket! samsung change your interface and user friendly attitude to get work out of your memopry card it isnt good enough! i had this problem right now! i wanted 1 picture from my memory card but i had to free up space on the phone memory to transfer the picture which is saved on the memory card to get it on the pc! how irritating and time consumeing!
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Reviewed by Steph on 18/11/2007
I have this phone and apart from being slim it is awful, the touch buttons are a complete pain and the signal is terrible on it so I am out of communication half of the time! I would not recommend it to anyone, sadly I am stuck with it for 18 months.
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Reviewed by Josh Gilbert on 18/11/2007
Before writing this review, I'd just like to say what a shame it is that i'm forced to give this phone a whole 1 out of 5 stars, beleive, it does not deserve even a half. If your hot on texting, like I and quite a big portion of the phone maret is, then this phone will seem like it was designed specifically to spite you: the touch screen interface is dreadful; to select a predicted word you sometimes have to scroll up and sometimes scroll down, just to confuse you; to delete one character in a text, you must press the same button you would to delete the entire message, meaning if your finger stays on the button for a second too long, Bang goes your entire message; the predictive dictionary is abysmal too, it forgets words you may want to add if they're not used in every second sentence, and mine has now decided to forget my entire dictionary, rendering it completely useless. Especialy as it didn't contain many words in the first place. Try using a word slightly out of the ordinary, 'Sickeningly' for example, and the T9 returns with 'sickenioglx'. Now that's handy. But texting isn't all: as some other reviewers have stated, the camera is shockingly bad. The auto-focus is not good at all, it requires absolutely perfect lighting to get a decent shot and the flash is nothing short of pathetic. The worst thing about it however is the fact that it can take up to 6 seconds to take a picture, by which time whatever you wanted to capture has long gone - why even bother including a camera at all eh samsung? In conclusion, this is a catastrophically terrible phone. The screen cracks when its just sitting in your pocket, the flip mechanism is flimsy, the interface is confusing, touch screen buttons are appalling and the battery life... Don't even get me started.
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Reviewed by Emma White on 18/11/2007
I hate this phone! The key pad is hard to type text messages on and the touch screen drives me mad. The camera is ok but majorly slow at taking pictures and the battery life isnt what it should be i have to charge every day. I do like the sos features and the phone does look sexy but apart from looks i dont really have much positive to say about it.
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Reviewed by emily on 17/11/2007
got this phone a few months ago throught one of the free line rental u600.citimove.co.uk been briliant and will recommend this to others . It is so slim that some time you can't even find it in your hangbag
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Reviewed by Jake on 17/11/2007
This phone is great. The camera is great; autofocus works really well, video quality is great. It obviously looks really good. The touch sensitive buttons are not as bad as some of the negative reviews claim they are... at all. How can you accidentally erase a text when the left touch button only deletes the last character? Unless you are a complete idiot and manage to hold the button down for 1-2 seconds without realizing then this is damn near unexplainable. The touch buttons are raised above the reguar ones because they are on the sliding part of the phone so I honestly don't see where all these problems are coming from.
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Reviewed by ashley payne on 16/11/2007
i love this phone, had it for two weeks and its great.
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Reviewed by ALEX on 14/11/2007
HERE ARE THE FACTS:- I started reading these reviews after I had ordered this phone and really started to worry. No need, this is a fantastic phone. Easily the best looking phone on the market. Very thin, great slate colour and light. All the usual features as previous Samsungs, but somehow better! People who moan about this phone get a life. The touch keys took less than 10 mins to get used to. The battery life for the thinnest phone on the market is very good. Texting is very very easy. AND IT DOES NOT CALL PEOPLE IN YOUR POCKET!!!!!!!!!!! HOW CAN IT WHEN THE PHONE IS LOCKED???????? Buy it, you won't regret it.
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Reviewed by Paul on 14/11/2007
Sorry I got this phone, reception is so poor and texting is very hard. Whats the point in a phone having nice features if it doesnt function well as a phone?! Predicitve texting: the buttons change depending on how long the text is, what line you are on. Sometimes its the up button to change word, other times its the down. Press the wrong one and you can find your entering weird numbers into the To box. Then you press the end call button to delete the numbers only to find out that discards the whole text. Not impressed. Buying a Nokia 6300 or Sony K810i.
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Reviewed by Richard on 14/11/2007
Just bought this phone to replace my broken k800i. Its a gr8 phone. The camera isnt as good as the k800i's but its still good. The sound is gr8. i bought this phone bcos it is thin and light weight. The tough buttons arent as bad as people make out there really easy to use. this is a must buy phone for someone looking for a easy to use phone with good features
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Reviewed by L C on 13/11/2007
They are very weak phones, I left it in my car overnight, in the morning the screen had cracked! Was it the frosty night? Do not buy as I have read loads of other reports on here about screen breaks.
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Reviewed by Aqua on 12/11/2007
It is such a gr8 fone with a great mp3 player.The 5 mega pixel camera is excellent. it is soooo much better than the g600 i have and looks better too.
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Reviewed by jim wales on 12/11/2007
the screen scraches to easy and it's to thin it makes u check your pocket all the time but every thing else is great
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Reviewed by yy on 12/11/2007
It seems that this phone has mixed reviews here. I'm fortunate to belong w/ the half who enjoy owning this phone though. The only problem for me is this annoying TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEY. Overall, this phone is smashing! :)
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Reviewed by Tom Worrall on 11/11/2007
I got this phone 3 weeks ago now and i honestly can not find one thing wrong with it. Where should i start? Well, the camera quality is immense, 3.2 megapixels, i have already snapped 267 awesome picures. The music player is superb and can easily rival walkman. Some people have complained about the lack of a 3.5mm jack but hat van be bought from anywhere. The sound quality through the speaker is exceptional, so loud and clear! It rivals my old w810i easily! The touch sensitive buttons are fantastic, and respond to everything brilliantly. Also the battery life is so much better than my w810i, it easily lasts 3-4 days. There is only one slight niggle i have with it though, even though it seems ridiculous is that you cannot seem to view snapped pictures in full-screen mode. if anyone has a solution for this i will be very grateful. Thankyou. This phone is great!!!
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Reviewed by pete on 11/11/2007
i will make this short, the biggest problem with this phone is the touch sensitive keys, its all to easy to accidently phone somebody
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Reviewed by Kieran on 11/11/2007
Nice phone. Nice features. Slightly hard to text but you'll get used to it. However had in for only a month and a half and the lcd screen broke under outstanding no stress at all that I can remember. Maybe worth the risk if you baby it.
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Reviewed by joe mc on 10/11/2007
Its a good phone overall just on mine the top screen half wobbles side to side a bit, also sometimes the whole top section does not work unless it is slid down, and the randomly will start working again :s
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Reviewed by Hannah on 09/11/2007
The U600 Is One Of The Best Phones Ive Ever Had! It Has A Great Camera And Is A Gorgeous!
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Reviewed by ?BONII??..X on 09/11/2007
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Reviewed by emma flett on 08/11/2007
i am a 15 year old girl as as you can imagine i have dropped it and i have dropped it a lot of times and i am very tall. it has never broke for me touch wood. the battery life is fine i use my all the time i am alway on my phone playing music and playing games normally i haveto charge it every 2-3days but i charge it every night so it is always on full. even if the battery life is 'poor' on some phones i dont see why you make such a big deal out of it. how hard is it to plug the charger in, not very. stop being lazy. yeh i have accidently phone people but that is my clumsy falt you can blame the phone for that. the only thing that could be better is the camera. you have to be really still otherwise it comes out burled but maybe i am not doing it properly. this phone is amazing and lokks great. bye emma flett
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Reviewed by Stu on 08/11/2007
This phone is useless. Bad points; Battery (two days tops), reception (there isn't any - never been a problem before), typing text messages (the menu for selecting words changes direction though the message!!), receiving messages (can have vibrate OR melody, not both), those god-forsaken touch-sensitive buttons (give me proper buttons anyday, i'll stop calling people and deleting stuff by accident), reliability (crashes at least five times a day), camera (you'd be quicker drawing it, be better quality too), volume (i can't hear calls, ringtones, or anything for that matter), get the idea? Good points; Small (10.9mm thin), looks good, er....
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Reviewed by Natasha on 08/11/2007
I'm at the end of my tether with this phone. Admittedly, I've only had it for 2 days, but reading through the reviews, I'm experiencing exactly the same problems. For some bizarre reason, my predictive text just decides to stop predicting halfway through a message. I have to turn the phone off to sort it. The buttons are way to sensitive. I keep clearing the text message or calling people by accident. The camera takes forever to take the picture, and seeing as the camera is usually used by others to take pictures of me and my friends, it's not something I can workaround. The battery life isn't too hot either. I'm going to send this back and go back to my D600. I haven't got the patience to put up with these annoyances. Best looking phone I've seen though!
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Reviewed by LEANNE * on 07/11/2007
ITS A GOOD PHONE. .GET IT :)
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Reviewed by Chevy69 on 07/11/2007
What can i say.this is the phone for me.what a looker.it wieghs in as a feather,super slick controls,sound quality is brilliant and a camera/video thats the pups nuts.(apart from the delay when snapping.can be annoying.)that aside though,must say my favourite phone to date.how people can moan about this ill never know.thanks
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Reviewed by Simon M on 05/11/2007
Dont get this phone for the following reasons: - 1) It will keep freezing when you make calls. Verified by numerous owners. 2) It will regulary fail to send text messages. Verified by numerous owners. 3) The battery will not last more than a couple. of days if you actualy use the phone. Verified by numerous owners. 4) Cant be used with Sky plus remote TV
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Reviewed by Jonesy on 04/11/2007
I've had this phone for 8 weeks now. The U600 main bad points are: 1. Terrible battery life. I need to charge it every day. 2. Texting is a nightmare. The predictive text software is awful. When given a list of possible words sometimes you have to scroll up, other times you have to scroll down. Why? 3. The touch sensitive buttons are great in theory but are not practical. Quite a number of times I've accidentally dialled someone while reading their text. Also if you need to press number keys while in a phone call (automated line etc) you have to unlock the phone before each number press (each choice) 4. Has a tendency to cut the other caller off half way through a phone call for no reason whatsoever, mine also changes into Dutch in the text language every time it's turned off and selecting symbols like £ takes about 8-10 different key presses. In summary nice looking phone, but some of the more practical options can be very fustrating, personally think Sony Ericsson phones are more user friendly phones but don't currently make a 'sexy' phone!
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Reviewed by maadz on 04/11/2007
this is a great mob 5 stars
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Reviewed by sally cooper on 03/11/2007
love the Samsung U600, easy to use menu layout childs play, touch sensitive keys take a bit of getting used to but gets better with use, camera is very slow as you say but when you do take a photo it does look very good, best phone I have had for a long time
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Reviewed by Katy on 03/11/2007
I recently bought the purple U600 2 days ago and it is the best phone I have ever had! I upgraded from a Nokia 6280, which I had no problems with at all despite negative reviews. This may be a lengthy post so scroll down to conclusion if you would rather not read it all! No software problems as of yet. - Battery - I dont see what most people are complaining about. In the 2 days I have had this, I have 2 bars of battery out of 3 and as it is new it has been picked up more than usual. I do not know how long the battery lasts yet on average but it is more than 2 days! - Design - The u600 looks great. I have the purple version which is the 'in' colour this Autumn and it looks stunning. I can't stop looking at it. The phone is robust and made of metal, even though it is so thin I don't feel as though I will break it when I slide it. The colour that the screen displays is amazing. Very strong, vibrant, bright colours. Love it. - Touch sensitive buttons - I was worried about the sensitivity before I got it but it is not over sensitive at all. I have not had problems with calling random people by accident and the phone locks itself when you start a call so you cannot end the call by accident. In fact they make it difficult for you to end the call because you have to unlock it and then end call but its no hassle. Sometimes I have to touch the button a few times for it to register. - Camera - I have taken a few pictures and my only gripe with it is that the delay on it is quite extortionate. My previous phone had no delay on it at all but the U600 finds it difficult to capture moving objects, even if the object isnt going anywhere fast it will blur. But what can you expect from a mobile phone. If I wanted a high quality camera with no delay and no motion blur I would buy a camera rather than a mobile phone. I haven't taken any videos yet. I cant upload pictures onto my computer yet either because they need to be on the memory card rather than phone memory I assume. Camera quality on a non moving object is quite good as far as I can see on the screen! - Texting - No problems with texting, the predictive text is fine. Only problem that I have experienced with texting is that I sometimes cancel the whole text so I have to write it out 3 times before I send it. This is because I am used to my Nokia and the button to go back to delete a letter was the top right button whereas the Samsung's top right button is the exit button and the bottom right button is the back button! On the text screen it says 'back' above the top right button which also confuses me! But back to Samsung means go back to previous menu! That will just take a bit of time to get used to. - Radio and MP3's - Radio and MP3 quality is better than I had expected! Better sound quality than my Nokia but of course not as good as Sony's walkman phones. The radio has to be listened to through the headset or bluetooth headset but MP3's can be played out loud. The volume can go quite loud but I am not one to play music out loud on buses or anywhere for that matter! Headset is good! I think thats all the important things! Of course this phone also has things like calculator, world clock, alarm, internet which I haven't been on yet and so forth. - Conclusion - Overall, a very attractively designed phone that is extremely thin but also robust and strong. Colour screen is amazingly bright and colourful. Everything is placed in a logical location in the menu and easy to access. Touch sensitive keys are not over sensitive and work fine, the phone locks itself if you make a call, don't use it for a while or close the slider. Good points: *Looks great *Not flimsy *reacts fast to button presses *Bluetooth capabilities *Connects to the computer and to tv's *Takes pictures and video although there is a delay of about 3 seconds on pictures Bad Points: *Camera delay on pictures *The lack of a tv-out cable, the phone does not come with one I do think that this phone is targeted more to the female market rather than for men. This is not meant in a sexist way but the design, looks and colours this phone comes in is more feminine. I would defiantly recommend this phone if they do not want an amazing camera but want something that does what it says on the tin.
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Reviewed by cath on 03/11/2007
Love the look of this phone, the music player and camera are fine, but I dropped mine - onto grass - and without any obvious breaks (no crack, no breakage) the screen has stopped working. It seems to me that this phone is just not very robust and for that reason I'd give it a poor rating.
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Reviewed by Saxondale on 02/11/2007
I bought this phone 2 months ago based on the reviews on this site, and overall I'm very disappointed with it. First off, the good points: 1. It looks great. I've had plenty of people comment on it. It is a very sleek, attractive phone. 2. The screen is a decent size, and seems reasonably scratch resistant. Hmm..I've run out of good points already. Bad points: 1. The touch sensitive keys are annoying. They are kind of cool at first, but in daily use I find myself inadvertently making calls and having to cancel them quickly. I resent them now 2. Texting- both the keys and the user interface make this very awkward compared to my last phone, the K750i. It feels like the phone is trying to make it as awkward as possible to text. Word suggestions in predictive mode sometimes pop up below the word you're entering, sometimes above, which is very annoying while texting. Texting should be about consistent, repeatable patterns of keystrokes, to speed up the process. 3. The user interface in general seems non-intuitive compared to the K750i and various Nokias I've used previously. Simple things are just that bit more complex to do, like creating calendar reminders, deleting text messages, setting an alarm- this last one is so frustrating that I've given up on it and get my girlfriend to set a morning alarm on her phone. 4. Miserly selection of ring and message tones I really want to like it, I've used other Samsung models belonging to friends that were better. But right now I wish I had bought something else, probably the Sony Ericsson W810i, which was cheaper and came with a 512 memory card free. In summary, this phone is like a very attractive but super high-maintenance girfriend. Nice to look at, impossible to live with.
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Reviewed by Charlotte on 02/11/2007
RUBBISH! the screen broke after 26 days! through no fault of my own. I am having so much trouble trying to get it fixed, at the moment samsung are telling me i need to pay £70 to get it fixed, or £20 just to have it given back to me, unrepaired...please dont buy one.
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Reviewed by Kian on 01/11/2007
I just handed in my D900 over for a upgrade and now have the even thinner U600 its very similar to the D900 - the control layout is the same but has now touch sensitive buttons which makes it rather unique. The music player lists your albums by title and album which is a great improvement and you can drag music direct to your memory card on your phone via windows...so you dont need the software!! which is a massive improvement on the D900 where you couldnt which was extremely annoying i mean stress the word annoying! ......It also has a RADIO too unlike the D900.... I am really pleased Samsung all you need now is a quicker camera to take shots then ill give you 6/5! but considering the thiness and a 3.2mpx camera...i cant argue! Again nice one Samsung!
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Reviewed by Faraz Ahmed on 01/11/2007
fantastic
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Reviewed by Angela o'shea on 31/10/2007
ok i have had this phone about weeks not happy beware of this phone. The screen fades to black or freezes up, goes a different colour or acts possessed and does a mirror image like im looking at it from inside the phone!! Will be taking it back to carphone warehouse!!! Also hate the texting it was impossible for me to text at first and im a v quick texter on other phones everytime i pressed a key it would go back to idle screen and i would have to start again this is due to the overly sensitve touch buttons. I have only just got used to it, doesnt seem to have a lot of memory either , i dont have the card, i dont want it!! " other people i know lost their screen completely so better get it to carphone warehouse as they will only say i dropped it, if screen is complete blank. This phone is attractive and has lots to offer, if only it was simpler to use I HATE IT!! ARGGHHHHHH! i also cant text with one hand as it is so thin my fingers cant grip onto nothing.
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Reviewed by Chris on 29/10/2007
The music playing capabilities of this phone are poor. You can store about 6-10 tracks on the phone's internal memory and they are fine. However, any tracks stored on a MicroSD card can only be played one track at a time. So you have to go into the menus, and click on a track each time - you can't play two songs continuously from a microSD card let alone an album or a playlist which I find bizarre. Basically it seems to be a rubbish music player. I personally find the touch sensitive pad way too sensitive, but guess that's a personal issue... Otherwise a decent phone.
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Reviewed by Darren Brunt on 29/10/2007
Having been a Nokia user for 10 years i decided to try this, and i wish i hadn't bothered. Sure it has some great features but the security is rubbish. I have enabled phone privacy and phone lock, it does not let you into files and folders but will still make calls. Don't believe me? Then dial a number when it prompts you for your password press exit and you can continue dialling. Not good if you are on a contract phone like me. If anyone does know how to stop people dialling numbers after enabling security i would appreciate any comments. Like everyone else i was attracted to its look, size and features, but without cast-iron security that isn't any good to me. Back to Nokia for me i'm afraid. :-(
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Reviewed by Danielle on 28/10/2007
Do not like this phone. Struggle to get a reception when Ive never had problems before. Im constantly calling people by accident with the touch screen buttons. The camera would be great if it only took it faster. A great looking phone but other than that I would not rate it.
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Reviewed by AL Williams on 28/10/2007
Great phone with a cracking 3.2 MegaPixel camera and an updated Music Player. Yes the battery doesn't last that long but if your using it as a phone it still lasts 3-4 days, it's only when you use the multimedia functions loads that it starts to drain the battery, but i'd argue that almost any other phone other than the stupidly huge N95 has the same problem. My previous phone was a Sony K800i and it had one of the best Batteries of any phone but that still only lasted 1-2 days if you used the camera or Music player alot and the U600 is not far behind. The camera also seems as good if not better than the K800i in some lighting conditions (well impressed!) and the Music player is alot better than the D900i so you won't miss the Walkman player on the Sony's either. Games are a little trickier to get onto the Phone (but it can be done without paying those premium prices)and the touch pad takes a little getting used to but anyone complaining about the touchpad should h ave had the commonsense to try one out before hand and i don't think it's much of an issue, you just need to give it more than a few days and not have hands like a gorilla..
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Reviewed by yvonne on 27/10/2007
On my 4th phone now in about 9 weeks, originaly had a e900 which i didnt like so upgraded to this, a really nice phone with lots of little gadgets to personalise when the phone works, first one wouldnt let me send mms messages or go online, second one wouldnt even charge up,went back the next day, 3rd one the front was so lose went back same day and have had 4th for 5 weeks but think it has a loose connection as numbers at the side are flashing all the time and keep loosing signal so cant ring out or no one can get hold of me, not getting another one...
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Reviewed by alan on 27/10/2007
IT'LL BREAK WITHIN 2 WEEKS!!!! seriously ive had this phone for around 7 weeks and its had to be repaired twice. There is a serious problem with all these phones which means the screen turns itself off and does not come back on again although the handsets itself is indicating that it is on. this phone is poorly built and will break if you look at it funny.
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Reviewed by Emmy on 27/10/2007
absolutely amazing not one porblem with it it even has some features that the g600 doesn't have such as a message tone! it is amazing get it!
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Reviewed by Anisha on 26/10/2007
This phone is great ive had it for 3 months now, i dont even regret getting it, if you want this phone dont change your mind, i love it, sometimes when im a bit impatient, the sensor buttons get on my nerves.. but its the 1st time ive ever used sensor buttons and i have no problem! everyone says the battery is rubbish, but i just came back from a holiday and sometimes on over night trains and 10 hour flights , it lasted me.. the camera is great!!
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Reviewed by Mary Hancock on 26/10/2007
Love the U600 but cannot receive any calls as I can hear none of the ringtones unless phone is attached to my ear. Tried them all but can hear none of them. Very sad as I like everything else about it
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Reviewed by Mirane on 26/10/2007
Excellent phone. Takes some time to get used to the touch sensitive keys but it's not that difficult. Phone is sleek and stylish, battery is not that bad at all in fact I'd say it's average, great camera and very user friendly phone with loads of features. Def. a great buy, I just love it.
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Reviewed by Robby on 26/10/2007
the only thing I like about the U600 is that it is very thin. I do not like the user interface/menus/setting as compared to Nokia and Sony ericsson phones. The battery life is bad. I have been using this phone for several months now, I still accidentally makes a call by touching the sensitive key. The camera takes sometime to focus and take picture. The sensitive keys lock when a call is placed, so must unlock first to use the end call key. The are other not so good things,... too bad, because the phone looks great
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Reviewed by Dennis on 25/10/2007
Had a U600 for a couple of months after which it would freeze during texting then switch itself off and on and it does not seem to hold a signal very well. Touch keys too sensitive. Battery does not last long either. Back to Nokia for me
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Reviewed by elisa xx on 25/10/2007
omg i have diss phonee its goorrrrgus man iff u want it u shud get it.... got a amazin deal in phones4u on vodafone if u want it u have 2 get it now!!!!!1 lol xxxxx
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Reviewed by Leanne UK on 25/10/2007
I agree this phone is not as good as its made out to be. My battery life is not too bad but what annoys me is that it keeps cutting out whilst texting. Not turning totally off but sort of resetting! Also, the network is a nightmare. I can be sat at work, at home, on a bus, in the car and suddenly I have limited service and have to switch my phone off!! I think I'm going to have to sne dit for 'repair' and see of things improve. I loved it when I first got it but now I'm not so hot on it and I'm stuck with it for the next 10/11 months!! It is a good phone but deifinitely some major faults.
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Reviewed by Emma on 25/10/2007
Beware - The test messaging is a nightmare!!! try and send a few messages and the screen freezes, turns off and you have to wait ages for it to initialise itsself again! its really fustrating when actually everything else on the phone is really good! Do not buy if you want to send test messages.
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Reviewed by angela dillon on 25/10/2007
love this fone, i have the silver version which has got marked easily when i have dropped it tho. love the camera only down point is the delay.
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Reviewed by brookie on 25/10/2007
i like da phone
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Reviewed by Joy on 24/10/2007
I have had this phone since May. It is an average phone, however the camera and MP3 player are good quality. The U600 looks great for the first few months, however 5 months on and the plastic is peeling, there are scuff marks from everyday wear and tear and it crashes!
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Reviewed by Charlie on 24/10/2007
Like the phone but it has been back twice for interference whilst talking. No fault found and so can get an exchange AGHHHHHHHHHHH! Good camera but very poor battery life. Poor service from samsung Charlie Scotland
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Reviewed by Roshan Kungur on 22/10/2007
Great fully featured phone! Top qulaity from Samnsung as always. Now go out and buy one :)
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Reviewed by buzzblue on 22/10/2007
Looks nice and feels nice!! and that's about it... I am now using my Samsung S500i which is 2years old, but is fanbloodytastic in comparison to the u600!! Try an text?!?!? using T9.. Dont bother, your phone freezes, switches off!!!! then when it can be bothered to kick some life into tha battery!! It sighs!!!! Yawns!!! and very slowly turns back on.... Oh and if you just woked up in tha middle of tha night!!! You want to check what time it is??? You are right handed!!! and you flick the screen open with ya thumb!!! Just hope tha last person that texted or rang you?? wont mind a phone call???? As Jim Royal would say "my Axxe"
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Reviewed by Tommy on 22/10/2007
Had this phone about 6 months now. Probably the Best phone I have had. Only problems with it is that if you like using the MP3 player on the phone it takes quite a while to flick through songs / load them up. Only other problem is that when you are making calls your ear can quite easily brush along the call end button and it cancels the call which can be frustrating. Camera quality is outstanding. Looks Great Very Slim (sometimes you forget its in your pocket) I have had no problems with it up to now but I must admit if you are looking for a phone for mp3 playing purposes and want to qucikly shift through songs and dont like waiting then dont get this phone !
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Reviewed by sandra on 21/10/2007
i got the u600 in may 07 a month ago it got a software fault out of nowhere and tongight its decided not to let me us any of the buttons (1-9) the rest work so the phone is yet again goint back to carphone warhouse but i bet this time it wont be fixed i really looked forward to having this phone but it is turned out to be really disappointing if the g600 isnt any good then i'm done with samsungs and i've been using them for years
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Reviewed by Kate on 21/10/2007
common problem is that when using predictive texts the phone freezes and then switches itself off! Rang orange, and the basically said it is a known problem and that orange and samsung are sorting out the problem! Haven't been offered a replacement or another phone! So am stuck with the a phone that freezes! Dont buy it!
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Reviewed by Tim on 21/10/2007
Great phone, but the touch sensitive buttons make it too easy to dial accidently. Having accidently touched the dial button, selection of the number to call is on the same button. This is good hardware and seemingly good software let down by poor interface design.
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Reviewed by JOHN on 20/10/2007
SUPERB PHONE DO NOT LISTEN TO ALL THE NEGATIVE TALK MOST THEM DONT HAVE A PHONE THEY JUST LIKE TO CONDEM EVERYTHING THEY SEE THIS PHONE IS SUPERB BUILD QUALITY IS SECOND TO NONE
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Reviewed by Lee on 20/10/2007
A good phone, some good features, nice and light and once you get used to the touch sensitive buttons, fairly easy to use. HOWEVER, on the downside, the battery life is a joke and this is probably the most fragile phone I've ever had. I dropped it for the first time, literally knocked it off a table in the house (about 2ft from the wooden floorboards), it landed face down and the LCD screen cracked!!! When I enquired about repair costs I was told it would be between £60-£80 to repair - sack that! Gonna get me a Nokia 6300 brand new for £80! Definitely recommend taking out insurance if you go for this phone.
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Reviewed by Catherine on 20/10/2007
2-3 Day battery life ? I made 4 calls and sent about 20 texts over a 24 hour period, and it was dead. Other than that, love the phone - although the touchscreen external buttons are a pain in the bum !
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Reviewed by Darrell on 19/10/2007
The U600 screen keeps going all black and I have to turn the phone off and on again and is happening more and more. When on predictive txt the new word box starts under the word then moves above the word the futher down the message you go, I have lost count the number of times I done this wrong. Phone looks good and is small has slide out my pocket a number of times.
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Reviewed by nabeel on 18/10/2007
i got this phone around about 19th sep from carphonewarhouse and a couple of days ago the screen kept changeing its mind wheather it wanted to work or not the sound is not good and the cam is slow i thought it was a good phone till the screen started messing up
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Reviewed by ftumsh on 18/10/2007
If you have to pay for this phone, don't bother. Get a different one. SMS: The t9 forgets words. When adding a word it defaults to Abc. Most words start lower case. When prompting for the possible replacement word one normally scrolls down to it, unless you're slightly past half way in the text and then one has to scroll up. Nice and consistent. If the replacement word is over a certain length or when putting exclamation marks etc on the end of a long word, the drop down doesn't show the last part of the word. When the phone has just turned on, the input language is german. ffs. Calls: All ok. Not even samsung could get it wrong. Touch sensitive buttons: What a load of rubbish. What _is_ the point of them? It's not like they give more screen space or any benefit at all from what I can see. They do confuse when trying to finish a call and annoy when doing other things. Be prepared to call people when you don't want to. Camera: Oh my. Words fail me. What a piece of crud. Do they not test things at samsung? It takes 4-5 seconds from pressing the button to the picture being taken. So, if you brace your self and take pics of still life you should be ok. Taking a pic of something moving is a total waste of time.
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Reviewed by julie Rice on 16/10/2007
The U600 is too slow, does not feel good in your hand when the phone is open fully either. It feels flimsy and can be ackward to take photo's with. I had the D600 last time and that was a much better camera. I dont know if its the software or a fault in the camera but by the time you click your subject the camera does not take the pic for several secs later, so you usually lost the reason you wanted the picture in the beginning. Rubbish!! Surely Samsung should improve their models each time, not go backwards.
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Reviewed by JJ on 16/10/2007
Had my U600 since may, usually get sick of phones after a month or two but i still love this one. Its just got nothing major to complain about, and it's all well designed. Slimmest phone ive ever seen, but not flimsy. My only problem is a small one; when you load music off your memory card, it does take a little while to load but no more than ten seconds so its not a bother really! Camera delivers really good professional pictures in all lighting and video feature is cool. Texting is easy, the keypad really clicks nicely so you know youve pressed a button. Touch sensetive keys never been a problem for me either. No slide tone which I miss a bit! but still a pretty much perfect phone. Should go down as a classic for a long time!
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Reviewed by robbie murray on 15/10/2007
wel phone screen cracked when it vibrated while sitting on the table getting charged its only 7 weeks old and still like new. and sansung will not fix it cos they say it is not covered !"!!" so not a happy bunny. stuff them up samsungs black box and call watchdog. so will do. rob murray
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Reviewed by c allum on 15/10/2007
The phone looks good, has good features, camaras a bit slow but what do you expect from a phone camara still does the business on a night out. The phone is unreliable though! 5 weeks iv had it, cannot text or it freezes turns off and back on, stopped saving my predictive text i put into it, never dropped it, neve abused it, sent about 400 texts and 17 mins of phone calls during its life...and its broke? Hmmm ill see with my replacement...if they give me one!
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Reviewed by Rich on 15/10/2007
This phone is great.....when it's working! I'm now on my third U600, which has also just packed up so I'm calling it a day and switching to the G600. I'm gutted to change as the features are good and its the slickest looking phone on the market. Maybe I was just unlucky with the ones I've recieved, otherwise this phone has real reliabilty issues with mine lasting an average of 3 weeks before packing up!
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Reviewed by Claire on 13/10/2007
Just for everyone who has that really loud annoying noise when you send a text. If you are with T mobile this is why it does it. It is the software that they use and you CAN'T get rid of it. T-mobile state that there is nothing wrong and Samsung blame T-Mobile. Phone would be really could except touch sensitive buttons are pain in the butt, keep calling people and have to try and hang up quickly and keep losing texts.
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Reviewed by Liz on 13/10/2007
I'm currently waiting for my 3rd U600. The first one crashed whilst texting and was replaced. The screen started to flicker on the second, it turned off nad never turned back on again. Orange shop told me to buy a battery off a market stall so I did and this then turned off and I now have a phone that is as dead as a dodo. Before this I was only quite impressed with the phone. The auto focus takes ages to take a photo, texting was difficult even when the phone didn't freeze half way through and there was no option of using phone or sim memory for contacts. This means all my contacts are now stored on a phone that won't turn on.
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Reviewed by Helen on 11/10/2007
I've had this phone just over two weeks now and I'm thinking of changing it already. I was hoping I'd just get used to it, but I'm not sure I can. Yes it looks great, but it's not that practical... 1. Really really annoying message sent confirmation tone that I can't take off or even turn down. 2. I've set the ringer to vibrate and melody. If I then switch to silent (as I'm doing before sending a text so I don't get the annoying confirmation tone) and then back to not silent it takes off the vibrate. 3. On my old Samsung I could have the phone on silent at night time but the alarm would still come on in the morning. It doesn't with this one and have been woken up numerous times by people sending texts in the middle of the night. 4. I also can't switch the phone off and still have the alarm come on. 5. If I switch the dialling display to anything but "normal" it switches the keypad tone on. I don't want the keypad tone on! 6. The camera is waaaaay too slow - it takes about 10+ seconds to take a picture - nothing like capturing the moment. 7. The touch sensitive buttons are a bit of a pain, but I'm getting used to them, although I have rung loads of people I didn't mean to. I wouldn't choose another Samsung and I've had a couple in the past so thought I'd be ok. I can't believe some people think this is the best phone they've ever had?! What've you had previously???
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Reviewed by Simon on 11/10/2007
Battery life is terrible, buttons are too sensitive, the apostrophe is STILL under about 3 levels of shift. The camera is good quality, but is terribly slow, and hence unusable unless you're taking pictures of a wall. This is not a user friendly phone at all, and hence is my last samsung phone.
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Reviewed by robbie on 11/10/2007
I've had a few samsungs now but have yet to find anything as good as my old d500. All i'm after is a phone although i do sometimes take videos and photos. However, the battery life on the u600 is pretty poor and it takes 5-10 seconds for it to take a picture from the time you press the button. Otherwise, usuall good samsung qualities.
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Reviewed by gav on 10/10/2007
absolute rubbish.. bad set up, bad design and the thing spends more time broken then fully working
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Reviewed by nishanth on 09/10/2007
this phone has good points and bad points good poits 1.good camera 2.Has everthing u need 3.Flashy Bad points 1. The touch sensitive keys take a few weeks to get use to I HAVE HAD THIS PHONE FOR 4 WEEKS BUY THIS PHONE
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Reviewed by Marylin Jean on 08/10/2007
This phone is really starting to irritate me looks great but cannot use certain tones and messages sent to me or voice recording. Something to do with AMR help???
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