The
Samsung E810 is a variation on the Samsung
E800 and most of the review comments for the E800 apply to the
E810 too.
The
E810 is very slightly smaller (thinner) than the E800, but weighs
the same. The battery life has been slightly improved. There appears
to be no option for connecting to a PC by cable; only by infra-red.
There are one or two other minor changes to the design, but nothing
of real note.
We originally awarded the E810 4 stars, but following
persistent reports by users of a variety of problems in the E800/E810/E820
series, we have downgraded it to 2 stars. There are a number of
problems with the phones - first there seem to be real problems
with the phone dropping calls, shutting down in the middle of calls
and refusing to send or receive text messages. Secondly, the E800/E810/E820
series seems to be a lot less reliable than other Samsung phones,
with reports of it freezing, the screen breaking and other kinds
of hardware failures.
Features of the Samsung E810 include:
65,536 colour TFT screen (128 x 160 pixels)
VGA camera (640 x 480 resolution) with 4x digital
zoom, photo effects & frames and multishot feature (up to 15 pictures)
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Average
rating from 49 reviews:
Reviewed by Andy from UK on 15th
Jul 2008
My wife and I have had this phone since it came out some years ago.
Over a year ago, mine was fully submerged in warm muddy water (don't
ask!) and after a day drying out has continued to work absoulutely
fine. It's small and compact and tough. I've dropped it on a concrete
floor several times and no problems. Bad points, the camera's quality
isn't good. The display is difficult to see in daylight. However,
how many of you are still using the same phone after four years?
My Samsung Q200 lasted for over five years! Rating:
Reviewed by Hannah from England on
5th Jun 2008
Very good phone had it for 3 years now and have had no problems.
Hasnt got bluetooth and cant get songs on their but overall a good
fone. OK battery life and alright memory. Getting a new phone because
this one is a little old now but love it!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Kay from UK on 3rd
Jan 2008
I have had mine three years. After a year I reckon I started seeing
a few faults. The phone cannot handle long text messages. By this
I mean if someon else sent you a long text message what went onto
2 texts the phone would vibrate once, then again two second later,
and when you view the message an old text message appears what you
might have received 10 months previously which is really random.
I have gotten around this by switching the phone off, and back on
again, and the long text is waiting in the inbox ready to be read.
Although this can at times take more than one switch off. Also,
the internet has never worked on my phone. I went into a Vodafon-e
shops two years ago perhaps, they messed with it, said they'd sorted
it, it still wasnt working. I can't seem to view MMS messages, oh
and the cancel button is jammed but I have had this three years
and some people have phones for 6 months before swapping! All in
all a phone isnt too important to me, I can get around these faults
but its about time I bought a new one and got rid of this hunk of
junk. Rating:
Reviewed by Jeff from South Africa on
29th Dec 2007
The E 810 Vodafone that i still use, ia nearly 3 years old now.
I am still impress with it.Thumbs up for this model. Rating:
Reviewed by richard from england on
19th Jun 2007
itzz wikied u lot r all some serious pomplexes Rating:
Reviewed by alan from herts on
12th May 2007
i had the phone for around a year, i experienced none of the problems
and found it a very good phone. it did occasionlly turn off when
in wap, but i have had other phones do this and it was such a rare
occurence it didnt bother me. i found the rotating cammera handy
to use and also it can rotate to hide the camera lens to protect
it. a great phone in my experience Rating:
Reviewed by Jake from Singapore on
29th Apr 2007
I have had this phone for two years now, but I recently changed
it to a new Motorola RAZR maxx V6 because the speaker stopped working
properly. I haven't had any problems, besides the fact that the
phonebook can't be used immediately after switching off the phone,
which is annoying. The battery life is excellent, I've never had
any problems with it switching itself off. Of course, lack of bluetooth
functionality is a problem, but it never really troubled me much.
Reception is bad in some areas, though. Overall, its an excellent
phone. Rating:
Reviewed by daniel from united kingdom
on 21st Jan 2007
its a bit slow, crashes alot and switches itself on but it has a
good amount of memory for an old phone and good battery life. The
address book and camera dont like going on straight after the phone
goes on, you have to do something else first (like check your inbox)
so no dont buy one Rating:
Reviewed by SERDAR from TURKEY on
9th Jan 2007
IT IS BAD PHONE Rating:
Reviewed by kimberley from england on
29th Oct 2006
This phone is great i bought it second hand yeh it had a couple
of scraches but it is such a great phone ive had it for about 4
month and find it good not had one problem with it high battrey
every 5 days only one bar goes down some people said it has low
battery well they must never charge it the swirly camra is great
no problem with it at all it never turns of when im in a conversation
or when its in my bag or even when its low battery it lets me finish
my conversation ITS SUCH A GREAT PHONE YOU SHOULD BUY IT DONT LISTEN
TO ALL THE POOR REVIEWS COME ON ITS A CHEAP AND WELL GOOD PHONE
BUY IT!!!!!!!!!. Rating:
Reviewed by Hayley from London on
20th Jul 2006
I have had the Samsung E810 for over 18 months now and can safely
say I have never experienced any of the problems mentioned here
in the reviews...texting is fine (once you get used to the small
keypad!), camera does the job...and so what - it doesn't have bluetooth...who
cares. It looks great! This was my first slip'n'slide phone and
I'm now an addict. I have however just upgraded yesterday to rhe
E900 and am completely smitten. But hey - I have very fond memories
of the E810! Rating:
Reviewed by Emma from UK on 20th
May 2006
i've had this phone for about 1 year now and I am on a 2 year contract,
however i will be asking for a new phone now as this one is not
up to much at all.it is very hard to try and find signal and i can't
send the photos i've taken to e-mail addresses as it say that it
has sent but it hasn't actually got there.I have tried to send the
same picture 5 times now and it still hasn't worked.sometimes when
i slide it up the screen doen't come on straight away.it doesn't
have bluetooth so is not up to date at all as most phones now have
that feature.I am dissapointed in Samsung. Rating:
Reviewed by Naushad from uk on
4th Apr 2006
I have problems with reception. Limited service in many areas. Samsung
needs to check it out but will charge as it is 1yr and 2 months
old. I cannot see what they can do with the reception as there are
many people having the same problem. I like Samsung phones but will
now think of changing to Nokia. Rating:
Reviewed by sum1 from scotland on
12th Mar 2006
I have had my samsung for aroud a year now and it hasnt broken yet!
i still find it easy to use and it had good features for when it
came out although they are quite dated now. my frend has the E800
and i think this one is much better. Rating:
Reviewed by Vicky from UK on
10th Mar 2006
This is an awful phone. The worst thing about it is the very short
battery life (and the fact that the phone doesn't warn you when
it's running low, it just switches itself off - especially annoying
when you're halfway through a conversation with someone). The phone
has incredibly bad reception and switches itself on and off in my
bag. It may look quite good but looks can be deceptive - don't get
this phone. Rating:
Reviewed by jon from uk on 29th
Jan 2006
Awful awful phone. The problems are endless, my samsung e810 doesn't
even switch on anymore and there is no reason for this as i have
kept it in perfect condition. Does anyone know why this might be? Rating:
Reviewed by Tony from UK on 14th
Jan 2006
Largely aweful handset. The up-sides are a good camera, with rotating
design. The screen is also good quality. Battery life is also good.
Down sides now: The ring-tones are all silly tunes, with no 'basic'
tone. The predictive text is primitive and difficult to use. Incredibly,
the alarm clock function only works if the phone is on 'ring'. If
it's on silent, the alarm is silent, meaning that you must remember
each night to turn the sounds on. This of course means that if someone
rings you in the middle of the night - you get woken up! Uttterly
ridiculous. Rating:
Reviewed by alex from england on
12th Jan 2006
dont agree with some of the reviews this phone is outstanding and
very good for its money. Rating:
Reviewed by Sophie from America on
17th Nov 2005
this phone is quite cute and adorable...id luv to have it but bummer
iz my momz...itz got great functions and iz eazi to cari around..luks
great specally on ladiezz Rating:
Reviewed by kirsty from englang on
6th Nov 2005
I think this fone is rubbish to put it bluntly i hate it it breaks
to easily the video recording on the fone isnt good quality at all
as it only records for 30 seconds and u cant hear the sound properly
u cant even record songs to ave as ur ring tone on fones that are
older than this u can do that on so i would only give it a 1 out
of 5 rating go for the samsung d600 much better fone i would give
it 5 out of 5 Rating:
Reviewed by Geynske from Belguim on
31st Oct 2005
I like the samsung E810. I don't have negative things to remark
on this cell phone Rating:
Reviewed by yasir from pakistan on
26th Oct 2005
i,ve got a used phone from a near by shop in the town its one of
the best phones i,ve evr used i liked the V-200 jus coz the camrera
could turn to your face an anyway round this fone has the same thing
in it an i loved it after the LCD got damaged now no one can fix
it Bottom line (very stylish but more sensative) Rating:
Reviewed by Sarah N from UK on
29th Sep 2005
This phone is a beast it is so GOOD,the quality of the camara and
video recorder are brill, it is so small and full of fun things.
I would recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for a small
stylish all rounder phone!! This phone is the best phone i have
ever had !! You'll love it tooooooooooooo. Rating:
Reviewed by georgia from england on
14th Sep 2005
very good phone, camera brilliant- takes excellent photos and a
lot of them! video not so good butwouldnt put me off buying the
phone, overall opinion great!! Rating:
Reviewed by jim from scotland on
6th Sep 2005
had every other samsung liked them all exept e800 for various reasons
but this phones not much better eather DNT BUT IT !! Rating:
Reviewed by Andrea from Scotland on
29th Aug 2005
I have had this phone for almost a year now and have no complaints
about it. I has never frozen on me although I have accidentally
dropped the phone causing it to close and the phone call to be cut
off. This is through no fault of the phone though. I found it hard
to text to begin with but I had always worked with Nokia phones,
I have never been aware of my text messages not delivering nor have
I not recieved any texts that I am aware of. This phone would have
been better if it had Bluetooth. All in All I think this phone is
ace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by STUART from ENGLAND on
29th Jun 2005
IF YOU WANT A PHONE THAT JUST SENDS TEXTS THEN THE E810 IS JUST
FOR YOU FOR AS A PHONE ITS NOT UP TO MUCH!HAD I NOT GOT IT FOR FREE
FROM VODAFONE I WOULD HAVE DEMANDED MY MONEY BACK AND GOT IT TO!I
HAVE HAD 5 SAMSUNG PHONES AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM.I THINK
THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE THE "PHONE FROM HELL"!IT CUTS OUT;THE MIC
SWITCHES OFF;IT CHANGES ITS SETTINGS(HOW IT DOES THAT IS BEYOND
ME)IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE "RESET TO DEFAULT" IT WOULD BE IN THE BIN
BY NOW. Rating:
Reviewed by Rhys from England on
12th Jun 2005
I exchanged my old phone Sagem MYC5-2 and sixty pounds for the Samsung
E710 however I returned this a week later due to faults such as
freezing,not recieving my texts and not recieving calls. Do not
worry as this phone was second hand ! I returned to the place and
asked for an exchange I was very pick though as I wanted my phone
to be a camera, video,colour screen, infa red or blutooth and polyphonic
ringtones. I thought I would never find a phone with those qualities
however within minutes I spotted the Samsung E810 and asked how
much it was. I was astounded to find it was the same price and could
exchange it. That was yesterday and I have checked out all the qualities
and it has everything I want the slide is a fantastic little feature
and very stylish the polyphonic and true sound ringtones are like
a stereo system and the camera quality is amazing. Their is a feature
on the camera if you press 0 then a bright torch will come on. Also
the revolving camer is simply genius t his phone deserves a five
star rating anyday. I was lucky I got it for a mere one hundred
pounds as they gave me forty for my old phone which I bought for
thirty and I had sixty pounds in cash. I recommend this phone to
everyone. Rating:
Reviewed by Emma from England on
20th May 2005
WOW this phone is well cool. I've had it 4 a few months now nd i'm
well impressed. I've never had a phone as gd. It's colourful and
has lots of cool sounds on it. I'm impressed nd so is every1 hu
nos me e.g. my mums skittles team. Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.s. it's very sexy nd stylish. Rating:
Reviewed by gsm techie from UK on
17th May 2005
about me: i repair phone handsets. 5yrs now. This E810 is 3stars
:Good rating becuzs of its looks and normal phone use. theres not
good too say about this phone as it runs like othe on the martket
so it has no Wow factor or features, as the price of this phone
at Entry of Retails was over the £200 mark sim free. it is
way over priced,. the phone dose not had Bluetooth, the memory for
Vid files is pointless as it is around 5mb which will store about
4-5 vid files, they should of really put a MB card slot on it, (the
D500 dont even have that feature)and i have just noticed you can
not copy the whole sim card to phone memory (am i wrong??) anyways
the phone isnt all that if ur a tech head if ur buying it sim free
brand new then save you money and go for a different handset 1 that
will bt value for money ill stop bash this phone i do like the Samsung
brand then nokia BUT !,. Samsung you could of done way better Nokia
can't design a phone like you but u lack in all your phones features.
FIX UP!!! Rating:
Reviewed by DALE from wales on
18th Apr 2005
this phone is absolutely brill do not listen to anyone who is saying
it needs more and it BREAKS DOWN ALL THE TIME THEY MUST BE LIES
BECAUSE THIS PHONE IS THE BEST I EVER HAD AND I ABSOLUTELY SEE NOTING
WRONG WIT IT IT SIMPLY COULDNT BE BETTER Rating:
Reviewed by Cat from England on
10th Apr 2005
I have only had the phone for 2 days, and frankly i think it is
very average. The reason for me giving the phone 2 stars is 1-very
stylish and 2-the pictures are good quality. However, nothing else
has impressed me, for such an expensive phone i cant believe it
hasnt got bluetooth. The signal is poor and when i do get signal
it says limited service? i just find it very boring and nothing
out of the ordinary. Also, simple things like saving or deleting
items takes forever. Luckily i have 2 weeks to change it if i want,
so i deffinately will!! Rating:
Reviewed by Muhammad Rizwan from Pakistan
on 18th Mar 2005
It is very good in design, but it is sensitive, should have bluetooth
technology and also PC data cable. same design should be applied
with folding. if possible. Rating:
Reviewed by donna from uk on
8th Mar 2005
I have only had this phone for a week, but so far i think it is
excellent.It is so stylish and easy to use and the camera is great.
I would advise anyone to go and get this phone "I LOVE IT!!" Rating:
Reviewed by Kate from Uk on 8th
Mar 2005
I don't know what everyone is complaining about! I adore this phone,
by far the best I've had, and havent had a single prob with it yet,
touch wood. I had a samsung v200 before which wudn't recieve picture
messages, so this phone is now a blessing. The other phones I'v
had have all been Nokia's and I've got to say after these 2 phones
I wouldn't go back to anything but a Samsung. I was a little hesitant
about the phone at first, but it is so easy to work. Only problem
is the fact the keypad is covered which makes texting during lessons,
whilst its in my pocket just a bit trickier, but, n/m lol!! I would
recommend this phone to everyone, I can't live without mine! Rating:
Reviewed by Rees from UK on 8th
Mar 2005
This phone is a nightmare. I am now on my 3rd replacement from Vodafone.
It hangs up on callers before you can answer, it turns itself off
etc. Save your money, buy something else, should never have gone
away from Nokia! Rating:
Reviewed by sophia jo from japan on
8th Mar 2005
what an abosolutely FANTASTIC phone, aBOSOLUTELY AMAZING, it so
small, cute and sexy it fits beautifully in my pocket, sometimes
i forget that it is even there! We recommend that you purchase this
phone so start adding up your pennies!! Rating:
Reviewed by sam i am from england on
15th Feb 2005
nothing appealed to me, as they all think its the best on this web
i wouldn't recomend to anybody ive sent it back and getting the
samsung d500. Rating:
Reviewed by christina 05 from England
on 13th Feb 2005
never get signal and if i do it says limited service only! when
i make a call it stalls for about a min before calling!! im sending
it back as its not as good as people say it is!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by ANON from uk on 8th
Feb 2005
I have nothing bad to say about this phone, its got great looks,compact
and i find the battery life fantastic (if i make no calls,it lasts
nearly a week! thats including taking incoming calls) One thing
i've found though is when i try and set the phone to ring and vibrate
at the same time, it only vibrates and never rings.this is the 3rd
samsung mobile phone i've had and they've all been the same (perhaps
its a samsung fault??) Rating:
Reviewed by christina from england on
3rd Feb 2005
i got the phone today its small and really cute!!! but when i went
to charge it you have to take a little latch off and i think i may
just loose that as it is soooo small! Rating:
Reviewed by mike from england on
21st Jan 2005
I have no faults about this phone A++++++++++++++++++++++++ in every
way go and buy one Rating:
Reviewed by gosome from uk on
6th Jan 2005
this is one of the hottest model around. this has everything you
need!!!one main feature is the 180 degree rotating camera lens,
what a bonus!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Claire B from UK on
20th Dec 2004
Very stylish fone, wasn't sure about it at firts as i'm so used
to nokias but its simple enough to use. it has some really impressive
features including the camera (with flash). After reading reviews
on the Samsung E800 saying it was quite unstable and unreliable
i was a bit unsure about spending so much money on a fone that might
be tatally pants but the Samsung E810 is definately worth the money
i havent experienced any problems at all, i'm very pleased! the
one thing i was disappointed with is that when the fone is closed
the display it totally blank & you have to slide the fone open to
"activate" it. other than that i'm very happy with my new fone.
i would highly recommend this fone! Rating:
Reviewed by sa from uk on 15th
Dec 2004
basically a big piece of rubbish but very very sexy baby yeh Rating:
Reviewed by raffboy fromon 14th
Dec 2004
Although samsung produces excellent phones it does have the annoying
habit of releasing similar models with minor differences in specifications
with one model being superior in one aspect and the other being
better in another. In this case the E800 and E810 are virtually
identical except for some differences. The main difference being
the 180 degrees rotating camera which allows you to take self-portraits
while viewing yourself in the screen although the E800 does have
the advantage of hiding the camera to keep the lens clean. There
are also some differences in the memory with the E810 having a 2000
phonebook memory instead of 1000 as in the E800 but this is at the
expense of the shared memory which in the E800 is 22mb but in the
E810 it's much less with specific amounts allocated to each feature-
java: 512kb, tones & pictures: 716kb, photo: 4096kb and video: 2048kb.
Total: 7-8mb. The main advantage here is the video record/playback
capabilities of the E810 which is sadly abs ent in the E800 but
the 2000 phonebook memory does not justify losing memory for photos/ringtones
etc. ecpecially when each phonebook entry already has 4 fields for
storing mobile/home/work/other numbers. To round things up, whether
you buy this or the E800 depends mainly on the phone's appearance
and the rotating camera and the fact that the E810 is only available
on Vodafone. But if you really can't decide than better wait for
the E850 to come out early next year which features the best of
both worlds. Rating:
Reviewed by Kevin K from HK on
8th Dec 2004
I don't know why Samsung had chosen to go OTT marketing the E800
and not this model. Think E810 is a GREAT phone. Simple to use and
VERY sexy. Can't keep my hands off it frankly and I've had it for
months ;0)- Rating:
Reviewed by jim sam bob from uk on
5th Dec 2004
you must buy!!!! .My perfect choice and ive only had a week.quite
frankly horny and AMAZING Rating:
Reviewed by Hugh from Scotland on
26th Nov 2004
I had a motorola V5 phone for ages, and found it to be complicated
to use this phone the samsung E810 is great very easy to use great
size and great for photos, though iv still discovering it so far
it seems to be working fine. I like the idea that the camera rotates
as its good for taking candid shots of people. You dont have to
slide it open to use it ether so it can stay compact Rating:
