Review: Samsung G600

Samsung G600 Review

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In a nutshell: The G600 is a fantastic phone. It combines fab looks with a superb 5 megapixel camera, a fully featured music player and 1 Gbyte of memory. It avoids the touch-sensitive keys of recent Samsungs, making it a totally practical phone to use. We can't praise this phone enough - go on, buy it now! Available in black, pink, purple and silver. The Belle version is a chic burgundy colour that comes with free nail varnish - go for it, girls!
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The Samsung G600 brings the power of a 5 megapixel camera into Samsung's now-classic slimline slider format. Samsung just keep pushing the boundaries of what's technically possible, and the G600 has an amazing spec and a beautiful design to match. Samsung don't always make perfect phones - the E900 and U600 irritated some users with their touch-sensitive buttons - but the G600 gets everything just right and is destined to become a classic. Whilst it lacks the wow factor of the LG Chocolate or the Apple iPhone, it's just a fantastically good phone to use with nothing to detract from the experience.

At Mobile Phones UK, we like to start reviewing phones with a look at the outside. Samsung's slider design has been around for about 3 years now, and has replaced the clamshell as the UK's most popular format. The G600 opens and closes with an easy sliding action, and has a smooth silky finish that's glossy but not a fingerprint magnet like some. The G600 is not an ultra-slim phone like the U600, but at 15mm it's certainly not a fatty. It's a good practical size, and at 48mm wide it's a couple of millimetres narrower than some of the ultra-slims, which doesn't sound like much, but makes the phone easier to hold. The keypad is responsive when pressed and there are no touch-sensitive keys. The screen is large at 2.2 inches diagonally, and with 16 million colours and 240 x 320 pixels is Samsung's best screen ever. The camera is well protected behind the slide: to use it you open the slide to reveal the lens and flash. Frankly it's hard to see how the physical design could have been improved. 5 stars so far.

The G600's camera is a 5 megapixel beast with autofocus, LED flash and 4x digital zoom. The only previous phone with a 5 megapixel camera is the enormous Nokia N95, so there's really no comparison between the two. The closest competition in camera terms is probably Sony Ericsson's K810i with its 3.2 megapixel camera. Even though the Samsung beats the Sony in megapixel terms, the K810i can still (just) keep its crown as camera king for two reasons: better optics make for a (slightly) better quality image and the K810i's xenon flash beats the LED flash on the G600 for brightness. But still the G600 is an impressive camera phone and Samsung are now very close at Sony's heels when it comes to mobile photography. The G600 features two useful camera modes - panorama mode lets you take pictures of wide views such as landscapes, and macro mode lets you take close-up shots. There's a built-in picture editor, and direct printing to a Pictbridge-compatible printer is supported. High quality video recording at 640 x 480 pixels is also available.

After a camera, the next most important gadget in a mobile is a music player, and the G600 doesn't disappoint. It's Samsung's best music player so far. Every major format is supported (MP3, AAC, AAC+, 3-AAC+ and WMA). There's support for wireless Bluetooth stereo headsets - in fact there's support for dual headsets, which means that a friend can listen to your music at the same time if you wish. The G600 has a new music player interface with a dedicated music library. You can create playlists and organise your music by artist, album or genre. It's as easy to use as an iPod. An FM radio is also built in. Memory isn't a problem either as the G600 has built-in user memory of 40 Mbytes plus a 1 Gbyte memory card supplied in the sales package.

There are plenty of other features - highlights include a document viewer, offline mode, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, and quadband. Battery life seems to be quite good - you should get a few days' usage, depending on how much you use the multimedia features and the Bluetooth.

Can we find fault with the G600? Nope! Do we love it to bits? You bet! The G600 is a very strong contender for Phone of the Year 2007 and we'd be surprised if it isn't the best-seller in the second half of 2007.

We've been surprised how many of our user reviews have criticised the G600. The main complaint seems to be the camera. We can only assume that people are using the wrong camera settings (make sure that you set the camera resolution to maximum). The G600 may not be able to match the picture quality of the Sony Ericsson K810i or the Nokia N95, but it's still a darn good camera phone! The new Samsung G800 is an even better camera phone, incorporating an optical zoom.

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Features of the Samsung G600 include:

• 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and 4x digital zoom
• Video camera (640 x 480 pixels)
• Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels (2.2 inches)
• MP3 player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, 3-AAC+, WMA formats)
• FM radio
• MP3 ringtones / 64-voice polyphonic ringtones
• Voice memo recorder
• Speakerphone
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, email (POP3 / SMTP / IMAP4)
• Document viewer
• Java games
• Personal organiser functions
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, TV-Out
• Memory: 40 Mbytes + 1 Gbyte microSD card
• Offline mode
• WAP 2.0, GPRS Class 10, EDGE
• NetFront web browser with Google search bar
• Quadband (GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• Size: 102 x 48 x 15 mm
• Weight: 105g
• Talktime: 3.5 hours
• Battery standby: 300 hours

Samsung G600 Consumer Reviews

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Reviewed by Steve from Wales on 15th Oct 2007
I had one of these, now on my third... after about 2 weeks, whenever someone tried to call me, the phone will restart and as others have said, it doesn't even show a missed call... Not very pleased, tried to get a different phone with Phones4u - they wouldn't do it as the tariffs had changed... Maybe this one will fair better, if not, I shan't be best pleased. Apart from restarts on incoming calls, and not being able to choose a message tune other than the defaults... I've got to say, it's a very nice phone... shame about the drawbacks.
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Reviewed by Blase from UK on 15th Oct 2007
I upgraded to the G600 from my lovely D600 and was horribly disappointed. My biggest gripe is that it is sharp on the corners and digs into your hand. Also the balance is all wrong, it kept flipping over backwards if you take your hand off the keypad. Only had it 24 hours and it's going back
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Reviewed by Pinky from UK on 15th Oct 2007
This potentially could of been a great phone but it has basic retro style menus with limited options. The camera is a little awkward to use and many of the settings must be reset every time it is used. The Battery life is poor coming up very short of the spec and the phone generally needs charging every day at best every other day. Your also not able to change the message tone which is archic. If you're used to the abilities of the Sony Ericsson's K800i or Similar this phone will disappoint you at every turn.
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Reviewed by Fred Barrage from England on 15th Oct 2007
Upgraded to G600 from old reliable brilliant D600 upon end of contract. Was expecting the usual embelished design and advances that Samsung normally introduce... but, was exceptionally dissapointed with overall design, appearance, usability and general interface. My honest opinion - stick with one of the D-series - if you are already a Samsung owner, you wont be dissapointed or if you are new to Samsung - well, give it a go, you'll probably like it.
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Reviewed by Sean Gilmore from UK on 14th Oct 2007
A great phone , not as loaded as the N95 8GB , but a slim elegant mobile that has fixed alot of the annoying problems of the U600. Battery life is good, Camera comparable to the k850i and the N95,gone are the awful touch sensitive buttons ,and now with an adaptor one can use any earphones
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Reviewed by Aston from London on 14th Oct 2007
Got this phone a week ago and yes I am a Samsung virgin, I'm use to my nokias and sonys but I have been impressed. The camera (when set on highest settings) is ok, especially when transferred to my computer as the phone's screen does not do the picture justice. Getting right lighting can be a problem. Texts and MMS have been fine up to now. Music player can be a bit annoying, could of had a better design and better functions but still ok. Volume was low but you can just change volume of song on computer then transfer to phone and it does the job perfect. Battery is brilliant and bluetooth headset is suprisingly good. I think best thing to do is check ALL the settings before you start to use the phone properly and it will work out just fine!
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Reviewed by Rob Clark from Croydon, England on 12th Oct 2007
A phone with serious flaws: appalling instructions and user interface makes it a real pain to do basic things like customising the ring tone or stopping it from bleeping with every key press, although I eventually worked both of these out. Also the bluetooth earpiece supplied is a worthless Christmas cracker trinket, it relies entirely on the uncomfortable earbud to hold it in place: reach up to answer a call and it falls out leaving the user to fumble about on the floor to pick it up. Not good when driving! I tried my trusty Jabra earpiece with it; it paired up OK but the microphone gain was too low for callers to hear me and there is no adjustment available. The one thing that I really hate is that the phone has Bluetooth but no voice-dialling; a startling and frustrating omission which has caused me to arrange a contract cancellation as I'm still within the cooling-off period. Another annoying feature is text messaging: I usually send the same text to multiple recipients at once, this phone limits me to ten at a time. More ridiculously, I have to keep the slider open until all recipients have been sent the text: if I close it sooner than this the remainder do not get sent and end up in the drafts folder. The weighting of the phone means that with the slider open it's very unbalanced and top-heavy. This means that when texting it's very easy to drop the phone. The camera seems fine after overriding the default settings but I don't need it. Cameras on phones are a gimmicky toy to me; they're all rubbish at taking photos and none have a decent USABLE flash in low light. I didn't test the music player features or the radio as I have a perfectly good standalone unit with excellent sound quality. Battery life seems good even with Bluetooth activated and the phone is sleek and shiny with an excellent thumb-pad control. Just a shame that when the centre button is pressed the phone connects to the internet; this is too easy to do accidentally and ends up costing the user a lot of money. Something else which ruins the phone for me is that I always use slide or clam phones so that they cannot dial 999 or 112 whilst in my pocket (forget keypad locks: when set every one I've ever tried still allows these numbers to be called). With this phone it's possible to activate the phone when closed simply by pressing the two softkeys...DUHHH!! It then happily dials the last numbers I've called and/or 999 whilst in my pocket and there's no way to switch this "benefit" off! In conclusion: if you want a smart looking phone and are prepared to put up with the annoying initial set up it's an OK bit of kit for many users but a for me it fails as it simply cannot do what I need it to do to even a basic level. DO NOT BUY if you need to use Bluetooth and voice-dialling or if you send bulk text messages.Certainly avoid it if you keep the phone in your pocket. At this price-level, Samsung could have easily had a superb phone but instead managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of triumph.
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Reviewed by shaun howard from uk on 10th Oct 2007
this phone is the best samsung phone ive ever purchased, and belive me ive bought a few. the phone has lost the annoying touch sensertive buttons and replaced them with very responsive buttons. the operating systems works as smooth as microsoft windows and looks just as professional. add the fact you get phone and talk free sim card, and bluetooth head set in the package, tells me this will be phone off the year. if any thing the only thing its gonna lack is the wow factor with other phone users if your into impressing cos every bodys gonna have one. would i recommend this phone answer 100%
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Reviewed by David Harrison from uk on 10th Oct 2007
Just got the samsung g600 and wish i hadnt bothered very boring user interface the icons can be changed by colour but are very 2 dimensional. Camera ok but real difference to d900 in terms of quality not pixels. All in all boring boring Sorry samsung
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Reviewed by Roger from Torquay Devon on 9th Oct 2007
After having problems with a Samsung D500 and another model E530 a few years ago I vowed never to buy another Samsung, but this new sexy looking model looked great and had such good reviews on this site I thought they must have improved by now. But how wrong was I. The camera is rubbish, very fuzzy more like the old 1.3mp, its not very loud when listerning to music. I have had trouble with the bluetooth. If I have been listerning to the radio with the headphones and then turn on my bluetooth handsfree kit I cant hear the other person when i make a call, I have to turn the fone of n on to reset it. Today I had a call and went to answer it by flipping it up and it would not let me take the call which was very annoying. Also the reception is not very good. Do you know what I like about this phone........NOTHING. I wish I had read the consumer reviews before i changed my phone I would have gone for the new Sony Ericsson K850i. Simply avoid all Samsung phones I have learned my lesson now.
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Reviewed by John McEwan from Scotland on 9th Oct 2007
I've had my Samsung G600 now for 10 days and I am beginning to love it, but... I broke the screen within 3 days of having it, not a good sign at all which put me off, but... having taken the insurance (£5.99 a month) for the 1st time I was lucky & swapped it for another handset which I truly believe has a stronger face over the LCD display making me wonder if Samsung know about this problem. I say problem because the very first time I opened it using my thumb to slide it up I noticed the sort of LCD 'wave' that you get if you press too hard. It made me wonder about the quality of build but as I say having swapped it I genuinely believe this has been fixed. The other thing that I am not very keen on is that when you send a text or picture message you have to wait until it has sent before you can close the phone otherwise it saves it to the Draft folder without the recipients name which can be a pain! But having said all that I do love it too bits (sad I know, it's only a phone!) because although it is not flawless, and by this I only mean with the sending message problem, it IS very light and compact, it DOES have a good battery life, it's camera and features ARE great (the panaromic feature is well done), the menus are good, it has a very good music player complete with a 1gb memory card supplied. It's is a very good phone. I considered the Nokia N95 and know of people who have got them but was put off by it's size and features that I may not use so opted for the much slimmer but fully packed G600. It has stereo bluetooth option for music playback and internet access complete with Google. I strongly recommend this phone even though I considered swapping it for something else, possibly the Nokia as I had an N80 before, especially as it broke so easily. I had it in my trouser pocket with nothing else, took it out and the screen had cracked. As I say I think that the screen problem has definitely been resolved so I've nothing else to say but get this phone! Beg, borrow or steal (metaphorically speaking, of course!) but get this phone, it's well cool! 5 Stars *****
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Reviewed by RobertH from UK on 8th Oct 2007
Things started out great with this handset but went very quickly downhill from day one. Most importantly - the 5mp camera - the featurepoint of the entire phone is terrible. Yes, I have it set to the highest settings posible but it's barely better than my old 2mp N70. Proof that it's generally not the pixel count that matters but more about the quality of the lens that's used. Bog standard Samsung lens vs the superior quality Carl Zeiss lens as found in the Nokia N series phones. Hmmm. The MP3 player is functional but not spectacular - if you already have a half decent dedicated player, I can't see this replacing it. the buttons while better than those on the U600 are unresponsive muich of the time and two or three presses are needed. As for texting, you can forget it from this handset - the software is snail like and takes forever to catch up with your fingers. Not the worst handset I've ever owned but probably the worst flagship handset I ever have.
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Reviewed by James from England on 8th Oct 2007
I got the samsung G600 on Saturday 6th 2007, it is for my birthday which is on october 11th, the reason i got the samsung G600 is because it looked like my old phone (samsung z320i) and its 5 mega pixle camra suprised me, when you have it in your hand its completly different, the camra isnt that good, and the main menu is set out abit boring, but its defently not slow!! its mp3 player is alrite id give it an 8/10, the camra 9/10, the video 9/10, bluetooth 7/10, messaging 6/10! James Flanagan :)
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Reviewed by Marc from Uk on 7th Oct 2007
Read a few customer reviews with intrest, just thought i'd like to add a few things. First camera 5mp rating can be misleading, but with the file qaulity set to super fine AND resolution set to highest you will get respectable pics. [Editor's comment: good point, Marc. I wonder if some of the other folk here have their cameras on a low resolution setting?] Focus and lighting can be hit and miss, so if you really want a perfect pic take 2 or 3 so you know at least one will be good. Set the phone to save to memory card and learn the options/settings you have! I have no problems using the PC studio software on XP, I personally find it fiddly. So i've set my phone to sync through usb not PC studio. Then its simple to view your pictures through XP software, you can then drag and drop your pics to documents. Its also the simplist way to put mp3's on the phone by just dragging and dropping direct to the memory card.
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Reviewed by Zac from Newcastle on 7th Oct 2007
had the G600 for nearly a month now after having a sony ericsson w900i. this is, without a doubt, a very, very decent phone. the battery life is very good and the music player is ace. but... im afraid the camera is rubbish - no joke. my last phone had a 2megapixel camera and it took much, much, much better photos. how can a 5megapixel camera take such awful pictures? i wouldnt be bothered if the quality was 'similar' to my previous phone, but it isnt, it is very poor. the pictures blur so very easily - utter rubbish for taking pictures of friends or pets. oddly enough - and this suprised me a lot - but the 'video' capture quality is actually really good - better then my last phone. how is this? oh well... got it for 18months now so better get used to it... such a shame as everything about this phone is MINT!!!!
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Reviewed by Samsung user from Scotland on 7th Oct 2007
Ok so it looks really nice, I was thinking of my old reliable samsung D500 from years ago when I bought this. Now I have it, I dont like it. The phone is slow and unresponsive when you push the buttons, texting just isnt easy (its not something u would manage quickly and on the fly) I was really disappointed in the camera, the k800 with a lesser quality camera can wipe the floor with this supposed 5 megapixels. The loudspeaker is really quiet too.... and see if I press the loudspeaker button its generally because I want the phone on loudspeaker!... so why have a confirm option come up first?! How many menus do you want to go through to send a text?..... if you are having an affair, there is absolutely no chance of mistakingly sending a text to the wrong love interest!! thats for sure. (new... recipient... recent... add..... type... send?) I also dislike the corners of the phone which dig into small hands when texting, therefore its a 2 handed effort to text, one to hold one to type. Its not user comfortable. I know not everybody is interested but the little extras (clip art, daft message tones etc) are all missing its just very bland. It feels of good quality, nice weight, and a good looking phone but each day I find something else I really dont like (had the phone 4 days)If it had one thing that impressed me ie camera or features then I probably would keep it but it is definitely going back. Sorry, I wanted it to be great.... not so!
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Reviewed by Sadie from UK on 6th Oct 2007
Absolutely love this phone. First thought when i opened it was that it was quite a masculine looking phone, but i had the choice out of this or the d900i but i chosee the g600 as it was a better phone, even if the d900i was definately better looking. So easy to use, phone charged very quickly and contacts appeared straight away from sim. Ive not had a samsung phone before, so the layout was new, but i found it was even easier than Nokia's. The music is perfect, great quality and, with the 1 gig of memory, can take alot. Camera is awesome, took me a while to get the hang of it, but its still good. The only downside is that you have to hold it in position for around 2 seconds after taking so it doesnt blur. My absolutely favourite part of the phone is being able to make your own display settings. So easy and great to be able to personalize a phone like this. It took me ages to decide this phone over the d900i but im so glad i piked this one. Apart from being a bit masculine, the screens massive and doesnt get dirty at all. Plus when the phone is not slid up, you can access all the menu's and do whatever needed without opening it. Perfect. Great phone, nothing wrong with it at all, definately buy it!
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Reviewed by jon from england on 6th Oct 2007
Just purchased this phone today on orange . All the reviews have missed one major point "RECEPTION " This phone is unable to hold onto reception I also have the nokia n73 on orange .Put both phones together nokia holds onto reception samsung cannot . Ignore the 5mp camera radio etc is this phone up to the job ? the answer is no ! stick with nokias
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Reviewed by Steve from UK on 5th Oct 2007
OK it’s not perfect, but it’s still a very good phone. First thought was the build quality, it feels rock solid when you hold it, got quite a surprise when I took the back off to insert the SIM as the back is plastic! It doesn’t give that impression when you hold it. Phone Book move was perfect and came across in it’s full structure and not as individual contacts per number. This was done in well under 5 minutes: Sync Nokia 6280 with MS Outlook and then Sync the G600 (via PC Studio which does work on XP) to MS Outlook. It’s been a while since I last used my E900 but I very soon found myself getting back in the swing with the Samsung Menu Layout. I love the Contact Name that comes up on the SMS Received Notification, that’s a great help for me. No problems with Volume Levels here and the Camera seems very good, even with Flash Use! Great to see the G600 coming with a Good Quality Bluetooth Kit in the Box and also a 1Gb Memory Card in the Box. A couple of small issues for me, but not problems! 1 - It’s a little uncomfortable to hold when on a Call if you’re Charging the Phone. The Cable is right in the place where the Phone would sit in the palm of your hand. 2 – Also when on a Call I found that my thumb position seems to get in the way of the Signal Strength Sensor! Just a slight move of the thumb and Signal goes straight back up to Full Strength. Right, now have to go round the house and gather up all my Nokia Chargers, almost one in every room and one in each of my travel bags. To me that’s all Nokia has going for it at the moment, a Charger for almost All their Phones, wish Samsung would the same! D600 / E900 / G600 and three different Chargers. All in all I would recommend the G600, it’s a Very Good rock solid Phone that does the Job!
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Reviewed by *N from U.K on 5th Oct 2007
GR8 FONE,BUY IT!
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Reviewed by chris nixon from england on 5th Oct 2007
worst phone i have ever brought in my life.the camera is more like 1.3 not the 5 megapixel like it says. the phone is not loud and it dont let you acess all the memory
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Reviewed by irfan from uk on 4th Oct 2007
this phone was replacing my beloved samsung d500 so it had to be perfect. tried the motorola rzr2 v8, it was good but too bulky, and needed 2 hands to open the flip, otherwise very nice. next came the U600, looked great, but too thin and flimsy and the touch tone keys were TOO sensitive. just got the G600 today. i am finally satisfied. worthy replacement, comfortable feel in the hand-not too thin, no touch sensitive keys, looks good. plus you get a free 1GB microsd card and hands free kit. ps. if someone can tell me how to set the sounds so i don't get beeps everytime i press the keys i would appreciate it. thanks.- hope this is useful.
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Reviewed by Wong from UK on 3rd Oct 2007
Nothing short of amazing. Oozes style, class and sexiness.
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Reviewed by seed from uk on 3rd Oct 2007
i love the fone since i saw it
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Reviewed by chloe from england on 2nd Oct 2007
it is exelant im glad i got it it is so good im saving it till i ruin my uther phone"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you should get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by rob from uk on 2nd Oct 2007
Love the phone but it seems that i can not install the supplied disc which is packed with a load of rubbish pictures,all i want to do is plug my phone in and download music can anyone help me
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Reviewed by Ken from UK on 2nd Oct 2007
Thought this would be"the bees knees" Got cracking write up Changed from D600 for this!! Can hardly hear it when a call comes in even tho it's turned up full The speaker is very hollow sounding and as for text calls the tones are very limited and far too short It is now on its way back and going back to SE If all else fails I will stick with my D600 Had it 18mths and not a problem
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Reviewed by Olivia from UK on 2nd Oct 2007
Pros: *Smart design - (ideal for business users) *Long battery life - (providing fully charged and then run down on first use) *Large memory *Good accessories bundle deal - bluetooth headset alone can set you back a few bob Cons: *Average camera quality - not that great for a 5 megapixel camera *Quiet ring tones - even on highest volume *Navigation takes a while to get used to - centre button takes you straight on the internet *No mp3 sms tone capability This phone didn't fulfil my expectations, and that was even upgrading from a Nokia 6111.
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Reviewed by Johnny5 from UK on 1st Oct 2007
After two years with a most worthy W800i Walkman, I have to say this is a nice phone to use. Menu's are all Easy peasy, quality seems good, but the software CD is not good. Perhaps this is me, but i just load the 1Gb card from a PC slot instead. Camera is a bit slow, but the rest seems very nice!
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Reviewed by justin from england on 30th Sep 2007
wow after buying the e900 last year i sent it back as it was to large even tho it was thin and got the e370 which is a good compact phone, i have just upgraded to the g600 and can say this is phone is top dog of a phone.
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Reviewed by Nicole from England on 30th Sep 2007
I got this phone because of the camera and wonderful review on here, and what do I find? It doesn't even have triaband! Awful! [Editor's reply: Nicole, sorry you don't like the phone (don't know why - you didn't exactly say) but the G600 is actually quad band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz).]
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Reviewed by Nafeesa from Blackburn on 28th Sep 2007
The samsung g600 is a wiked phone it has a top camera and is really easy to use. BUY THIS PHONE! IT IS GREAT!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Gerard from Scotland on 27th Sep 2007
Don’t like just upgraded from a samsung D600e, i dont think its that much better, it does not feel as comfortable in my hand, the bottom of the phone hurts my hand when i’m using it, it’s too square. the camera pictures seem the same to me, it heavier than the D600e, and i don’t like the centre button connecting me to the internet but i can’t change this option. Like It looks great, the 2.5” screen is great, the software is better. Conclusion I would have preferred a software update for the D600e
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Reviewed by JRH from UK on 27th Sep 2007
I just got this phone as a upgrade for my D600. WAT A DISAPOINTMENT!!! The 5 mgpxl is shockingly bad, everything seems dark and the flash isnt even worth having. Compared to my wifes Nokia 6300 with a 2 mgpxl camera which looks more like a 5!!!! IF YOU WANT TO BE DISAPOINTED BY THIS PHONE!!!
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Reviewed by Barry from Scotland on 27th Sep 2007
Just got it yesterday on an orange contract. Will be sending it back tomorow, -Bad Points- The PC studio software, doesnot work in xp or vista, (not even going to attempt linux) Keypad is flimsey and my light sensor seems to be knackered as it keeps the keypad light OFF even in the dark, Having had a k800i for over a year, it is a annoying that i keep going on to the internet, when i try to access my menu, Also after having the se k800i i was spolied by its camera and solid build, not to mention the way it organises files, The "5mp" camera is clearly not 5mp to look at, and is very blury unless you have iron arms and hands -Plus Points- Ok so i guess it does look good, Has a decent screen, nice mp3 plyer, ....... anyone know anything else, Ohh yea the animated quil when you put your numbers in and the custom themes, however limited a nice touch
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Reviewed by sam from england on 27th Sep 2007
it is mint buy it today dont miss out
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Reviewed by ROB from WALES on 27th Sep 2007
THE BEST PHONE OUT. EASY TO USE. WELL MADE. GOOD CAMERA NOT AS GOOD AS K800I. NOT FAR BEHINDE. BUT ITS NOT A CAMERA ITS JUST A BRILL PHONE.IF YOU WANT A CAMERA BUY A CAMERA. GO GET ONE.
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Reviewed by sean from uk on 26th Sep 2007
got the phone 2 days ago. excellent one of the best out at the moment. get it
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Reviewed by jp from Ireland on 25th Sep 2007
I got my G600 today and it is my 4th Samsung after the D500,Z400 and the awful E900. So far so good, seems very user friendlr and built well. The only query i have is can you zoom in on photos saved or downloaded like on the z400? it would seem a step backwards if not
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Reviewed by Marc from UK on 25th Sep 2007
I'm very happy with the phone, its just right for my needs. I like the feel of it and its build qaulity, glad they did the screen surround out of metal to give it strength, as the old D900 was prone to breaking due to flex. And its a nice compact size thats just right. I like the menu layout and features, o.k they may be a bit fiddly in places, but once you've familarised yourself with the menu you soon learn to navigate all the features easily. And there are plenty of things to play with. The features are not perfect, but true perfection is hard to find, i've not found how to assign mp3's to txt messages yet, but thats hardly a major let down, I can forgive that with ease. The screen is excellent nuff said about that. The music player is very good, its not as good as a stand alone mp3 player but as a back up when your bored perfect! The standard headphones are o.k, but better ones do improve the sound slightly. As for camera I know that some of the Sony phones and Nokia N73/95 do pruduce better pictures I knew that before I bought the phone. I'm sorry to say it if you bought this phone cause it has a 5mp camera and you believe that this will make the camera awesome then your a fool, sorry. But really with all the settings turned up, the pictures are very good for a phone, again its perfect for those odd snaps when you don't have a proper digital camera at hand, I use it for work to i'd fungal brackets on trees, on macro its excellent and highly detailed, although the lighting and focus can be hit and miss. Battery life is good. And don't forget that you get a bluetooth headset and 1gb card included with the phone. So all in all a very good all round package. I repeat: The 5mp thing is a gimmick, it does improve the quality but only marginally, it has more to do with optics, the difference between 3.2mp and 5mp is the size of print you can make, a decent 3.2mp camera will take just as good pictures as a 10mp on a standard 6 x 4 print. Maybe one day there will be a phone that has a built in camera and mp3 player that is equal to the stand alone products, just not yet.
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Reviewed by john mchuh from uk on 25th Sep 2007
i have had your phones for years excellent
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Reviewed by Danielle from uk on 24th Sep 2007
Wasnt to sure when first received this. The 'back' button hasnt been responding very well, but after a chat 2 fones 4 u, theyve told me 2 send it back and they'll replace it no prob. So after reading this review im gonna give it a second chance!!!! xxx
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Reviewed by mick from UK on 24th Sep 2007
Had the D900 before this which i loved and this one's growing on me everyday. G600 isnt as slim although it is better built with metal covers. They've change the menu quite a bit and you can create your own themes which is fantastic. Havent noticed much difference in camera quality tbh except for it being much faster but the video has improved drastically and can record at VGA!! Havent tested it much but the music player also seems better in all departments, eg sound quality, interface and battery performance, from the D900. As i said before, the main drawback of this is the size if you're used to the D900 and not quite as sleek looking but it is more powerful on the multimedia side and battery seems to last more than 2days so it's definitely a worthy upgrade!
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Reviewed by Tommy from UK on 24th Sep 2007
Whats all the fuss about a 5 mega pix phone??? are you buying the phone to start a wedding photography company? Get real a 10megpix camera cost's less now a days! As to the phone well I have had it for a few weeks now and forgetting about the 'camera' the phone is your average samsung and I have had a few models over the years so I know what I'm talking about. I have decided to go for the Nokia N95 for a change now but not for the 'camera' but for the quality and performence and most of all the hearing clarity, something samsung are lacking on now.... Sorry to anyone who is thinking of getting it but no more samsung for me I've had it with them...
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Reviewed by martin orourke from UK on 24th Sep 2007
Not impressed, menus too difficult to navigate. can't read memory card from pc. let me down in the worst possible way by freezing up when I had to make a 999 call. sent it back the next day.
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Reviewed by Matt from UK on 24th Sep 2007
Just to comment on some of the other reviews around the camera. It's excellent. You do need to change the setting from i.e. up the screen resolution if you want the best quality pictures. Also make sure you change it to store on Card as you'll soon eat up the 40Mb onboard if you dont. Please dont expect everything to be superb on default basic settings.
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Reviewed by rob from uk on 24th Sep 2007
this stupid rubbish cheap phone turns itself off all the time!!!!!!! badb move samsung!!!
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Reviewed by Dave from Scotland on 23rd Sep 2007
When i tak a picture then go to my images to have a look at it its only like 450KB and the quality of the image is very poor, it looks more like a 2meg camera rather than a 5meg! my old 3.2 cybershots quality is way better.
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Reviewed by joyce elderkin from uk on 23rd Sep 2007
love this phone, everything you say above is top on, love the music player, i have put most of my favorite music on from pc, the camera is fantastic, the feel of the phone is quite sexy,good looking as well, love the solid feel about the phone not flimsy plastic,cant find ant fault, you cant improve on this phone, it should be phone of the year plus i agree with adam from the uk
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Reviewed by Swifty from England on 22nd Sep 2007
Got the phone for the wife a week ago and she loves it. Its a lovely looking phone,the 5 meg camera is brill and being her fourth samsung, finds the phone so easy to use. Only gripe up to now is the limited tones for the text alerts as you only have 4 to choose from. When will Samsung realise that people want to be able to assign their own tunes to text alerts. Would I have one for myself?? Yes I think I would, deffo if they addressed the text alert issue.
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Reviewed by dunc from uk on 21st Sep 2007
Arrived this morning and going back tomorrow. Usually I like Samsung very much but what a disappointment this was. Main problem for me was build quality - this did not feel well made. The slider felt flimsy and when closed the front didn't sit correctly on the back, look through the gap and you could see the keys! Call that camera 5mp ...looked more like the pics on my old V3i.
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Reviewed by oldsoul from scotland on 21st Sep 2007
I boight this phone thinking it would be amazing. I was sorley worng it is slow, its shortcuts are useless and it kept on goin on to the intrnet when i just wanted my main menu. I so called amaxing 5 meg camera is RUBBISH and the photo quilty is the pooerst of all the camera phones i have used. i want my old SE W800i back!!!!!
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Reviewed by John Tregunna from Cornwall.U.K. on 21st Sep 2007
The G600 arrived 2 day and out of the box it looks great and I have already started 2 get 2 grips with it,remember I am 61 years of age. The slider bit is great, very smooth,I have briefly listened 2 the radio it was OK but perhaps the sound could have done with a little less treble and more bass. I text a lot and got off 2 a great start with the G600. All in all very pleased perhaps I will write another review as I progress with the phone or you can email me at john.tregunna@tiscali.co.uk
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Reviewed by Hannah from UK on 21st Sep 2007
I hate this phone, texting with one hand is almost impossible as when the slider is open it becomes top heavy and the bottom row of buttons are too close to the bottom of the phone. Totally unusable. I hate the way the files in the memory card have their own seperate menu system rather than just being part of the main menus with an icon indicatig which memory it's using (like Sony do). The camera is not great - it's almost impossible to take a decent picture of a human being no matter how much light and how steady you are if they move it blurs. I would not recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Tony from UK on 20th Sep 2007
Just got his handset after returning the abysmal Moto Z8 and what a difference....IT ACTUALLY WORKS!! Everything about the phone is top-drawer; looks, ergonomics, performance. Battery life seems good and it has not (so far) frozen. Samsung have even posted a Vista upgrade for the software on their website (are you listening Motorola?). Only downside is not being able to assign MP3s to text alert (unless someone can tell me otherwise). This is a TOP phone
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Reviewed by Tab from UK on 19th Sep 2007
V good mobile. though as many things are, its like marmite... Love it or hate it.
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Reviewed by Yelnats from UK on 18th Sep 2007
This phone is rather awful. Technology is supposed to progress with time not regress. The much hyped 5mp acmera is a good deal inferior to the SE K800i of 3mp. In fact I would go as far as stating the camera is rubbish, blurry and the settings fussy and irritating. The operating system is dreadful and clumsy. Not thought out well at all. If you have numbers backed up on yur SIM too then the address book shows all the duplicates and no you can not import from your SIM that has spent time in your SE because the import erases any 2nd number you have stored on a contact. This phone looks great and will seduce many into making a purchase but realistically, it is only going to disappoint you. And when you are dialing a numbery ou will ask yourself, 'who on earth thought having the numbers animated with a quil would make our lives more fulfilling?'. Very immature. YUK!
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Reviewed by anis from enland on 17th Sep 2007
its a beatfuil phone
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Reviewed by Ryan from Manchester UK on 16th Sep 2007
I got the G600 today and thinks its great, rather than be like everybody else and praise the phone as a potential buyer i like to see what flaws it has before i buy it so here i go.....Camera i thought would be better and it takes pics about 5 secs after the button is pressed, Phone could be a little louder when ringing and the other fault that i HATE with samsungs is the fact that you cannot get an MP3 ringtones to ring thru a bluetooth headset the phone will play it but the headset will beep also DOES ANYBODY KNOW how to get the MP3 ringtone to play thru the standard wire headphones as when they are plugged in STILL the phone plays the ringtone and silence thru the headphones yet itll play music fine thru them ????? I know on Sony Ericssons you change the profile to silent to get the ringtone thru the headset sso SURELY something similar can work on this phone any help would be absolutely brilliant????? As for the phone a certain 4/5 it is very good.
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Reviewed by Rachel from N.I UK on 16th Sep 2007
really really good fone, had no probs with it so far..although i did have a sony ericsson cyber-shot phone before and think the cameras far better on it!!its still a good camera, but think i prefer the cyber shot to be honest.overall its a perfect wee phone with good memory etc.
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Reviewed by Vicki from UK on 16th Sep 2007
Got this phone as an upgrade from the D900 and was really dissapointed. I loved the D900 but expected more from the G600 as the upgrade, unfortunatly it's basicaly the same phone, with 5 megapixel camera in it and to me, the pictures looked no different. The menues are backgrounds are tame, the D900 might have only had 2 skins, but at least they where striking to look at. The case is nice and substantial and the battery life excellent. After 4 days I decided it was'nt a big enough upgrade, so took it back and swapped it for the Nokia N95, what a phone, fantastic bit of kit. Sorry Samsung you've not done it for me this time.
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Reviewed by gary Cox from United Kingdom on 16th Sep 2007
FAO Nikki (11 sep) re saving sender of text message into phone book. In the message go to Cut address then options then paste then save as the name. Voila! My G600 is a sim-free one and (touch wood) have had no problems in the three weeks have had it.really impressed. you can now edit any pictures on the phone (before you could only use that on pictures in My Photos). sound through the earphones (miles better than the ones from my previous phone U600) is excellent and the handset really feels comfortable in the hand and to use. will be keeping mine for quite a while now.
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Reviewed by Russ from Wales on 16th Sep 2007
**Good points*** (in no particular order) feels good in your hand, nice large and bright screen, slider springs open and closed **Bad points** poor themes, texting takes a bit of getting used to, disappointing camera. Let me expand on that for a sec - it's 5mp but do not compare it to the outstanding N95 camera. OK it's "good" but not as good as you'd expect. The flash has a slight pink tinge to it for some reason. The video camera is alright (better than a Sony Ericsson thankfully) but again not as good as the N95. Annoyingly you can only use one of the 4 preset text alerts - I say 'annoyingly' as this was supposed to be the replacement for the U600, which actually allows you to use mp3s as alerts. Speaking of which, the mp3 player is adequate. Nothing special but as good most other phones these days. All things considered it's a pretty good phone but sadly just short of 5 stars. This phone could have been so much more!
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Reviewed by Doad from uk on 15th Sep 2007
Got this phone the other day and it was back in the box packed up and ready to be sent back after an hour. What a Disappointment. the sound was very quiet even turned up full and it was hard to hear anyone . the camera was not as expected and not as good as the Nokia N73 and its only a 3.2 mega pixel. (was my last phone). The LED flash is useless and 4 Message tones. It looks nice but does not deliver. Swapping for the N95..
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Reviewed by ADAM from UK on 15th Sep 2007
HAD THIS PHONE 5 DAYS AND ITS ACE.REMEMBER ITS A PHONE AND AS A PHONE IT ALSO HAS A GREAT MUSIC PLAYER ALTHOUGH NOT AS GOOD AS AN IPOD AND A GREAT CAMERA ALTHOUGH NOT AS GOOD AS A PROPER CAMERA.BUT AS AN ALROUNDER ITS FAB. AS FOR BATTERY LIFE I CANT SAY COS I CHARGED IT 5 DAYS AGO AND BEEN MESSING WITH IT EVER SINCE AND NOT HAD TO CHARGED IT YET
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Reviewed by Nita from UK on 13th Sep 2007
I got this phone last week and had to send the first one back 2 days later as the sound quality was really poor especially in outdoor use. Also the keys keep freezing from time to time and you have to slide the handset and start again...it wont allow you to key anything in or it wont allow you to use the select key until you have put the slider up to start function again. Exchanged it for another handset and same problems...returned handset! Speakphone not clear either! Its a shame though as it has good functions!
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Reviewed by Damien from U.K on 13th Sep 2007
What a very very good phone, i have had no trouble with it what so ever, the battery life is good, the camera is good as long as you remember is a mobile! not a real camera, the music functions are very good esp radio, again considering its a mobile phone not a stand alone music player or camera i feel it performs really well, the phone is very easy to use and i highly recommend this phone to anyone. ( apart from those idiots who keep saying the camera is rubbish! guess what its a phone! first and formost )
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Reviewed by James Thompson from United Kingdom on 13th Sep 2007
Just got my G600 two days ago and already its been boxed up to go back to the supplier as the screen keeps freezing and horizontal lines have appeared on screen. Very disappointed as I had been looking forward to using this phone but its not the quantum leap over the excellent D900 which i expected,don't be fooled with the 5 mega pixel camera either the 3 on the D900 is just as good. Will go back to my D900 or might try a N95
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Reviewed by sarah from derby on 12th Sep 2007
luvd it! :D
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Reviewed by Nikki from Uk on 11th Sep 2007
I purchased the G600 at the weekend and have found it fine to start with. One thing that I haven't figured out is whether you can add a new phone number to the phone book if someone texts you - it doesn't seem to have the same option to save to the address book as other samsungs. Can anyone help with this? Overall good functionality and style.
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Reviewed by Dj from uk on 11th Sep 2007
got the g600 from orange last week sent it back same problem with reseting itself wen an incoming call comes in, orange say fault has been reported on more of the handsets!!!!!
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Reviewed by Jeff from UK on 11th Sep 2007
Awesome phone! Excellent camera, great build quality, great sound, a superb phone. Really pleased.
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Reviewed by Josh from Uk on 10th Sep 2007
I have just recieved the G600 today. I have had many phones in the past but nothing, absolutly nothing compares to this. This is by far the best mobile on the market today. Everything about the phone is outstanding. Camera is excellent as is the music player and other features are also excellent. Cant say one bad word about it. Would def recomend fore anyone.!!
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Reviewed by Ivan from UK on 10th Sep 2007
The G600 as described above is a great phone, however there are a few disadvantates which to be honest I am not surprised that Samsung have not addressed by now, the first being, you are still limited to how many messages you can store on your phone, 200 to be exact, while this seems a lot, you can soon eat up that amount if you wish to keep that special message or 2. The second disadvantage you have only got a choice of 4 Message tones, booooooring, I still think the camera is not great, it looks more like a 3 mega pixel rather than a five, come on Samsung, address these two problems and you would have a great phone. Phone tender of the year, nope, N95 is the best (well apart from the battery life)
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Reviewed by Anna from UK on 10th Sep 2007
Why will a phone with a camera of 5 mpxls not take a decent photo. Flash is not worth talking about and the camera shake seems unbearable. I got this for the camera giving up my N73 with its 3.2 mpxls. God do I want it back so much. Rubbish.
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Reviewed by RobHowcroft from UK on 10th Sep 2007
Only got my handset Saturday 8th September but it's already been returned to the store for a replacement due to it unexpectedly restarting itself off whenever I received an incoming call! Even worse, it hasn't logged the calls so people have been unable to get hold of me for two days and I've no idea how many calls I've missed! This is the same problem as John below and - according to the store - the second one they've taken back out of about 40 handsets supplied so far. So a failure rate of 1 in 50 - good or bad? Apart from that - which I'm hoping is just a duff handset rather than an inherent fault - the phone initially seems very high quality. Up until recently I had a U600 upgrade from my work contract which I hated from the moment I received it and which eventually went on E-Bay. Happy to say this is not the same disaster as that, and it feels much sturdier and better made. Peculiarly, it doesn't take the same charger though, meaning you'll have to buy yet another one if you need a second charger for work use. This also means that your U600 earphones will also be incompatible with this. Despite it being a lovely handset, at the moment I can only give it three starts due to the resetting problem - especially since I now know I'm not the only one who's experienced this!
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Reviewed by Awesome from UK on 9th Sep 2007
The Samsung G600 is by far the greatest phone ever buy it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not only has it got a 5megapixel camera it also has in my opinion the best music player ever. Only one word I can say and that is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by jade from united kindom on 9th Sep 2007
this is a excellent phone
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Reviewed by claire from uk on 9th Sep 2007
I recieved the g600 this week and will be sending it back. The keypad only works when it feels like it, when writing a text it seems to jam for no reason, can press the key from every angle and nothing happens till it springs to life and gives you 4 letters the same. The camera is not great, will not take an action shot without it being blurry. The flash isn't very bright, there's no camera on the front which means you can't take photos of yourself and your pals, not even got the little mirror so that you can see what your taking. No 3g so don't expect to ever do video calling. The handsfree loudspeaker is almost inaudable, can't hear it unless there's silence. Rubbish!!
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Reviewed by Michelle from NI on 8th Sep 2007
I reviewed many phones before buying this one, was about to purchase the W850i for its music player and radio when I came across the G600. Had for a week now and I love this phone. Previously had clamshells but the sliders appears to be very robust and tactile. Screen colour's, internet, camera, texting, radio and the music player are excellent. On seeing it my friends all want one. I have found it very user friendly and have not referred to the manual once. I especially like the way you can record straight off the radio and use these as caller ringtones, ringtones and alarm tones . The predictive text is very simply. There are many settings that can be changed and tweaked to your liking if you explore the phone. I was even able to bluetooth all my contacts from my old samsung with relative ease. I would highly recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by emma from newport, south wales on 7th Sep 2007
had this phone for a day now and for once samsung seems to have done good.i have been a loyal SE fan for ages now as they are brilliant phones with everything on them and the cameras are really good,but this samsung is amazing.there are so many ways to customise it,there is a cool theme creator on there as well as four default ones on there,unlike the last few models with the two boring skins.the size of the phone is good too.not too big or too small,nice weight to it.slider mechanism really smooth on it.call quality very clear.battery seems okay so far but only had one day so time will tell.the camera is good but i think the SE camera phones are much better,no fussing about with the settings just to get a good picture,but this samsung cuts a very close second.the flash is pretty bright and seems to light the subject up very well even in very dark situations.samsung has at least added the option of choosing which default memory to store to,which is cool but then they go and do the same stupid thing again by having to copy any picture or wallpaper to the phones memory in order to use it as a wallpaer or ringing tone,this is so frustrating as you will soon fill up the phones memory then will have to start deleting things just so you can use as wallpaper etc,totally defeats the object of having a memory card.also it takes alot of button presses just to find things on the installed memory card.but apart from that all's good on the samsung front and have restored my faith in the samsung name,but will probably get the SE k850 when it comes out as i know that will be absoloutly smoking and unbeatable for ages,but get this phone its great
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Reviewed by john from uk on 7th Sep 2007
i got my phone on wednesday morning, charged it for 8 hours, has been working great. Thought it was going to be a great phone...with good camera, mp3 etc etc, until this morning (friday). my phone was in my pocket when it started buzzing...but it went off. Noticed the phone was switching it's self off. ??? got the phone back on. then same happened again...whenever any one rings the phone switches off/on even though i have one bar on the charger. I can make calls ok, even for 25 mins, but anyone rings and it switches off....NOT HAPPY! me thinks i will be sending this one back...not doing its main job is a bit off a problem.
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Reviewed by Katy from UK on 6th Sep 2007
I collected my phone on Monday and so far, I am very pleased with it. It is my third Samsung phone and I have just upgraded from the D600. It took me a short while to get used to how to set up and change ringtones etc, but I soon got it sorted out. It wasn't initially as "user-friendly" as my D600, but now that I am used to my new phone, it doesn't pose a problem at all. I just hope that it proves to be a reliable phone as I've got it on an 18 month contract!
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Reviewed by John R from England on 5th Sep 2007
Nice phone that does everything you need and more. BUT I am very disappointed with the battry life, I seem to be charging the phone after 1 1/2 days and that is with NOT heavy useage (just calls and texts). How long is it going to last if I play any music ? Overall not as good as it was made out to be.
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Reviewed by Graham from UK on 4th Sep 2007
I had this phone as soon as it came out on Vodafone, It has now gone back and ive got a Nokia 6300 (which is far better in all aspects) The G600 while being a fantastic looker wasnt all it was cracked up to be. Firstly the build wasnt great with a bit of play in the slider and i didnt expect it to last for the full term of the 18 month contract. Writing texts was slow as the keypad isnt very tactile and the top row of keys were harder to access because of the top part of the slider. After 3 days of having the phone i started to think people didnt like me anymore...until i got my wife to try phoning the mobile, as soon as she did it switched itself off and then restarted with no indication of a call ever having been recieved. I also found the menu system to be very slow and frustrating, accessing things like photos takes ages, the camera while fairly good was very slow so you will never catch anything moving. Another thing which was a pain was the pc software which doesnt really work with Vista, i manged to get aspects of it working but compared to the software i got with my new Nokia its garbage.
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Reviewed by nish from uk on 3rd Sep 2007
this is the best phone ever the camara is brill
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Reviewed by Martin from Wales on 3rd Sep 2007
A fantastic phone which will stand the test of time for sure. The only problem I have encountered so far is that I cannot get it to load onto the desktop of my mac. This is probably an error on my part, I hope, and one which I will hopefully resolve real soon. If anyone can help me with this in the meantime I would be grateful.
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Reviewed by STACEY from ENGLAND on 3rd Sep 2007
i got the samsung G600 yesterday as my up grade and so far i havent foubd a fault with it i think it is a great little phone nice and slim with everything you need and is very easy to use
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Reviewed by Peter from UK on 3rd Sep 2007
Wow! To start with, BUY THIS PHONE! I have no hesitation in saying that the Samsung G600 is the best phone I've EVER had! The central point of this phone is the camera. I have got rid of my digital camera because in mega-pixel terms this has more! The camera interface is very usable, perhaps not a simple as the one seen on cyber-shot phones. Most camera phones like the K810i ect. have a good camera and it stops there. They have poor music players and other fun applications are rare. This cannot be said for the G600. The music player is awesome! I am a fan of visualisations wich most mp3 players don't give (including the iPod) and this does not dissapoint! It has very nice visualisations! Overall the music player is the best I've seen in a phone (even beats the walkman player!). Now this phone is also a star at doing what a phone was made for. Phoning People! I found signal and reception perfect. The texting service is great too. I think this phone will be a legend like the flagship samsung slider, D500. I urge you to go to your nearest phone store and buy this phone! I did and I was not disappointed. Thanks!
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Reviewed by anil kumar from uk on 2nd Sep 2007
i bought the phone recently and i feel its amazing. take it for its camera, the music player and the wonderfull sliding action. after long time i am really liking a phone very much. i am sure this is the phone of year 2007. only possible improvement could be with the flash, like the one thats used in k810i.
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Reviewed by Chris from UK on 2nd Sep 2007
The phone looks great, the camera takes nice pics and the mp3 player sounds good too. The auto-search on the radio is a little poor, but with manual tuning it doesn't take long to add your fav stations. The biggest headache is the dumb software, PC Studio, which even when it SAYS it is connected to the phone, refuses to actually do anything. It just comes back with the message "The operation is timed out!" (excellent grammar!) This makes installing all of your contacts for the first time either laborious or expensive (sending vCards from your old phone).
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Reviewed by Ovie from Sapele, Nigeria on 1st Sep 2007
This is the phone we've all been waiting for. If you remember in my last review when I talked about the Samsung U600, I said Samsung should go back to the drawing board and come up with a different phone, and not the same thing in a new shell. I think samsung has done just that. This phone is superb. I expect it to win phone of the year in the GSMA. It is all a man could dream of or ever want from a phone. Panorama view when taking PICS of landscapes? Wow! First of it's kind... The only thing short is a lack of an operating system. But who cares? The phone meets every other expectation. I absolutely recommend it to everyone. I'll get one myself when it becomes readily available in Nigeria. I give it an absolute 5 Stars!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Shaun from England on 31st Aug 2007
Very stylish phone, excellent battery life, very easy to use, snazzy interface, hasnt got 3G but still found the mobile internet to work quickly. The camera maybe not in the Sony Ericsson K810i class but takes a decent picture. If i had a choice between the Nokia N95, Motorola RIZR Z8 or the Samsung i would choose the Samsung, it may lack some of the features of the other two phones but reliability, excellent battery life more than win me over!
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Reviewed by SCOTT from PORTSMOUTH on 31st Aug 2007
ONE WORD WHICH IS WOW
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Reviewed by little jimmy cratner from afghanistan on 31st Aug 2007
gr8 fone best 1 ive ad 4 years peace
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Reviewed by Simon from England on 29th Aug 2007
Been looking for a stylish phone with a decent camera and think I've found it. I'm glad they ditched the touch sensitive keys as they were annoying.
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Reviewed by Adam Lunn from England on 28th Aug 2007
Just got this on upgrade. Absolutely love it! The daft feather touch buttons are gone and the 1GB memory means you can store plenty of music and dont need to buy an additional memory card. A few features have been moved around but very similar to the interface on the D900 (my previous phone). By the way, the 5 megapixel is fantastic. This phone got the goods!!!
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Reviewed by bambam from America on 28th Aug 2007
This phone is brilliant. Exellent camera, loud speakers and still has long battery life. The camera is a little better than the n95 not much difference on the phone, but on my computer the quality is loads better. Worth getting if you like up to date phones and use your phone alot.
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Reviewed by bumblebee from UK on 27th Aug 2007
dis is sucha WIKED PHONE...way better than nokia N95!!!! 10x better trust me, this has to be one of the best phone in 2007!!!!!! well done samsung, they have beated Nokia N95!! congratz, i would say...this is the BEST!!!!!!!!! mwahh!
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Reviewed by Sophia from Wales on 27th Aug 2007
Excelent phone in my opinion and very stylish!!!
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