Samsung Omnia
Lite Review
Phone rating: 
In a nutshell: The Samsung Omnia Lite is a cut-down version
of the Omnia 2. Running Windows Mobile 6.5, the Omnia Lite has plenty
to offer, including a good web browser, fast internet access, aGPS
and WiFi. On the other hand, the screen is relatively small for
a Windows smartphone, the camera is poor and there isn't really
enough memory either. The Omnia Lite seems to be more expensive
than it ought to be, and it isn't our first choice of smartphone.
Review:
November 2009.
The
Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 is a cut-down version of the Omnia
2. We're not going to spend a lot of time reviewing this one,
as it seems destined not to be be a big seller. The reasons for
this are that Samsung have cut too much from the spec, but the price
hasn't been cut sufficiently. The result is an under-powered smartphone
that costs pretty much the same as the Omnia 2.
Take
the screen for starters, Windows smartphones need big screens. The
Omnia Lite hasn't got one. The screen is too small, at 3 inches
across and has a low resolution. There's just not enough space there
to make this a truly satisfying Windows Mobile experience. We don't
think much of the camera either. It's very basic for a modern smartphone.
The memory is decidedly Scrooge-like too, with just 150 MB available
to the user, although there is a microSD card slot available for
expansion.
Musically,
the Omnia Lite does the job well, with the excellent digital music
player and FM radio with RDS.
We
can't complain about the connectivity either, as the Omnia Lite
has Bluetooth, WiFi and USB, as well as HSDPA-enabled 3G. It has
has aGPS available.
In
conclusion then, the Omnia Lite isn't a bad phone at all. It's got
a lot of great features, and it's a relatively compact smartphone
phone too. We like the operating system, which offers power, customisation
and robustness. It's just that Samsung have cut back on too many
of the goodies that we liked in the Omnia 2, without a significant
cut in the cost. Strictly speaking, this is not down to Samsung.
If you compare the sim-free costs of the two phones, you'll find
that the Omnia Lite is much cheaper than the Omnia 2. The problem
seems to be that the networks are choosing not to subsidise the
Omnia Lite, so buying it on contract makes no sense. Surprise, surprise,
no-one is buying it. Watch out for price falls, because if this
thing becomes available for around £20 per month, which is
what we think it should be, then it will be a good phone for those
who can't afford the Omnia 2. As it stands, you can buy the Samsung
Jet for less than the Omnia Lite, and the Jet is a better phone
in many ways.
Features
of the Samsung Omnia Lite include:
- 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, 4x digital
zoom
- CIF/ QCIF/ QVGA video recording
- Display: TFT, 240 x 400 pixels, (3.0 inches),
65,000 colours
- AGPS navigation with geo-tagging
- Music Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+,
WMA formats) plus FM radio RDS
- 40-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
- Speakerphone
- Voice memo recorder
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
- Document viewer
- Java games
- Memory: 150MB, plus microSD memory card slot
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, Wi-fi
- Internet: WAP 2.0, Opera 9.5 web browser, GPRS,
EDGE, 3G (HSDPA 3.6 Mbps)
- Quadband (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) plus 3G (UMTS
900 / 2100)
- Offline mode
- Size: 107 x 51 x 13.3 mm
- Weight: 109g
- Talktime: up to 11 hours (2.5G) up to 6.5 hours
(3G)
- Battery standby: up to 610 hours
Samsung Omnia Lite Consumer Reviews
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Average rating from 24 reviews: 
Reviewed by Kris from wales uk on
10th Dec 2011
The phone is old and out of date know, it is so slow and the text
messages will freez up when texting ever time you use it,so when
this happens you need to turn the phone off then restart again
Rating:  Reply
Reviewed by john from uk on 12th
Nov 2011
do not buy!!! trust me verry poor phone!!!
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by srayut from Thailand on
30th Sep 2011
I lite it
Rating:  Reply
Reviewed by Tracy from England on
27th Aug 2011
Loved this phone at first but it didn't take long to start freezing
every time I received a text. Have to navigate to task manager to
shut everything down every time I receive a message and some days
I can't open them at all - fed up of people moaning I havent replied
to thier texts. A huge disappointment - the worst phone I ever had
:(
Rating:  Reply
Reviewed by Amanda from Scotland on
13th May 2011
had this phone over a year now and i love it but only problem i
have found is text messages. Recently i have had to delete all my
inbox to view them and reply but for some strange reason it started
working in the inbox and last night its not receiving any messages
! big let down.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by zhao from uk on 6th
May 2011
good phone
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by shehroze from pakistan on
28th Feb 2011
I just bought this phone recently. It is awesome. The camera and
screen resolution is a huge drawback for this phone but overall,
it is awesome!!! 5 stars!!
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by jessica from wales on
24th Feb 2011
i had this phone for christmas and all it does is freez and get
boiling, to be honest. i hate it.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Kathleen Miller from England
on 10th Feb 2011
I got my new phone for Christmas as I wanted a SMART phone to access
internet and retrieve emails. It was a nightmare to begin, it is
called simple, simple it is not! However, I have now begun to get
my head around some of its many features, though there are so many
I am not sure which I need and which I don't. Having said all of
this, and now looking to upgrade my contract to include internet
access - I really like this neat little phone, light and easy to
hold, and with patience it really is a worth while phone, far superior
to its predecessor - a Nokia. Had many Sony Ericssons in the past,
but really quite impressed with this Samsung!
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Gevin from Argentina on
24th Jan 2011
Its Ok
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by noodles from uk on
11th Nov 2010
for the price £45 i got a result secondhand i have always said i
would Not buy touch screen i went from c905 to this lite and do
agree with the other reviews but for a learning tool in view to
upgrade once learned i am finding it easy to use for myself being
comp ilterate am learning fast and olso you can run newer oprea
10 on it one dissapointment though is the transcriber it is useless
i have done reconition and it still makes misstakes and do have
to use pen all the time . still i like it as its size and looks.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Hoover from Thailand on
21st Sep 2010
Hmmmm, ok well it is a phone! It has all the features a person could
want or configure except you need to do it by using 3 different
input screens. Leave it to the Koreans. You have the standard Windows
Home, customize feature are non existant, The Meun button on the
side of the phone, which gives you various screens to choose from.
Then you can activate the Samsung Widgets. Various combo's of config
options but none of the screens gave me a single today screen that
the min number of functions (5 functions is what I need) I would
need. Just try the phone for a couple of min's and you will understand.
WHO was the brainchild that came up with the idea to have a pen
on a string dangling from the top of the phone. This is just stupid!!
Love answering my phone with a piece of plastic wedged between my
head and phone. But hey, chic's did it!!!
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Smarak from India on
17th Jun 2010
It is a good phone targeted for youth.Though camera not so good.But
it works uo to the expectations. I am happy with it.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Kieran from Hampshire, England
on 29th May 2010
This phone, in theory should be a very good one. Windows mobile
has a great amount of potential, this thing has a huge battery and
the phone is solid in construction. But, unfortunately, Samsung
have managed the mess it up. The phone froze 4 times within the
first 6 hours of me having it. Whenever I sent a text, it froze
and spent nearly 20 minutes trying to send a message until it crashed
again. The message had sent, in all fairness, but I spend a lot
of time on my phone and I really need it to be quick. internet browsing
was good, and fast, I give that. But the phone was so slow otherwise.
By the HTC Touch2. HTC know how to make winmo work.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Jamie from England on
16th Apr 2010
I agree with everyone else, i own one of these fones n i have never
been so annoyed n sumtimes feel like throwing the fone at the wall
coz of the constant freezing wen textin, so wudn't advise anyone
to buy this if you are wanting to text away
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by James from England on
9th Apr 2010
The phone is good for going on internet, that is it. The speaker
is awful, touch screen is not good and texting is awful. Two points
about the texting, you are forced to use a QWERTY keypad as there
isnt a normal numpad option. Thats not the worst thing though, everytime
you text it freezes followed by having to go into task manager to
close the text programme down. For the text reason alone this is
the worst phone ive had and i used to own an MC60! Don't buy if
you want to text!
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Shirley from Scotland on
12th Jan 2010
My husband bought me this phone for my bd/xmas. It is the worst
phone iv ever had, it stalls & freezes all the time & its a total
nightmare for txt, it cost nearly £300, wot ever u do peeps DONT
buy this phone
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by prem from india on
31st Dec 2009
good
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Crowley from UK on
10th Dec 2009
I was on the market for a phone that (a) synchronises with Outlook
(b) does not have small buttons (my fingers are not blackberry-proof)
(c) makes phonecalls. Picked the Omnia lite on grounds that this
one MUST easily link with Outlook. Tried yesterday for two hours
to link u, got error message after error message, then got two guys
from my company's Tech support involved, they tried for an hour,
no luck. Returned it, bought an iPhone, put in my email address
and password, and it synched on the first go. Still don't know why
a windows phone did not sync with a windows programme, I am sure
others found it easy to link up, and found it really very useful,
but sadly, not for me.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Andrew from UK on
20th Nov 2009
Everything works brilliantly except for the text messaging, which
I have to agree with Mark. I get error messages, it stalls, etc
Luckily I got it for free on my contract, but am taking it back
to see if I can get the text thing sorted, because otherwise its
a really good phone.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by sabir jetha from UK on
4th Nov 2009
sikkk phone defooo worth buying blad
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Bub from Canada on
15th Oct 2009
Love it! Really simple to use, and cheaper than the Omnia HD, with
similar features! BTW, to Rex, doubt you even bought it.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Mark from UK on 14th
Oct 2009
Stalls all the time, keeps on coming with error messages, freezes
when sending a text, not worth the money.
Rating: Reply
Reviewed by Rex from UK on 14th
Oct 2009
Rubbish!
Rating: Reply
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