In a nutshell: The Samsung S5600 is an upgraded version
of the Tocco Lite. It does everything that the monster-selling Tocco
Lite does, but also offers 3G HSDPA and an improved camera. It's
exclusive to Orange and Vodafone and is available in Black, Lilac,
Pink or White. Best buy:
£69.99 on PAYG from Three
(Black Refurbished) or £127 from Dialaphone
(Preston Black).
Review:
June 2009.
Last updated August 2009.
The Samsung S5600 launched in May 2009 and fits
between the Tocco Lite and
the i8910 HD. In other words,
it's a mid-range touchscreen phone, equipped with 3G. The Orange-exclusive
version is unglamourously nicknamed the "Preston", and
the Vodafone version has the rather nicer sounding name of "Blade".
Bring this phone out in a public space, and everyone
will assume that you've got the massive selling Tocco
Lite. It looks almost the same and is virtually the same size,
but it costs more and has some extra features. So the big question
is whether this phone beats the Tocco Lite. It has the same touchscreen
user interface as the Tocco Lite, but a slightly smaller screen,
which is a shame in a touchscreen phone. It has a flash on the camera
and the bonus of video calling. Both phones have the same music
player and FM radio with RDS. The S5600 has the added bonus of HSDPA
for faster internet access at up to 7.2 Mbps.
So, you can pick up the S5600 for just slightly
more than a Tocco Lite if you shop around (hint: see links on this
page!), It has the benefits of a camera flash and 3G, but a slightly
smaller screen. You'll have to decide for yourself which suits your
needs better, but both are outstanding phones.
Features of the Samsung S5600 include:
3.15 megapixel camera with smile detection autofocus
and flash
Video camera (QVGA, 15fps) plus secondary camera
for video calling
Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 240 x 320
pixels (2.8 inches) with auto rotate
Music player (MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+ formats)
Memory: 80MB plus MicroSD memory card slot (up
to 16GB)
Personal organiser functions
Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) plus 3G
Size: 103 x 55 x 13 mm
Weight: 92g
Talktime: 3 hours
Battery standby: 300 hours
Samsung S5600
Consumer Reviews
Average
rating from 100 reviews:
Please, do not submit any more reviews of the Samsung
S5600 - 100 reviews is enough!
Reviewed by Amy from UK on 17th
Jan 2010
I love this phone. i could go on for ever about how it ticks every
box for me. Sarah to silence your key tones, go to settings, phone
profile, where it says normal click on the 2 red arrows the at the
top click on the drop down box and go to phone sounds, scroll down
and change phone sound volume to silent. Rating:
Reviewed by alexandra from london on
13th Jan 2010
i got this phone for christmas a and its a great phone.... i advise
you to buy it....i gt in metalic pink with 3 great great great yayy...
sarah if you want to turn off the key volume turn down the volume
from the volume key on the side but it has to be on idle mode....
and you can still have your normal ringtone Rating:
Reviewed by Beth from UK on 11th
Jan 2010
just bought it, loveeeeee it :) first samsung/touchscreen phone,
so taking some getting used to, but is pretty user friendly, great
fun and is pink with a touch screen! very happy with internet access
too.. not sure how good it would be for someone who wanted an internet
+ camera + music player phone, but for a phone with some useful
add ons it is great! reccomend it. Rating:
Reviewed by sarah from UK on
8th Jan 2010
this phone is very good, easy to get the hang of asdwell, im just
wondering is ir possible to have the ringtone and text message tone
on, but have the keys on silent? , also the internet is sometimes
slow but otherwise its great! camera is exellent! :) Rating:
Reviewed by cj from uk on 8th
Jan 2010
i like this phone; functions well as a phone, camera and basic organiser.
But mine (which i got this week) has two problems: 1.) There is
a faint ringing on the right stereo side when using headphones;
i think its a software problem because this ringing only occurs
when music or 'phone sounds' are not not playing. 2.) the music
player cannot play music files beyond ~35mins in length, which is
bizarre! if i fast foward to a point after ~35mins, it starts from
the beginning again. I don't know if its relevant of not but i'm
using a brand new 4gb memory card. Anyone else having these problems?
I'm currently trying to get a replacement. Rating:
Reviewed by Gwen from Australia on
8th Jan 2010
Bought this phone yesterday and i am loving it! The menu does get
a little getting use to but i am overall quite happy with it. Large
amounts of texting get a little tedious & a memory card is recommended
though... addhyayan, did you make sure to download the samsung studio
BEFORE putting in the usb connected to your mobile? I put songs
on this morning and it seemed to work fine... Also, a lot of the
negative reviews on here may just be a product of not reading the
user manual so don't be deterred from purchasing this phone! Rating:
Reviewed by addhyayan from uk on
4th Jan 2010
I would just like to know how to put songs, pics etc. on to the
phone because i've tried putting the usb and tried downloading samsung
studio!! Otherwise its a great phone and very stylish. Rating:
Reviewed by Lucy from UK on 4th
Jan 2010
(For sean, Ireland, You go to the keypad, and you hold down the
hash key, and it turns it onto silent, or use the down but to turn
the volume right down).. I have had this phone from the start of
December, i have been quite pleased with it, yeah it takes ages
to get used to whilst texting but you soon get used to it, and when
you do it is a really cool. Previously had a touch screen phone
and it kept unlocking itself in my bag, but with this one it doesnt
and is quite clever, very sensitive on the buttons :) Happy with
this phone. Rating:
Reviewed by An from UK on 4th
Jan 2010
Got this phone on Saturday, and looking at the last review is b**
s***!! I change my phone every 3 months.I would suggest that you
set your phone up properly before you make usless comments! It is
obviuos that you dont know how to write never mind text. All of
the issues you have moaned about work perfectly on my phone.Text
notification is removed when you tap the screen to view message.
I have ythe key tones off and the phone volume on, try using a little
button called settings and then use your eyes to read, then if you
are not too confused set your phone up the way you want it! In conclusion,
ignore this idiot and buy the Samsunf S5600. Rating:
Reviewed by Ano from Uk on 2nd
Jan 2010
Has some annoying operating system processes that overshadow any
positives in my opinion. As a sony E migrant I expect good logic
and this phone has some strange quirks which are due to lack of
thought. As one consumer review says earlier its predictive texting
is random at best and comes up with ridiculous suggestions: nX -
?? what is that. also when you have an alert on a calendar event
it just won't go away! There are other pop ups which just don't
quit too eg the stopwatch and when a text has delivered it keeps
the 'delivered' notification as a text in your inbox, clogging it
up!? SE does not do this. There are other just ridiculous processes
on it which makes me want to return to Sony E eg. you either have
sound full on ie. bing bong each key pressed or off - so you can't
hear calls coming thro!? But I have to say the touch screen does
work well. Rating:
Reviewed by Sean from Ireland on
1st Jan 2010
Unreal Phone:).. Cant figure out how to zoom tho lol. Anyone know
how to get the wee bleep noise off as u press the buttons while
making a message?..x Rating:
Reviewed by Holly from England on
1st Jan 2010
I've recieved this phone in the post yesterday, put the sim in,
registered it online and didnt get any texts from orange saying
it had been confirmed, i put my sim into my old orange phone and
got 2 texts from orange, i moved them to the sim and onto the new
phone, where it started to work, however, i have had to keep switching
the sims around because when i try to ring 450, 453, it says 'emergancy
only' i could send texts before, but im very annoyed with this,
and there is hardly any help on the orange site. its a good phone
for features, but be sure to check before you buy it. Rating:
Reviewed by Megan from Camberly on
31st Dec 2009
At first I was going to get the tocco lite but i went with my friend
(who has the tocco lite) to the store and we found out in fact this
was better! get it on 3 because you get free messenger, skype and
150 mb of internet! Rating:
Reviewed by Sue from Wales on
31st Dec 2009
I am so disappointed I got the Samsung S5600 at the end oct have
now had two replacements !!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Jen from UK on 30th
Dec 2009
This phone is good quality, I am most impressed by the music player
and camera. You plug the headphones into the hands free thing which
plugs into the socket at the top of the phone. I am getting used
to the menus but simple to use otherwise. Stylish all round. Rating:
Reviewed by ellie from uk on
29th Dec 2009
love this phone =] just wondering if anyone can tell me where you
plug the headohones in as the plug is rounded and dosnt fit in the
plug?! thanks Rating:
Reviewed by Mike from uk on 29th
Dec 2009
i got this phone for xmas and it is by far the best phone i have
ever had i got it in white which looks really good also the touchscreen
is really responsibe the camera is good and it doesnt mess up at
all very much unlike lots of touchscreen phones i would definatly
recomend it Rating:
Reviewed by Clare from UK on
28th Dec 2009
I think the touch screen on this phone is great, best I have owned
out of the Viewty and Nokia 5800. However the internet can get annoying
with scrolling as it means you accidentally zoom if you press the
screen for too long. I like this phone, and I am hard to please,
however, I HATE the t9 dictionary function, it is unpredictable
and creates it's own, USELESS, words. For example been becomes addo
as the first option and so is sm, and my is Mx! I haven't used these
words (why would I?) and I have no way of deleting them so I constantly
have to change them. It also has the habit of altering as well for
example xxx changed to yxx and then wxx, yxx, xxx! Which is very
annoying. This really annoys me and the battery isn't amazing on
it. However if you like the tocco then this is probably a good bet
if you want another touch screen. Rating:
Reviewed by bob from uk on 26th
Dec 2009
i got this phone on 3 its the best phone out now i will say its
better then the samsung tocco and the lg vewity so i say if ur thinking
of geting the lg veiwty or the tocco look again this one is better
i have the lg vewity and the tocco and the s5600 so i sayget the
s5600 on 3 with unlimted internet and text and 200 mins on £18 a
mothen and 18 monthe contract dont go to O2 there rubbise Rating:
Reviewed by danielle from UK on
26th Dec 2009
Help!!i got this phone for xmas and its great so far.....however
when i go to set a wallpaper it brings the red rectangle up to drag
it to how much i want of the picture. it wont let me drag to the
corner of the screen!it starts zooming in and out! [Reply by wingyan
from singapore on 29th Dec 2009: Danielle: I think you have to resize
ur picture on adobe photoshop or something so it will fit perfectly.
I did that] Rating:
Reviewed by Celeste from UK on
25th Dec 2009
Got this phone today for xmas and im loving it, the camera is quite
good and I think the texting is quite simple. It would be nice if
a few games wern't demo's but hey you can't have everything :) Great
phone! Rating:
Reviewed by Hannah from UK on
25th Dec 2009
Got this phone for christmas today and so far it's amazing! The
texting is simple to use, it looks great and for how much it is
the camera is very decent. Got a few downsides, it's rather long
winded to change text message alert, took me ages to figure it out,
and the touch screen can sometimes go a little unresponsive while
texting. Could've been better if you could flip it on it's side
to make a QWERTY keyboard. But overall it's an amazing phone and
would definately recommend it to anyone Rating:
Reviewed by Anna B from England on
25th Dec 2009
I got this phone on xmass Love it its class myn came with a goodybag
x And Skull Candy Head Phones Rating:
Reviewed by Trudy from United Kingdom
on 23rd Dec 2009
Got this phone a couple of days ago and i love it!!! This is the
first touchscreen ive had and find it so easy to use i don't think
i'll ever want to go back to a keypad phone. I would certainly recommend
this phone. Well done again Samsung!!! Rating:
Reviewed by sarah from uk on
17th Dec 2009
gr8 phone love it to bits. its jus like the tocco lite but the better
version. only thing is it dont have a qwerty key board Rating:
Reviewed by frannii from uk on
13th Dec 2009
problems with signal as stated on other forums.... phone would eb
perfect if it worked, sometimes even when it says ive got a full
signal, it wont accept or send calls/texts etc... holds them back
for hours.... phone is great, better than the tocco lite, but the
functions arnt Rating:
Reviewed by Emmie from UK on
12th Dec 2009
Bought this phone a few months ago and pretty disappointed to be
honest. It looks great but had some problems with some of the functions
not working properly after only a couple of months, and it has put
me right off touch screen phones now. They are rubbish for texting. Rating:
Reviewed by Rachel.L from Scotland on
11th Dec 2009
Awesome phone! Im getting it for christmas, I went to the 3 store
to check it out, good and very responsive touch screen, a good range
of themes and the Camera is reasonably good. Btw, if you cant zoom
in you need to go to settings and change it to 2 meg for some reason
(guy in shop told me) but i wouldnt bother because the zoom is rubbish
anyway. It doesnt feel like the iphone (tried the 1phone out at
02 shop). But its a good deal for £130 payg. Rating:
Reviewed by AHAH from England on
9th Dec 2009
Hello, My Samsung S5600 Is Great. Its A Limited addition one.Its
White and Has Blue Flowers on (VerryJazzy) Its Brill. I think the
only thing i dont like about the phone is how it deletes some of
my texts..?? Has Anone Eles Had This Problem ?? The Camera Is Brill
The Messaging is Brill The Acsses to everything Is Brill The Acsessories
Are Brill And Its Just Soo Easy Love it..... I am getting my cousin
it. Rating:
Reviewed by Anna H from England on
9th Dec 2009
Its A BRILL phone.I know this sounds shoking but i think boys like
more practical phones like sony ericsons and girls like touchy phones
but thats my opinion. Becasue most of the boys on this list have
said ohh Hate It . All in all brill phone Rating:
Reviewed by Paul (Liverpool) from UK
on 7th Dec 2009
There are some right moaning feckers on here, this phone is brill Rating:
Reviewed by Andy from UK on 5th
Dec 2009
My first touch screen and Samsung and have been very pleased since
I got it about 6 weeks ago. Everything works well and it's a nice
size and shape for my pocket. I have found all the menus and functions
quite intuitive and easily navigated, sound quality, reception and
battery life are all ok. Haven't had any problems at all, the only
frustration is the alarm clock. There are at least 2 if not 3 widgets
for clocks but none for the alarm which you have to access through
the organiser, otherwise excellent. Rating:
Reviewed by Dermot from Ireland on
3rd Dec 2009
BEST PHONE EVER! Rating:
Reviewed by Martin from Uk on
30th Nov 2009
Still do not like this phone, however, I was so annoyed with it
last week and dropped it on the floor. I commenced kicking it around
the room and against the wall, it survived totally unharmed, so
I suppose that is a good point. the five stars are for durability,
still a rubbish phone though. Rating:
Reviewed by Joobix from UK on
30th Nov 2009
Great little phone, bit dissapointed that there's no GPS but i guess
you can't have everything. At Gary, you can change the text tone.
Go to phone profiles, select normal profile, then click the little
arrows by the side of it. This brings up the option menu, in top
right corner click the arrow and scroll to 'new message'. Should
have the option to change message alert tone as 2nd one down. note,
you cant change message tone in silent mode!! Rating:
Reviewed by Kev Tom from Wales, UK on
29th Nov 2009
Bought this phone today for my daughter. She absolutely LOVES it.
Been playing with it all evening and can't fault it so far. Ok,
finding the Bluetooth function was a bit of a struggle (found it
sans manual), but other than that, it's a great phone. The touch
screen is very responsive, the menus load very quickly, the music
player plays Apple coded tracks, it has a 3.2MP camera, plus a bucket
load of freebies from Orange! In addition to all the regular plus
points, this phone's language can be set to Welsh!! This alone deserves
5 stars!! Regardless of the Welsh language gubbins, this is a great
phone for £120. 100% pleased with it. Rating:
Reviewed by MS from Scarborough on
28th Nov 2009
I've had this phone just for a week and already very disappointed
with it. Auto rotate feature flips the screen upside down if you
are left handed. Mine is on 3 network which is really the worst
combination possible, with their very poor customer care dept. They
don't take it back or exchange it for something that works, ie.
Nokia. The internet access is very slow like most other things on
this phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Amy-Leigh from uk on
28th Nov 2009
Well this phone is just amazing, I am getting it for christmas and
the reviews are fantastic!!!!! It sounds MUCH better that the lg
cookie because the samsung s5600 has sooooo much more things on
it! I have never had a touchscreen before, I just had a lg and it
was pretty rubbish because it had the most horrible camera! The
Samsung S5600 has 3.15 pixels, music player(I love my music lol)
SMS, MMS, EMAIL! bluetooth, and the size and shape is brilliant
it is also very light. I went into orange and I had a little look
and this phone and I was amazed at how brill this phone really was!!!!!
I would really recommend this, If you are looking for a christmas
present get this!!! Rating:
Reviewed by GARY from UK on 28th
Nov 2009
got this on 25th november my first touchscreen phone great size
screen resposive easy to use great for web easy to upload photos
to facebook but use camera in camera mode not scene mode for indoor
shots because cant use flash in scene mode and photo will be no
good video is good with good sound but if like me you like to put
your own tex tone on you cant iv tried dont know why you can with
toco lite but still love this phone Rating:
Reviewed by Sue from uk on 27th
Nov 2009
I Jo, i have had mine for a while now and really love it. I had
the same problem as you at first but i've now worked it out... if
you want to use words like wasn't, didn't, i'll etc in your sms
messages you need to input the word on normal text (not predictive)
first then when you are using predictive text put the word in without
the ' and it will come out automaticly. Hope i've explained this
simply enough and hope it helps. Rating:
Reviewed by Jo from UK on 26th
Nov 2009
I bought this phone the other day, so far I'm very happy with it.
Just one little thing - why do they make it so hard to use an apostrophe
in an SMS? Predictive text doesn't recognise if you put a . in that
you might want an ' instead in the middle of, say, wasn't, didn't
or I'll (my old Nokia did this, as did an LG I borrowed). Apostrophes
can only be found in the second screen of the long list of marks.
You can't event add it to the dictionary as you can't add punctuation
to added words! Other than that, the phone is very pretty and is
easy to use. It's taking some time to get used to the touch screen
but I'm very happy. Rating:
Reviewed by Damo from England on
21st Nov 2009
Wow, what can I say. I was offered this by Orange on a special retention
deal. Given that I was paying less than £15 a month and was being
given a rediculous amount of texts and minutes, I wasn't expecting
much from the handset... how wrong was I. This is no iphone, sure,
but just because you can pick one up for under £120, doesn't mean
it is some low budget device either. The phone basically does all
the things u want it to, with the possible exception of GPS. Menus
are fast, texting is easy and the screen is very responsive. The
widget system is nice, and a little like the android OS, albeit
less advance. People have moaned about the lack of a full keyboard...
but seriously, a full keyboard on a smallish screen like this would
be silly. Overall I am very impressed. The phone also looks very
nice too Rating:
Reviewed by sarah healy from uk on
21st Nov 2009
this phone is awful! I have always had nokias but was attracted
to the look and touchscreen features of this. It is a poor comparison!
very slow at everything - getting ready to use after switching off,
sending group messages (does them 1 by 1) sending any message -
you have to wait whilst it sends it and cant do anything else on
the phone until it is sent. It is also a very lengthy unsuccessful
process to load the soft ware to use photos taken on the phone.
Also the headphones provided from samsung have a old style round
plug whilst the phones port for headphones is a square usb one!
Friends who have this all agree it is not a good choice or easy
to use. Rating:
Reviewed by * from england on
16th Nov 2009
amazing phone love it :D Rating:
Reviewed by markB from uk on
14th Nov 2009
i myself was interested in this phone for the very fact it was stated
elsewhere as having gps and 3G alas it doesnt have gps ,it also
seems to get little support with apps and widgets from either orange
or indeed samsung ,disapointed indeed :( Rating:
Reviewed by CHARLES from N.IRELAND on
11th Nov 2009
AN EXCELLENT TOUCH SCREEN PHONE, OFFERS EVERYTHING INCLUDING :GPS:,
ALTHOUGH I UNLESS I AM MISSING SOMETHING, I CAN NOT LOCTAE THE GPS.
HAS ANYONE ANY IDEA AS TO WHETHER THIS IS A SEPERATE ITEM YOU MUST
PURCHASE, OR DO I NEED A VISIT TO SPEC SAVERS. PLEASE HELP THENK
YOU Rating:
Reviewed by Amelia from England on
2nd Nov 2009
I got this phone about a month ago to, and its been absolutley amazing
since! it never breaks, or slows down. its not like a brick, & its
good for texting. Its got a good camera, & you can edit pictures
etc. Its a loud phone; but i do advise a memory card!! Rating:
Reviewed by tara from uk on 1st
Nov 2009
hiya got this phone a few months ago and loved it.but the only thing
i dont like about it is it dont hold much stuff.i got a memory card
and now i still cant take pictures and u cant zoom in and out on
the camera.apart from that i think it is still a good phone Rating:
Reviewed by Abbie from Irvin on
1st Nov 2009
I wanted this fone loads when it came out but it took me ages to
save up but when i bought it OMG i couldnt stop going on it it is
absolutly amazing it never freezes and it can hold an sd card so
you will have enough meory for all your music!! Its great ..Get
this fone NOW!!! Rating:
Reviewed by MICKY from ENGLAND on
30th Oct 2009
RESPONSE TO ABI 14TH OCT 2009 .ORANGE AS A NET WORK ONLY SUPPLY
THE PHONES YOU ORDER & ON ANY NET WORK YOU CAN GET A DUFF PHONE
BUT ITS GOOD THEY REPLACED IT .I HAVE JUST GOT THE SAMSUNG PRESTON
S5600 ON ORANGE.& I TOOK THE RACOON WEB SAVE 30.... 600 anytime
any network call mins + 500 txts + 500MB A MONTH USAGE SO I CAN
USE MY MSN OR FACE BOOK ON MY PHONE FOR FREE UP TO THE 500 MB +
UNLIMITED LAND LINE CALLS FREE TO 01 02 & 03 NUMBERS + MAGIC NUMBER
TO ANY ORANGE MOBILE THIS MEANS I CAN CALL ONE ORANGE NUMBER FOR
FREE UNLIMITED....& FREE CINEMA TICKET ON WEDNESDAY JUST BY SENDING
ONE TEXT TO ORANGE THEY SEND A TEXT TICKET WHICH YOU SHOW AT THE
CINEMA THEN YOUR IN ALL FOR £24,49 A MONTH A LIMITED OFFER YOU CAN
SEE WHY FOR WHAT YOU GET !!!.. & THE PHONE I CANT FAULT IT ITS THE
BISS & Rating:
Reviewed by kit-kat from england on
28th Oct 2009
just had samsung s5600 today, love the phone screen is amazing but
don't understand the memory, bought a new memory card but phone
is only saving to the actual phone memory it is not asking me where
i want to save stuff - has anyone else had same problem and how
did you sort, other than that great Rating:
Reviewed by Jo from England on
28th Oct 2009
I ordered this phone from Orange and had it only a few days when
I decided to send it back. I got it in white, and it really is a
lovely looking phone, responds well and is esy to use once you get
the hang of the touch screen. However, my problem with it is simply
having to text using a touch screen. If I was concentrating and
had the phone angled properly, I could text fine, but it did seem
alot of effort for me. I am a texter, so am opting for the Tocco
Ultra instead. If you aren't a texter, then this phone is pretty
good. Even for a low spec camera, it's good. If you can get your
hand and eye coordination around the touch screen for texting, this
is a really well made phone, that looks good and responds well.
I love Samsung phones and this one is lovely, I would reccomend
it, even if just to try, very good for new to touch screen. Rating:
Reviewed by J.Record from USA on
28th Oct 2009
I've had the phone a few days, and so far it's great. It's very
user friendly. The downfall is that it doesn't have a "quiry keyboard"
or accelerometer. Also here in the U.S. it's hard to find accesories
for it as well. Rating:
Reviewed by R from England on
26th Oct 2009
I firstly wanted a samsung jet and to be honest if i could change
it i would. the camera on the jet is so much better, it has zoom,
DivX playback and Xvid playback, 384 thousand pixels to the S5600s
76,800, it has sms, mms and document viewer, 3.5mm audio jack, TV
out, internet with adobe falsh, wap , GPRS , Edge, £G H SDPa and
a 2GB memory compared to the S5600's 80MB. the jet has quite alot
more feautres than this phone but this phone also has a few things
it doesnt such as smile detecton, auto rotate, voice memo, voice
mail, offline model, jave games and 50 more hours standby. This
is the 2nd day ive had it and was going to try to take it back,
even though i was told i cant because i am so unimpressed with the
lack of memory- i could only upload 5 songs whereas i was wanted
to upload at least 75. But im content so really happy but its a
ok phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Brian from England on
24th Oct 2009
I had this phone for 2 to 3 weeks but had to return it. It looks
good, has a great camera is fairly easy to use BUT plugging in the
headphones didnt result in music being played through them after
a while or would lock up the phone preventing me from accessing
it until the head phones where unplugged. Corrupt play lists on
a 4 and 16 gig memory card, randomly locking my out and running
programs all by it self, making 20 minutes of voice calls to my
wife whilst I was completely locked out of it, having to remove
the battery countless times to get control back briefly are just
some of the adventures I have had with this phone. I can confirm
the camera is good on this, I can confirm 16 gig memory cards work
on it. I can confirm the touch screen options are often too close
together resulting in the wrong things being selected, usually something
that costs you if you select it unforunately. I did like the phone,
I did enjoy the way it worked, but the faults where many and got
worse over time. So I took it back and replaced it with the LG GW520
2 days ago. I have no confidence in this phone as a result of my
experiences but should you get a good working one, it is a nice
phone. Rating:
Reviewed by jamie from Scotland on
22nd Oct 2009
I advise this phone for everyone. although the online delivery didnt
work i phoned up and orange were very nice, dont listen to those
people who say the touch screen is bad as well as texting the should
try pressing the right keys its not HARD!!! im 14 and its the perfect
phone :D Rating:
Reviewed by Izzy from uk on 22nd
Oct 2009
this is the best phone I have ever had! it has all the features
you would want in a touch screen. The things I love the most are
the fake call function,the colour of pink, the touch screen is really
good and there's the camera, I could go on forever I really love
it!! the only thing that annoys me is the rubbish name of the orange
one (the one I have) coz preston is just terrible, i like blade
though for the vodaphone 1 so i'll call mine that from now on lol.
this is really a great phone, loads better than the cookie. hope
i helped izzyxxx Rating:
Reviewed by Sasha from UK on
22nd Oct 2009
This phone is amazing! It's such a good-looking phone and has awesome
sound. I love the vibrations when you're texting and clicking buttons,
and I love the way to type. The touch screen is fab. I just haven't
figured how to send pictures/videos from it to Facebook... ;) xx Rating:
Reviewed by dave from uk on 21st
Oct 2009
Had this phone for a week and its good, no problems with it at all.
Battery life is good, calls and text good.It is very easy to put
music/video from your computer onto the phone. The touch screen
is good and easy to use once you get use to it. Would recommend
this phone, its a good size ,not too big. Rating:
Reviewed by vishal deshmukh from india
on 20th Oct 2009
very gorgeous Rating:
Reviewed by Gem from England on
19th Oct 2009
Got this phone with Orange. Had it the weekend. was a bit apprehensive
about it but i have to say i'm highly impressed. it's funky and
does everything i want it to do. i've had no problems during calls
or anything as of yet. texting is easy, getting used to the touchscreen
was also fairly straight forward. it'sa lot better than i thought
it was going to be so i'm happy :D defo recommend it tho I might
review it again in a few weeks when i really know what it's like.
Rating:
Reviewed by Amy from england on
18th Oct 2009
This phone is truely amazing, had it for almost 2 weeks on orange
pay monthly, and have had no problems yet, the touh screen is really
responsive, the texting is easy etc. i dont understand how people
can say it is a bad phone. because it is actually probably one of
the best phones made by samsung in a long time. Tocco is good (my
last phone) but you get bored of it after a while, and it isnt the
most responsive of phones. A truely amazing phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Natalie from England on
14th Oct 2009
THIS PHONE IS THE BEST!!!!!! I AM SOOOOOO GLAD I GOT IT ***** Rating:
Reviewed by Abi from england on
14th Oct 2009
THIS PHONE IS TERRIBLE! do not get it, this first one I was sent
was dodgy, when I made or recieved calls the quality was terrible,
muffled and sound kept going loud and quiet. I was sent a total
of 3 replacements and ALL OF THEM had the same problem. I then managed
to get the new tocco ultra as a replacement.. and guess what I had
the exact same problem. Samsung are awful and so are orange for
providing customers with such awful phones! Rating:
Reviewed by Andrew from Romania on
13th Oct 2009
This is the only site where i have seen people complaining about
this phone.Let me tell you something this phone has CAPACITIVE touchscreen(like
the iphone) which is the most responsive one so it can't be laggy.FOr
all the people that say it isn't customizable:first-it has it's
own software and of course there aren't any themes;second-you can
change a lot of things if you have the knowledge ;),like the menu
walppaper the bacakground wallpaper which can be made with special
programs.The camera has excellent quality and also the sound is
very good because the phone has DNSE(Digital Natural Sound Engine)
which makes everything seem much natural.And because the screen
is capacitive of course you can't write messages with your nails. Rating:
Reviewed by LyDiA from England on
11th Oct 2009
I really like this phone! The touch screen can sometimes be unresponsive
which is a bit frustrating. If you have huge fingers, I recommend
you don't get this phone The camera is amazing quality, as is the
internet connection! it is worth paying extra from the tocco lite
it is a lot better the only problem I have had so far is that I
can't delete the provided ringtones on the phone ! they won't delete,
and they take up quite a bit of space D: I recommend you get on
PayG dolphin package, you get free access to ALL internet sites,
and also free texts each month. Good phone ! Rating:
Reviewed by Harry from England on
10th Oct 2009
This phone is great, its everything i need. I have one small problem
though with the games. There is a takebar at the bottom of the games
screen and i cant seem to move or remove it so if any1 could help?
Rating:
Reviewed by SeanR from UK on
7th Oct 2009
seems my last review was deleted? [Editor's reply: We don't delete
reviews unless they fail to comply with our terms (see text immediately
below "Samsung S5600 Consumer Reviews above.] MP3 playback
falls apart (either the bass, middle, or treble disappears) when
I take a call. requiring a reboot of the phone... no real problems
other than that, once you figure out how to stop the phone unlocking
itself ;-) Rating:
Reviewed by Donald Sleightholme from
UK on 2nd Oct 2009
i've had my phone for about a month, it takes good pictures but
i'm not impressed cause the samsung software takes a long time to
install. i'm running a quad core computer and its really slow at
transferring files to and from the phone i would describe it as
a poor mans iphone. lol i might put it on eBay. Rating:
Reviewed by Martin from UK on
29th Sep 2009
A really rubbish phone, so unpredictable. Though to be fair touch
screen phones are all rubbish. Would be far better with a Qwerty
keypad. I just do not like this phone and would not recommend it
to anyone. One good point, good battery life so far. Rating:
Reviewed by SionedGoch from Cymru on
21st Sep 2009
I'm going to get this phone for my next upgrade as if you get it
from Orange you can text in WELSH! The language of my country has
different letters than English and different accents etc so it will
be great to be able to text in Welsh. Rating:
Reviewed by Tim from New Zealand on
17th Sep 2009
I have always had SE but decided on a change. This is a great phone.
Easy to use, great responsive screen and battery life is excellent.Far
more user friendly than LG touch phones. Nice work Samsung.... Rating:
Reviewed by Steve from England on
12th Sep 2009
It looks v.cool but my enthusiasm only lasted until I realised how
limited the functionality is. Can't customise it or the widgets
- as it resets the widget layout every time you reboot.Music player
sound quality is good but it's a step down after coming from a sony
ericsson.There's no option to loop video playback and setting wallpapers
is more tricky than it should be. Sending this one back to vodafone
sadly... Rating:
Reviewed by Steve from England on
10th Sep 2009
Oh dear, what a travesty. A great fan of the Samsung D900 so decided
to get up to date with a touch screen phone (never again!!!). What
a mistake. It has some clever features but is not really any good
at being what is meant to be, a useable phone. Cannot customize
it enough and cannot divert calls to a different phone which I do
on a regular basis to avoid having to carry 2 phones around. It
is not good to handle. I think I will have to sell this thing on
and revert to my trusty D900 which is still one hell of a phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from England on
9th Sep 2009
Works perfectly for me. Signal is better than my old SPV C500 got
and the touchscreen is at exactly the right responsiveness for me.
The only thing I'm slightly annoyed by is the need for a separate
adapter for headphones rather than having a mini-jack port on the
phone itself. Rating:
Reviewed by Lucy from Engalnd on
7th Sep 2009
Not impressed with this phone. Its so slow. Yes I have a 2gb memory
card in it. I have to regulary delete my messages & call log to
speed it up. I haven't even got any music stored on it! I dont like
the fact that the phone locks when you make a call. It covers up
the number. So I can see I'm calling 'Mum' but I can't tell if it's
her mobile or work phone without holding the unlock keypad button.
Also you can't talk on it while doing other things (like looking
in your bag) because it'll slide from the grip of your shoulder
& ear & break into several pieces. Otherwise, yeah its ok. But I'm
selling mine & going back to a Sony!! Rating:
Reviewed by Tasha from UK on
2nd Sep 2009
This phone is awful! I am on my third replacement in so many months
as they have all been faulty. The zoom on the camera doesn't work,
it freezes and drops out on every call I make. The recevier is appauling
at picking up signal even if you alter the settings to receive 2G
only. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone and now I am stuck
with it. Rating:
Reviewed by Claire from UK on
30th Aug 2009
Just wondered if anyone else struggles to text with this phone if
you have acrylic nails? When I'm texting it doesn't work with the
tip of my nail and have to prod it with my finger which takes forever.
I know you can adjust the sensitivity on a Samsung Tocco but can't
seem to find a way to do it on this phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Raz from UK on 29th
Aug 2009
This phone is fantastic, take my word for it. The touch screen is
amazingly responsive and the camera/video isn't too bad either.
The camera is actually better than I expected and it also has great
editing features, the video is average however. I love the way it
feels in my hand, its not bulky but surprisingly compact. But for
the price alone, I would recommend this phone. Rating:
Reviewed by kaz from uk on 23rd
Aug 2009
i love samsung fones but not this 1!! have had this fone for 2 months
now, i hate it! have never got any signal, i can never recieve or
make a fone call as i can't hear anythin!! its rubbish and i don't
recommend orange or this fone Rating:
Reviewed by Larold from UK on
20th Aug 2009
Had this phone 3 days. It's my first touch screen fone and I love
it. To all those asking about camera zoom, it seems it will only
zoom in panorama or camcorder mode when you you have the resolution
set to max 3.2. To zoom in these modes, use the up and down volume
buttons on the side. I also discovered if you lower the resolution
to say 2.0, then the zoom also works in standard picture mode. Don't
know why they can't tell you any of this in the manual. Apart from
that, I can't find GPS anywhwere. I'm on Orange contract and according
to the review on this site and many others, it has GPS with A-GPS
but how do you use it? When I asked the question on the offical
Samsung site, the official reply was that the phone does not have
built in GPS. This is a little disappointing as it is one of the
reasons I bought it, though not a dealbreaker. Overall, very happy
with my new toy! Rating:
Reviewed by Becky Senior from UK on
20th Aug 2009
I got my phone a few days ago. It seems OK on most levels, but I
too am having difficulty with retrieving voicemail. My ear deletes
every message before I've heard it! And having to fiddle with locking/unlocking
the keyboard while listening to a recorded message is a pain in
the backside. This might be because I'm not used to touch screens
though, and in any case you often need a period of adjustment with
a new gizmo. I'll wait and see how it goes. Rating:
Reviewed by Graham from UK on
19th Aug 2009
THIS PHONE DOES NOT HAVE GPS I bought it for this feature and its
not there. Phoned Samsung and Orange who both confirmed no GPS.
I think what's happened is Samsung has sent GPS-enabled test phones
to reviewers and have had a re-think. Check it out for yoursef,
there's no GPS menioned on Orange or Samsung sites. Someone has
made a major cock-up as all review sites state it has it. Texting
is also a nightmare. If you press the delete/backspace key for longer
than 1 second the whole messege you've just typed is deleted. [Editor's
comment: Graham, we are going to look into this, and will report
back when we have found out what's going on with the GPS.] [Editor's
comment: OK, it seems that the final release versions of the S5600
do not have GPS, despite the original spec including this feature.
We're sorry that we (along with most other review and retailer sites)
reported this feature, but it just doesn't seem to have made it
into the final production models. It's probably related to the requirement
for Samsung to produce two different hardware versions for Orange
and Vodafone. We've now updated the review to reflect this. We still
think that it's a brilliant phone anyway!] Rating:
Reviewed by Ren from England on
18th Aug 2009
Completely new to me, not only have i never had a touchscreen, ive
never had anything other than a nokia but i really like this phone!
There are a few things to comment on which are only minor (but may
be of importance to some) -I cant figure out how to zoom on the
camera- the manual says 'once you have made any adjustments' without
tellin you how to do so. -Once you have taken a pic, if you delete
it the screen will automatically bring up a slideshow starting with
most recently taken/rec'd pic. Not a feature im keen on. -The space
button on texts is directly above the T9 button so have inadvertently
turned off prediction when trying to enter a space. -And being used
to nokia where you can hit send on a text and then carry on using
the phone, its a bit of a pain that with this one you have to wait
for it to be sent. Like I say- nothing huge but I like to be honest. Rating:
Reviewed by Tasha from England on
17th Aug 2009
This phone is amazing!! Ive had it for about 3 weeks and have had
no problems with it. The battery life is good even if i listen to
music on it all day, it still lasts ages. Touch screen is so easy
to use. Music on this phone sounds really clear which is good because
i listen to alot of music. Im so pleased with this phone. Before
i had this on i had a nokia and i hated it! Im so glad i have this
phone now. I cant even think about anything which is bad about it!
:) Rating:
Reviewed by Alison from UK on
16th Aug 2009
Well this phone looks great but is possibly the most annoying phone
I have ever used, I upgraded (!) from an LG Viewty and actually
went to an Orange store for an LG Cookie but was persuaded by the
salesman in store that this was a better phone, what a mistake to
listen to him! Texting is terrible, the buttons are too close together
so you end up with random words and it is very slow when you try
to delete them, and it is constantly flicking up suggestions for
the work you are typing in a little box in the text screen which
is reall annoying and distracting. The accelerometer function is
awful, when you try and look at your photos is whizzes through them
fast enough to make you sick. Another small point about photos is
when you try to select one as wallpaper, a little box appears on
the picture and this is all that it will let you use a wallpaper,
so you select a persons head and it comes up HUGE on the screen,
also the wallpaper moves when you touch the screen so the persons
face slides out of view. The most annoying thing is when you make
a call and try and input another number, such as calling Orange
and they ask you to make a selection, well the phone has locked
itself so by the time the unlock works you have missed what they
have asked you to press, then when you put the phone to your ear,
your ear dials random numbers so then you are told "I'm sorry I
did not understand that selection". It took me 5 goes the other
day to retrieve an answer phone message because of this, and the
phone nearly got launched across the room. I took it back to the
shop and they refused to swop it for the Cookie, but they did change
the handset, and told me to leave the ugly plastic cover on the
screen as the screen is too sensitive without it! How can a touch
screen be too sensitive!!?? I will admit this does improve things,
but why oh why didn't I just buy the Cookie in the first place!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Nic from England on
13th Aug 2009
Have had this phone for a couple of weeks now and I have found nothing
wrong with it. Very good looking phone. Very sleek and classy in
black. Very easy to use and lightweight. Camera could be slightly
better but thats not what I have the phone for. This is the first
time i've had a touchscreen and have found it very responsive. Have
not had any trouble with the phone unlocking in my pocket as have
turned off the gesture lock. Would liked to have had not just demo
games on the phone but this is again not a major problem. Great
value for money. Great phone. Am very happy to have it and would
recommend it to all. Rating:
Reviewed by Connie from England on
10th Aug 2009
I LOVE THIS PHONE ive had it for a week but i cant work out how
to zoom in? Rating:
Reviewed by Matt Adams from UK on
10th Aug 2009
I had the same problem with the phone unlocking in my pocket, but
if you turn off the smart/gesture unlock in the phone settings and
just use the button on the side it stops this from happening. Rating:
Reviewed by Clegmeister from england
on 9th Aug 2009
Had this phone for 2 weeks and can't find any faults with it, it
looks good and is easy to use, does everything you need it to, best
phone I've had Rating:
Reviewed by Sam from England on
3rd Aug 2009
I bought this phone about a month ago, so far i think its very good.
Obviously the touch screen feature isnt quite as good as apples
ipod, but it is good enough for what you need in a phone. Instead
of using a qwerty keyboard, they have used the same type of keyboard
as you would use to text on a normal phone, only on the screen.
However with this i have realised because they unlock feature is
on the touch screen, it quite often unlocks itself, and i have quite
often found myself on the internet, (once i was even downloading
a 5 pound game of tetris which i managed to cancel). Fortunatley
i have free internet for the first two months, but it is quite frustrating
as it also changes the ringtone etc. when it is in my pocket. However
alltogether i think that this phone is well worth getting, as it
will be very different to most of your friends phones. Rating:
Reviewed by chris from england on
29th Jul 2009
Love it, love it, love it. This is my 3rd Samsung and it's the best
by far. Have this in Pink, proper girly pink it is too - won't show
scratches as much as black. Was dubious about touch screeen - daughter
told me I would hate it - but after a few practice txts, have the
hang of it. Quality of music player fab too and easy to load onto
it - just come back from abroad and didn't bother taking ipod. Get
it now - you won't be disappointed Rating:
Reviewed by Adam from England on
26th Jul 2009
FANTASTIC PHONE!! got everything you want on it. the looks are great
specially on the back with the black glosssy look like the iphone.
Great sensitive touch screen unlike the lg cookie, i think this
is one of the best samsung touch screens out!! Rating:
Reviewed by Reece from England on
26th Jul 2009
Well, where do I start with this phone... I've had it for just over
one week and I have no bad things to say about it. The battery life
is outstanding a big 5/5 and the touch screen is great, no glitches
or slowness. The camera is a good quaility for a 3.2 mega pixel,
only one thing, not a complaint, I can't find how to zoom, I'm sure
its in the manual somewhere. Texting, it can be a pain at times
but I've just about got used to it. The T9 predictive text is what
I use. The main menu is very clear and bright, easy to use. In the
box you get the Samsung charger and the headphones, not 3.5mm jack,
disapointing. In conclusion I love this phone very much and I rate
it a big 5/5. Great purchase. It's a music buy for the cheaper market
of touch screen phones while beeing one of the best. Hope this review
helps, contact me on michaeljackson161194@yahoo.co.uk if you want
to know anymore about the phone or if you can tell me how to zoom
in. Thanks Reece Rating:
Reviewed by Ev from UK on 15th
Jul 2009
I have it in pink and I love it! Cant fault it in any way. Love
the widgets, so handy and battery life is amazing. I was playing
with my phone for hours and battery hardly moved. Was a bit wary
of touch screen as I thought it would be difficult to text but its
not its just like texting with a normal phone Hghly recommended. Rating:
Reviewed by Soon to be Proud s5600 owner from
United Kingdom on 14th Jul 2009
I had the Lg cookie kp 501 and had to send the phone back. The fone
is perfectly fine EXCEPT it has no flash, no 3g other than that
- all the apps i needed were available via the net But with gsm
speeds and the websites i run this is not going to help me with
connectivity when im away from my dell xps So i wanted to cancel
my orange contract but at £14.68 before vat it was a better choice
to see if they had anymore free fones going that were much better
than the kp501 - so i checked And to my delight the Samsung s5600
- i google it and watched a video review and to my surprise this
fone states it has 3g , hsdpa and led flash - but on the orange
website they dont state that the fone has 3g - im not to sure whether
theirs a preston and whether their is a standard samsung without
the 3g - oh well i will see by wenesday 14-07-2009 And will be doing
my own video review on youtube and will leave comment son this site
Rating:
Reviewed by Yasmin from UK on
30th Jun 2009
I got my phone 2weeks ago and its really easy to use. i really like
the phone. its easy to navigate. the only problem is finding hard
looking for accessories but other than that samsung s5600 is kwl. Rating:
Reviewed by Matt Adams from UK on
22nd Jun 2009
Had it a week now so thought i'd update. Although it seems i'm the
only person that has one. Goood things: The camera remembers the
settings like the G600 didnt. and so far remembers more than 5 words
at a time, which the g600 didnt. Battery life is good. 4 days with
lots of messing about. The widget shortcuts make most things very
simple, and you can customise the main screen for 1 touch access
to texting etc. call quality is good and loud. not so good. It says
it has GPS, but for no purpose that i can see. you dont get orange
maps, or even the option to get it at the moment. The accelerometer
sometimes goes a bit bonkers scrolls thru all the pics whe you turn
the screen. after a week i'm still glad i got it. [Editor's comment:
Matt, you are officially the only person in the UK to have bought
this phone. But it's good to be different!] Rating:
Reviewed by Matt Adams from UK on
15th Jun 2009
Well i got my S5600 this morning and have been having a good play
with it. the touch screen is very easy to use (never used one before)
and responsive so far. texting is easy without a stylus, which is
handy, because you dont get one. There is no QWERTY keyboard that
i can find, maybe there isnt one as its a smaller screen than the
Tocco Lite. Camera works fine. The accelerometer is a bit slow to
respond tho. I've upgraded from a Samsung G600 so most of the menus
will be familiar to a samsung user. The manual is a waste of paper,
like all samsung ones, but its pretty easy to navigate, and the
widgets are quite handy. So far so good. very nice little phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Simon from UK on
5th Jun 2009
I tested out this phone a few weeks ago along with the i8910 HD.
I probably find myself a bit biased to Samsungs, having being a
loyal customer ever since I got my first D900 three years ago, but
I am quite a fan of this phone. At first I thought there wasn't
much difference between the Preston and the Tocco Lite, but the
Preston is more feature heavy and is a 3g phone, rather than the
Tocco Lite 2.5g. The screen is smaller, but the general look of
the phone is more curved and sexier than the Lite. The camera is
pretty much the same, 3.2 megapixels, and there is a 7.2Mbps HSDPA
connectivity available for fast downloads. The 80mb internal memory
isn't anything to sniff at, and its expandable up to 8gb with a
micro SD card. It also comes in three available colours: Black,
pink and white, which the Tocco Lite lacks. The only killer might
be the price. It's not exactly a budget phone, which the Tocco Lite
is being marketed as. A quick check shows the Preston is about on
average £60 more expensive if bought on a pay-as-you-go. I would
personally say the extra price is worth it. I also have to agree
with the editor. Why the "Preston", of all the names they could
choose? Even the Tocco Lite was dubbed the "Star" which sounds so
much better. Rating:
