The
X600 includes most of the features that you would expect from the
current Samsung generation: VGA camera, 65,000 colour screen, polyphonic
ringtones, Java games and multimedia messaging. What's different
about the X600 is its shape: a straight design, not a flip or slide
opening design. Presumably Samsung aims to appeal to as wide a market
as possible, but it has to be said that the external aerial looks
rather old-fashioned in this style of phone. However, it's a super-lightweight
phone and that does make up for the ugly aerial. The phone also
benefits from a camera flash, making it possible to take photos
after dark.
Problems
with this phone are the lack of a data cable for transferring photos
to a PC, plus the small size of the display. There are also reliability
problems with this phone, which is unusual for a Samsung - the main
problem seems to be random freezing or shutting down of the phone.
This phone cannot be recommended.
The
main features of the Samsung X600 are:
65,000 UFB display (128 x 128 pixels)
VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) with digital zoom,
photo effects, multishot function (up to 15 pics) and flashlight
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Average
rating from 100 reviews:
Reviewed by Rahul singhania from India
on 6th Oct 2005
I had been using this phone since last 8 months but it is giving
problems from last 1 months very much. Rating:
Reviewed by akin from nigeria on
16th Sep 2005
the phone is a terrible let down. being a fan of samsung products
for ages am terribly disappointed. am seriously considering not
ever buying a samsung phone ever again- i mean the way the phone
shuts down is terrifying!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Anton Turk from Croatia
on 15th Sep 2005
Don't by it. After 6 month it just starts to freeze. Awful phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Archie from Scotland on
13th Sep 2005
It was bad! Rating:
Reviewed by kps bisht from india on
12th Sep 2005
it is the worst mobile phone i hav ever used .. Also customer support
of samsung is tooo poor . They asked me to pay for reapiring while
it was in warranty period , & they asked for the amount which is
neat to cost of tat phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Reinhel angelo from phillipines
on 11th Sep 2005
it is so annoying as in duh?!? when my dad borrows my fone and contact
sum1 it resets and it already took out my patience yes its very
cool but if it took time like 4-5 months it will hang up or it will
reset here in the phil it costs 14,000 pesos ipt reasonabele ayt?
because of its features rotating cam, flash/torch voice recorder
and everythng now i have it and its so awful Rating:
Reviewed by Joy Anne Esguerra from Philippines
on 7th Sep 2005
I first thought that this phone is excellent... with its rotating
camera, flash, great screen display and nice audio... i thought
i had the best phone! But errrrrr... my goodness... in just 6 months,
the camera broke (it says "preview error"), the battery gets very,
very warm... (maybe it has a fever or somethin') it freezes very
frequently! The worst phone i've ever had! It is really just a waste
of money! RUBBISH! Now it lays useless in my drawer! GRRR! Rating:
Reviewed by Ryan from UK on 6th
Sep 2005
I had this phone not too long ago and loved the quality and zooming
capabilities of it along with the amazingly bright flashlight that
was no match for the sony ericsson k700i. But, the external aerial
is ugly and uncool, getting in the way all the time and causing
the phone to keep shutting down when you use it, so all in all if
you are anything like me you will like this phone for a couple of
months if you do not want much from one until you get so annoyed
with it you will put it on a concrete floor and mash it until it
is no more! (buy the samsung e350 or d500!!!!) Rating:
Reviewed by matthew from england on
1st Sep 2005
this phone is awful my coisin swapped a e700 hundred for it!!!(big
mistake)cuz the camera wasnt working very well on the e700 i have
said nothing to him yet but when he reads this he'll realise hes
made the biggest mistake in his mobile fone history!!! by matthew
steane!!! Rating:
Reviewed by AMLagonda from Australia
on 29th Aug 2005
It’s a shame, I had this phone for 10 months (even wrote a
great review here) now it lays dead, unusable, even though I’ve
kept it in like new condition. It seems that every time it uses
the aerial, the power it draws shuts it down and the phone resets
over and over till you remove the battery, must have very weak circuitry.
So every time somebody calls, I make a call or message it just resets
itself. It is still my favorite phone as now I have a second hand
Nokia 6610i (cant afford a SE K750) and there’s just no comparison
the X600 is faster and better in every way I even have a Motorola
E365 which just doesn’t feel right cause the software is not
user friendly compared to the x600. I even got the Data cable for
it and it really does take excellent photos for a cheap phone, it’s
a pity I couldn’t add games to it as the built in ones were
very bad. Oh well may the Samsung X600 R.I.P. as you’ll find
that this particular phone is not even on Samsungs web site any
more, looks like they have written it off as well. Rating:
Reviewed by Ishtiaq from Pakistan on
27th Aug 2005
This is the best phone if i compare it with other phones the same
era.Its cam is nice rotating and multishot facility also zoom is
good.Voice recoring lovely.As a whole nice and good looking phone.
Rating:
Reviewed by nicole from Australia on
14th Aug 2005
This is a great phone. Hasnt froze once. Camera is still in great
cond and its been a whole year. No probs yet. I cant seem to find
then many places tho. Great colour screen and a huge 10 MG in memory!!
so much for such a lil fone!, i can fit like 130 fotos on it before
its full. Data cable works perfectly, very easy to use and ultra
fast transfering. I can even make my own walpapers with image editor
etc its so cool. Great ringtones aswell. If u need to get a data
cable, get EASY STUDIO!!! it works fine.shame it doesnt have a radio
but o well and u cant use the vioce recorder and put it as ur ringtones
but it doesnt matter. Still great and reliable for me anyway! Rating:
Reviewed by Sam from England on
9th Aug 2005
I bough this phone off a friend since they recently bought a new
phone, i can now see why. the samsung x600 has a very good camera,
its very stylish and very easy to use, HOWEVER, it breaks down frequently
when recieving calls, texts can take 5-6 hours to get to teh phone,
the internet is terrible, and in order to get the whole thing working
after freezing, u have to take the battery out, do not buy this
phone from anywhere, not even if its cheap Rating:
Reviewed by Gaz from GB on 3rd
Aug 2005
this is an ok fone. i had mine 4 about 8 months an then it got robbed
so sum1 must of liked it. i was impressed with it wen i got it.
it only cost 110 pds and it had a camera which was good in august
2004. the bad thing about the fone tho is that white dots appeared
on the screen afta bout 5 months, they looked like a smudge but
it was on the inside and this affected the picture quality wen u
took a picture. another bad thing was tha it didnt have bluetooth
or infared and the internet was rubbish. it was a good fone last
year and the rotatin camera looked really good but i wouldnt reccomend
it 2 any1 now cos fones wit blutooth and video cameras r the best
an ya cud get the 4 bout 120 pds wereas the x600 will still cost
100. Rating:
Reviewed by Leeyadabest from UK on
25th Jul 2005
This phone is the worst phone ever it breaksdown which is really
annoying no one should get this phone i reapeat t is the worst phone
ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Rating:
Reviewed by Rahul from India on
17th Jul 2005
Well I always used to wonder why people used to say negative things
about this phone, now I know, after using it for 1 year the camera
has gone dead, and the funnist part is that Samsung serice center
is charging Rs 2500 for the camera change while a brand new phone
costs Rs 6500, rally funny, now I have a phone without camera and
no third party softwares that can keep u preoccupied (without the
camera) like a Nokia series 60, overall a good phone, but you will
get very bored of it within months!! Rating:
Reviewed by James from NA on
11th Jul 2005
ive got a question. How many people have taken their X600 in for
repairs- trust me ALL of you will and they found liquid damage on
the camera connector ?? I feel since the camera is not sealed off
from the external enviroment general corrosion will occur due to
tempreature fluctuations. No my warranty is void cause of a manufacturing
flaw?? Rating:
Reviewed by Freddie from Scotland, UK
on 10th Jul 2005
A nice phone by Samsung, i've had my model for about a year now.
The good points are the camera, you don't get many camera phones
with a camera as good as that for about £150. Good storage and games
etc. Bad points are arial at the top, the ability to not be able
to download games. I would recomend this phone to anybody it's excellent
and I will keep on using it, I was jelous of my freind when he got
his Nokia 3200 which I like a lot and was planning to buy but this
phone changed my mind! Rating:
Reviewed by Simone from Wales on
4th Jul 2005
Hi i've had my phone for just over a year now and i have never had
any problems with it. it is the best phone i have had to date. if
your looking for a phone with just a camera because it hasn't got
video etc i'd suggest u get this one because the camera is superb
for a phone. i paid £180 for mine over a year ago but i dont regret
it! Its so durable and reliable, for starters my daugher has thrown
it in a hot bath, its been in a boiling hot cup of tea! over night
on a towel on a radiator and it was working fine both times! i wouldnt
recommend it throwing it in a bath however!!lol. u can pick these
up so cheap on ebay now 2. the only bad point id say is that i haven't
got a cable for tranfering pictures but apparenly u can buy them
for a fiver on ebay. I'm upgrading to a Samsung E530 tomorrow because
its time for a change lets hope Samsung have done just as good a
job with that one! Well Done Samsung!! Rating:
Reviewed by Saad from Pakistan on
3rd Jul 2005
this phone is very good, but I hv no information abt. the software
which transferes the fotos from phone to computer, plz if any one
knows give me ths information to " energicsaad@yahoo.co.in ", or
send me software to this address, plz plz, I shall be very gr8 ful
to him. Rating:
Reviewed by amit purohit from india
on 28th Jun 2005
handset is good if you are not using as a phone , I am saying that
battery consumption is high , antenna efficiency is not so good
, you will often see network rejected etc. It's anteena needs a
lot of attention . Rating:
Reviewed by UMAIR from INDIA on
26th Jun 2005
VERY BAD MOBILE PHONE VERY BAD PIXLE THIS MOBILE PHONE IS GARBADGE.... Rating:
Reviewed by chydee from Nigeria on
25th Jun 2005
The pone is okay. it has all that is needed in a pone. Rating:
Reviewed by Faizan ahmed from Pakistan
on 19th Jun 2005
This phone has very very outstanding performance,but now it hanged
up frequently at least three time in a week. I went for repair of
it, but concerned experts are asked that it is not repairable. any
person plz inform me any solution at this email address: faizanahmad12@hotmail.com Rating:
Reviewed by Mukhtiar Ali from Pakistan
on 19th Jun 2005
This phone had outstanding performance from one year, after this
the said phone samsung x600 hanging frequently, I repaired it four
time, but in vain and autorized warranty delear asked that this
fault of hanging is irrepairable. Now this Samsungx600 is lying
idle. Rating:
Reviewed by Helly from England on
6th Jun 2005
i LOVE this phone. the camara is wicked, the amount of space is
awsome, totally loving the tones and games, good battery life. what
more could you ask for? it said that it didnt have a data cable
at the top of the page. i found one for mine and it works like a
dream, its really quick once u get it started. took a little while
to settle down, but thats on my part from changing from a nokia
3310 to my very sexy samsung. never had any trouble with it appart
from its in repair at the moment because it had whisky spilt into
the camara, but even then it was only the camara that messed up,
rest of the phone still worked perfectly. i highly rate this phone,
its very very VERY sexy, it looks really cool compaired to other
more common phones - a real head turner. go buy one now!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Milica from Serbia and Montenegro
on 6th Jun 2005
The phone is OK,because of camera,which can rotate!I transfer my
pictures to PC trought IrDa and I have no problems!The pics are
great,like they are shoted with a real photo!I transfer pics with
Easy studio PIMS and File Manager!The bad side of phone is that
there is no video record,when I record some voice I can't put it
like my ringtone,there is no handsfree,when I mute it,the sound
when call is ended can't turn off!I have absolutely no problems
with freezing and stuff you are talking about!Design is cool,but
the color of the mask is bad!No proplem with Internet!Resolution
is OK!Vibration is loud!However the phone is OK,and I recommend
it for younger people!I am 15 years old and I am happy with the
phone!Price is great for this quality...and so.Buy the phoneeee!!!
:) Rating:
Reviewed by AMLagonda from Australia
on 4th Jun 2005
I have not had any of these problem the others speak of, I mean
what do they do, drop it all the time and expect it to work? The
Camera is very good and CAN take close up shots very clearly, Its
a camera, on a Mobile phone, do you expect it to be fantatic, its
better than the Nokia of the same period. Down side was that it
didnt come with data cable, I got one of Ebay so all is good but
I cant seem to change the games (no options to do so), but at least
I can down load the pics. The phone is very good quality FOR the
price and I like it better than my old Nokia 3315 and battery life
is very good. SMS to me is no problem what so ever once you learn
to use the phone :P Rating:
Reviewed by jimmy from afghanistan on
22nd May 2005
the x600 is a aewsome phone i regret selling mine for the sony ericsson
z1010 althought the z1010 is still good the samsung x600 had a very
good camera and flash along with zoom it also has bluetooth and
other features its well worth the money and very cheap get one while
you can !!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by jack from UK on 20th
May 2005
this stupid phone is a big fraud from the samsung...its just a piece
of junk..dont go for it!! it's images are not transferable to the
PC and the infrared never works!! its freezing after 2-3 months
of purchase..the image quality is also not good..the dumb stick
gives it an old and stupid look! and the java games in it are very
stuipd! go for sony ericsson or nokia instead..in 5 words i'll say
that this phone is a "STUPID PHONE FOR STUPID PEOPLE!" Rating:
Reviewed by Stacey from England on
19th May 2005
my gran brought me this for ma 15th b-day and it sux i mean hav
u seen da size of da ariel da camra quality sux aswell HI H8 IT Rating:
Reviewed by Avinash Mishra from India
on 19th May 2005
I am very upset after purchasing the set. Images are not transferable
to PC. Infrared is not properly working and only Addresse book is
transferable. Another problem is voice recorded through set can't
be converted to ring tone and set is hanged frequently. Battery
backup is also poor. It is the worst model, which I have seen. I
have never recommended the set to any one. Rating:
Reviewed by Vasilen Yordanov from Bulgaria
on 15th May 2005
Okay, I bought this phone a year ago and I loved it cause of the
camera and the vivid display but...afterwards it turned out it wasn't
that good, or at least mine is very dim. I persuaded a friend of
mine to get one too, and the thing is that now they crash during
calls, or I just end up without a phone cause it won't turn on and
loses network. I don't get my SMS immediately but after like 6 hours
or so :( Another drawback is the DRM, which doesn't allow you to
send any content you've downloaded via WAP and the lack of photo
ID. Overall, like already said, it woulda been great if it just
worked...But since it doesn't here in Bulgaria you can get a SE
K500i for the same amount of money, less than $150 and it would
be a better choice Rating:
Reviewed by Pete from England on
9th May 2005
This phone has given me no end of grief.. It is constantly crashing
and I've received several new phones that all do the same. If it
worked, it would be a cool phone but it doesn't, so I've given it
one star. Rating:
Reviewed by Gotty from England on
6th May 2005
it is a really great phone and really easy to use.the camera is
a bit rubbish sometimes but the phone is worth it!! Rating:
Reviewed by Kathryn Groves from England
on 2nd May 2005
I bought this phone in May 2004, and it worked really well to start
off with, did everything I needed, and if anybody would have asked
i would have recommended it to buy, and the camera was really good
too. However it was only in August when I started to experience
problems. First the camera stopped working altogether. I took it
back to the shop and they repaired it. At the moment in time the
camera is broken again: says "preview error" even when I turn it
on! Half way through a call it will just cut off, stating "call
failed" even when I have full signal. SMS's will only send when
they feel like it. I am on the same network as another member of
my house and they have no trouble, however my boyfriend has a samsung
phone and he is experiencing the same troubles, so maybe it's samsung
altogether. getting a new phone on saturday, and it wont be a samsung! Rating:
Reviewed by Bec from Australia on
30th Apr 2005
This is the coolest phone ever. It looks fantastic. You'll be the
hippest kid in school when you go to take a photo and you turn the
camera around. It's so good because the lense stays inside the phone
while not in use so it won't get wrecked. I love it. Hi Kate and
Jane!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Hillary from Kenya on
13th Apr 2005
I;ve had dis fone 4 months now.It has ggod featrues, cammera,WAP
etc but ts a fone full of troubles. My ringer just went dead two
weeks ago. Replaced it at samsung dealerbut still doesnt function
well.Vibrator is Ok. Poor quality, reliability but nice looks and
features.Not recommended. Rating:
Reviewed by Samantha from England on
10th Apr 2005
i have had this fone for a while, and got it when i first came out.
i have had to send the phone back 4times because after about 6months
of having it, the phones decideds to freeze and reset itself. it
sometimes wont turn off my the button u press, you have to take
the battery off instead. this was my first camera phone and thought
it was good, untill it started restetting itself!! so if you want
a realiable phone that dosnt turnm off then don't go for the samsung
x600. im now having the phone replaced with another one and mines
been back too O2 4times Rating:
Reviewed by Sara from UK on 7th
Apr 2005
The phones not rubbish but its not great it came out a while ago
n i know a couple of people who bought it refurbished i checked
it out n i fink da camera is wicked cuz it flicks so u can take
easy pics of urself but the samsung e600 is pretty brill at doin
that and its a flip phone u dont even have to unflip it to take
a pic just a button n the picture coems up on the external screen...
Rating:
Reviewed by Firoz from India on
3rd Apr 2005
Samsung X-600 is a nice phone in matter of quality and ease of use.
Its camera is best in its class. It has many drawbacks too like
no video recording, fm radio or mp3 player. I am having it for last
8 months and i am happy with its performance. Its battery standby
is ok and it lasts for 4 days maximum. If anyone wants to buy a
phone for camera only then go for X-600 otherwise i would never
suggest anyone for this phone. If anyone wants to know more about
this phone then e-mail me at firozmohd@gawab.com Rating:
Reviewed by walid from algeria on
2nd Apr 2005
hello ; i have a big problm in my samsung x600 , this samsung is
by o2 ; he restart lot off thank u Mr Rating:
Reviewed by faizan ali from pakistan
on 1st Apr 2005
its the worst phone of all the samsung products.its a total waste
of money...its camera sucks and after 1 month its software starts
to give u problems........just simply ont even think to buy this
set... Rating:
Reviewed by pat from australia on
1st Apr 2005
Really good phone, good camera, easy to use, but after 6 months
of use it randomly freezes and wont turn on for 10 minutes or so.
good phone but unreliable Rating:
Reviewed by Wes from England on
27th Mar 2005
at first this phone is really good.you can easily find your way
round and the functions are really good.but after a couple of months
the phone juss switches itself of and freeze when sendin a txt and
it gets really annoying.u then spend ages tryin to turn it back
on and when you do it juss freezes agen.overall it is a good phone
but be prepare it can be unreliable. Rating:
Reviewed by Prakash from India on
26th Mar 2005
I have a very strange problem with this particular handset. Ever
since i've got this phone i've been charged a lot of money for downloading
stuff from my service providers site! I've complained many many
times but everytime my wap provider has proof for the downloads
taking place. My provider has informed me that maybe my browser
is faulty and its making connections on its own!!! I'm not sure
where excatly the fault is but the bottom line i've had to pay money
for using this handset.... Rating:
Reviewed by GIzzMO from UK on
14th Mar 2005
just as a note regarding another review, to record sounds you go
to... Messages > Multimedia Messages > New Message > Sound > Record
New Rating:
Reviewed by kimberley hayden from england
on 7th Mar 2005
Before buying this phone in april 2004 i thought it would be so
good and when i first got it it was outstanding in quality however
a couple of months later the camera was borken and everytime i tried
to take a picture it wouldnt let me and the picture would go green
and blury and i had no idea why, as it was on guarentee i thought
i would take it back to the shop so it could be repaired they said
they were sorry for the inconveineince and that they would fix it.
2 weeks later they fixed it and it worked good for the next couple
of weeks or maybe a month but after that my phone would randomly
truen itself of or restart itself or reset r the settings and sometimes
if someone rang me my ringtone would play all wrong and go relly
high and wierd, so i went back to th o2 shop and they fixed my fone
the day after i got it back it was broken even more, so i took it
back andthey tried to fix it but they couldnt so they gave me a
knew phone but the same model, however this one still re sets the
settings on its own and sometimes half of the screen will just go
off and do strange wierd things. So overall i think its a gisgrace
to the Samsung name and i dont recommend it to anyone so if you
are looking for a knew phone look elsewhere then the samsung x600!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by vinay from tanzania on
3rd Mar 2005
my phone is good but i want download pictures and ring tones to
my phone using computer. can some tell me how to do that Rating:
Reviewed by Ajmal from Pakistan on
3rd Mar 2005
The set is very good, nice tones, nice signals and camera, but slight
disappointment with transferring pics to PC. Could someone tell
me whether PC cable does work????? and could someone email me a
pic taken by X600??? ajmal@cuonline.net.pk Rating:
Reviewed by Joe from England on
28th Feb 2005
Keeps turning itself off and freezing which is pretty rubbish. I
took it back once and got a replacement and now its doing it again
2 months later. Don't buy it. Rating:
Reviewed by Chloe from UK on
13th Feb 2005
I had this phone for 4 weeks and until then it worked fine i loved
it but then it kept knocking itself off and freezing on me. This
isn't good as i need my phone allot. I had it sent off and they
replaced most of the parts in the phone and so far its working fine
again. But this has happened to a number of people and so isn't
very reliable!!! Rating:
Reviewed by sara from uk on 12th
Feb 2005
my phone as nva turnd off its alwayz bin chargd n it wrkz great
- i dont fink u luk afta ure fones veyr well bcuz this phone is
fantastic, it has evry cool feature needed and altho the look is
a bit old, it has grea features and i love it, all my matez r jelus Rating:
Reviewed by Dodoli from Georgia on
5th Feb 2005
I like this mobile it takes good photos but has low voice but it
isn't very important for me because I am young girl and I hear everything
well. Rating:
Reviewed by ADRIAN from ROAMNIA on
4th Feb 2005
Specifications: the camera VGA is very good ,the sounds very low.My
problem is the mechanism, It constantly turned itself off, not a
handy thing when you cant ring people or send texts, shame :((( Rating:
Reviewed by Rehan Khan from Pakistan
on 2nd Feb 2005
ncie phone, its very light hand set. Rating:
Reviewed by deepak soni from india on
30th Jan 2005
samsungx600 is a good phone but ring tones is very slow and camera
is also good Rating:
Reviewed by Rehan from Pakistan on
29th Jan 2005
nice phone Rating:
Reviewed by Ant from UK on 28th
Jan 2005
At first i loved this little stylish phone. I got it when it first
came out and it was my first camera phone. However only 5 months
into my ownership i found a problem with it. It constantly turned
itself off, not a handy thing when you cant ring people or send
texts. It got worse so i decided to get it fixed as it was still
under the warranty. 2 months later and it does the same thing again.
I have heard off loads of people that they have the same problem.
SO although the phone looks good, i really would waste my money
on it, its not worth it if it is going to keep on going off every
2 minutes. Rating:
Reviewed by seandaman from gb on
14th Jan 2005
hello ,my freind got this fone for christmas and was tricked in
to thinking it was one of the best digital cameras around well i
have taken a few picks and it is terrible it is absoulutely terrrible Rating:
Reviewed by chris from england on
13th Jan 2005
I dont have this phone but my freind sophie does. I think that rotatable
camera is great. this phone has style and lightweight appearence.
The screen is clear and exeptable £99.94 is just right 4 this
phone!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by djminutka from lithuania
on 11th Jan 2005
nice phone nice poly nice camera:)but where is samsung x600 codes? Rating:
Reviewed by ABUZAR from PAKISTN on
20th Dec 2004
X 600 IS A GOOD PHONE AND TAKE GOOD PHOTOS BUT IT SHOULD HAVE A
LONG BETTERY TIME THAT IS ITS MAIN CAUSE IN PAKISTAN PEOPLE LIKE
1100NOKIA BECAUSE ITS BETTERY TIME IS LONG PHONE IS JUST LIKE THE
SAMSUNG X100 Rating:
Reviewed by A.F.M.Anshath from Sri Lanka
on 16th Dec 2004
nice camera,nice display,nice phone, nice pack of memory... Rating:
Reviewed by shahzaib from pakistan on
11th Dec 2004
although the fone is gud and has good features as well but its cam
is so poor that what can i say it has given up with in 2 or three
weeks and now is not functioning is there any solution of this prob. Rating:
Reviewed by Jovan Cekic from Serbia
and Montenegro on 9th Dec 2004
nice camera,nice display,nice pack of memory...good day. Rating:
Reviewed by Dennis from INDIA on
9th Dec 2004
You either like this phone or hate it. I like it and think it is
a Good value for the money you pay. The 640X480 pixel images captured
on the phone are of good quality, mine even beats the high-end nokia's
on quality. The colour display of 65K is absolutely superb and the
display is good for even bright lights. Navigation through menu
is good. The phone to PC connectivity is a breeze through the infrared
using Samsungs Easy Studio software. I even got a pc cable, but
prefer the infrared for connectivity and transfer on the fly. The
battery backup and reception quality is excellent. MMS, SMS are
good and typing is a breeze. Polyphonic ring tones absolutely ROCK!
Ensure you get good quality ring tones... Straight design, not a
flip or slide opening design. Its USP of Camera flash is good for
those really close shots, or be innovative and use it as a torch...
quite powerful at that... and very handy. Huge Memory Bank - 9MB
is big time for a phone in this category, I get around 150 ring
tones in it, 100 or 50 (HIGH res.) pictures and much much more I
am not a nokia buff having had some bad experiences with a few handsets
before and my alternative in Samsung works for me well as like I
had already mentioned, they give good value for the money you pay,
especially when I keep changing my handsets every year or so. But
I guess, I will hold onto this x600 for awhile as it has got features
that will hold good for more than a year. There are drawbacks in
the x600, every phone does, just that in my case the postives outweighed
the negatives. The drawbacks are most visibly the external antenna!!!
How I wish, I could get rid of it. And the software is not very
user friendly, but I have learnt to get over this soon enough. No
Bluetooth, but I don't have one in my laptop anyway, so it was OK.
Java games, which will bore you sooner. Download away and have fun.
You can also download games of the pc cable, just google to find
out how. The standard toolsets in the phone are very useful, if
you use it. I don't usually write reviews and a long one at that,
but I see a lot of people complain about this phone because they
buy it for the wrong reasons and don't read the manuals or configure
it properly, The phone is as good as the person using it and I think
my phone x600 is excellent. Rating:
Reviewed by Dave from UK on 6th
Dec 2004
the only reason why i got this fone is the cheap price thinking
the features sound good..... wrong! this fone is rubbish...ringtones=RUBBISH!!!
the shape of the fone is AWFUL!! and it has a big thing sticking
out the top of it!!! looks OUT OF DATE!!! i wouldnt advise you to
get this fone....go and buy a nokia or sony ericsson!! just not
this SAMSUNG X600!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Jyri Lehtonen from Finland
on 6th Dec 2004
I have had my x600 since summer and it is good. The best feature
is the camera comparred to the phones price. Ringtones are good
it depends where do you get them. But the game for the phone are
bad and awful. And the fact that you can't turn off the sound what
the phone makes when taking a picture is bad. But amout of dressing
that you can do with the pictures are amazing. good phone :D Rating:
Reviewed by lukas from poland on
11th Nov 2004 Rating:
Reviewed by omid doodool from iran on
28th Oct 2004
x_600 is a very good phone ,its photo quality is very good Rating:
Reviewed by hadi koochaki from iran
on 28th Oct 2004
THE SAMSUNG X_600 IS A REALLY PROFETIONAL CAMERA FOR CAPTURING,THE
PICTURE QUALITY IS VERY FINE, THANKS FOR SAMSUNG. Rating:
Reviewed by hadi from iran on
27th Oct 2004
the samsung x600 is a really good phone,i am very glad to bye this
phone,because x_600 really is a profetional camera, picture quallity
on the screen is very good and better than the other phone, it's
ring tone is cheerful and very nice, soo x_600 is a very complet
phone , and i say to the samsung grope:CONGRAGLATION Rating:
Reviewed by Rhandi Doggi from Pakistan
on 17th Oct 2004
Am wishing me never bort this fone. Their ringtones are reminding
me of your mr chips off catchphrase in your cuntry. Rating:
Reviewed by Saad from PK on 16th
Oct 2004
Its a good and lightweight cell phone but its camera is its only
bad part. Camera quality is good when viewed from the phone but
when the pictures are transferred to the PC through the data cable,
the image quality decreases. After three months of buying, its camera
has given up. The resolution has decreased very much. Like the quality
of a 4096 colours display phone. Not recommended due to the camera
problem. Rating:
Reviewed by Alan from Scotland on
15th Oct 2004
This phone gives a good first impression and its so light you can
hardly feel it on the palm of your hand. The camera is excellant
aswell even for the size of screen the phone has, The volume control
is really good to compared to some phones like the NEC e616. Theres
lots you can do with this phone though I think the manual could
have been made a bit easier to understand. Im sure you can record
sounds on it but I hae forgot how and the manual doesn't mention
it. Ignoring that I still rate the phone with 5 stars Rating:
Reviewed by JENNY! from ENGLAND! on
10th Oct 2004
This is THE BEST phone i've ever seen. I got it for my b day and
I can't put it down!!! it has everything i need camera, video, stores
over 200 messages, stores like thousands of numbers, the caller's
picture comes on the front of the phone when they call u! don't
listen to people who say its bad its amazing quality everything
about this phone is amazing DO NOT HESITATE! BUY THIS PHONE sorry
i am passionate about this issue.... one word : wow Rating:
Reviewed by Gem from Pk on 10th
Oct 2004
Samsung X600 is a charm lookin set cam iz really good, the flash
light makes it really unique 4m all otherz but due to some problems
it is considered as good not xcellent these problems are minute
but not ignorable. Rating:
Reviewed by harpreet from india on
3rd Oct 2004
this phone is sucking too much bad expirience in camara very low
resolution ringtone is very slow even cats mew is higher than that.advise
u to sell your phone even at the lower prise. Rating:
Reviewed by onick from romania on
30th Sep 2004
i just buyed an x600 and my camera is not working. i can see some
lines on the display and thats all. after that it freezes. do you
have a clue what could be wrong? Rating:
Reviewed by Bart from Germany on
29th Sep 2004
this phone is quite good & and the cam is excellent... but... the
easystudio software sucks! and the datacable doesn't work. i would
like to watch my photos on my notebook, but IR doesn't works too...
the only possibilty is sending the photo via MMS to your eMailAdd.
thanks to samsung!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Daniel Jang from Korea on
25th Sep 2004
this fone has practically every feature any other fone has! And
the camera is brilliant! only one bad point: The design sux! what
the hell was samsung thinking of? if a flip fone was created with
the same features of X600, then that would be brilliant1 Rating:
Reviewed by Rahul from India on
24th Sep 2004
THE BEST PHONE THAT YOU WILL GET FOR YOUR MONEY, PERIOD. Rating:
Reviewed by Amir from pakistan on
4th Sep 2004
Can anyplease send me a picture taken by samsung X-600 because i
don't have the cable and software. E-mail it at ghazan@yours.com Rating:
Reviewed by traci from uk on
4th Sep 2004
da fone is so gd da revolvin camera is so exciting nd da pic quality
is amazing da ringtones r great especially ring de euro it can get
a bit boring but thats samsungs fault!!!on the hole a good fone!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by arsi from PAKISTAN on
26th Aug 2004
well i bought this phone n truelu speaking as i m a samsung man
... after r22o i loved x 600... the resason i m giving 4 stars is
the software n the features in samsung sucks.. can any one tel me
y samsung cant add some features to it...i used x 600 only for a
month .. i was feeling bore using it..n u no. wat..i lost it. well
i m going for hot T630 inshallah Rating:
Reviewed by Cieran from England on
26th Aug 2004
My friend has this phone, I think it works great but in my view
the look of it is boring. Rating:
Reviewed by Tadz from Lithuania on
15th Aug 2004
cool phone. i had a samsung x100 and now i own a x600 and i am really
axcited about having it. only one question: can anyone send me a
pict taken by this mobile's camera??? because i dont have a data
cable and can't see the real quality of the pics. if it possible
send it to TDSas@freemail.lt Rating:
Reviewed by saad hayat from pakistan
on 15th Aug 2004
hi i used the samsung x100& x600 its graphics is outstanding but
with a problem in phone "limited sevice" it is in all samsung mobile Rating:
Reviewed by saad hayat from pakistan
on 15th Aug 2004
its color are very exelent .but it have some problem it give the
messege when the signal 2 0r 3 "limited service" Rating:
Reviewed by Raja gopal from India on
12th Aug 2004
first of all i have to say that , its not at all a phone , it is
a digital cam , the quality of the pic is very nice and the quality
remains fine even at night , i brought this phone replacing t610
, i had gr8 relief from sony 610 , its very slow one when compared
to x600 . i would be happy if samsung provides Data cable + software
( hardly i spent more than a month to get Data cable) Rating:
Reviewed by Mohit Guleria from India
on 12th Aug 2004
Hello Friends, I wanted a GPRS phone with value for money which
Samsung X600 gave me. It has the maximum 9MB memory, 65K colours
with 128 x 128 TFT, a camera with 640 x 480 resolution & LED torch,
GPRS Class 10, IrDA and Cable connectivity, Good reception and good
battery backup. But the bigest problem is its not Nokia, Unlike
Nokia its not sturdy enough that it will be able to manage a 5 feet
fall, has a external antenna and the most annoying is that the INRARED
DOESN'T WORK. I tried using BAFO-120 IrDA and with a inbuilt IrDA
of a Laptop but of no use, Both of them were able detect Nokia 6610
easily. SAMSUNG X600's INFRARED ONLY RECEIVES BISNESS CARDS FROM
NOKIA PHONES. It doesn't accompany a Cable and CD so you have spend
approx $15 extra on it and download a massive 60MB Samsung EasyStudio
for using GPRS and transffering images on PC. EasyGPRS isn't compatible
with X600. You have to use EasyStudio Internet Access to access
Internet thru it, Uninstall / Remove / Disable any previous modem
you have and install Samsung GPRS modem. If still unable to connect
try dialing alternate numbers (*9***91# etc) provided by your Service
provider. Do provide default Gateway, Port, Bearer (GPRS only) and
APN. I bought a Chineese made USB cable and its working fine after
my 1 week long research on X600. The Samsung Service Centres here
in Chandigarh (India) were not able to provide me any help. They
say IrDA works but it doesn't. They say they have its cable but
when you visit them again and again, its not arrived yet. I don't
know when proffessionalism is going to come in India. My BAFO-120
IrDA is lying useless due to the wrong feedback given by Samsung
before I bough X600. Today I realise what makes a Nokia, a Nokia.
I regret not buying Nokia 6610i or Nokia 6220 which has EDGE. Hope
this will help some readers. Thanking you With Warm Regards MOHIT
GULERIA Rating:
Reviewed by Aasim jabbar from Pakistan
on 11th Aug 2004
its an impressingly good looking phone. it has a built in 180 degree
rotating camera with a new flash feature which a rare mobiles have!i
m really enjoying my x600 Rating:
Reviewed by Arni from Iceland on
7th Aug 2004
This is a cool phone and has good looks. It does not support Icelandic
letters to be found in phones from Nokia and Motorola. The sound
quality is not as good as in my older Motorola Timeport. There was
no english manual supplied with the phone (!!). The phone's most
weakness is in writing SMS. If I accidentially press the hang off
button while writing (which happens often because the buttons are
so small) the I lose everything I had just written and need to start
again. The default writing mode is dictionary mode (T9) and it seems
not possible to change the default mode so I have to change to ABC
mode every time I write a new SMS. If I try to send photos then
there occurs an error "Cannot add more: 80KB" and I need to restart
the phone to get back. What I like most in this phone is the shortcut
keys which e.g. make it possible to start writing sms by pressing
just one button. Rating:
Reviewed by Helen from United Kingdom
on 5th Aug 2004
This phone absolutely rules! The sound quality is good, T9 is quite
easy to use and it has a good range of features. The camera is excellent
and even better with flash, the MMS is easy to use (for me) and
the polyphonic ringtones sound great, almost like real songs and
the service light (located at the 'i' key) is superb. This phone
is great, an excellent buy. I'd recommend it to anyone. Rating:
Reviewed by A.J. Khan from Pakistan
on 5th Aug 2004
There is no doubt Samsung is new in the field of mobile phones compared
to Nokia, which is ofcourse, THE phone company. They have tried
to cheat their way to the top by giving their phones sexy designs,
cool graphics and multicolor service lights. All looks very interesting,
appealing and flashy from the outside but when u buy the phone is
when you understand how good Samsung really is at it. This is where
your journey begins and you slowly realize you would have been better
off with a Nokia. I bought this phone a few months ago. My friends
were quite persuasive about it. That is when the story started.
The Pros: BASICS OF A MOBILE PHONE: 1.Sound Quality ----- Quite
good,no really,it 'IS' quite good. As good as a Nokia. 2.Signal
Quality ----- Hmm. Lets see.My phone says signal is full but while
I can barely hear the other person calling from a landline. Still..
its not too bad to be throwing it out of the competition.. 3.Battery
Life ----- Hardcore Use= 1.5 - 2 Days , Normal Use = 3 Days, Minimal
Use (Standby) = 4 - 4.5 Days. Extra Luxuries: 1.Screen Size/Quality
------ The Screen is a 128x128 pixel one of which u get only 128x92
where u can put ur walpaper or animation.It is of very good quality,
i would say BETTER than a comparably priced Nokia. Cons= No brightness
control. Not bright enuf to be viewed in the sun. No Logos, No changeable
screensavers,ualways get the digital clock. On screen text displays
whatever the sim tells it to display, so it takes up half the screen
itself. I wud term them more of a software problem than hardware
2.Sound Alerts ----- 40 voice polyphonics are really sweet to the
ears.BUT unlike a Nokia u cannot assign tone ringtone for u messages.
U have a limited number of message tones and a limited number of
Alarms. Yet another software problem. 3.GPRS ----- Its good in WAP
too but the software isn't very easy to handle, its not userfriendly
, like a Nokia .... yet another software problem 4.Integrated Camera
----- For a mobile phone in this price range , The CAMERA IS EXCELLENT..
its the camera why i bot this phone. Comparable to a good 0.3 megapixel
camera. THE NOKIAs in this price range SUCK. THEIR cameras are WORTHLESS.
5.Organiser ------ Just an ordinary organiser which u won't get
to use much anyways...Good Conversion tables, nice calculator and
stopwatch and timer and and and.... 6.Voice Recorder ------ Yep
theres a voice recorder in it where u can make a minutes recording.
BUT u will have to do it from the MMS menu... that is definately
a SOFTWARE problem... 7.Huge Memory Bank ------ 9MB is bigtime for
a phone, i get around 150 ringtones in it, 100 or 50 (HIGH res.)
pics and much much more 8.Design ------ Its about time they realized
the antenna is not welcome, the new X610 doesn't have an antenna,
but they screwed us didn't they. 9.Charging Time ------ From zero
to fully charged in 3.5 hours... thats incredible SOFTWARE UNFRIENDLINESS:
Quite frankly, the software SUCKS in the phone, u write a message
and accidently press the RED button, poof, everything gone, there
shud be a message asking if u are SURE to exit. Other thing is once
it takes so much time to think. Always getting "please wait" message.
The Camera is not good for near objects cuz it won't focus them,
near asin taking pics of 4x6 photos, u get the point.No logos are
supported, no nokia picture messages are supported, sometimes the
software hangs (very rarely, but that happens to all the phones
if u confuse its processor as i did).NO PHOTO PHONEBOOK, MY GOD,
WHAT ARE THE SAMSUNG PEOPLE THINKING... such a good camera but u
can't attach pics to ur contacts... nokia please teach them how
to write mobile phone software. PLEASE ... fix the damn software
SAMSUNG. if u do that, i don't think Nokia can beat u in that price
range atleast. ... So All in all, it is a lil Unfriendly, but for
that price, u simply don't get a better phone... trust me. Rating:
Reviewed by Jaideep from India on
25th Jul 2004
Well, one of the best phone I have owned and the best part is it
is sooo cheap. the camera is excellent, reception is excellent,
the screen is excellent (though the screen is a wee bit small).
the only problem is SMSing, small keys and oh, i forgot about the
antenna!!!, but all that are too small a problem for this otherwise
excellent phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Sajjad Tufail from Sialkot
, Pakistan on 20th Jul 2004
The phone accentuates itself not only by the camera, but also by
its camera flash. The phone looks attractive, which also was mentioned
by many people who was allowed to try it out. Regarding reception,
I've use several phones by Samsung r200, c100, d410 and these days
x600, if you compare samsung phones to Nokia and Siemens best performance
have siemens mobiles regarding reception as the phone's primary
purpose is to have strong connection with network. As I've used
Nokia and Samsung In poor signal area the phone often disconnect
the call, but in Siemens case I haven't any experience of such disconnection
even tried the cheapest phone. Samsung have this weekness in all
sets even in the expensive one d410 that I purchased expecting covering
thier reception problem. Regarding Displays and RingTones Samsung
leads. but note that these are not the primary purpose of a mobile
phone although every one have it's own taste and requirements. Any
way for the camera point of view I think the ability to capture
pictures in dark is much better than d410,e700 and others, The screen
colors and image quality isn't good than c100, although both have
same resolution but x600's screen physically larger than c100 and
seems quite appealing with respect to set. Rating:
Reviewed by Nizzle from UK on
16th Jul 2004
Well the good things are that the camera actually works pretty well
at max resolution bearing in mind it's only a mobile phone, and
it has a "flash" (it's just a torch really) and night mode. The
camera has a zoom, and you can even zoom in on pictures you have
already taken. It has 40 note polyphonics, and with a couple of
bits of software, you can create/download your own short ringtones
(midi or samples converted to 8 bit sound). The screen is pretty
clear and you can have JPG or small GIF files as your wallpaper.
There's lots of memory on this phone, and I've got it to hold about
180 texts between the inbox and outbox. There is a pretty decent
organiser with To Do lists, Memos, a stopwatch and countdown timer.
Now the reasons why I should have bought a Nokia... the T9 SMS is
poor. It keeps forgetting words, and you can't go back to a word
you mis-spelled earlier and change it - you have to delete it. But
you can change the words if you write an MMS!! That really is annoying.
You can't assign your own ringtones to callers, only choose from
a default list. Can't assign pics to callers either. You have three
alarms, but no snooze! If the phone isn't muted, there is a sound
each time you change a setting or do somethig wrong. You can't stop
it! Finally for SMS alerts, you can only choose from a small list
or sounds - all of which are rubbish. The phone isn't actually a
bad one; there are things it does do well, but if you do a lot of
texting or are used to the more polished perfomances of Nokias,
then this probably isn't for you. Oh yeah, one thing I forgot and
it's it's worth knowing about! Accidetally press the End Call key
while writing a text or MMS, and you lose it. That more than anything
else makes me want to throw this phone against a wall! Rating:
Reviewed by Faisal Farooq from Pakistan
on 12th Jul 2004
Good phone with 640x480 pixels camera and integrated flash in reasonable
price. I downloaded photos using its IRD and EasyStudio software
in my laptop. The quality of pictures is good. I'm unable to upload
Java games and applications using its IRD. It is better if Samsung
provide serial data link cable and EasyStudio software along with
the phone package. Rating:
