Samsung
ZV40 Review
Phone
rating: 
The
Samsung ZV40 is a 3G clamshell phone available exclusively on Vodafone.
It comes in a choice of colours, including pink, and is definitely
more of a girlie phone. It's kind of cute looking.
Not
a very popular phone, it looks like the kind of thing Samsung were
making a few years back. The spec is about average for a 3G phone
- nothing special stands out - and while there's nothing really
wrong with the phone, most people seem to find one or two minor
things to complain about. Buy the ZV40 if you think it's cute, but
don't expect too much from it.
Features
of the Samsung ZV40 include:
- 3G
video calling
- 1.3
megapixel camera
- Video
camera
- Main
display: TFT, 262,000 colours, 176 x 220 pixels
- MP3
player
- MP3
ringtones (64 voice polyphonic ringtones)
- Messaging:
SMS, MMS, email
- Memory:
30 Mbytes plus memory card
- Connectivity:
Bluetooth & USB Triband
- Weight:
105g
- Size:
90 x 45 x 23 mm
- Talktime:
2.5 hours
- Battery
standby: 200 hours
Samsung ZV40
Consumer Reviews
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your mobile? Hate it? Please share your experiences to help other
people choose the phone that's best for them. Please do not review
this phone if you have not used it. This is a review site, not a
forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear
words or offensive language, and please, no advertising!
Average
rating from 81 reviews: 
Reviewed by peter from ireland on
11th Jul 2008
love it! the only glitch is the battery doesnt last that long :(
and the camera gets scratched alot. other than that tis a great
little phone
Rating:
Reviewed by Donna from UK on
9th Jul 2008
Great little phone. Main grudges include the lack of apostrophe
and semicolon characters when typing, and the common memory card
bug whereby most phones of this version will never accept a memory
card.
Rating: 
Reviewed by hannah from britain on
7th Jul 2008
great brilliant phone i never went anywhere with out it the camera
is very good and the songs are very clear just a well funky fone
all together but i lost mine on a ferry devastated buying another
though
Rating: 
Reviewed by somebody from UK on
18th May 2008
this fone is gr8!!! i gt it last feb n its really cool;nice camera;3G,
video calling and videos; games and more!!! i would giv it 5* but
the problem is tht mine stopd working a few weeks ago...
Rating:
Reviewed by Nikolay from Spain on
26th Apr 2008
A week later after purchase there were problems with the camera:
"Camera not found" :(
Rating:
Reviewed by mici from montenegro on
26th Apr 2008
I have thet phone one year,it's very good...camera is ok...and samsug
iz very good mobile phone...!
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Reviewed by VLADIMIR from SRBIJA on
13th Jan 2008
THE PHONE IS JUNK. IT WORKED OUTSTANDING FOR SIX MONTHS AND ONE
DAY PAS GUARANETEE IT DIED. I CANT TURN IT ON,JUST LIKE IT IS SET
TO MALFUNCTION AFTER SIX MONTHS!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE SAMSUNG MOBILES
IN MY HANDS!
Rating:
Reviewed by Latpie from Latvia on
27th Dec 2007
WEry good phonje Zv4o :P
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Reviewed by Daniel from Australia on
17th Dec 2007
my phone works fine to me go aussies
Rating:
Reviewed by Kate from Ireland on
7th Dec 2007
APOSTROPHES are possible if you use predictive text. For those who
want to switch off the keypad tones, you can do this by using the
volume button on the side of the phone. This would have been a major
peeve for me too, so I was glad to find that worked!
Rating:
Reviewed by Tracexxx from England on
7th Dec 2007
BLUETOOTH BROKE WITHIN LIKE 5 MONTHS!!!! it aint all that bad other
than that, bad memory
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Reviewed by Deb McClary from UK on
1st Dec 2007
Where's the damn apostrophe, Samsung? Those of us who consider ourselves
semi-literate require them for our correspondence!
Rating:
Reviewed by Anna from uk on 28th
Nov 2007
bluetooth plays up and wont connet 2 others it drives me crazy it
is a good phone overall
Rating:
Reviewed by md from england on
16th Sep 2007
iv'e had my zv40 since april, i noticed nobody has mentioned the
zoom on pics taken,increable, best phone iv'er had, no probs with
bluetoth.
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Reviewed by GIUSY from ITALIA on
11th Sep 2007
VERY GOOD BAT I HAVE PROBLEM WHIT BLUETOOTH.
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Reviewed by wiggy from england on
23rd Aug 2007
good fone but after 8 months bluetooth's playin up! wont get recognised
by others or connect to bluetooth headset
Rating:
Reviewed by marese from ireland on
9th Aug 2007
good phone.very good picture quality.
Rating:
Reviewed by mohamed from egypt on
7th Aug 2007
it is very good mobile but i need arabic language in it
Rating:
Reviewed by Sue from England on
27th Jul 2007
Just bought this for my son - early impressions it seems a good
little phone, excellent quality screen & camera, good quality sound
(better than my nokia 6111). Comment previously about bluetooth,
this does seem to be different to the way I am used to bluetooth,
read instruction book and it will become clear on what to do ! Also
picked it up at a bargain on e-bay brand new for £36.
Rating:
Reviewed by Rachel from England on
9th Jul 2007
the MP3 does not work! But the battery is quite good! The Bluetooth
will not connect to oher phones so you cannot send or recieve files!!
Rating:
Reviewed by akram moustafa from egypt
on 7th Jul 2007
i had this phone 7 months ago it is so cute , small, have many good
services,but the prblem that the SMS tones,alarm tones should be
ployphonic not mp3 or wav . and i wished the camera be 2 or more
bixle but it is good one having a great colour and settings
Rating:
Reviewed by nour from tunisia on
7th Jul 2007
really it's verry nice phone. i love it
Rating:
Reviewed by Meh from uk on 26th
Jun 2007
Best Phone I've had. Lots of great features and even comes with
its own memory card which is great. I've never had any problems
with it and i keep discovering new things about it. :) Plus, the
battery lasts for agggggges before it runs out. :) A great buy for
£75!!!
Rating:
Reviewed by BEV from IRELAND on
20th Jun 2007
Worst phone i have ever had. Text messages dont always come throgh,
phone calls dont always come through and you get NO message to say
you have missed a call. i have had my sim card checked and updated
but it a phone fault. I have missed so may inportant calls its terribly
and I cannot always ring out from it either I have to put my sim
card into a friends phone to be able to make a call.....NEVER AGAIN
Rating:
Reviewed by christian porterr from uk
on 9th Jun 2007
iv got the best fone i have ever had its ge8
Rating:
Reviewed by eya from piliphines on
6th Jun 2007
i like that cell phone
Rating:
Reviewed by Callum from uK on
5th Jun 2007
This phone was great for the first couple of weeks and then it started
to have problems like... It has trouble charging and being connected
to the PC. and it wouldn't turn on or work if it wasn'ty connected
to the Charger.
Rating:
Reviewed by matty from ni on
9th May 2007
this fone sucks
Rating:
Reviewed by Carmen from Romania on
22nd Apr 2007
My boyfriend bought me this phone, yesterday, after my N72 Pink
was stolen. Although N72 was smarter I like this one cause it's
smaller and vibrates harder :p. I love pink...so I'm crazy about
it. The only things that bothers me are that, the games on it are
just trials and the display on front don't do more like display
text messages or missed calls. It deserves 4 stars. I hope i'll
keep this more than 6 months :p. Take care all. bye
Rating:
Reviewed by Ian from England on
16th Apr 2007
Love this phone so much, girlfriend bought it to me as a present
and i cant fault it at all! People make fun cos of the colour but
its not that girly, great shade of pink.LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
big up ya all
Rating:
Reviewed by Ashley from UK on
10th Apr 2007
I got this phone in 2005 for my birthday, and i loved it! the only
problem with it was that when you recorded songs, you couldn't make
them your ringtone. Unfortunatly, somebody stole this phone whilst
i was on holiday, but it was a lot better than my one i have now
(motorola l6) All in all, I would give this phone 7 out of 10.
Rating:
Reviewed by derek from untied kingdom
on 3rd Apr 2007
this phone is the best it is amazing out of all the phones i have
had i recomend this one sum people say its rubish but forget about
them beleive mi its great everybody will luv it
Rating:
Reviewed by jean from spain on
31st Mar 2007
i have this fone it is brill if yr finkin about a new fone get this
Rating:
Reviewed by Ruth Huges from Scotland
on 24th Mar 2007
My freind has his fone and she has never had a bad word to say about
it.She lost her 1st one that she got for her birthday, and she liked
it so much that she got it again the second time! i like it n i
think it should get an excellent!
Rating:
Reviewed by Laura from England on
23rd Mar 2007
I have to say this is one of the best phones i have ever had, most
of my others had a very bad quality camera but this one is perfect.
i recomend this.
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Reviewed by dave from england on
3rd Mar 2007
I think this is a great fone the only disappointment is i cant find
any snooker games to download they all appear to be pool
Rating:
Reviewed by Bagala from Bulgaria on
26th Feb 2007
Amaizing Phone in 1 months i have one of this
Rating:
Reviewed by rebelarmysupporter from
ireland on 25th Feb 2007
first off i think its a great phone because it can hold many pictures
frm my computer and it can also play mp3's (obviously, but thats
a good feature!)and even though i was really relunctant to gettin
a different make of phone other than a nokia, i was pleased with
it! one small thing though u cant take a picture with it closed
down, not a major "defect" but its stil worth a mention. im writin
this the day that ireland beat england in rugby at croke!!! wooo.
Rating:
Reviewed by azza from england on
20th Feb 2007
The battery lasts way more than 200 hours ,more like 400 hours,
this phone is good nothing wrong with it and is not a girlie phone
Rating:
Reviewed by Sammy from England on
19th Feb 2007
Well, wot can i say! i do luv this fone dnt get me rong but i av
1 massive prob! the main reason i use mi fone is 2 play music on
it!! so wen i got dis fone at xmas i used mi money 2 get a 1gb memory
card! wen i got it i put it in it sed memory card needs to be formatted
but may loose data yes or no but wen i press yes it jus ses error
and dsnt work. it's not the memory card coz i tried it on mi m8s
fones so i took it bck 2 vodafone shop n dey gav me a new 1 but
it still ddnt work. Then wen i took it bck da 2nd tym dey sed dat
the fone cnt hold dat much memory?? so im a bit comfuzzled!!! can
n e 1 elp me is it mi fone or is it mi memory card n if its mi memory
card ow much can it old up 2??? much luv sammy xXx
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Reviewed by conte from RO on
15th Feb 2007
i got this phone in NL. i have it for a week and i could say that
is very good phone(quality - price report). and no way is a girlie
phone!
Rating:
Reviewed by sue from england on
9th Feb 2007
I have had this phone 4 about 2 months love it like the pink colour
great camera and can download everything only gripe is some wallpapers
dont fill the screen on the inside but other than that cant fault
it.
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Reviewed by Someone from Belfast on
31st Jan 2007
I got this fone 30mins ago (in pink) and soo cool bt its proving
very hard to like get used to it and when i synced my contacts it
did all of them twice!!! so i hav 2 go round deleting them! and
i dont no how 2 save on the external memory AND IT ALWAYS SAVES
ON THE FONE!!!! ahhhh help!! and its a bit confusing... its very
weird cuz this is my 1st samsung so yea it might be just me cuz
im so used to the sony ericsson!! so dont me let u put u off buying
it!! its such a gd fone and i no the screen little screen goes blanck
but it doesnt really bother me as much becasue ive never had a flip
fone! and its so easy to get pics and stuff on it!! :) pretty good
and very nicce!!!
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Reviewed by Michael from Ireland on
30th Jan 2007
I've only ever had Sony ericsson phones, but got talked into a ZV40
by Vodafone rep, phone itself is pretty good - pity the display
on front did'nt do a bit more like display text messages or missed
calls - biggest gripe with this phone is camera, its terrible -
Rating:
Reviewed by Lisa from England on
30th Jan 2007
Hi, bought this fone just after xmas as my mum got the pink one
and i think its brill.As with every1 else the cover screen light
is a bit annoying but press the side button down and it comes on
for a while 2 save keep opening it.I would just like to thank Shirley
10th nov 2006 4 saying how to change the tone 4 msgs very helpful
cheers. cover screen light is the only reason it hasn't got 5 stars.
Rating:
Reviewed by mimi from england on
30th Jan 2007
i got this phone recently. the shop tolds me to charge it for 48
hours so I did and the battery life is rubbish it lasts for juat
over a day!!! The games on it are just trials so you cant play them
for more than 30 seconds. However its got a good quality screen
and It works well apart from the battery life. So i'm pleased with
it overall
Rating:
Reviewed by NH from UK on 27th
Jan 2007
THIS FONE IS ACE ALTOUGH THE BATTERY KEPT GOIN AFTER 2 DAYS
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Reviewed by Tweeks_twin from England
on 23rd Jan 2007
Right i recently bought this phone from the vodafone site on pay
as you go ... it is unbeleivable! Before that i had a nokia 6630
music but that broke .. so i was looking for something with the
same specs but a bit less brickier :P And this phone is not in any
way girlie .. It also comes in gray and silver. It's like saying
a d900 or something is girlie , only because it is availiable in
pink .. nowadays most phones are availiable in pink. Does that mean
that every phone on the face of the earth is girlie? NO! so this
phone is perfect in every way . By saying it looks girlie and showing
only a pink image of it , puts buyers off, i think you should look
deeper into all models before over exaggerating!
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Reviewed by chris from uk on
19th Jan 2007
i love this frone big up beavil
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Reviewed by imnotallowedtosaymynametostrangers!
from England innit? on 12th Jan 2007
poor quality but its a great stylish phone and very girlie
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Reviewed by rob livers from Uk on
12th Jan 2007
where to start?!?? a unbelievabley great phone that looks sexier
than if Jessica Alba and Heidi Klum could have kids. Fantastic spec,
only prob is I feel a bit embarresed with what u call a "ladies
phone" (im a bloke!)
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Reviewed by christian porter from uk
on 9th Jan 2007
it is a g8 phone and dos evething i want it to do and yes im a man
and its the best phone iv ever hade
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Reviewed by james from uk on
8th Jan 2007
very good allround phone i like it
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Reviewed by GIRISH from MAURITIUS on
8th Jan 2007
I; LOVING IT IT IS VERY EASY TO USE AND I CAN ALSO PUT ALL MY FAVORITE
SONG DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT I GET FROM THE PHONE
MEMORY AND ALSO FROM MY MEMORY CARD
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Reviewed by Lizzie from England on
6th Jan 2007
I got the phone a couple of days ago and i reli luv it - it looks
cute, the menus easy 2 use and it has so much more memory than my
last phone! my only complaint is that the time on the front doesn't
stay on all the time - does anyone know how to make it so it does?
plz help!
Rating:
Reviewed by Laura from wales on
5th Jan 2007
Had this phone 2day, i think its absoloutly brill.. its got similar
menu 2 the D500 which is easy to use. i had the motorola V3 b4 this
n i jus gotta say this phone is like royalty compared 2 that V3
- what a poor phone.... keep buyin the ZV40 (pink ofcourse)
Rating:
Reviewed by Jayne from England on
4th Jan 2007
3 stars at the moment but if someone can tell me how to keep the
time illuminated on the cover so I know when a message or missed
call comes through instead of constantly opening it and how I can
change text alert to vibration and periodic alerts I will then give
it 5 stars. I have been through the menus and it always reverts
to melody & once only alert. HELP please. Thanks. Hopefully someone
will answer in their review.
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Reviewed by Hannah from England on
26th Dec 2006
After walking the dog and washing the car endless times i finally
got enough money to buy this phone. i could have got a job but at
13 the only job is paper rounds and i don't own a bike. anyway i
wen and brought it last saturday. as it was the last saturday before
christmas the queue was lg but well worth the wait. got the hang
of it already and the pink colour is gorgeous(better than the motorola
v3).
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Reviewed by Hester from uk on
6th Dec 2006
Really good phone! I love it! Only thing is does anyone know if
there is a stopwatch or timer on the phone and if so how to use
it? Thankss! x
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Reviewed by pink_rabbit from Lithuania
on 25th Nov 2006
hy guys, i bought this phone this summer in Ireland (Vodafone locked).
and now i have one big problem with it. in my country (Lithuania)
vodafone doesn't work, so i need to unlock this phone, but nobody
knows, how to do that!!! maybe u can help me with this? my email
is: jolanciukas6@gmail.com. this mobile is great: design, menu style,
music player and the quality of sound. i can say that samsung rules-im
the biggest fan of them and also i like zv40 very much. i want to
use it, but i can't:(
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Reviewed by JACKSON from ENGLAND on
23rd Nov 2006
ITS A RUBBISH PHONE DNT BUY IT I SOLD MINE OFF AT ONCE LOL
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Reviewed by Shirley from England on
10th Nov 2006
Love Samsung, this is the 4th Samsung I've had over the last five
years. Great colour, love the pink. Keypad tones can be turned off
within settings, phone settings and profiles, select left soft key
to edit the profile, scroll across to the right through phone -
messaging and then on to keypad tones, scroll down to the volume
section and chose from mute up to loud. Each profile can be edited
in the same way. The volume key at the side flips the camera up
or down so no more upside-down view! My only problem is not being
able to unlock and use my own sim card. I have paid a website via
paypal to get a code and have never received it. I feel a complaint
to the website coming on as they stated all codes for ZV40 are 100%
accurate - well you have to receive it and try it to prove this.
Any useful suggestions?
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Reviewed by Joe from England on
10th Nov 2006
I'm disapointed with this phone, I was hoping for something better,
I previously had a samsung T100, and I still find this a much better
phone. The keypad tones can be adjusted, as with the text message
alert and most important to me, the external screen stays on (without
backlight). If you are happy to live without these little things,
its an ideal phone. It does everything else very well, menu system
is a little confusing. Its a very good phone, it just has alot of
annoying features
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Reviewed by Daniel from Sweden on
9th Nov 2006
Well, nice things for the price (good offer in Sweden). Nice screen,
and avarage functions. Allthough, got limitations. The menysystem
is hard to overlook and to complex. And some of the function promised
in the book has been cut off on the phone.
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Reviewed by Michelle from England on
7th Nov 2006
I've had my phone for 5 months and think its lovely! The only gripe
is the camera - pictures aren't genrally good and quite small but
I have a dinky digital camera instead so its no big deal. I've put
a memory card in and loaded it with all my fav songs and I find
navigating your way round the menu very easy. I've noted comments
that the screen remains blank - mine is always illuminated with
the time and leaves me a 'text message' icon if I have missed a
call or have a message. All round great dinky girlie phone :-)
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Reviewed by frederiko from england on
24th Oct 2006
the best and only phone ive have and ever will have because it is
the most easy to use peice of kit that i believe of my product knowledge
. i would really recomend one
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Reviewed by Dadofran from UK on
12th Oct 2006
I bought the 'phone for my daughter's 14th birthday and she's well
chuffed with it. Being a real Luddite when it comes to mobiles,
I had trouble setting up 'Vodafone Live', etc., but a visit to the
Vodafone shop in Norwich soon sorted that out (thanks, Hannah!).
Very good picture / video / music quality; also, the USB connection
to my PC was easy to sort out, even for a numpty like me. One happy
daughter, one happy dad - well done Vodafone / Samsung!
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Reviewed by Kalia from Ireland on
26th Sep 2006
For Sue and others who want to be able to use apostrophes in text
messages - YOU CAN! Make sure you have the predictive text feature
switched on and it will insert apostrophes where necessary.
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Reviewed by T from Uk on 21st
Sep 2006
really good shame about the battery life but im sure mine lsts more
than 2 days guys! an thats when i play music to. i wouldnt give
it 5 stars caus it aint perfect an yea when ya close the lid it
goes dark an yo dont kno when ya got a text or ya hav to opebn th
lid to c th time n it dus gt a lil bit anoyin but ye good fone i
advise any one to by it . although, i jus got a slite lil bit of
water on it th one day and it stopped workin cause wen i turned
it on it jus us2 switch its self off. but LUKILY i dryed it ot and
WULLA it now works. and ps the sound quality mazin!!! keep byin
da phone
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Reviewed by kezza from - on 8th
Sep 2006
Well i love this phone but i know u take pics of urself wen it is
open but can u do it wen it is closed. It got kwl memory and i luv
it. I keep on making calls without knowing it duz any1 else? luv
it and get it.
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Reviewed by Natalie from England on
5th Sep 2006
I've had this phone 4 30mins and it is superb compared 2 my last
1 which was a Sharp GX25. This is the new phone 4 all us girls.
I say go out and buy 1!!!
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Reviewed by Jenny from england on
27th Aug 2006
Hya well i onli gt this phone 3 dayz ago nd i absolutley luv it..i
cant put it down nd the usb cable that came with it is gr8 i have
put loaza piccyz nd music frm ma comp on ma phone its ace. I just
love it and the pink is gr8 it is such a girly phone.
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Reviewed by Kalia from Ireland on
18th Aug 2006
I've only had the phone a couple of days, but so far it seems ok.
For those who want to switch off the keypad tones, you can do this
by using the volume button on the side of the phone. This would
have been a major peeve for me too, so I was glad to find that worked!
To get percentages on the calculator, multiply by 0.x for less than
100% (e.g. 0.51 for 51%) and by 1.x for more than 100% (e.g. 1.23
for 123%). Agree, it's a bore how long it takes to send messages.
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Reviewed by Sue from UK on 14th
Aug 2006
I love the look of this phone and camera, messaging etc are fine
but am invoking my 14 day approval to change it - 2 or 3 things
which I'm not happy with: No apostrophes for text message (not important
to most folk); The keypad tones are very loud - funky but cannot
be turned off unless the phone is on silent; No percentages on the
calculator! If these 3 things are important I wouldn't advise you
get the phone, but it's a nice handset and simple and efficient
otherwise!
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Reviewed by louise from england on
10th Aug 2006
Have had this phone for about a month now and cant stop playing
with it. My only problem is that i have played with it soooo much
that ive made the camera screen view upside down and dont know how
to change it back. Im sure i will sort it. The girly pink colour
is fab, a much better pink than the motoroler.You do have to open
it every so often incase of missed calls or text but that ok, its
just another excuse to play.
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Reviewed by Beth from United Kingdom
on 7th Aug 2006
this fone is ace!! i bought it last week and i haven't put it down
since!! its so easy 2 use and i love the design. samsung have done
it again! and its PINK!!! the fault i can think of is battery life
- its poor but i dont mind coz i re-charge it while i sleep so its
not a problem! 5 stars!!
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Reviewed by Caroline Lindberg from Sweden
on 6th Aug 2006
I bought this phone 2 days ago and I LOVE IT! The camera is really
amazing and takes SO clear photos and the zooming is sooo great!
It's cute, very pink and girly =P Funny thing...the guy at the store
selling the phone to me told me that a couple of guys actually had
bought it LOL! I was like: well..I wouldn't like that! =p It's available
in silver as well, but the pink one is sooo pretty! I'm in love
with my new phone and you would be too! It has everything you need.
One negative thing...and the only negative thing I know at the moment
is the battery time. It really sucks! However...this really is a
great phone and you will absolutely NOT regret buying it. You will
fall in love!
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Reviewed by michael from ireland on
5th Aug 2006
an excellent 3g handset , crystal clear screen , decent internal
memory and up to 1gb external, battery is about 2 days on average(not
bad for 3g in ireland)only letdown is when watching mobile tv or
video clips you cant view in full screen, still its only 199euro
on vodafone ireland so not too bad
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Reviewed by Leanne from UK on
4th Aug 2006
I didn't like this phone, its nice looking and the camera is great
but the cover screen stays blank all the time so if you glance at
it you don't know whether anyone has text you or you've missed a
call, this really bugs me so its going back tomorrow.
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Reviewed by melanie from northampton
on 3rd Aug 2006
just got this phone and it is brilliant!!! always had a nokia in
the past but this is better and with its girlie pink colour it is
so much better. the graphics are brilliant and it is so easy to
use i recommend this phone 100% to anyone go and get one i love
it!!
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Reviewed by jhajkdhajk from xxxxx on
25th Jul 2006
its amazing best camera and colour screen. go and buy it gal!!!!
well only if you want to look hip and sexy!!!
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