In Brief

Pro: Movie HD video, internal memory up to 16GB, integrated GPS, AMOLED touchscreen display, camera, new operating system, advanced photographic features, Autonomy

Conclusion: A worthy heir of his background, the Samsung Omnia II i8000 smartphone is one of exceptional quality, as well as other models Omnia presented simultaneously, and represents the will of the producer to focus increasingly on smartphone with large touch screen display size. But, apart from the AMOLED display 3.7 inches, also has a 5 MP camera with advanced photo features, support for DivX, integrated GPS, a memory and an impressive battery of long duration.

Design

Without doubt, the appearance of the Samsung Omnia II i8000 is one of its strengths. This smartphone has, in fact, the largest in the world AMOLED screen, 3.7 inches and with a resolution of 480×800 pixels. As to size, measuring 118 mm in height, 60 mm in width and 11.9 mm thick, with a total weight of 117 grams.

Features and functionality

Introduced this month by the manufacturer, the Samsung Omnia i8000 II is the updated version of the famous Samsung SGH I900 Omnia, which came out last year. Compared to the family, the differences are many, both in terms of design and size of the screen, both for functionality.

Going to order, and starting from those which are the technical specifications of this model, it is a Quadband GSM and UMTS, so you can use, overall, the frequencies 850, 900, 1800, 1900 and 2100 MHz, thereby ensuring coverage of exceptional network worldwide. It is based also on a 800 Mhz processor and the new operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional.

As for the internal storage capacity, Samsung Omnia II i8000 is available in versions of 2, 8 or 16 GB of memory, with the potential to expand further through microSDHC cards, to a maximum of 48 GB of available space . As regards, however, surfing the Internet, the smartphone is equipped with built-in modem and WAP browser.

The transfer of data over the Internet via technologies HSDPA, HSUPA, GPRS and EDGE, the first of which provides a transfer rate equal to 7.2 Mbps connectivity, there are Wi-Fi, which lets you surf the Internet for free by connecting to a hotspot, the USB port and Bluetooth technology, allowing, instead, the connection to other devices.

The phone features offered by Samsung Omnia i8000 II are more or less the same as those present on all the most advanced devices, and integrated speakerphone, vibration, voice memo, voice recorder, phone book, calendar, alarm clock, calculator and more. Of course, no lack of support for SMS, MMS as well as e-mail.

But is the sector of fun and entertainment that is worth dwelling a little ‘more, because this smartphone allows you to enjoy multimedia content through the touchscreen display large all’intuitiva User Interface Widget 2.0 3D effects. The innovative Touch R also provides a faster response and precise.

Starting from the photographic industry, the Samsung Omnia i8000 II has an integrated camera of 5 megapixels with autofocus, digital zoom and Dual Power LED. This camera is equipped with advanced features like Face Detection, the Smile Shot, Mobile Blogging, the Geo tagging and Photo Editor, all functions that, in general, only the real compact digital cameras.

As for the quality of the photos is fairly high for a cellphone because the photos can reach a maximum resolution of 2592×1944 pixels. You can also create video clips with a maximum resolution of 720×480 pixels. Thanks to the camera and secondary front, however, with VGA resolution, you can do the video and watch in face the people with whom you are talking about.

We came to describe what functions offers the Samsung i8000 Omnia II to lovers of music. First of all, this smartphone is equipped with a media player that supports audio and video files in many formats such as AAC, AAC +, MP3, WMA, WMDRM, DivX, XviD, H.263, H.263 and MPEG4. Not missing, of course, the FM radio with RDS, which allows you to find easily the favorite radio stations.

Finally, it should be stressed to the presence of assisted GPS, with navigation software and maps in 3D, which turns it into a real navigation system, eliminating the need to carry multiple devices. Finally, the rechargeable Lithium-Ion 1500 mAh ensures an autonomy of up to 430 hours standby and 10 hours talk time.