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Review summary: The Samsung X830 (or the Samsung Blush as the pink version has been nicknamed) is a tiny music player phone with a rotating design. There's no doubt that this is a very trendy, cool-looking phone that is packed with features and is a real head turner. ...

Review summary: The Samsung X830 is a highly fashionable mini music phone which comes with a swing opening mechanism. The handset has a stylish & sleek design with built in powerful multimedia features. The handset is narrow & slim which measures 84 x 30 x 19.9 mm ...

Review summary: The first thing that strikes you about the Samsung X830 is the great swivel design and its really small size. Packed into the small package is a 1.3 megapixel camera with impressive 1Gb memory and a quality MP3 player. Available in white or black

Review summary: Samsung's swivel phone, the SGH-X830, is a phone lacking in complexity - a fact that will appeal to many. It's a basic GSM/GPRS phone with added MP3 player. It does support email, WAP and Java, but given the size and shape of the screen, you're mostly ...

Pros: Good music player ; has automatic Windows media player synching ; low cost

Cons: No memory expansion slot ; the control mechanism a little flimsy

Verdict: While we were impressed by the Samsung's musical organisation features and simple (if Spartan) interface, the design of the phone leaves a little to be desired. Sure, the swivel mechanism seems cool, but it's the kind of phone where you feel something ...