Samsung U800 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: As well as supporting HSDPA for fast downloads, the U800 also has dual cameras, so you can use it for video calling. It's a sleek-looking candybar phone with great call quality, impressive battery life and easy-to-navigate menus. Consider examining ...

Pros: Design ; good battery life ; excellent range of features

Cons: Average music player ; camera lacks autofocus

Verdict: The U800 looks clearn and modern, is easy to use and has a good range of features. As well as supporting HSDPA for fast downloads, it has dual cameras with realistic colour reproduction. If you were hankering after a Nokia 6500 Classic, we'd seriously ...

Review summary: Soul b, aka U900 without a slide. We've taken a look at the rival of Nokia 6500 Classic.

Verdict: The handset has been provided by XXL GSM. It came in an average-sized box, which had a charger, a data cable and a headset made of two parts inside, besides the phone of course.

Review summary: The Samsung U800, formerly known as the Samsung Sleek and the Soul B (make your mind up Samsung!), is now available to order at Mobiles.co.uk. The newest member of the Soul family comes in candy bar flavour but maintains the brushed metal finish of ...

Review summary: The U800 measures up at 111x46x9.9 mm and weighs 91 grams – all in all, it's not a petite phone, but not a behemoth either. It won't weigh you down, however it delivers a nice feeling of heaviness. Coupled with its metallic accents (that is, rear ...

Verdict: The display accommodates up to 9 text and 3 service lines. All fonts are large and very readable; the same goes for SMS and dialing screen

Review summary: Inspiration is one thing you can’t deny the Samsung Soul lineup. Well, that goes to the Ultra too, though all of them thin and sexy handsets are pretty much doomed to oblivion by their own offspring. Back in the day, we said the original U900 Soul ...

Pros: 2.0" 16M-color TFT LCD display of QVGA resolution ; 3G with HSDPA (3.6Mbps) support ; 1GB of onboard memory, microSD expansion ; Nice and responsive D-pad ; Cool brushed metal casing ; Just 9.9mm thickness ; 3 megapixel camera with LED flash ; FM ...

Cons: Tri-band only ; Camera has no auto focus ; Somewhat slow interface response ; Slow first-time access of the microSD card ; Limited browser capabilities ; QCIF video recording at most

Verdict: The obvious shortfall is in the imaging department: Soul b is the only handset in the lineup to miss a 5-megapixel shooter. As for the rest, the pedigree is there. The ultra thin but solid brushed metal bar goes beyond looks and style. Samsung U800 ...