Samsung E810 Review
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Review: November 2004. Updated April 2005.
The Samsung E810 is a variation on the Samsung
E800 and most of the review comments for the E800 apply to the E810
too.
The E810 is very slightly smaller (thinner) than the E800, but weighs
the same. The battery life has been slightly improved. There appears
to be no option for connecting to a PC by cable; only by infra-red.
There are one or two other minor changes to the design, but nothing
of real note.
We originally awarded the E810 4 stars, but following persistent reports
by users of a variety of problems in the E800/E810/E820 series, we have
downgraded it to 2 stars. There are a number of problems with the phones
- first there seem to be real problems with the phone dropping calls,
shutting down in the middle of calls and refusing to send or receive
text messages. Secondly, the E800/E810/E820 series seems to be a lot
less reliable than other Samsung phones, with reports of it freezing,
the screen breaking and other kinds of hardware failures.
Features of the Samsung E810 include:
- 65,536 colour TFT screen (128 x 160 pixels)
- VGA camera (640 x 480 resolution) with 4x digital zoom, photo effects
& frames and multishot feature (up to 15 pictures)
- 64-voice polyphonic ringtones
- Wallpaper & screensaver (supported formats: JPEG, GIF & AGIF, WBMP,
PNG) - 8 images + 5 animations embedded
- SMS (with learning T9 support), MMS, EMS
- Phonebook (maximum 2000 entries)
- Photo Caller ID (view the image of the person calling you, before
you answer the call)
- Downloadable Java games (4 embedded games)
- Memory: 22 Mbytes for photos, sounds and MMS, 1.3 Mbytes for games
- Organiser functions: Clock, worldtime, alarm (auto switch on, when
phone is off), calendar, scheduler, to-do list, currency converter,
calculator, countdown timer, stop watch
- Data Transfer: IrDa, fax
- Syncronisation software: Easy Studio version 1.0
- Vibration alert
- Memory: 512 kbytes for Java games
- WAP 2.0, GPRS class 8
- Dual Band (GSM 900 + 1800MHz)
- Size: 88 x 44 x 22 mm
- Weight: 85g
- Talk time: 3 hours
- Battery standby: 6 days
Samsung E810 User Reviews
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Average rating from 49 reviews: 
Reviewed by Andy from UK on 15th Jul 2008
My wife and I have had this phone since it came out some years ago.
Over a year ago, mine was fully submerged in warm muddy water (don't
ask!) and after a day drying out has continued to work absoulutely fine.
It's small and compact and tough. I've dropped it on a concrete floor
several times and no problems. Bad points, the camera's quality isn't
good. The display is difficult to see in daylight. However, how many
of you are still using the same phone after four years? My Samsung Q200
lasted for over five years!
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Reviewed by Hannah from England on 5th Jun 2008
Very good phone had it for 3 years now and have had no problems. Hasnt
got bluetooth and cant get songs on their but overall a good fone. OK
battery life and alright memory. Getting a new phone because this one
is a little old now but love it!!!
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Reviewed by Kay from UK on 3rd Jan 2008
I have had mine three years. After a year I reckon I started seeing
a few faults. The phone cannot handle long text messages. By this I
mean if someon else sent you a long text message what went onto 2 texts
the phone would vibrate once, then again two second later, and when
you view the message an old text message appears what you might have
received 10 months previously which is really random. I have gotten
around this by switching the phone off, and back on again, and the long
text is waiting in the inbox ready to be read. Although this can at
times take more than one switch off. Also, the internet has never worked
on my phone. I went into a Vodafon-e shops two years ago perhaps, they
messed with it, said they'd sorted it, it still wasnt working. I can't
seem to view MMS messages, oh and the cancel button is jammed but I
have had this three years and some people have phones for 6 months before
swapping! All in all a phone isnt too important to me, I can get around
these faults but its about time I bought a new one and got rid of this
hunk of junk.
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Reviewed by Jeff from South Africa on 29th Dec
2007
The E 810 Vodafone that i still use, ia nearly 3 years old now. I am
still impress with it.Thumbs up for this model.
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Reviewed by richard from england on 19th Jun 2007
itzz wikied u lot r all some serious pomplexes
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Reviewed by alan from herts on 12th May 2007
i had the phone for around a year, i experienced none of the problems
and found it a very good phone. it did occasionlly turn off when in
wap, but i have had other phones do this and it was such a rare occurence
it didnt bother me. i found the rotating cammera handy to use and also
it can rotate to hide the camera lens to protect it. a great phone in
my experience
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Reviewed by Jake from Singapore on 29th Apr 2007
I have had this phone for two years now, but I recently changed it to
a new Motorola RAZR maxx V6 because the speaker stopped working properly.
I haven't had any problems, besides the fact that the phonebook can't
be used immediately after switching off the phone, which is annoying.
The battery life is excellent, I've never had any problems with it switching
itself off. Of course, lack of bluetooth functionality is a problem,
but it never really troubled me much. Reception is bad in some areas,
though. Overall, its an excellent phone.
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Reviewed by daniel from united kingdom on 21st
Jan 2007
its a bit slow, crashes alot and switches itself on but it has a good
amount of memory for an old phone and good battery life. The address
book and camera dont like going on straight after the phone goes on,
you have to do something else first (like check your inbox) so no dont
buy one
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Reviewed by SERDAR from TURKEY on 9th Jan 2007
IT IS BAD PHONE
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Reviewed by kimberley from england on 29th Oct
2006
This phone is great i bought it second hand yeh it had a couple of scraches
but it is such a great phone ive had it for about 4 month and find it
good not had one problem with it high battrey every 5 days only one
bar goes down some people said it has low battery well they must never
charge it the swirly camra is great no problem with it at all it never
turns of when im in a conversation or when its in my bag or even when
its low battery it lets me finish my conversation ITS SUCH A GREAT PHONE
YOU SHOULD BUY IT DONT LISTEN TO ALL THE POOR REVIEWS COME ON ITS A
CHEAP AND WELL GOOD PHONE BUY IT!!!!!!!!!.
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Reviewed by Hayley from London on 20th Jul 2006
I have had the Samsung E810 for over 18 months now and can safely say
I have never experienced any of the problems mentioned here in the reviews...texting
is fine (once you get used to the small keypad!), camera does the job...and
so what - it doesn't have bluetooth...who cares. It looks great! This
was my first slip'n'slide phone and I'm now an addict. I have however
just upgraded yesterday to rhe E900 and am completely smitten. But hey
- I have very fond memories of the E810!
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Reviewed by Emma from UK on 20th May 2006
i've had this phone for about 1 year now and I am on a 2 year contract,
however i will be asking for a new phone now as this one is not up to
much at all.it is very hard to try and find signal and i can't send
the photos i've taken to e-mail addresses as it say that it has sent
but it hasn't actually got there.I have tried to send the same picture
5 times now and it still hasn't worked.sometimes when i slide it up
the screen doen't come on straight away.it doesn't have bluetooth so
is not up to date at all as most phones now have that feature.I am dissapointed
in Samsung.
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Reviewed by Naushad from uk on 4th Apr 2006
I have problems with reception. Limited service in many areas. Samsung
needs to check it out but will charge as it is 1yr and 2 months old.
I cannot see what they can do with the reception as there are many people
having the same problem. I like Samsung phones but will now think of
changing to Nokia.
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Reviewed by sum1 from scotland on 12th Mar 2006
I have had my samsung for aroud a year now and it hasnt broken yet!
i still find it easy to use and it had good features for when it came
out although they are quite dated now. my frend has the E800 and i think
this one is much better.
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Reviewed by Vicky from UK on 10th Mar 2006
This is an awful phone. The worst thing about it is the very short battery
life (and the fact that the phone doesn't warn you when it's running
low, it just switches itself off - especially annoying when you're halfway
through a conversation with someone). The phone has incredibly bad reception
and switches itself on and off in my bag. It may look quite good but
looks can be deceptive - don't get this phone.
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Reviewed by jon from uk on 29th Jan 2006
Awful awful phone. The problems are endless, my samsung e810 doesn't
even switch on anymore and there is no reason for this as i have kept
it in perfect condition. Does anyone know why this might be?
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Reviewed by Tony from UK on 14th Jan 2006
Largely aweful handset. The up-sides are a good camera, with rotating
design. The screen is also good quality. Battery life is also good.
Down sides now: The ring-tones are all silly tunes, with no 'basic'
tone. The predictive text is primitive and difficult to use. Incredibly,
the alarm clock function only works if the phone is on 'ring'. If it's
on silent, the alarm is silent, meaning that you must remember each
night to turn the sounds on. This of course means that if someone rings
you in the middle of the night - you get woken up! Uttterly ridiculous.
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Reviewed by alex from england on 12th Jan 2006
dont agree with some of the reviews this phone is outstanding and very
good for its money.
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Reviewed by Sophie from America on 17th Nov 2005
this phone is quite cute and adorable...id luv to have it but bummer
iz my momz...itz got great functions and iz eazi to cari around..luks
great specally on ladiezz
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Reviewed by kirsty from englang on 6th Nov 2005
I think this fone is rubbish to put it bluntly i hate it it breaks to
easily the video recording on the fone isnt good quality at all as it
only records for 30 seconds and u cant hear the sound properly u cant
even record songs to ave as ur ring tone on fones that are older than
this u can do that on so i would only give it a 1 out of 5 rating go
for the samsung d600 much better fone i would give it 5 out of 5
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Reviewed by Geynske from Belguim on 31st Oct 2005
I like the samsung E810. I don't have negative things to remark on this
cell phone
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Reviewed by yasir from pakistan on 26th Oct 2005
i,ve got a used phone from a near by shop in the town its one of the
best phones i,ve evr used i liked the V-200 jus coz the camrera could
turn to your face an anyway round this fone has the same thing in it
an i loved it after the LCD got damaged now no one can fix it Bottom
line (very stylish but more sensative)
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Reviewed by Sarah N from UK on 29th Sep 2005
This phone is a beast it is so GOOD,the quality of the camara and video
recorder are brill, it is so small and full of fun things. I would recommend
this phone to anyone who is looking for a small stylish all rounder
phone!! This phone is the best phone i have ever had !! You'll love
it tooooooooooooo.
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Reviewed by georgia from england on 14th Sep 2005
very good phone, camera brilliant- takes excellent photos and a lot
of them! video not so good butwouldnt put me off buying the phone, overall
opinion great!!
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Reviewed by jim from scotland on 6th Sep 2005
had every other samsung liked them all exept e800 for various reasons
but this phones not much better eather DNT BUT IT !!
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Reviewed by Andrea from Scotland on 29th Aug 2005
I have had this phone for almost a year now and have no complaints about
it. I has never frozen on me although I have accidentally dropped the
phone causing it to close and the phone call to be cut off. This is
through no fault of the phone though. I found it hard to text to begin
with but I had always worked with Nokia phones, I have never been aware
of my text messages not delivering nor have I not recieved any texts
that I am aware of. This phone would have been better if it had Bluetooth.
All in All I think this phone is ace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by STUART from ENGLAND on 29th Jun 2005
IF YOU WANT A PHONE THAT JUST SENDS TEXTS THEN THE E810 IS JUST FOR
YOU FOR AS A PHONE ITS NOT UP TO MUCH!HAD I NOT GOT IT FOR FREE FROM
VODAFONE I WOULD HAVE DEMANDED MY MONEY BACK AND GOT IT TO!I HAVE HAD
5 SAMSUNG PHONES AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM.I THINK THIS ONE
IS GOING TO BE THE "PHONE FROM HELL"!IT CUTS OUT;THE MIC SWITCHES OFF;IT
CHANGES ITS SETTINGS(HOW IT DOES THAT IS BEYOND ME)IF IT WAS NOT FOR
THE "RESET TO DEFAULT" IT WOULD BE IN THE BIN BY NOW.
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Reviewed by Rhys from England on 12th Jun 2005
I exchanged my old phone Sagem MYC5-2 and sixty pounds for the Samsung
E710 however I returned this a week later due to faults such as freezing,not
recieving my texts and not recieving calls. Do not worry as this phone
was second hand ! I returned to the place and asked for an exchange
I was very pick though as I wanted my phone to be a camera, video,colour
screen, infa red or blutooth and polyphonic ringtones. I thought I would
never find a phone with those qualities however within minutes I spotted
the Samsung E810 and asked how much it was. I was astounded to find
it was the same price and could exchange it. That was yesterday and
I have checked out all the qualities and it has everything I want the
slide is a fantastic little feature and very stylish the polyphonic
and true sound ringtones are like a stereo system and the camera quality
is amazing. Their is a feature on the camera if you press 0 then a bright
torch will come on. Also the revolving camer is simply genius t his
phone deserves a five star rating anyday. I was lucky I got it for a
mere one hundred pounds as they gave me forty for my old phone which
I bought for thirty and I had sixty pounds in cash. I recommend this
phone to everyone.
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Reviewed by Emma from England on 20th May 2005
WOW this phone is well cool. I've had it 4 a few months now nd i'm well
impressed. I've never had a phone as gd. It's colourful and has lots
of cool sounds on it. I'm impressed nd so is every1 hu nos me e.g. my
mums skittles team. Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.s. it's very
sexy nd stylish.
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Reviewed by gsm techie from UK on 17th May 2005
about me: i repair phone handsets. 5yrs now. This E810 is 3stars :Good
rating becuzs of its looks and normal phone use. theres not good too
say about this phone as it runs like othe on the martket so it has no
Wow factor or features, as the price of this phone at Entry of Retails
was over the £200 mark sim free. it is way over priced,. the phone
dose not had Bluetooth, the memory for Vid files is pointless as it
is around 5mb which will store about 4-5 vid files, they should of really
put a MB card slot on it, (the D500 dont even have that feature)and
i have just noticed you can not copy the whole sim card to phone memory
(am i wrong??) anyways the phone isnt all that if ur a tech head if
ur buying it sim free brand new then save you money and go for a different
handset 1 that will bt value for money ill stop bash this phone i do
like the Samsung brand then nokia BUT !,. Samsung you could of done
way better Nokia can't design a phone like you but u lack in all your
phones features. FIX UP!!!
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Reviewed by DALE from wales on 18th Apr 2005
this phone is absolutely brill do not listen to anyone who is saying
it needs more and it BREAKS DOWN ALL THE TIME THEY MUST BE LIES BECAUSE
THIS PHONE IS THE BEST I EVER HAD AND I ABSOLUTELY SEE NOTING WRONG
WIT IT IT SIMPLY COULDNT BE BETTER
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Reviewed by Cat from England on 10th Apr 2005
I have only had the phone for 2 days, and frankly i think it is very
average. The reason for me giving the phone 2 stars is 1-very stylish
and 2-the pictures are good quality. However, nothing else has impressed
me, for such an expensive phone i cant believe it hasnt got bluetooth.
The signal is poor and when i do get signal it says limited service?
i just find it very boring and nothing out of the ordinary. Also, simple
things like saving or deleting items takes forever. Luckily i have 2
weeks to change it if i want, so i deffinately will!!
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Reviewed by Muhammad Rizwan from Pakistan on 18th
Mar 2005
It is very good in design, but it is sensitive, should have bluetooth
technology and also PC data cable. same design should be applied with
folding. if possible.
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Reviewed by donna from uk on 8th Mar 2005
I have only had this phone for a week, but so far i think it is excellent.It
is so stylish and easy to use and the camera is great. I would advise
anyone to go and get this phone "I LOVE IT!!"
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Reviewed by Kate from Uk on 8th Mar 2005
I don't know what everyone is complaining about! I adore this phone,
by far the best I've had, and havent had a single prob with it yet,
touch wood. I had a samsung v200 before which wudn't recieve picture
messages, so this phone is now a blessing. The other phones I'v had
have all been Nokia's and I've got to say after these 2 phones I wouldn't
go back to anything but a Samsung. I was a little hesitant about the
phone at first, but it is so easy to work. Only problem is the fact
the keypad is covered which makes texting during lessons, whilst its
in my pocket just a bit trickier, but, n/m lol!! I would recommend this
phone to everyone, I can't live without mine!
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Reviewed by Rees from UK on 8th Mar 2005
This phone is a nightmare. I am now on my 3rd replacement from Vodafone.
It hangs up on callers before you can answer, it turns itself off etc.
Save your money, buy something else, should never have gone away from
Nokia!
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Reviewed by sophia jo from japan on 8th Mar 2005
what an abosolutely FANTASTIC phone, aBOSOLUTELY AMAZING, it so small,
cute and sexy it fits beautifully in my pocket, sometimes i forget that
it is even there! We recommend that you purchase this phone so start
adding up your pennies!!
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Reviewed by sam i am from england on 15th Feb
2005
nothing appealed to me, as they all think its the best on this web i
wouldn't recomend to anybody ive sent it back and getting the samsung
d500.
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Reviewed by christina 05 from England on 13th
Feb 2005
never get signal and if i do it says limited service only! when i make
a call it stalls for about a min before calling!! im sending it back
as its not as good as people say it is!!!!
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Reviewed by ANON from uk on 8th Feb 2005
I have nothing bad to say about this phone, its got great looks,compact
and i find the battery life fantastic (if i make no calls,it lasts nearly
a week! thats including taking incoming calls) One thing i've found
though is when i try and set the phone to ring and vibrate at the same
time, it only vibrates and never rings.this is the 3rd samsung mobile
phone i've had and they've all been the same (perhaps its a samsung
fault??)
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Reviewed by christina from england on 3rd Feb
2005
i got the phone today its small and really cute!!! but when i went to
charge it you have to take a little latch off and i think i may just
loose that as it is soooo small!
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Reviewed by mike from england on 21st Jan 2005
I have no faults about this phone A++++++++++++++++++++++++ in every
way go and buy one
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Reviewed by gosome from uk on 6th Jan 2005
this is one of the hottest model around. this has everything you need!!!one
main feature is the 180 degree rotating camera lens, what a bonus!!!!!
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Reviewed by Claire B from UK on 20th Dec 2004
Very stylish fone, wasn't sure about it at firts as i'm so used to nokias
but its simple enough to use. it has some really impressive features
including the camera (with flash). After reading reviews on the Samsung
E800 saying it was quite unstable and unreliable i was a bit unsure
about spending so much money on a fone that might be tatally pants but
the Samsung E810 is definately worth the money i havent experienced
any problems at all, i'm very pleased! the one thing i was disappointed
with is that when the fone is closed the display it totally blank &
you have to slide the fone open to "activate" it. other than that i'm
very happy with my new fone. i would highly recommend this fone!
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Reviewed by sa from uk on 15th Dec 2004
basically a big piece of rubbish but very very sexy baby yeh
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Reviewed by raffboy from on 14th Dec 2004
Although samsung produces excellent phones it does have the annoying
habit of releasing similar models with minor differences in specifications
with one model being superior in one aspect and the other being better
in another. In this case the E800 and E810 are virtually identical except
for some differences. The main difference being the 180 degrees rotating
camera which allows you to take self-portraits while viewing yourself
in the screen although the E800 does have the advantage of hiding the
camera to keep the lens clean. There are also some differences in the
memory with the E810 having a 2000 phonebook memory instead of 1000
as in the E800 but this is at the expense of the shared memory which
in the E800 is 22mb but in the E810 it's much less with specific amounts
allocated to each feature- java: 512kb, tones & pictures: 716kb, photo:
4096kb and video: 2048kb. Total: 7-8mb. The main advantage here is the
video record/playback capabilities of the E810 which is sadly abs ent
in the E800 but the 2000 phonebook memory does not justify losing memory
for photos/ringtones etc. ecpecially when each phonebook entry already
has 4 fields for storing mobile/home/work/other numbers. To round things
up, whether you buy this or the E800 depends mainly on the phone's appearance
and the rotating camera and the fact that the E810 is only available
on Vodafone. But if you really can't decide than better wait for the
E850 to come out early next year which features the best of both worlds.
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Reviewed by Kevin K from HK on 8th Dec 2004
I don't know why Samsung had chosen to go OTT marketing the E800 and
not this model. Think E810 is a GREAT phone. Simple to use and VERY
sexy. Can't keep my hands off it frankly and I've had it for months
;0)-
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Reviewed by jim sam bob from uk on 5th Dec 2004
you must buy!!!! .My perfect choice and ive only had a week.quite frankly
horny and AMAZING
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Reviewed by Hugh from Scotland on 26th Nov 2004
I had a motorola V5 phone for ages, and found it to be complicated to
use this phone the samsung E810 is great very easy to use great size
and great for photos, though iv still discovering it so far it seems
to be working fine. I like the idea that the camera rotates as its good
for taking candid shots of people. You dont have to slide it open to
use it ether so it can stay compact
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