Samsung i8510 Review
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In a nutshell: Released in September 2008, the Samsung i8510
is Europe's first 8 megapixel camera phone. It uses the same Symbian
operating system and Series 60 user interface as the Nokia N95 and has
almost identical features, including GPS satellite positioning, a music
player and FM radio, WiFi, 8 GB of built-in memory and up to 16 GB of
external memory. This phone raises the bar in mobile performance. However,
it is let down by poor battery life and the usual Symbian problems -
slow UI and freezing / software errors.
Review: September 2008. Last updated April 2010.
 Samsung
are certainly venturing into new territory in 2008 with the i8510 (also
known as the Samsung Innov8.) Not only is this Europe's first 8 megapixel
camera phone, but it marks a change for Samsung, with the release of
their first mainstream Symbian smartphone.
Let's talk about the camera first. At 8 megapixels, it pushes decisively
beyond the 5 megapixel resolution of its nearest competitors. But megapixels
aren't everything when it comes to digital cameras. Fortunately, Samsung
are one of the world's leaders in digital cameras and they know what
they're doing here. The i8510 moves camera phones closer to the kind
of user interface that dedicated camera have. A dedicated button activates
the camera, opening the lens cover, and toggles between camera, video
and the gallery. There are plenty of settings for advanced users to
play with, such as panorama, smile-detection autofocus and blink detection.
The basics include a 9x digital zoom (no optical zoom sadly - see the
Samsung G800 for that) and a dual power
LED flash. This flash is good enough at close range, but cannot match
the brightness of the xenon flash used in the Sony
Ericsson K850i (although the K850i comes with a host of problems
as discussed in our K850i review!)
It's debatable which camera phone is truly the best, but the i8510 must
surely rank in the top 5 currently. The video camera is also noteworthy,
as it records in high resolution and at up to 120 frames per second,
which means that you can play back in slow motion if you like.
The other most interesting thing about the i8510 is the fact that it
runs Symbian 9.3 with the Nokia Series 60 user interface. This makes
the phone's UI remarkably similar to the Nokia
N95 (although the i8510 runs the latest version 3.2 instead of the
buggy 3.1 version used by the N95.) Samsung have tweaked some options
of course, but this is essentially a phone that any Nokia Nseries user
could pick up and use without a second thought. It looks like N95 users
will have a real choice when they come to upgrade - should they choose
the Nokia N96 or the Samsung i8510?
It isn't only the UI that looks very much like that of the Nokia N95.
The whole phone does! It's a chunky slide phone that weighs even more
than the N95, but is several millimetres thinner. It'll be too heavy
for some, but if you like solid phones, we think you'll like the feel
of the i8510. The slide is smooth and the keypad feels good too, although
the touch-sensitive navigation key is bound to annoy some users (although
its sensitivity is adjustable.) One of the benefits of a large phone
is that it can fit a large LCD display, and Samsung have definitely
made the most of the available space with a high-resolution QVGA display
measuring 2.8 inches across, and displaying 16 million colours. Once
again, it matches the capabilities of the N95.
The Samsung holds its own when it comes to music playback too. Its
music player handles all popular formats (MP3, AAC, WMA) and includes
OMA digital rights management 2.0. Equipped with an FM radio RDS and
3D surround sound DNSe 2.0 technology - Samsung's proprietary digital
natural sound engine technology used in its MP3 players - the music
capabilities live up to our expectations for a high-end phone. The media
player supports DivX playback too, which is just as well since the huge
8GB of built-in memory is enough to store several full length movies!
Alternatively it will hold 2,000 songs in MP3 format (more if compressed.)
If that's not enough, you can add a 16 GB microSD memory card to expand
the total memory to 24 GB - enough for 6,000 songs! The i8510 also has
a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, so you can plug in your own high-quality
headphones.
Like the N95, the i8510 features A-GPS satellite navigation, with mapping
software from Route 66. You can also download free software such as
Google Maps. The GPS supports geo-tagging of photos.
The i8510 is a good platform for accessing the web. It's equipped with
a HTML browser and uses intelligent zoom and switching between landscape
and portrait modes to display web pages optimally. The touch-sensitive
scroll pad works very well when browsing the web. With HSDPA enabling
download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps, you can access web pages rapidly,
and download music and video directly to your mobile. In addition to
web access, the phone is able to connect via USB 2.0 or wirelessly via
Bluetooth and WiFi. You can use the TV-Out connection to view photos
and video directly on your TV. It's also possible to stream content
wirelessly to a compatible PC or laptop using WiFi.
The i8510 also has a 3D graphics accelerator card making it into a
mini-Xbox! We haven't played the games, but there are two free embedded
games - FIFA'08 and Asphalt. You'll find more Symbian applications pre-installed,
or available for download.
Battery life is not brilliant. Although the phone is equipped with
a heavy duty battery (the phone's size and weight are there for a reason!),
with so many gadgets to play with, you may find you need to recharge
every day if you're a heavy user.
The i8510 is clearly designed to go head to head with the Nokia
N95 8GB and the Nokia N96. Does it make
the grade? We think so! Apart from its weight and the issue of the touch-sensitive
navigation key, the Samsung i8510 matches or beats the N95 8GB. The
Samsung has a better camera and a better video camera. Does it beat
the N96? Well, the N96 has more memory, but the i8510 has a better camera.
W'd choose the Samsung, but the N96 comes very, very close! But be aware
- all three of these phones use the Symbian operating system, and all
three suffer from typical Symbian problems - slow UI, random freezing,
shutting down and software glitches.
Features of the Samsung i8510 include:
- 8 megapixel camera phone with 9x digital zoom, autofocus and dual
LED flash
- Video camera with built-in video editing, DivX playback
- 3G video calling
- Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 320 x 240 pixels (2.8 inches)
- MP3 player (MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV formats), OMA DRM 2.0
- Stereo FM radio RDS
- 3D Surround Sound System
- MP3 ringtones / 40-voice polyphonic ringtones
- Speakerphone
- GPS satellite navigation
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, email (POP3 / SMTP /
IMAP4)
- Document viewer
- Java games (Java MIDP 2.0)
- Personal organiser functions
- Offline mode
- Memory: 8 Gbytes plus microSD memory card slot (up to 16 GB)
- Internet: HTML web browser, WAP 2.0, GPRS Class
10, EDGE, 3G HSDPA (3.6 Mbps)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, WiFi, TV-Out
- Quadband GSM plus dual band 3G HSDPA
- Size: 107 x 54 x 17 mm
- Weight: 136g
- Talktime: 5 hours (3G) - 8.5 hours (2G)
- Battery standby: 310 (3G) - 330 hours (2G)
Samsung i8510 User Reviews
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Average rating from 101 reviews: 
Reviewed by Shehroz from Pakistan on 1st Feb 2012
Dont buy this phone, its born with probs and in the end u will hit it
on wall then u will have satisfaction. strip probs, lcd probs, charging
probs, camera probs and touchpad probs!! what else is left??? go for
candy bar form factor phones only they can be reliable not these sliding
and flipping junks!! regards.
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Reviewed by Mark from UK on 4th May 2009
I purchased the i8510 from mobiles.co.uk in March 09. First impressions
it's a great phone with lots of useful apps etc. However my phone is
currently away for repair. A long story cut very short.....orginal problem
was the phone wasn't charging, so i returned it too the Carphone Warehouse
for repair, it returned a week later damaged and with a new problem!!
So i politley asked the manager to explain this......he was smug, obnoxious,
arrogant & about as much use as a chocolate fireguard!! Its now with
Samsung being repaired apparently....... I wait with baited breath for
its return!!! I will never shop with the Carphone Warehouse ever again!!!!!!
Ohh and i had dust under the screen!
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Reviewed by Dave from Country on 29th Apr 2009
Nice looking phone on paper but having lived with one of these for 6
months I'm regretting my purchase. First of all it started operating
painfully slow - too slow to write a text message or even look for a
contact. Managed to reset it and then three weeks later it started to
constantly reboot and I couldn't even switch it on. Took it back to
the shop I bought it from and they "repaired" it only for the same problem
to occur 5 minutes after getting it back. It's back being repaired again
now and I'm not holding out too much hope. The guy in the shop said
they have had a lot of problems with these and now no longer stock them.
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Reviewed by Ed from England on 25th Apr 2009
IF only i could rate this phone 0 for very very poor i would cuz that
what it is!!!.16GB MEMORY lol,lost count of the times its told me the
memory is full even when my files are stored on the E:MASS memory.could
someone tell me how to check the memory status its like having a car
with no fuel gauge!!.Great for taking photos of statues! but its impossible
to get a person or worse a group to pose for the 10 seconds required
to take a pic!!.Everything is MEGA SLOW on this phone and yes my screen
is full of dust aswell .I wish it had some redeeming features but i
can't think of one!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by James from England on 21st Apr 2009
Amazing features, camera is so good and videos are really good quality.
Unfortunately (like it seems with all phones that use Symbian), after
a few weeks it became riddled with problems: Text messages not being
received (even though senders received delivery reports) Text messages
not delivering and just sitting in the outbox Poor microphone quality
REALLY REALLY slow and locking up Slide the phone open to pick up a
call and nothing, just carries on vibrating and won't let you answer
And today it finally gave up, woke up this morning and it just won't
turn on! Apart from all the bugs it is an amazing phone (when it works!)
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Reviewed by Charmaine Fegan from South Africa on
14th Apr 2009
I love my phone, but I used to receive reception quite easily with all
my other Samsung phones (Samsung D900 & Samsung E250), I now find that
when I am home I struggle for reception. Has anybody else had the same
problem, as it is really a serious problem for me.
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Reviewed by zoe from england on 27th Mar 2009
when i got this phone i looked everywhere for it and eventually got
the last one in the country by changing 2 o2 and getting a reali not
very good contract, now i have it 2 days later the buttons do what they
feel like n i can no longer play music...... im starting to think it
was 2 good to be true. and they have added things to this phone that
it just cant handle!!!!
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Reviewed by sade from scotland on 25th Mar 2009
To begin with i loved this phone & the camera is a great feature but
all I'm starting to have now is problems within i few months of me getting
it like a lot of people i couldn't send text messages they kept sitting
in the outbox saying it would resend in a few minutes & it never would
now so it ended up having to be reset 3 times.NIGHTMARE!!! Now I'm getting
issues with the phone itself charging, its not the charger or the battery
as it's been changed its the phone & the screen keeps playing up,so
now i'll have to wait yet again for this to be fixed, this just makes
me want to cancel my contract but I've only had my phone for less than
5 months!!! The only thing thats Ok is the camera.
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Reviewed by chris from AUS on 21st Mar 2009
dan from england & drak from mexico.... lies lies lies.... ok dan either
your just spamming or you got a faulty battery/ phone as i get 3-4day
EASY!!! drak from mexico... ive seen the exact same quotes from you
on other sites talkin about different samsung mobiles and i think this
site also...LOL!!!!!!!!! please kids stop spamming, thanks.
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Reviewed by melvin from india on 16th Mar 2009
sexy mobile!!!!!!!!!its beyond my imagination111111111
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Reviewed by samantha from sunderland on 1st Mar
2009
i love my samsung i8510 but have had a lot of problems with it the lens
on the camera keeps getting stuck it has a lot of dust under the screen
and the phone is very very sloww also the battery only lasts half a
day .but i do like it
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Reviewed by Jim Roberts from Scotland on 26th
Feb 2009
A lot of people are talking about the poor battery life and dust under
the screen. Having used a Nokia N95 for a long time, I tried the N96
but found it far too plasticky. As the Samsung felt pretty solid and
I wanted to stay with a smartphone using the Symbian S60 platform. I
opted for the i8510. It feels substantial and although the battery life
initially was less than one day, I experimented with different themes
and the battery life has improved dramatically to between 4 and 4.5
days. after 3 months the build up of dust under the screen became annoying
and the Carphone Warehouse fixed it within 24 hours. All in all, it's
a reliable phone with an excellent camera. I would rate the phone as
4 out of 5.
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Reviewed by Dan from England on 20th Feb 2009
Great Phone - easy to use, nice big keypad to txt with, bright screen,
okish camera, easy to use internet and great features! However, i hardly
get to use the features because the battery life is shocking. This morning
i went kayaking for about 2 hours. The phone was fully charged when
i left. The phone stayed at home whilst i took my nokia n95 with me.
the n95 had the gps on the whole 2 hours kayaking and i took about 20
pics and a quick phone call. I got home and the n95 battery - still
full! The I8510 - battery had decreased by 3 bars! The phone hadnt done
anything! If you need a phone that will last more than 12 hours then
dont buy this phone!!!
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Reviewed by sam kent from England on 19th Feb
2009
i'v had this phone about a week now and it is amazing, the camera is
awesome the internet is so fast and clear everything on the phone is
brilliant, the sound quality is the best i have heard on a mobile phone.
the battery life is extremely good considering everything the phone
can do, i charged it for around 16hours the first time and it lasts
me a couple days under quite heavy use. it looks stunning aswell, it
is quite big but has a proffesional look to it. this is by far the best
phone around
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Reviewed by e91 from uk on 15th Feb 2009
i have had this phone since october and after 3 months it stopped letting
me send text messages.have had it fixed twice however the evening after
the day i got it fixed for the first time it stopped letting me send
text messages and this has happened for the second time,got it fixed
and the same thing happened
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Reviewed by ed1979 from uk on 12th Feb 2009
Had exactly the same problem with this phone with the charging socket.
had it repaired 3 times and now replaced with a reconditioned phone....not
a new one!!!!! arguing the toss with carphone warehouse for 2 months
to get an n96. phone is ok now it's working. I'll never use carphone
warehouse again! shoulda waited and got an N96!
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Reviewed by john from uk on 9th Feb 2009
this phone is ok the camera is really good the battery life wasn't that
good. go for the c905 it has a better camera better mp3 and better battery
life. also c905 its a much better phone.
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Reviewed by JT from UK on 6th Feb 2009
I have had this phone 3 months and loved it. Especially great camera
& video, wifi and could play music though internal speakers. Unfortunately
the charger/usb port stopped working and told not under warranty by
CPW so have 15 mths contract left and a bust phone therefore going to
have to mark phone down and wish I stayed with Nokia.
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Reviewed by Sab1875 from UK on 4th Feb 2009
Hi rachel. I have had the messaging problem too this is my second i8510.
Carphone replaced my 1st one after too much hassle to mention. Now I
am in the process of having the current handset 'repaired' by their
team. The engineers say they have flashed the software but keep putting
an old version on (08/2008...check yours). If there are none in stock,
I am also shocked to hear I won't even be offered the N96 as a replacement
as it's not in the same 'band'!! Shocking. Avoid CPW at all costs. I
hope you get yours sorted as it is an otherwise really good phone for
camera, vid and same as Nokia software.
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Reviewed by Tony Stewart from Scotland on 31st
Jan 2009
This is a very good phone with extras going through the roof. I only
have two down sides. the screen seems to let dust into it quite easily
as both me and my pal [the only other person i no with this phone] have
noticed. the dust doesn't reslly affect the view in dull or dark lighting
but in direct sunlight it becomes a problem and their's no way of cleaning
it out. the other problem was a bit more serious as the phone had to
get sent away to get fixed. the charging point inside the handset is
quite easily broken as i only tripped over the wire when on charge and
it was enough to break the solder inside. That is my only two hicups
to what i think is a brilliant phone. I cant wait for the Nokia N97
tho as thats next on my purchase list
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Reviewed by Cathy from England on 30th Jan 2009
I love the phone but I hate the way it keeps stopping sending text messages
(anyone else had this?) I've had it fixed once before and its in the
process of being fixed again now. However, I'm thinking of cutting my
losses and selling it. What's the point in having such a high spec phone
when you can't even send a simple text message?
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Reviewed by Charlotte from London, UK on 29th
Jan 2009
Don't get me wrong, I love the phone and all the features. I have had
the phone since it's release and I have had a good 2 months before the
problems. Yes the battery life isn't great and it's not the smallest
of phones but I have found it does what it says on the box. I have had
various problems with the screen freezing, flickering, fading in and
out whenever I slide it open, during sendng texts and whilst trying
to take pictures. I have had it fixed 3 times because i love it so but
I finally give up. Today will be the 4th time I take it back to the
shop, I am thinking I may leave it in the shop for good!
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Reviewed by Terry from Canada on 28th Jan 2009
I've had the i8510 for 10 days now. Great phone, but the software is
a bit flaky. I've had the phone freeze up twice in the last week, both
times I was trying to get the camera started. When it freezes up, there
is no equivalent of a hard restart button. I had to take the battery
out and restart the phone. The newest version of the PC Suite software
has a "software update" button. I've updated the phone once with this,
but I'm wondering if this is an actual firmware upgrade or not. I bought
this phone because it had the best reviews for it's type. I've got mixed
feelings. If the phone would do what it's designed to do, with no problems,
it would be fabulous. Right now, I don't trust it.
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Reviewed by Drak from Mexico-UK on 27th Jan 2009
8 megapixel camera phone with 9x digital zoom, autofocus and dual LED
flash bad quality. The pictures are not as good as a nokia's 5MPX cameras,
even a 3.2MPX. WHY? Megapixels are not only feature in a camera, also
need to consider resolution in terms of DPI (dots per Inch)most common
known for printers. Samsung has a 72 DPI meanwhile Nokis has 300DPI
that makes a big difference in term of quality in night shots and pics
definition. If you look for a camera choose any Nokia 5MPX. As well
batery is varu poor performance and need to recharge on a daily basis.
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Reviewed by rachel from UK on 25th Jan 2009
I Have had this phone since xmas (it was my xmas present =D) .. generally
its good. The main downside is that the battery runs out very very quickly.
if u dont mind charging it every other night. and keeping your charger
with u wherever you go. The camera is amazing. I previously had the
G600 and i wasnt too impressed with its camera and was a bit hesitant
to get this fone but there was no dissapointment in that area. Personally
i prefer my G600. The i8510 doesnt have that many options as to the
g600. eg. IT DOESNT HAVE A PRIVACY OPTION. So if the phone is unlockd
anyone can see your texts or use ur phone. Its a pain keeping my phone
away from my parents now. It has a front camera to use for video calls..
but i cannot use it and there is no option just to use the camera without
doing a video call.. wich is annoying if you wana look in the mirror!!!
:) Music is good and so is the quality of videos. Ive been having problems
with messaging. I can recieve texts and call and recieve calls But some
times i cant send a text. It goes to the outbox and says "resend at
.." which is frustratin when u cant send a text urgently!!!! has anyone
else had this problem???? overall there are mixed feelings about this
fone. 1.ITs very expensive (im on a O2 contract with O2 but to buy its
around £500) 2.its fairly big compared to its ancestors 3.some find
it very slow 4.Battery life aint so good again comparing to its ancestors
(g600,d600,u600) so i wouldnt recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by Flic from UK on 23rd Jan 2009
I have recently bought an i8510 and I love it. It is easy to use and
has great features. Battery life is good, I charge it every couple of
days but generally do that with my phones. I don't have a problem with
scratches on the screen and as yet have had no problems with dust, it
may be because I keep it in a sock to help protect it. There are mixed
reviews about this phone but the only way you will really know is to
buy one.
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Reviewed by quentin from Australia on 22nd Jan
2009
Al from the UK.... umm LOL...bro the pausing in music is a feature of
the phone. Etiquette mode.. youve turned it on at some point... facing
the phone face down will pause the mp3 player and will act as the snooze
option when the alarm is on. lol.. cheers mate
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Reviewed by Mike from Yorkshire on 21st Jan 2009
Ok lets give my two pennies worth. 1st, yeah the dust is a problem,
and it's a known issue, samsung have been replacing phones ( slide open
the phone and look down the back you will see a small breather hole
where the dust is getting in ) however use your common sense, you know
dust is an issue SO BUY A SOCK FOR PITY SAKE. 2nd Battery life, yeah,
yeah we know its bad but then this phone does more than just make calls
using hspda speeds to surf the net and satnav and using a 8meg camera,
music and video playing will drain most devices, until we all see a
3000mah battery for these kind of phones we have to accept that a nightly
charge maybe required heck my n95 was EXACTLY the same. 3rd I was one
of the first ones to get this phone approx 4 or 5 months ago and I have
had no scratches ANYWHERE, but then I dont throw my phone on the floor
and keep my keys in the same pocket and generally throw the phone on
the desk after a long day at work. It is a more sturdy phone than my
n95 which I have still got by the way. 4th I agree with the previous
person saying about wi-fi it's an absolute piece of cake access web,
select wifi connection and connect... how easy is that, and as previously
stated it remembers the connection.... 5th MP3's HOW GOOD ARE THESE!!!
especially with the surround sound headphones plugged with surround
sound selected... try that Mr Sony!!. 6th Right enough kissing a**e
this phone isnt perfect, the symbian os is the new version using feature
pack 2 so dont expect all your nokia symbian apps to work... they just
wont ok.... get newer versions if possible. Also HOW ANNOYING IS THAT
TOUCH SENSITIVE BUTTON!!!! good job it can be turned off. Finally is
there any reason samsung DIDNT include a xenon flash with this... WHY
PROMOTE A 8MEGAPIXEL CAMERA AND GIVE IT A WEEDY FLASH!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway
enough of this, GO OUT AND GET ONE and in 18months time buy an IPHONE
4 with video and a decent camera and one that CAN run third party apps
without being jail broken....
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Reviewed by Al from UK on 20th Jan 2009
All in All, generally v. good fone with tonnes of features & toys +
general S60 software will work... i call it 'my brick' so be warned,
it is sizable lol The battery does need a good 24 hours initial charge
or the battery will run out in a day, it now lasts 2-2.5 days (save
battery power by turning off the on-board GPS, not looking for Wi-fi
connection every x minutes & turning off 3G until you need it) Has developed
faults in its 1st month of use which is why i markin it down... pressing
up on the D-Pad 50% doesnt respond & it pauses music when i put it screen-down
& continues resumes playing when i pick it up !! PS no dust problem
with mine... but then, i did buy a rubber case to put the phone in..
only cost £2.50 on-line, bargain :)
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Reviewed by Bluejay from Australia on 16th Jan
2009
So far this phone has the best reviews I've seen for any phone, anywhere
on the internet. The one thing that keeps cropping up majorly though
(apart from dust) is that the battery life is poor. At the moment I
have an interim, boring, run-of-the-mill sony ericsson thing and when
I use "blutooth to send/receive and/or doing any intense application,
like using the camera for a long time " it REALLY drains my battery
life. In fact, EVERY phone I've ever had loses battery life when it
gets used. That's the point, guys! The battery is being USED! It's like
everybody is expecting a battery that stays charged no matter what you
do with it. I charge my battery every night. Sometimes I actually get
2 days out of it. But like I said, I'm just using a no frills model
without the mod cons so what would one expect from something as feature
packed as this? One day's battery life sounds brilliant to me!
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Reviewed by Jackdawbob from UK on 14th Jan 2009
Great phone really, it is big and the touch sensitive direction pad
is annoying anywhere other than web browsing, but the positives are
there- the camera is fantastic. Before this I had the LG Renoir, which
was a customer service nightmare and the camera was worse, and the INNOV8
definitely would be a better phone- if it didn't let dust get in and
sit behind the screen! It is a nightmare, and makes the phone unfit
for purpose- any photos etc you try to take always has this dust in
the way, which you have to try to see beyond. I have an 8 week old baby,
and I bought the phone specifically to be able to take quality pics
and vids of her- sadly this dust (and there is a lot of it now, 2 months
old phone) really detracts from the phone and from the picture taking.
Other positives are the GPRS (although again the dust detracts)the smartphone
capabilities are awesome. If I could stop the dust I would love this
phone, I am now trying to get Samsung to change the phone as it isn't
fit for purpose in my opinion. I am sure that the nice folks at Samsung
will tell me exactly where to go...!
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Reviewed by Rajdip from Australia(India) on 13th
Jan 2009
Well , on first site , off-cource is a great camera , deadly 8 megapixel
camera shoots far better than n-95 as well as it's loaded with massive
8 gb as well 16 gb internal memory , so you will never take care about
your memory. The only thing that disappoints is a battery life(though
that's common in all symbian phones) and the price range of this phone..
i paid $999 for this phone , though the converted movie quality of this
phone is awesome !! i converted 2-4 movies for this phone and it works
amazingly !! Divx in this phone is works amaizingly.. the another problem
with this phone is - in tutorial it says u got free navigator software
inside - says route 66 something, but i checked everywhere in my phone
, there is no route 66 app and when i asked route66 customer service
about this thing , What they say ??? that you have to pay $ 179 USD
for that software !!!! we can get better GPS for car in that price..
Freak Cheters of Route 66 ...
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Reviewed by Rob from England on 11th Jan 2009
Simply stunning phone. Well built, and on first impressions a tad large,
but you soon get used to the size of this beauty, and compared to most
mobiles the phone is the same height as most candy bar designs, but
just slightly wider but you're compensated with a huge screen. Photos
of this phone do not do it justice, it is far more attractive in real-life.
Had this phone for a few days now, no dust or battery issues as mentioned
below. Some simply excellent features, and I keep on unearthing more
and more new features on this phone every day. Camera doesn't dissapoint
either, it won't replace a decent digital camera if you're into photography,
but it still packs in some decent features, like face detection and
multi shot feature. It also takes good photos in dark situations. Music
player is far superior than my I-Pod Nano as you can listen to your
music with or without headphones, and with the extra memory slot, you
can download plenty of music. Only dissapointment with phone was the
sensitive touch pad, and I just deactivated this feature. Recommend
that you download full user manual on-line as the manual supplied with
phone is for quick-start and doesn't mention most the features or benefits.
5/5... Top marks Samsung
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Reviewed by ryan from plymouth england on 11th
Jan 2009
iive had this phone for about a month and cant wait to see rid of it.
everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. this is not a cheap phone
but feels cheap WARNING ITS NOT WORHTH THE MONEY!!!
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Reviewed by Lez from uk on 11th Jan 2009
I have had this phone for around 2 month now, i use a phone often as
ataxi driver, both voice and text message and checking my email. I wont
bother to tell you how many good points this has, the stores and websites
will do that, what i will do is point out whats wrong with it.... battery
life is only 'ok' but if i use it for navigation, the battery is dead
in about 6 hours, and i work an 8 hour shift... The video playback is
better than most but the codecs need an update for later divx etc, and
it needs mpg support, i know mpg is old, but some videos are still in
it and its a pain to convert things just to watch them. the backlight
is not always friendly with other software and goes out when you need
it, ie on navigation software etc, sometimes it gets confused and then
wont come on, or comes on but the keyboard is locked needing a reboot
if you have it on media player and lay it face down so the speakers
are logically pointing up from your desk, the music pauses...... If
you shake it around like say jogging, it pauses... biggst pain, its
sooo slooowwww, its like having a phone from 5 years ago! when you reply
to a text if you type fast it loses the first few letters and you have
to start your reply again. dont think i wll be keeping mine that long
unless it gets some new firmware soon to fix the sped issue. camera
5/5 but manual focus would be nice and a option to take time lapse audio
quality, 5/5 build quality 5/5 firmware 1/5
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Reviewed by ABRAM from SOUTH AFRICA on 6th Jan
2009
VERY CLEVER FONE I THINK I'M FALLING FOR IT!!!!
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Reviewed by EmirHan from TURKEY on 4th Jan 2009
This phone is amazing.I offer this phone for everyone.Especially the
camera is perfect. I'd love it..:))
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Reviewed by Jim Roberts from UK on 4th Jan 2009
My first and last Samsung. I had an N95 which I gave to my wife and
I would love to have it back but I aint that brave. I had an N96 for
2 days and exchanged it for the i8510 'cos the Nokia felt tinny and
plasticky compared to my excellent. I'm well used to symbian phones
but this is the first one that needs daily charging, even with minimal
use. I got it in december and daily I am counting the new bits of dust
under the screen. The phone seems solid enough and works the way I want
a symbian phone to work but the battery and dust problems have got to
me and meantime I'm using an old N70 instead. At the first opportunity
I will go for another Nokia maybe the N85. Anyone considering this phone
should take a look at the comments on the various forums. YOU HAVE BEEN
WARNED!
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Reviewed by Liz from Uk on 4th Jan 2009
Great Phone. Love This. Just Like The Nokia N96 But Better. Camera is
Ace
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Reviewed by Shahram from Iran on 1st Jan 2009
I've had this phone for a couple of weeks.It takes very good photos.It's
a little heavy.Battery consumption is a bit high but if you adjust (reduce)
the Contrast,keep your bluetooth and WLAN turned off,put your phone
on Off-Line before going to bed every night,your battery life will improve
gradually.So far no dust has got into the earpiece of my phone.And I
recommend you to use an LCD Protector the moment you buy it,but it doesn't
mean that the LCD is easily scratchable.Web-Surfing is a pleasant and
music player is enjoyable.It's a Symbian phone so you can find a lot
of applications in it.The only problem I'm facing with is that I don't
how to remove the Auto-Lock process set by the factory.Anyway the most
important thing for me is that I am always having a good camera-phone
with me to hunt the moments.
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Reviewed by Hooded Assassin from England on 30th
Dec 2008
I came to this website to read the reviews from people that own this
phone before going to purchase it myself. i have now brought the handset
and want to clear up some of the myths that maybe putting people off
getting this phone like it nearly did me. Dust under the screen - I
asked the guy in carphone warehouse about this and he said that some
handsets had been returned with this problem. I brought the phone anyway
and have now had it for 3 months. For the first 2 weeks i didn't dare
put it in my pocket, or have it in the dashboard of my car for fear
that i would fall victim like so many of the reviewers on this site.
Then i thought "fudge it!". Since then i have used the phone as normal
and it has even spent time in a dust filled room where i am currently
decorating my house. No dust under the screen, nor usb port. Poor Battery
life - this makes me laugh, mostly due to the fact that i went from
owning a HTC touch diamond to this phone so i REALLY know poor battery
life. My average day with my I8510 goes something like this: Alarm to
wake me up - Music player hooked up to car to take me to work - Approx
10 texts, 10 minutes calls - Music home - Approx 10 minutes calls in
the evening. This usage would give me 2 days of battery life. However,
if i use my music player, whilst driving using my satnav at the same
time and then recieve a phone call, and then go back to satnav and music,
this would rinse my battery in about half a day. Unfortunatly whilst
mobile phone technology has advanced no end, batteries have not. This
phone has very very good battery life in comparison to equivilant handsets,
and that's all the matters. Scratches easily - The build quality of
this phone is immense and i've dropped it a few times now with no drama.
The phone has a small scratch on the side of it (not the screen) where
it was in my coat pocket with keys. My phone always seems to find the
pocket with my keys in and yet this is the only damage. Difficulty connecting
WiFi - LOL! You go to 'Web', Select 'search for WiFi', click the connection,
Job done! It even remembers that connection and has it available automatically
next time you go to 'Web'! I reliterate, this phone is awesome. The
music player is incredible (i have now sold my ipod), the sat nav is
yet to let me down (only downside is having to pay for the UK map),
It has buttons (Touch screen is the worst thing ever to happen to mobile
phones), it is built on a very stable operating system (Symbian). I
understand peoples poor experiences but my experience of this phone
has been incredible. Well done Samsung!
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Reviewed by Lucy Edwards from Uk on 29th Dec 2008
I cant see why people are moaning as i can go 4 days without charging
my phone its the first charge that the phone gets dictates how long
the battery life lasts for. I may be on my second one because of my
battery last time i started to use the phone straight away without charging
it my boyfriend and his brother told me that . People need to learn
to look after the batterys first. Where were you all when brains were
being handed out or did u just totally miss this stage of evouluation???
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Reviewed by Ohdear from United Kingdom on 28th
Dec 2008
Right, to settle all this arguing, This phone is the best phone released
and its even better than the Nokia N96, Okay, to start with, people
who are having "dust in the screen" problems, don't leave it anywhere
where it will gather dust, its simple plus alot of phones gather dust,
its just the way you look after it and secondary, the battery life,
yeah, stop moaning, all phones actually have rubbish battery life cause
its the way you use it, 3G runs it down quicker too, its your fault,
don't blame Carphone Warehouse and Samsung for your mistakes and one
more thing, you having problems with Scratches ? DON'T DROP IT OR LEAVE
IT IN AREAS WHERE ITS GUNNA GET SCRATCH! Where were you moaners when
Brains were given out?? This Phones Great SOO STOP MOANING ABOUT DUST,
BATTERY LIFE AND SCRATCHES, ITS HOW YOU LOOK AFTER IT, DEAL WITH IT.
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Reviewed by quentin from Australia on 24th Dec
2008
again the dust thing???? what are you guys doing with you phones!!!
u dont live in the desert by any chance do yas?
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Reviewed by ben from england on 21st Dec 2008
got this phone a week ago and was very disappointed the battery life
is terrible mountains of dust gets under the screen and the usb port
and has already stopped working. Definitely swapping it for a different
phone. p.s dont buy this phone
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Reviewed by Hannah from UK on 20th Dec 2008
i got my 8Gb i8510 about a month ago it scraches very easily and the
battery isnt very good i have to charge it every night. i havent had
any problems with it yet other than that a good phone!
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Reviewed by quentin from Australia on 20th Dec
2008
dont understand people problems with battery life and dust... ive had
this phone for about 8weeks now and i get 3days EASY with moderate use..i
think im on my 4th day at the moment.. same goes with the dust factor...
none... I do have the same phone as you guys right??? i dont get how
1 person can have HUGE amounts of dust and then the next person,absolutely
nothing. yeah sometimes apps can take a sec or two to start up but dam
for the specs this phone has I can live with that!!!!!! Ive owned alot
of phones, and this is by far the best ive owned.. people thinking about
buyin this phone... read the reviews...enough said.
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Reviewed by nes from Philippines on 17th Dec 2008
I think, it was a bad decision for me to jump to this 16Gb i8510. Actually
at stanby mode batt lasted only for 20 hours, the HSDPA 7.2Mbps as advertised
is 460Kbps only in PC suite, Dust accumolates faster under the screen,
menu button cases are very sluggish. For a traveller like me this phone
is very disppointing.
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Reviewed by Dan Smith from England on 16th Dec
2008
Viki Jones all the quality phones I've had, have had that E in the top
right corner of the screen, From the S-E K800i to the Samsung I8510.
I'm use to be very impressed with the time it takes for things to be
bluetoothed fro the computer but now I find this phone asolute rubbish.
I've had it since October and all it seems to do is brake. If I close
the phone too hard it turns off. If I leave the phone off for more then
an hour it turns on. If the phones in my pocket it turns off. Worst
phone I've had since the Nokia 3210.
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Reviewed by aaron from untied kingdom on 14th
Dec 2008
i have had this phone for about 2weeks now.. my first impressions were
WOW!the phone looks a LOT nicer in person than over the internet and
the dummies in the store,as the dumies dont have shiny gloss ect. this
phone is amazing! everything you could wont from a phone and a camera
, the slow motion is so funny,but goes incredibly darker when recording.
the sound speakers are GOOD! better than i thought when you change the
equaliser! the dust thing is a load of rubbish.. not experienced it
yet. AMAZING PHONE!!!
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Reviewed by Jane from England on 12th Dec 2008
I like the phone but I just find it a bit sluggish. It is slow to start
the camera, slow to get through to other phones when dialing. . . just
slow.
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Reviewed by Alessandro from Italia on 4th Dec
2008
this phone is wonderful it join the quality of symbian with the nice
samsung style (and top performances like camera, memory and a lot of
compatibility) the best if you are bored of usuals nokia
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Reviewed by Viki Jones from England on 3rd Dec
2008
Had 2 months and for some reason will not let me send text messages.
Another woman experienced similar problems in shop, has been given FIVE
new handsets all done the same. Has a small E under the network gage
on the top left hand screen where the 3G should be. Not amused at all
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Reviewed by abdo from egypt on 2nd Dec 2008
wooooooooooow
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Reviewed by kabir from bangladesh on 29th Nov
2008
samsung i8510 vary nice and great camera phone
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Reviewed by Duncan from UK on 22nd Nov 2008
I've had my i8510 for 6 weeks now and have no problems at all with it.
I got it through Carphone Warehouse on Orange upgrading from a U600
so I was familiar with Samsung operations from day 1. The camera is
amazing, take time to set it up first and you'll be rewarded with some
quality pics. As a pro photographer I'm fussy about pictures and while
the phone may lack any form of manual override for speed and aperture,
it's great for catching shots when you're out and about that you'd otherwise
miss out on. If you import them onto a computer and have Photoshop,
it's possible to produce pictures that can be blown up to poster size
without any loss of quality. The big screen makes web browsing possible
even if your eyesight is poor and being able to pick up WiFi makes it
an inexpensive option. I agree with the review about Route 66 - complete
waste of time! But then when would you ever use it? It's a solid robust
phone with a quality feel to it - just hope it stays that way for the
next 17 months.
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Reviewed by Annie from UK on 22nd Nov 2008
Only got one gripe with this phone so far. Even if it was wired to the
national grid the battery would still want more juice. I really like
this phone but I need it be more mobile. Does anyone actually get more
than a day out of it, I close down all the big apps I can...its so annoying!
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Reviewed by Richard from UK on 20th Nov 2008
was very impressed with the phone apart from minor faults until 2 months
in. This is when the usb type port on the phone stopped working, meaning
that the phone could not charge or link up to the pc. so not good in
terms of reliability
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Reviewed by graham from uk on 19th Nov 2008
what is the point of this route 66 i tried to load uk map but no you
have to pay so ok £5.00 maybe £10 at most no 59 euros what a rip off
so i tried to download it started then timed out so try again went bed
got up no download timed out then looked at my 02 bill what the @@@@
£459.42 data download thank 02 for wipping this bill route 66 help dont
no anything about it rip off dont bother with map the phone cool route
66 is a load of @@@@
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Reviewed by simon gatty saunt from UK on 18th
Nov 2008
I have had 2 i8510's go back to vodafone for the same problem. The phone
locks up on re-boot and will not start. Reading other forums, I am not
the only person to have this go wrong. Awaiting my 3rd i8510 - last
chance, or I will exchange for N96. I really want this phone to work
for me, as it has such grt applications and features. But it has to
be reliable as i use it for a business tool for emailing, satnav, etc.
My curretn n95 had bugs to start with, but Nokia ironed them out over
time with regular firmware uploads and it is now very stable. Lets hope
Samsung do the same.
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Reviewed by westside from USA on 15th Nov 2008
this phone is not worth buying soo please don't buy it.. its piece of
junk!!!..
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Reviewed by Ben from UK on 14th Nov 2008
Contrary to most - I think the battery usage on the i8510 is really
good. Any 3G phone is going to drink the battery anyway [cos of the
linear amps], where Ive had mine for about a week and its certainly
been much better than my old 3G Razr so far. Camera is v. good, as to
is OCR and GPS. The WiFi was tricky to setup. Needed to get the MAC
from the phone [*#62209526#] and the MAC that my router saw [which was
different] and add them BOTH into my routers MAC access list before
comms would go. Havent had a prob with dust yet as I took heed to others
comments and taped over the phone socket till I get a plug! Will update
if I do still get dust. My real gripe is theres little online info on
the phone. Best stick with forums!
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Reviewed by chris jericho from england on 11th
Nov 2008
this phone rules
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Reviewed by Chris from U.K on 7th Nov 2008
had the phone 2 months really good phone apart from the dust under the
screen i've taken it back to the cpw 4 times an had a brand new i8510
each time but with evey phone dust keeps getting in an now because the
28 day return are up they wont do anything about the problem because
samsung wont recognize the problem, STAY AWAY FROM THE I8510!! and the
carphone warehouse.
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Reviewed by aaron from england on 2nd Nov 2008
it is a excellent phone even better then the n96
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Reviewed by Matt from UK on 1st Nov 2008
Exchanged my first one at the carphone warehouse without any problems,
battery life seems better now, but using blutooth to send/receive and/or
doing any intense application, like using the camera for a long time
will really drain battery life. Again im starting to get the dust on
the screen, which is really disapointing but i'm just gonna put up with
it because i really like the phone! Does anybody know what the Power
Saver actually does in the personalisation?
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Reviewed by Serge from UK on 29th Oct 2008
Matt, I read somewhere that if you have the autopivot on that can be
a massive battery drain. Check your settings for that. I like the phone
otherwise though, apart from the dust problem!
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Reviewed by Phill from England on 28th Oct 2008
I'd have to say that this review is incorrect about the phones memory.
If y'all haven't noticed the INNOV8 gives you a choice of 8GB or 16GB
of internal memory and in both cases you still have the SD card slot
which allows you to expand your capacity by another 16GB. This totally
gives the phone the ability to surpass the N96....
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
28th Oct 2008
Yes, there is a 16GB version but it's very hard to find in the shops.
Most of the i8510's sold are the 8GB, and that is the phone that we
reviewed.
Reviewed by Adam from UK on 27th Oct 2008
I am on my 3rd i8510 after reading this review I upgraded to this phone
but dust is a massive problem it takes just a matter of hours to start.
If you can put up with a lot of white and black dots all over the screen
then this is a great phone.
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Reviewed by Matt from UK on 25th Oct 2008
I got this phone last week, upgraded from an n82, at first i thought
this phone was fantastic! screen qualitys great, speaker quality was
great, keyboard was ok, bit on the slugist side when texting, which
was odd... But after keeping it in my pocket, using quite a lot, the
battery seemed to be terrible, it lasted for almost 9 hours, full screen
brightness, but use wasnt even too heavy! i spend about 5 minutes watchig
the preloaded trailers for kung fu panda and transformers (seems a bit
of a waste putting them on...) about 10 minutes on the phone and sent
about 7-8 texts. this really disapointed me, after a full 20 hour charge
the night before. Firstly dust started coming through somewhere in the
top right of the screen, dont know how, but its spreading all over,
and its really disapointing me. I'm taking it back tomorrow for probably
the same one, but if it happens again then i will get the n96. These
are the only 2 problems i have with the phone, but they are pretty serious
ones!
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Reviewed by Errol from Jamaica on 24th Oct 2008
This phone is the best in cellular technology. I have to get me one
of these!!
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Reviewed by wendy from uk on 23rd Oct 2008
i got this phone on tues and am taking it back tomorrow i am having
to charge it day and night and i dont even use it that much couldnt
get the satnav to work either after several calls to samsung i give
up
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Reviewed by andy from uk on 16th Oct 2008
I have found a HUGE problem with this phone, when it gets anywhere near
a pocket dust will get in behind the screen through the earpiece and
is impossible to remove. i have had for 7 days and am now returning
to carphone warehouse for a new phone, they say it is a recorded issue
with the handset. Real shame that such a simple problem ruins an otherwise
excellent phone
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Reviewed by ogungbemi from uk on 16th Oct 2008
its nice
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Reviewed by Graeme from Scotland on 12th Oct 2008
'you may find you need to recharge every couple of days if you're a
heavy user' Nonsense. Heavy use depletes the battery within a matter
of hours.
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Reviewed by Dave from UK on 11th Oct 2008
2nd i8510 in 2 weeks now and the same fault keeps appearing. Every time
I open the music app it constantly performs a search and there is no
way to cancel it except for removing the battery. But the phone is awesome
so I will give it one more chance.
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Reviewed by Andy from Uk on 10th Oct 2008
Had this phone for a couple of days now, gotta say so far so good. It
has everything you could ever want in a phone.
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Reviewed by colin from UK on 8th Oct 2008
Had this phone a week now. does everything you need. However you have
to download and pay for the sat nav maps, i think for the price this
should of been included. The camera is excellent and the menu is easy
to navigate. I cannot find anything i do not like about the phone.
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Reviewed by Tina from UK on 8th Oct 2008
Had this phone for less than a week, love everything about it EXCEPT
the battery life!! I am going to be taking it back to CPW and exchanging
it for the same (this time) in the hope its just a fault on this phone.
Fingers crossed.
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Reviewed by Gareth from UK on 7th Oct 2008
Had this as an upgrade from CPW. Its main selling point being the 8mp
camera so was very dissapointed to discover that the camera on my phone
did'nt work. Returned it to CPW the shop assistant said it was the fourth
i8510 they had had back for the same fault, maybe a recall is looming?
The build quality was not great either, it did'nt feel like a £500 phone.
The amount of things that are on this phone is impressive and if Samsung
can improve there Quality inspection etc then it could be an iphone
beater. For now though I'll wait for the SE C905
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Reviewed by tia from uk on 6th Oct 2008
i love my samsung i8510!! its mega awesome!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Mareile from UK on 4th Oct 2008
Had this for a few days and find it excellent in every way. Haven't
needed the user manual so far as everything was self explanatory. Very
easy to use phone, excellent camera and call quality. Connected to my
wireless for file transfer - excellent phone backup and file management
on Samsung PC Studio 7, btw. Am not missing the QWERTY at all - I type
fluently on laptops and typewriters but could never get used to those
tiny QWERTY keypads on the blackberry type phones - I prefer texting
mode. The predictive text is easy to use and you can add to it. Connectivity
and reception is very good and so is the battery life.
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Reviewed by Dominic from London on 4th Oct 2008
This phone is really good but i think my n95 8gb is better though but
i love the camera and video on this this phone has to be in the top
3
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Reviewed by Paul from UK on 2nd Oct 2008
I've just taken my i8510 back to CPW after a week's ownership. Gorgeous
phone on paper, nightmare phone in reality. I'd press the answer button
to receive a call - nothing would happen. And again and again. I've
lost so many calls and of course incurred charges in calling people
back. It freezez, it's slooooooooow. Out of the box it seemed responsive
but when I sync'd with my PC and loaded up lots of music it ground to
a halt. The GPS was very flakey, you have to pay extra for the route
66 UK maps, pay extra for Quick office. I so wanted to love this phobe,
the build quality is great it looks good and feels good. Texting is
not so easy and predictive texting requires you press * to go through
the various words based on the key sequence you pressed, there is no
drop down menu as there is on other phones. CPW replaced the phone with
another i8510 but forgot to include the battery, so I have to go back.
I am not optimistic as I believe the issues are in the software design
not the manufacturing. Writing real time software that is interrupt
driven (i.e. that has to react to every key press, accelerometer input,
phone input, email and text input or incoming call), whilst playing
music/watching a video is no small thing to do. I wonder if the software
engineers have got it right. OPerating the camera ... mmmm there's a
thing. Press the silver button and wait. And wait. It took upto 10 seconds
for the camera mode to engage and there be an image on the screen, by
which time I'd missed the moment. The whole operation of the phone is
just too sluggish when the memory is part loaded with appointments,
contacts, music etc. Disappointed as it has the potential to be fab!
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Reviewed by Andrew from UK on 30th Sep 2008
I have had this phone for a week now and am quite amazed how well thought
out it is, how well built it is and its performance is the best I have
ever seen. I am responsible for mobiles within a large UK business and
am almost constantly reviewing hand sets as I am currently reviewing
the Omnia i900, the Blackberry 8310 Curve and the Samsung i1850 of which
I paid £399 for SIM free as a hopeful replacement for my fairly new
Nokia N95 8GB. Bit mad you may think well yes I am a self confessed
gadget freak and love new technology. The main attactions to me about
the i1850 are the 8mb camera, 2.8" screen, simple efficient texting
(unlike the stone age N95), build quality, Built in and hot pluggable
memory, you can easily transfer music from Media Player, Sound quality
and the facility to use ANY normal haed set (this is a massive improvement
as you normally have to keep the bespoke samsung with you so inevitably
you never get to use the music facility), speed of internet connectivity
and interaction with Flikr etc which I have tested and works, the wireless
LAN connectivity works perfectly unlike the N95, the camera is faster
than any other mobile phone I have used before and I have even played
with the clever 'panoramic' setting which is amazing. However I find
it quite heavy and a little challenging to set simple screen wallpapers
from photos as the orientation is a little tricky? One major issue which
admittedly is cosmetic is that Samsung claim and this is proved on their
website if you select the video tutorial for this handset, that you
can install and use 'Yahoo Widgets' on its screen / desktop. This video
shows an auto hide side bar that you can select and drag widgets like
a nice clock, a calendar and other nice visuals to the desktop but having
spent 3 days solid trying to research this I finally relented and called
Samsung. So for all of you who also noticed this, Samsung UK have escalated
this issue to the 'Head Office' and will come back to me as soon as
a solution is found e.g. this may well be a firmware upgrade or operating
system patch of some sort. I wanted to change from the N95 mainly due
to the texting as the Nokia text engine just does not live up to the
device as it still inserts words that simply do not exist and gets confused
with the basics. Other than that I also found the N95 slow, buggy and
the camera was so slow to start it was irritating. The N95 camera when
started was excellent and the screen made it more pleasurable, however
the Samsung i1850 camera is almost instant as long as the button is
pressed firmly and will take pictures almost immediately. It also has
a speedy recover time so is usually ready for another photo pretty quickly,
unlike the N95. It is also capable of multi-shot which if you try it
actually works which is no mean feat for a combination device like this!!
All in all so far this is a great device, I love the Omnia for its instant
appeal but find it irritating to use, the N95 is a great phone but does
not hold a light to this one, if there was one real area of dissappointment
it would be the LED flash, this slows the photo procedure and isn't
really effective but if you alter the ISO and make sure you keep it
still, you can actually take good photos in low light. Another area
of concern at the monet is signal strength but I know as well as some
others that this has a heavy dependancy on the operator e.g. Vodafone
although up to know this phone seems weaker than the N95 for receiving
signal. My N95 has a great in car holder and it just sits in there and
the charger pin just slips into the phone when inseted which is fantastic,
unfortunately Samsung use side mounted chargers and this will make mounting
the phone much more difficult e.g. on long journeys in a generic screen
phone holder? The micro USB plug also seems quite loose when using the
charger? I am just pleased that they have opted for the standard jack
for the head phones which works really well. Mad to buy outright but
I have to say worth every penny!!!!!!
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Reviewed by urfan from uk on 26th Sep 2008
i have always had a samsung, d900, u600, u700 g600 ,however recently
got the f480 tocco and very bad desighn dust kept getting into screen
. so sold it and purchased a i8510 fone. same problem the dust factor?
the n95 is way better as it has no probs with dust getting in
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Reviewed by Kevin from United Kingdom on 26th
Sep 2008
Lets get the record straight this is not a Nokia this is a Samsung made
by Samsung Mobile got this phone and it is sooooo much better than the
Nokia N95 as it is not full of bugs it does'nt reset itself and in my
opinion the camera is awesome on this phone the clarity of the pictures
is as good as any 8mp camera currently on the market this phone has
everything you could ever want or need from a phone i don't like touch
screen i fond it fiddly. this phone is 5/5
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Reviewed by Matthew from UK on 26th Sep 2008
Incredible phone. My first smartphone but it really doesn't disappoint!
Camera quality is fantastic (yes, no xenon flash but not a big problem
as LED works well in dark situations) - you can even adjust ISO settings.
Compared photos with SE 902 and the photos are much better. GPS is great!
Bought the Route66 map of the UK for a mere £40 which is very accurate
and up-to-date. The built in music player is great quality. The metallic
body is awesome quality too. I expected the battery life to be terrible
and after a couple of days of etremely heavy usage and as the battery
built it's charge strength I'm now finding it lasts for days! Well done
Samsung! Best phone by a long long way.
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Reviewed by simon cordt from United Kingdom on
22nd Sep 2008
In a nutshell it is a feature packed phone , you have just about everything
all in one phone with nothing missed out. One thing that does stand
out for me is the liking to the Nokia N95 it might as well have been
made by Nokia as it works in exactully the same way features and feel
are identical bar the new 8m camera and a few other quirks.All of that
said i got it on o2 but really wanted it on T-Mobile but after ringing
them up for an upgrade they told me that they did not expect to be getting
the phone (GREAT) so I have had to move to 02 against my better judgment
one issue I have had is the ULTRA low signal no matter what part of
Luton im in while using the 3G setting i have found that the only way
to improve matters is switching the mode to GSM which I thought to be
very odd?
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Reviewed by John from UK on 22nd Sep 2008
I experience missed key presses whilst typing a whole text message,
and not just at the start of a message. The missed key presses at the
start are because it takes a while for the "New Message" window to open.
Once its open, there is no excuse for them :(. Just a tip for anyone,
it doesn't come with a proper user manual, just a quick start guide...
You can, however, download the complete
manual for the i8510 from the Samsung site [Editor's reply: Thanks
for the URL, John. We've made it into a link here in case anyone wants
to download it.] Not coming with the full manual is another minus point
I suppose, but I bet most people won't read it so its probably saving
a few trees...
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Reply by Lee from UK on 7th Nov 2008
Here is the
link for the English manual as the one listed no longer works.
Reviewed by Tom from UK on 22nd Sep 2008
I got this phone a few days ago after upgrading from the absolute abysmal
Sony Ericsoon K850i and i have to say this phone is fantastic and completely
flawless - easy to use, great applications, the navigation button isn't
as sensitive as reviews make out and the easiest pc software i have
come accross to name a few things. I would recommend this phone to anyone,
especially Nokia users looking to upgrade. The only slight flaw i have
found is that the back scratches slightly easily but i can live with
that. Also in relation to johns question i have found that when i start
text messages but only because it takes a few seconds to load the text
screen, and i text quicker then that.
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Reviewed by Sean from England on 22nd Sep 2008
I was coming to the end of my contract with my Samsung D900 and was
considering getting the Nokia N96 when it was released, I then read
about the i8510 and immediately wanted to get my hands on that instead.
A lot of people told me it wouldn't be very good because it's a Samsung
but I've never had any trouble with Samsung before - my D900 has performed
very well for the last 18 months and it's a shame to have to stop using
it! The i8510 spec is outstanding, and it's only when you actually use
it that you realise how good it is. The camera and multimedia playing
is fantastic and the navigation is really easy to use. The keypad is
also really good, slightly different to what I have been used to but
with anything new there is always going to be a little "getting used
to" time needed. There isn't any touchscreen technology (to my knowledge!)
but I was never really interested in that anyway. There are so many
other things on the phone that I haven't even got round to exploring
yet but so far I've had no issues with the phone and I think it's brilliant.
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Reviewed by John from UK on 21st Sep 2008
Great phone, exactly what I wanted in all departments... Build Quality
is better than that of my old N95. As people have said, camera is awesome,
...but I do have one issue with it. I text at a fairly quick rate, and
occasionally the phone will miss a key press. On my old N95 I had no
issues with key presses being missed, so its a problem with this phone.
I'm convinced its not hardware related, because I can feel the button
press down, and get the click feedback, but the letter just doesn't
appear. For example, typing Hi in predictive text often leaves me with
just "I". I'm hoping its a firmware problem and can be fixed with a
faster firmware release later on. Anyone else having this problem?
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Reviewed by Lewis from Yorkshire, England on 21st
Sep 2008
For anyone who owns a Samsung G600, this is an awsome upgrade, a little
bigger but great features including the best camera I've seen on a phone
yet. Music player is great (same as G600 really) but you get a lot more
internal memory. Very similar to the N95 but this isn't full of faults,
top phone with great build quality, and accessing the internet is very
fast, go get one and show off to ya mates!
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Reviewed by Jules from UK on 21st Sep 2008
I love this phone..easy to use & so much on it! Camera is brilliant..top
quality pics! Sound quality is amazing. This is an 'all singing, all
dancing' phone that is well worth getting. It's not touch screen but
I don't care. Instruction book is naff but by at the end of the day,
who sits there with an instruction manual? I've got to know the phone
far better by playing with it than getting frustrated following instructions.
Well done Samsung, you've really given Nokia a run for their money with
this one!!!
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Reviewed by danny from uk on 20th Sep 2008
when i first got it, had no problems. got playing with it, and after
a little while, the layout and all that was pretty easy to use. the
camera is top quality, but let down by the led flash. would be so much
better with a proper xenon flash. as for the rest of the phone, there
is a hell of a lot of features, some that seem a little pointless, but
still, very impressive. Then i got a problem. the charger or the battery,
or something doesnt work properly. the connection is intermitent at
the best of times, but if you put it on charge, because it is on low
battery, if the connection doesnt work properly, it runs out of battery,
then you get a symbol of the screen, showing an empty battery and a
sand timer, and it doesnt charge. other than that, the phone is great!
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Reviewed by Steven Murray from u.k on 20th Sep
2008
this is one of the best phones of 2008 as it has a whopping 8 megapixel
camera and face detection etc and thats not all coz it has 3g vide calling
and plenty more!!!The only downside is it is not touchscreen enabled
but apart from that its ok personally i recommend the tocco or omnia!!!!
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Reviewed by Samantha from scotland on 16th Sep
2008
i really hope this comes out on pay as you go :) its a great phone!
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Reviewed by David from Bath UK on 14th Sep 2008
I have had this phone for almost a week, and I can almost say that this
phone is really amazing. I had the Nokia N95 8 GB and I will say that
the i8510 wins hands down, the camera is much better, and accessing
the web is faster too. The only draw back I have with the i8510 is that
the display doesn’t work that well in direct sun light. As Mick
from Scotland has mentioned the menu and the look of the i8510 is very
identical as the Nokia N95 8 GB. Also, the build quality is far much
better on the i8510, and it’s a really nice phone to text with
too. This is the first Samsung phone I have ever had, and I am so happy
with it. I would recommend that anyone looking to up-grade or buy a
phone on contract, consider the i8510 it’s a must have phone.
The music player is really cool too, also, you can record from the built
in radio on this phone, and the recording quality is just like recording
from a cd. Well done Samsung !!!!!
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Reviewed by Courtz from Scot on 14th Sep 2008
GREAT PHONE GREAT CAMERA
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