Samsung i8910 Omnia HD

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Samsung Omnia HD is released followed by the successful of Samsung Omnia. We already seen the the excellent of Omia, now the newcomer is even better than it.  Samsung i8910 Omnia HD has the largest AMOLED screen in a mobile phone, which is 3.7″ with qHD resolution (640×360 pixels). The HD indicating that the screen will display the high definition quality. Besides, the handset also come with  8 megapixel camera which allow HD video recording. And the phone is running Symbian S60 5th edition OS.

poison_ivy from cellphone-reviews.co.uk has did the review of this excellent handset, so let’s see how them say.

Design

The Samsung i8910 is not the slimmest touchscreen phone around. With the 3.7 inch touch screen, you have to forego slim. The device is bulky and not recommended to be pocketed. If you’re a gal, better keep it in your purse and if you’re a guy, buy a belt clip for it. The whole device is a fingerprint magnet. I wish Samsung would have copied the back cover of the Omnia so as to isolate smudges on just the front. The camera lens on the back is HUGE, it’s like a big wart on the device.

Interface

The Samsung i8910 basically has the same OS as the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. It was disappointing for me since I never really liked the 5800 that much. What it means is that you won’t get much of the kinetic scrolling (finger swiping action). Though responsiveness has been greatly improved compared with the 5800. I only enjoyed the kinetic scrolling using Samsung TouchWiz interface.

Features

Since I’ve already seen Samsung’s AMOLED technology in action on the S8300, I wasn’t expecting to be surprised by the the i8910 but the Tocco Ultra Touch only has a 2.8 inch screen and the added screen area definitely made it seem that I’m holding a miniature HDTV. Colors are VERY vivid and pop out at you. Too bad I didn’t have a sample DiVx video to try out. Sunlight legibility is still poor but again, much better compared with the Omnia. The 8 megapixel camera is up to par with the Tocco Ultra but I wish I could be able to hook up the i8910 to an HDTV to view the recorded videos. I know 720p is not much but it’s still better than standard definition. Audio quality is better than on the Tocco Ultra Touch using the speakers and it’s nice that the i8910 finally has a 3.5mm headset jack on the device itself and you don’t have to connect Samsung’s proprietary connectors to get a 3.5mm headset jack interface. The music player is definitely an improvement. I like the cover flow like interface when in landscape mode.

Conclusion

Still not a fan of Symbian OS. This is definitely a gorgeous device especially multimedia-wise but I think I’ll wait for the Winmo version.