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Samsung Omnia (i900) review: Samsung's 2008 Windows Mobile touchscreen flagship with a 5 MP camera.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2008·$600
Overall
38/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Samsung's Windows Mobile flagship.

The Samsung Omnia i900 was the company's big 2008 touchscreen play on Windows Mobile, debuting an early TouchWiz layer and up to 16 GB of storage. The resistive screen and clunky OS dated it fast, but it was a stepping stone toward Samsung's own platforms.

01Display

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2008.

TypeResistive TFT
Size3.2 inches
Resolution240 × 400 px (WQVGA)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2008.

Main5 MP, autofocus, LED flash
VideoVGA
FrontVGA

03Performance

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2008.

ChipsetMarvell PXA312 624 MHz
RAM128 MB
Storage8 / 16 GB · microSD

04Battery

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2008.

Capacity1,440 mAh (removable)
Standby~ 500 hours

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2008.

06Value

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2008.

What works
  • Up to 16 GB built-in storage — huge for 2008.
  • 5 MP autofocus camera.
  • Samsung's first TouchWiz layer.
  • Optical-mouse navigation + microSD.
What doesn't
  • Resistive screen needed a stylus.
  • Windows Mobile 6.1 was clunky.
  • WQVGA resolution.
  • 624 MHz CPU was slow.

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