Samsung i8910 HD launches in UK

Features first HD video camera in a mobile phone

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20 May 2009 12:35 GMT / By Duncan Geere

After changing the handsets name from the Omnia HD to the less-catchy i8910 HD last month, it seems that Samsung is finally ready to unleash its latest handset on the UK market.

Orange will be the first UK network to sell the phone, which features the first 720p HD video camera in a mobile handset. Samsung claims it's also got the world's largest AMOLED screen on a mobile phone - that would be 3.7 inches.

8GB of internal memory is paired up with an 8-megapixel camera, and there's various snazzy camera features like autofocus, smile shot and face detection. An FM radio and MP3 player are also included, as are GPS, a compass, an accelerometer, Wi-Fi and support for high capacity MicroSD cards.

Orange will let you have the handset for free, if you're prepared to pay them £40 a month for 24 months on a contract. That'll get you 1200 minutes and unlimited texts too.

Are you tempted? Or are you saving yourself for one of the others in the bevy of high-end smartphones due over the next couple of months? Let us know in the comments.

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Comments

  • I was looking forward to getting this phone buy with symbian having no flick scrolling or word suggestion/correction on sms, I will wait for the Samsung i7500 Android or a windows mobile 6.5 phone. Posted by Paul Williams, Wales
  • With regard to the previuos comment The phone has word suggestion. You tap the word on screen and the suggestions appear in a drop down menu which you then tap to select. The flick scrolling is not missed as you just drag your finger to the bottom of the list and the screen automatically scrolls upwards. Just as easy to use just not as flashy as the flick.
    The phone is really fast to respond and the touch responsiveness is superb and sensitive. 8Mb Camera /HD video functions are stunning and class leading. The symbian system is unrecognizable under the Samsung styling. Windows mobile was dropped by samsung as it was too clunky to handle processing of Hd video fast enough for smooth playback.
    Altogether this is one impressive phone.
    Posted by paragonpig, United Kingdom
  • i'm not convinced that symbian is better than winmob 6.5... would we need a snapdragon processor to see the beauty of the new version of the OS? Posted by Tony Hedges, United Kingdom

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