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Samsung SGH-i300 review

7.7

Editors' Rating

8.1

Members' Rating

Typical price:£ 498

Verdict

This Windows Mobile smartphone is remarkable for its internal 3GB hard drive, which, although primarily targeted at music fans, could prove useful to business users too. Samsung's bundle of software extras are also a plus point for the well-featured, if somewhat bulky, SGH-i300... Read Full Review.

Pros

3GB hard drive
Tri-band GSM/GPRS
Docking cradle, two docking cables and two batteries included
Useful additional software

Cons

On the large/heavy side
Hard drive is switched off long before the battery depletes

Key Specs

Dimensions (W x H x D):	480x1130x200 mm
Weight:	121 g
Form factor:	candy bar
Software included:	calendar, contacts, to-do, notes; conversion utility, time manager, world clock, stopwatch, countdown timer, Picsel viewer, music player
Memory expansion:	Yes
On-board memory:	64 MB
2.5G:	GPRS

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8.1

Average Member Rating

4 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Dire battery life

5.0

John Dawson

Simply the best phone out there to date!

James Davies

Amazing Phone. completely worth it - if you buy this you won't be dissapointed!

9.5

Bobby peru

ahem... 49 quid for 3 gigs?

8.0

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