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Samsung SGH-i300 review

7.7

Editors' Rating

Very Good

8.1

Members' Rating

Excellent

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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Member Opinion

8.1

Average Member Rating

Excellent

4 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Dire battery life

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5.0

Average


John Dawson

John Dawson

Simply the best phone out there to date!

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10

Perfect


James Davies

James Davies

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

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9.5

Spectacular


Bobby peru

Bobby peru

ahem... 49 quid for 3 gigs?

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8.0

Excellent


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