Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Review

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul is a gorgeous slider phone with 5 mega pixel camera and some unique features. The Samsung SGH-U900 is a mobile phone that can be used in GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz. Its supported data transfer is via 3G, EDGE and GPRS. The Samsung Soul offers an attractive, well-constructed design and a unique, intuitive navigation touchpad. This mobile phone is equipped with touch control which is nothing new for Samsung however, Magical Touch isn’t a full-screen tap-to-control system, it’s effectively a touchpad alternative to a conventional navigation pad. To be found where you would normally get a D-pad control on a mobile phone, the touchpad features illuminated touch sensitive icons that change according to function or application is being used. There are some setbacks as well in Samsung Soul that it lacks important features like voice dialing and GPS and its call quality wasn’t completely reliable.

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul - Silver Pink Black White

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Exterior

The Samsung SGH-U900 is a slider phone with a brush metallic finish which makes it ultra chic. This phone also has a very solid build because it’s a little bit thicker at 12.9 mm, compared with other u-series phones. Samsung SGH-U900 is available in Silver and Pink skin colors. On the this mobile phone is equipped with a 2.2? 16M color TFT LCD display that supports QVGA resolution. It is one of the first Samsung handsets with a more than 262K-color screen. The keypad is revealed when the moderately sprung slider mechanism is opened up. The keypad is made of the same bronze-gray colored metal as the exterior of the phone. On the back soul is equipped with 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus, image stabilizer and flash. Samsung U900’s dimension is 105 x 49.5 x 12.9 mm and weights around 112 g.

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Key Specifications

Samsung SGH-U900 key specifications include Tri-band GSM phone for 900/1800/1900 MHz frequency bands, HSDPA technology for high-speed mobile Internet access (where available). The theoretical download speed is 7.2 Mbps. GPRS and EDGE mobile data network connectivity as well, 2.2-inch display in 320×240 resolutions. The device can display 16 million colors, there is a Touch-sensitive navigation keys below the screen, 5 megapixel camera. LED flash and auto-focus, Video recorder can encode movies in MPEG4 and 3GPP formats, Music player can play songs saved in MP3, AAC,AAC+,e-AAC+, MIDI, WMA, XMF, SMAF format, FM radio, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, USB 2.0 interface for hooking up the phone to a PC via cable, 100MB of internal memory on the phone and MicroSD memory slot for removable storage space. Samsung SGH-U900 can provide you the best battery time of 407 hours on standby and 6 h 25 min of talk time.

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Technical Specifications

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul General Specifications

Status: Available since April, 2008
Phone dimension: 105 x 49.5 x 12.9 mm
Phone weight: 112 g
Phone color: Silver and Pink
Battery: Standby Up to 407 h
Talk time: Up to 6 h 25 min

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Network and Technology

2G network: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G network: HSDPA 2100
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS and Email

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Multimedia Specifications

Display size: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Navigation panel
Screen type: TFT, 16M colors
Camera: 5 MP, 2560?1920 pixels, autofocus, image stabilizer, video (QVGA), flash
Card slot: microSD (TransFlash)
- 128 MB shared memory
EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
HSCSD: No
USB: Yes, v2.0
3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN: No
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port: No
Ring tones: Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3 + downloadable
Vibration: Yes
Games: Yes + downloadable
Phone book: 1000 entries, Photo call
Call records: 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Java MIDP 2.0
MP3/AAC/eACC+/WMA player
FM radio with RDS
T9
Picture editing
Organizer
Built-in hands free
Standard battery, Li-Ion 880 mAh