Samsung i8510 INNOV8 Unlocked Phone with 16 GB, 8 MP Camera, International 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, and MicroSD Slot–International Version No Warranty (Black)

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   Nerdgasm Galore, November 18, 2008

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   S. Vostrikov –
   
     

   This review is from: Samsung i8510 INNOV8 Unlocked Phone with 16 GB, 8 MP Camera, International 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, and MicroSD Slot–International Version No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

   This is an extremely short post.

   This is the phone the Nokia N96 dreamed of becoming.

   The battery life is nearly twice that of the N96. Granted, I’m not in a 3G coverage area (it’s not even supported in the US for this phone, just EDGE), but I can last at least 2 days per charge with heavy browsing, music listening, and “messing around” for a few hours, on this device.

   Symbian S60 is an awesome OS, but it is beginning to show its age (especially after coming from an iPhone). However, Symbian is my favorite OS by far, but perhaps that is largely biased by my “geeky” figure-it-out-as-you-go nature. Now, it isn’t HARD to use, it’s just not as user friendly as some of the newer, more mainstream devices are. And this isn’t a problem at all for me. The third party app. development for S60 is strong as ever. Immediately after unboxing, I installed both a p2p and a torrent app. This is a pretty amazing and convenient feature, for a phone. Granted, I have not used Windows Mobile, but I’m sure there are similar apps available for that as well. However, finding and installing those apps was very easy and non-problematic on the i8510′s S60 OS. Not to mention, there are thousands of more useful apps available for your perusal (but they may take some effort to find; there is no “App Store” for easy-as-biscuits app-discovery and installation).

   The hardware on this phone is amazing. It has an optical mouse for true, PC-like web browsing. Long gone are the days of using a 4-way directional pad for choppy and slow browsing on the included WebKit browser. With the optical mouse, the web is smooth and flowly to browse. And the sensitivity is easily alterable as per your own personal preference. I opted to increase the sensitivity vastly, which makes it even easier to use. Unlike most high-end Nokia phones (excluding some of the E-series), a good amount of hard, sexy metal is employed in the device design. This both makes it very sturdy as well as visually and tactically appealing to the fingers. Perhaps one of the few things Apple does right is incorporate metal into their devices; the new Macbooks being a prime example. I am very happy that this is being more generously applied to other electronics by other manufacturers now, and I hope it continues.

   The camera is insatiable. It is 8 megapixels, which is high, but as they say, megapixels aren’t everything. This is true. However, the camera quality is basically unrivaled in the phone arena. Some Sony Ericsson models aren’t too shy of equality in this matter, and I think most of them have Xenon flash (which is amazing). Unfortunately the i8510 does not use Xenon, but LED flash instead. This is definitely acceptable, but for its price tag one would expect the highest of standards to be employed. The Nokia N82 is a very, very close second contender for the “best” Camera-Smartphone in my opinion. And I have owned one previously. Onto more of the things this camera does superbly, it employs a mechanical shutter. This is both very safe for the internal lens, and very cool. When you initiate the camera app., the shutter opens automatically. When you are finished, it closes automatically. Beautiful.

   Other insanely useful qualities include WiFi, GPS, an external memory slot, a removable battery, and a gorgeously large 2.8inch 16M color display. In comparison to the iPhone (it can hardly be resisted nowadays, sorry), it trumps it almost unanimously in all of these aspects, exclusive of WiFi. They are both equal. GPS, memory slot, and removable battery, on the other hand, are all destroyed on the iPhone by the i8510. The GPS chip in the iPhone is fine, except for the software on the device is severely limiting. There is no voice navigation. This is ridiculous for such a “premium” device. The S60 OS of the i8510 allows for employment of third party applications (and there are already a couple) which offer voice-assisted navigation. Some of them are even free. An external memory slot is greatly valuable in a mobile phone, which the iPhone does not offer. The i8510′s memory capacity is dramatically increased by this. I believe the highest capacity the device can “theoretically” (Samsung claims it is 16GB) support is 32GB. I have read a few reviews confirming tests with this result. Either way, 16GB + 16GB > iPhone 4/8/16GB. Not to mention the cards are hot-swappable; you can use more than one flash card and basically claim unlimited capacity in the i8510, only limited by the number of cards you have laying around. This is quite cool. A removable battery is something that has long plagued the iPhone for it not having one. You are free to modify and change it when you see fit. If you start seeing noticable decreases in battery performance, buy a new one. Hell, keep the old one as a spare fully-charged unit for when you are on a long trip. Just this trick alone beats the user-limiting non-removable battery of the iPhone. Apple…

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2. 
   Great Phone, September 13, 2009

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   Floyd A. Herbert (Barbados) –
   
     

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   I had the samsung innov8 for about 5 weeks now, and overall it’s a great phone. Wifi, 8MP camera…..plus many more features…trust me. Only few drawbacks i have to it, and that is some of the applications that would normally work with the Nokia 95/96 won’t work with this device because of certification issues, but still it’s not all of the apps, so personally it’s good enough for me, but just saying that.oh and i miss my QUERTY keyboard. Memory size is definitely not an issue, i use the 16 GB version and trust me…. that’s alot. The feel of the phone is good, has a nice feel in your hand. A lil optical scrolly mouse thing, can watch youtube videos from the actually youtube website (but other video websites just don’t work…) Well.. trust me there’s much more i can add, but not really can list all of the pros right now, but honestly it’s a good phone would recommend it for anyone who wants a good phone.

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3. 
   An excellent phone, January 10, 2009

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   An excellent phone. It is very user friendly and has many features. I love its ability to hold all of your contact infomation including street address. Also, the surround sound is amazing.

   One drawback is the limited themes that work with this phone. Even when downloading themes compatible with S60, the theme works, but when you dial phone numbers in the particular theme, the numbers do not appear (ie. white numbers on a white background).

   Other than this, the phone is like a mini computer with great picture quality.

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