Samsung I7500 Android Unlocked Phone with 5 MP Camera, Wi-Fi, and 8 GB Memory--International Version No Warranty (Black)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002N5M41I
• Item model number: I7500EUBK
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,413 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

The Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edge smartphone, featuring a 3.2-Inch AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google Mobile services and full web browsing at blazing speeds. The Samsung I7500 offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available in Android Market. Based on Samsung's proven product leadership, Samsung I7500 comes with latest multimedia features. The large and vivid 3.2-InchAMOLED display ensures the brilliant representation of multimedia content and enjoyable full touch mobile experience. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats, the I7500 also provides a long enough battery life (1500mAh) and generous memory capacity up to 40GB (Internal memory: 8GB, External memory: Up to 32GB) to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. The phone also boasts its slim and compact design with mere 11.9mm thickness.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice hardware, phone software needs update, PC software awful, November 23, 2009

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James J. Bell (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung I7500 Android Unlocked Phone with 5 MP Camera, Wi-Fi, and 8 GB Memory--International Version No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

You can read a dozen reviews about this phone so I won't repeat them. The hardware and fit-and-finish are top notch. The Android OS v.1.5 does NOT impress. 1.6 has been out for months and 2.0 has been out for a few weeks now.

*** Samsung has not stated whether they will update the phone at all or to what Android version. ***

The Samsung PC software absolutely stinks. It does not recognize the phone, it cannot flash the phone, it's basically useless. The forums are full of people wondering why Samsung would ship software like this.

It hurts to see Samsung rolling out phones with exciting specs and then not supporting them. HTC is updating all their prior phones to Android 2.0, and most importantly they have told their customers what they are doing. Time for Samsung to step up. I would not buy this phone as-is with Android 1.5. It will probably be decent with 1.6 and great with 2.0.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great phone, great battery life...better than Mytouch and has Tmo USA 3G!, October 27, 2009

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Rcommander "Rcom" (Internet) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung I7500 Android Unlocked Phone with 5 MP Camera, Wi-Fi, and 8 GB Memory--International Version No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Overview: This is a great product. yes there is no market icon, but a little googling will help you update the firmware, and once that is done...it works superb! best Android phone on market till date. The only thing is Samsung needs to officially support this phone in the US. SAMSUNG AMERICA DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PHONE! Not recommended for the newbie to phone flashing. Its slimmer than the MyTouch. The AMOLED screen is brighter on the LOWEST setting than the Mytouch on the HIGHEST setting. Yes that much of a difference.

The Good: Battery Life, slim-factor, super bright screen. Feels sturdy. Great signal. LOW Radiation compared to Mytouch 3G. .60 vs 1.50 SAR. official google experience device. The Australian version officially supports MyFaves.

The Bad: Currently not supported by Samsung America. Firmware most like will need updating. Does not come with the Android Market icon out of the box.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite the Iphone Killer, September 25, 2009

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A. Lo - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung I7500 Android Unlocked Phone with 5 MP Camera, Wi-Fi, and 8 GB Memory--International Version No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Just bought this phone in Taiwan, and I must say i'm impressed with it. After 1 week of playing with it the Amoled screen is phenomenal and while there are some lag issues they're not prevalent enough for me to find them annoying. The OS is stock android so the UI certainly doesn't have quite the polish of the iPhone but with all the apps on android market you should be able skin it to your own preferences.
I'm only running a few widgets so I'm a little concerned whether the processor actually has enough power to run everything smoothly once i load quite a few up. I admit i'm a little old fashioned so I do like the hard buttons with a dedicated back button and home screen button. This does limit the rotation to horizontal in only one direction but does make up for it in utility for me. The keyboard in vertical mode is a little a little small awkward but once in horizontal mode it becomes much better. You won't be braking any texting records but you can still accurately type at a decent pace.
I'm using it as my business phone/PDA so I haven't really dabbled in the social networking aspect of it but i'm finding alot of the productivity apps useful. Not quite the iphone killer yet but the open source potential and advanced hardware does make it the top contender so far.
The most disappointing feature would be the camera. The LED flash just isn't bright enough and most indoor shots seem underexposed. Certainly not unsalvageable by any means in post processing but I was expecting a little more from it. As with any smart phone be prepared to manage power consumption fastidiously. As a test I turned on the GPS, Wifi, and 3G on a full charge and only managed to eek about 4 hours operating time.
With all this being said, I love this phone. Haven't really played with the PC software support for the phone as of yet and I hear that Samsung is very quick to implement firmware upgrades so I'm sure Donut will be available from Samsung in the near future.
Hope this helps anyone on the fence.