Samsung D600 81 MB Unlocked Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD--International Version with No Warranty (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.4 x 1.8 x 0.9 inches ; 3.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 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: B000FDVZ2E
• Item model number: D600
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,425 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

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With its unique sliding design, powerful 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, TV output (yes, TV output!), microSD expansion, and a whole lot more, the Samsung SGH-D600 is a serious contender for gadget nirvana. If you have GSM service, this quad band wonder deserves a serious look.

The D600 is a sleek slider with groundbreaking features. Take a closer look.

Design
The D600's sliding design features a hidden dialpad that slides out when you need to dial a number. Vital phone functions are controlled by the button pad below the screen. The massive, 240 x 320 display supports up to 262,000 colors -- plenty of resolution and color depth for your videos and photos. The phone's 2-megapixel camera is housed on the rear of the phone and there's also an LED flash. A USB data port is provided, as is a connector for a stereo 2.5 mm headset. Plus, there's a microSD slot for storing photos, video, and other media.

Calling Features
The D600's generous 81 MB of built-in memory can hold up to 1000 contacts. A call list remembers your most recent missed, received and dialed calls, and in addition to a vibrating alert, the D600 supports 64-chord polyphonic ringtones. A speakerphone lets you talk hands-free while you're doing other things, and picture caller ID lets you assign a photo to specific callers. Similarly, a ringer ID lets you assign ringtones to callers.

The D600's Bluetooth wireless technology lets talk freely on a wireless headset or sync up seamlessly with your PC and other compatible Bluetooth devices. You can even use it with wireless stereo headphones.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The D600 has all the bases covered when it comes to messaging. Support is built in for sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages. When used in combination with the phone's built-in camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. A built-in email client supports POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, SSL, and TLS protocols.

Getting on the Internet is easy with the D600, too. It supports the GPRS protocol, as well as the new, high speed EDGE data protocol. When used with your carrier's data service and the phone's USB or Bluetooth data capability, the phone can be used as a wireless modem for laptops and PDAs. There's also a built-in browser for downloads and mobile Web browsing. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit-- a plus for mobile text messaging users.

A number of handy productivity tools are bundled with the D600 including a voice memo recorder, an alarm clock, a calculator with currency converter, a calendar, and a to-do list. And because the D600 supports the SyncML synchronization standard, you can easily sync your PC-based contacts.

Imaging and Entertainment
The D600's built-in 2-megapixel camera captures stills and video to the phone's internal memory, or to an optional microSD memory card. You can use the phone's TV output to display your photos and videos on a TV screen -- pretty cool.

Into music? You're in luck with the D600. Store your favorite MP3, AAC, or AAC+ -based music on the D600 and listen whenever the feeling strikes you on the built-in stereo speakers. When you want to jam out in private you can hook up a Bluetooth wireless stereo headset. Lastly, if you want to dress up the D600, picture effects, custom screensavers, backgrounds, and themes can be set to fit your personality.

Java support is built into the D600, making it a powerful gaming companion. You can also use the handset's USB data connection to load more games and files onto the phone.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung SGH-D600 weighs 3.49 ounces and measures 3.78 x 1.83 x 0.85 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7 hours of digital talk time, and up to 300 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Product Description

A logical progression to the popular and well-liked D500, the SGH-D600 increases the resolution of the digital camera to two megapixels, and boosts the display to an impressive 240x320 pixel TFT panel in 262,000 colours. Memory on the D600 is expandable using TransFlash memory cards, which is handy because it also plays back MP3, AAC, AAC+ and MPEG4 media files, in addition to stills photographs and video clips - the D600 has integrated stereo speakers too. As with almost all recent higher-end Samsungs, the SGH-D600 comes with Bluetooth, a web browser and email client. It's a tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 phone with GPRS, so that's a definite improvement over some of the dual-band Samsungs being produced recently. PC synchronisation on the D600 can be done through SyncML, and in addition to Bluetooth connectivity, you can also use a Bluetooth cable. It's not a particularly big phone - at 99 grams it sits comfortable in the mid-range of sizes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best phones 4.8 stars, May 8, 2006

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Maximus "Arulius" (Bossier City, Louisiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung D600 81 MB Unlocked Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Samsung has produced a great little wonder. A small cell phone with a lot of power, feature rich, and great camera.
The slide action is what makes the phone very unique. Very smooth and easy to operate. It takes 4 or 5 tries to get used to the slide action.
The sound quality as far as calls are concerned is great. Very clear, and loud and very understandable. The reception however is a bit weaker than phones with external antennas. I did not find this to be a phone problem, however, but rather a Network problem. I am basing this review on Cingular service, and where I work. I work in a place where there are a lot of electronic devices, which affects the reception a lot. Once I am out of that enviroment, the reception is great.
The buttons on the phone are very small, but managable. Like everything new, you need to adjust to the buttons, and you will. The control buttons are very small and cramped together, that it makes it difficult sometimes to push the right one.
The menus are very clear, and easy to get to. You can customize the function buttons to any of the applications available.
The Camera on the phone is a 2 Mega Pixel camera, that takes some of the best pictures, and videos, I have seen. You have total control over the camera, just like an expensive Nikon digital camera. You can adust and fix pictures on your phone, but I recommend using a photo editor program instead.
The phone has a built in MP3 player. The sound is okay from the phone directly, or you can use the included head set for a much better sound.
Interacting with your PC is very easy, after you install the included software, and using the included USB cable. You can control every function from your PC, from your phone book, to adjusting the settings on your camera.
The wireless printing is very unique. I have played with it a couple of times, but I will not use it as I upload my pictures on my PC first, then print from there.
The phone also connects to your TV to view photos and videos. A very easy set up, basically just hooking up the A/V Cable that came with the phone and you're good to go.

Finally, this phone is very highly recommended. I gave the it a 4.8 because there is no perfect cell phone, and there will never be one, IMHO.

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I'd hoped, May 10, 2007

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Bernard Morey (Bulleen, Vic. Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung D600 81 MB Unlocked Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I've been using the phone for 12 months and it hasn't been as good as I initially thought. Granted, this was a top of the line phone a year ago and it wouldn't have been possible to get anything much better.

Gripes: (1) Voice quality is not that clear. A colleague also complained about this. (2) It randomly re-boots, including in the middle of calls. Something seriously wrong here. (3) Photos are noisy although this is not unexpected in a fixed-focus device. (4) The 'slider' form-factor is a pest. I found my previous clam-shell phone easier to operate.

Update - after 12 months this phone has now been 'scrapped'. No one in the family is interested.

4.0 out of 5 stars good phone, decent mp3 player, January 15, 2007

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D. Sumner (Flint, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung D600 81 MB Unlocked Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Cost:
I was able to purchase this phone for about $290 unlocked so I could use it with my tmobile to go account. That seems expensive when there are places you can get phones for free. I don't talk that much on the phone so I don't use a lot of minutes so my total cost each year (I buy a new phone about every 3 years) is only around $175-200. A plan at $30/month with a free phone would be $360 a year.

Features:
The camera phone is very detailed; however the lens is in a bad spot--right where you would hold the phone normally would be blocking it.

The video works poorly for motion, but works well otherwise.

The MP3 player is pretty good. Storing the files on it is easy, as is setting up your playlists (4 with 30 songs in each). The speakers are ok sounding for not having the size needed to get decent low end. It will also play via a bluetooth headset which is cool. I found the Motorola stereo headset cheap online (paid about $65 versus $140 I just saw it for in a store). When listening with these, the music sounds very good. It also came with a USB set of earphones; but these were too uncomfortable and the cord is too short to be practical (I'm not that tall either--5'9").
Another neat feature is the converter. I thought it would just do currency; but it also does length, weight, volume--very neat if you do a lot of travelling outside the US.

As a phone it seems pretty good. It does not have quite as strong a signal as one with an external antenna; but it is quite good, volume in the earpiece is decent and calls are clear and understandable.

The package came with lots of goodies: A CD-ROM with a file transfer wizard to move files on and off the phone. USB earphones. 2 batteries, an external charger (handy when using the MP3 for a while--one battery dies, change it with the one on the charger), case to hang phone on belt, USB cable to send files from computer to phone (it will also do it via bluetooth), and the phone came with a couple of long cool videos that I watched, then deleted to free up space on the phone.

A very enjoyable experience so far working with this phone.