Samsung D900i Metallic Silver Quadband Unlocked Cell Phone

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 144 x 96 x 48 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• ASIN: B0019BPJFU
• Item model number: samsungd900
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,175 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 21, 2007

Product Description

The Samung Wireless Phone has a stylish Ultra Slim Slide - up Design and comes in pure metallic. This multimedia phone offers to deliver the perfect balance of style and performance. Samsung D900i has all the features you want at your convenience. Taking a Picture is a snap with the 3.13 megapixel camera with auto focus. Enjoy listening to music with stereo music player and FM radio! Other features include expandable memory and the ingenious Samsung Living World interface incorporates uGo, uMenu and uTrack. This phone is Bluetooth Stereo Headset supported. It is Unlocked for choice of GSM cell service carrier. 3.13 Megapixel camera with Auto Focus; 4x digital zoom Stereo Music Player (MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / e-AAC+) FM Radio 3D Sound Speakerphone Digital Power AMP Background Music Playing Up to 60 minutes Quality Video (H.263/MPEG4) 800mAh Li-ion Standard Battery included Talk Time - up to 3.6 hours; Standby Time - up to 270 hours Connectivity - Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP,AVRCP,BPP) USB 1.1 Email - POP3 / IMAP4 Bluetooth Stereo Headset supported Pictbridge & Bluetooth Mobile Printing Samsung Living World interface - uGo / uTrack / uMenu / Black & White U.I uGo - Adjust the picture to the time of day or night, add graphics and animation and more uTrack - Aids recovering a lost or stolen phone uMenu - Create a personalized menu of shortcuts to frequently used features MMS / Java / WAP 2.0 TV - Output Offline mode (Radio transmitter can be switched off) Voice Memo / Voice Mail 64 channel polyphonic and MP3 ringtones Dimensions (HxWxT) - 103.5 x 51 x 12.9 mm Weight - 85g Retail Pack Includes - Handset, Battery, Travel charger, Stereo headset, CD Rom, USB cable, User guide(/B)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Phone (Great Overview)-I dont give much 5 stars, December 6, 2007

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D. Egi "concerned consumer" (California) - See all my reviews
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Short Background: I was an avid Nokia user for 7+ years using at least 6 phones. In 2005 I got a Samsung P777 Slider. (great phone for the time)-would've given it 4 stars as well. Aside of converting to a new phone manufacturer, the p777 was great. Very Solid-Slider felt like it would never wear out. Great Flash with 1.3MP camera. Video too. Dropped many times. I had to re-paint parts but other wise, it still works and I still have it, fully functional. The negatives of the P777, No bluetooth, No Snooze alarm, No speakerphone & No memeory Card slot (100MB built-in) and samsungs issue with a universal headset port (they use one that only fits its own)

Ok, now the D900i. I have read soooo many reviews and claims about it, and since I had a phone that was close before, I can tell you a lot about the facts. I have only had the phone for about 1 month so I've worked out most of the questions, but I still have a few issues. You can contact me after if you are concerned.

Positives: 3MP camera with flash, very thin and fairly solid feeling. Easily accessible memory card slot (MicroSD)-using 2GB sandisk. Speakerphone, bluetooth ready, 3 alarms with snooze (days, tones, etc), vivid screen with brightness setting, Image editor options (frames, b&w, sepia, negative, cliparts, etc), functional calender and address book that syncs birthdays, events, descriptions with alarms & repeats, MP3 player with playlists.

Neutral Comments: i purchased the phone partly to have hands-free use. I cannot speak for the bluetooth, and I am assuming because my service company will not carry this phone that the "edge" internet is not functional right now. I suppose it is suppose to be better, but its not an internet phone, so if you want to surf the web with blazing speed, get an iphone or similar.

Negative comments: (i am a tough critic of things so don't take all my comments to heart. Its a good phone, but if I could improve it, these would be them) The phone feels pretty solid, but nothing like the P777. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 for structual feel (P777 a 9).

- Camera with auto-focus is slow. Flash and picture has a > 1 second delay which is an eternity next to the p777 and all digital cameras.

- Image editor only works when images are on the phones memory, not the Card.

- Transfers to and from the card & playing music from the card has some delay, not much though.

- Yes it is true, you can group people & use music for ring tones but for text messages & e-mail messages, you can only choose from the 5 pre-loaded tones AND you can make one specifically for a certain group or person.

- because of the phone's unique structure, it is difficult to find custom cases if a belt clip is important to you.

- The speakerphone review are true-its ok at best. People can hear you but it is at times tough to her them (either too quiet or too loud)

- The side camera button is flush but sensitive to touch. In pocket or case, it can get hit and display screen for a moment. It does not unlock the phone but it makes for a shorter battery life.

- Copying numbers over from an existing Sim card is tedious. The phone makes you COPY the file again to edit the type, e-mail, Birthday, etc. then you have to delete the old number. You might as well re-enter the number like new.

- Headset port is a little more sophisticated, but still I would never find a device that has this connection.

- The CD-ROM Media editor give little direction. Hint (because I didnt get it) To edit a song, you must "cut" out the portions of the song that you don't want and save the rest. All the other, you save the part that you want. Different

- The instruction manual is thin and worthless to me because all it does is tell you what the picture icons mean.

- Texting and dialing are "different" because the phone is so thin. The buttons are flat, but its much better than touch screen (no tactile response)

- A previous review noted that texting requires multiple acknowledgements in order to send vs. Nokia. Hint, use the Center button for everything. It is the only quick way to navigate.

Sorry to ramble, but I had to spend hours of reading and research to find a few good reviews. As I said, im a tough critic and a middle of the line rater. I don't give 1's and I don't give 5's. So this is pretty good.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars really nice phone, October 27, 2007

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A. Bryan - See all my reviews
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got this phone for a friend, this is an excellent phone, camera is great nice clean clear pics, and reception is excellent, slides nice and easy really cool, and is not too difficult to navigate.

2.0 out of 5 stars D900i, January 15, 2009

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W. Duncan - See all my reviews
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Great looking phone,thin, light.

Sound and reception are good, and the camera takes great pics for a cell phone.

Unfortunately the software and menu setup are very annoying.

Camera stores pics to the phone,not memory card and can't find a way to change that. Must then move pics to card to download to PC (laborious process).

Must reset to USB setting every time I connect to PC because it keeps defaulting away from.

Can't get connected with the PC software it came with because it won't recognize the phone. Great looking but frustrating.

Update.Found software update for Vista. Can now acces phone memory and SIM. Simplifies things greatly.