The overall trend in mobile devices related to the harmonization of software in a particular ruler, has resulted in the write reviews of updates is becoming easier and easier. For each segment of the consumer market has its own basic model of functional richness, and describe the specific functions of the device menu no longer required - just enough to indicate differences. The main burden in the positioning and promotion of new products on the market is design. And here is a good time to recall last year model Motorola Company, which presented “razor thin” RAZR V3, has done much to determine the direction of the market for image devices. Following impeccable logic - “Not the first, become well,” - a company Samsung has successfully implements these fashionable trends in the class of machines, in which it is beyond question and the recognized leader. This, as you have already understood, is a slider. On the presentation of new models, we were told in one of the last rooms, and now it is time to get acquainted with one of the novelties at more closely. Today, in our test labs thin slider D800, designed to work in the GSM networks. Review analogue D820, designed for networks of GSM / UMTS, will be presented later.

Appearance

Telephone gets really thin. Its thickness is 14.9 mm, with the weight of 98 g. processing apparatus used decorative metal elements, which, coupled with a black plastic shell produces very stylish impression. The main part of the front panel is an excellent screen quality. Matrix is 2.13 inches diagonally and displays 262 thousand colors in the settlement of 320 х240 points. A high resolution image makes it very clear. Traditionally, the screen is resistant to fading - with bright light, only a few dull images, text messages while still quite readable. Advantages screen are also high angles review with a turn in a horizontal plane. Slightly worse is the case with vertical angles - picture darkens considerably already, with little deviation screen. At the top of the metal bar located jumper covering the hole dynamics. Immediately note that the loudspeakers in the staff of three, but two of them are for stereo playback and located on the rear of the hull. Disclosure to the panel with one hand missing explicitly - it replaces slight thickening of the shell under the screen. Fine-tuning mechanism works very well. On tight enough to prevent inadvertent operation at the same time convenient enough for comfortable work with the device with one hand. The presence of metal and sending high quality assembly suggest that the traditional phone will be deprived of the disease all sliders - premature wear and fastening mechanism top bar. Luft, as such, is entirely absent.

At the bottom of the panel is a block buttons. Designers have decided that the keyboard in a thin apparatus should not project beyond the plane of the panel. In terms of creating a harmonious image perception phone that decision looks logical, but it affected ergonomics not the best way. Buttons software blocks large enough, but absolutely flat. Transitions between them at the touch virtually no guessed, so to work with telephone blindly quite difficult. Most of the design of the keyboard key is affected navigation. Suffice it convenient to work only with a central OK button. By any pressing right-left and up-down must be long enough to adapt - finger all the time reach key. The only solution is the use of nails, but with the need to press the joystick very accurately. Block numeric keys are made in the form of single pane share keys. Decorative inserts only divide the ranks of the keys. Because of this decision follows a number of consequences. First, the course of any keys talk is meaningless to the fore in general supports the correct positioning of the fingers on the keyboard. Secondly, the notion of blind offset almost set. Working with a keyboard in the dark can, illumination apparatus uniform, and a fairly bright, but typing without looking at the keys, hardly succeed. Overall work with the keyboard is not a strong point of this machine, and will have to adapt to it long enough. Construction of the lateral facet extremely simplifies the description of them. Elements such as on the verge of side just three: on the left is a unified connector to connect charger, headset and cable television. It is an entirely new form factor, so use the chargers from other models fail. Next to him is dual volume control button made in the form of swing. On the right is the only button verge of activating the camera. More than any elements of the management side at the brink not. The back cover of the phone is made of black plastic mat. At the top of the slight thickening of the panel - located on the inner surface of the camera unit. Machinery used in removable lithium-ion battery capacity of 850 mAh. Unlike past Samsung devices, the battery is not combined with the rear lid. The holder for the SIM card is not quite normal. Map inside the top of the shell, it just goes out the outside edge. Lid covering the battery pack, is a very densely notches, accidentally open it practically impossible. Camera lens located on the inside of the top panel. To produce survey can be opened only with the apparatus. As the viewfinder screen is used. CMOS-matrix has permission to 1.3 megapixels. The outbreak is absent. By assembling quality claims not. All parts fit very well, and play foreign scripts available. The application of quality plastic makes it almost invisible traces of fingers. Appearance phone leaves very impressed. Strict rectangular cabinet suggests rather menswear audience, but I will not be surprised if this thin slider will be popular among women.

Main menu

Icons main menu completely, but the functionality of the device are exactly in line with the D600, why dwell only on the differences. The main type of presentation remained two-dimensional 3 x 3 matrixes, but perhaps also the presentation of the menu in the form of animated screen savers. Supported by the transition between points with the help of digital sequences. The first option - magazine calls. Saved to 30 calls each type. For single entries can be seen and the date and time of call, but did not specify its duration. Equal calls summed opposite numbers showing their number. Is feature detailed view - for the duration of each call is displayed? Traditionally, in this menu, you can see the total time of all calls and costs, with appropriate settings.

Phone book

Call the contacts can be a standby mode by pressing right soft keys. Another way is to move the phone book from the main menu. A list of contacts contains all records from phone memory, and SIM cards. Rooms with cards have an icon. There is a quick search on behalf of the letters first. If the name of a graphic file suits (picture), the contact is displayed in front of a small icon. For each contact, you can store up to 5 phone numbers of various types (mobile, office, home, fax, etc.). The main room will be introduced first. Paul rigidly fixed, not add new data. But to send a message or call can commit to any numbers. For the first and last name, there are two fields; each can enter up to 20 characters. The order of entries is strictly fixed. Search under way for the first field. In filling fields can be changed language recording. Screening is the first to display the names of contacts at the local language, and then all the rest. As additional data for each contact, you can enter e-mail address, small textual note. You can assign a personalized melody and the graphic file. When called picture is displayed in full screen. Pre groups in the phone not - they need to create their own. As an identifier of a group can also be set to music and image. The subscriber can enter immediately into several groups. The total capacity is 1000 phone book of names and does not depend on the number of completed fields. In the settings you can choose which contacts will be recorded - to the phone’s memory or on the SIM card. Any record can be sent to an external device as SMS/MMS- message or Bluetooth protocol. Supported quick set, it provides keys from 2 to 9.

Attachments

In this menu, focused mp3 player, dictaphone, Editor, Java applications, world time, alarm clocks, voice manager, a calculator, converter, timer, and stopwatch and keyboard manager. Item fairly widespread, but in many applications familiar. Built mp3 player supports random, consistent and cyclical reproduction tracks. Download mp3 files to the phone can be from the outside, through Bluetooth and synchronization from the program. Files can be of any names and tags to be supported by the Russian language. Songs can listen through a headset, supported A2DP profile. Supported with a playlist. Equalizer has a nominal role. Supported by several presets (classical, rock, jazz and normal reproduction). The lack of memory card does not allow for the use of the compositions more than 76 MB of memory built. Player running in the background. Dictaphone. The total number of entries is limited only accessible memory, while one record length may not exceed one hour. All records stored in a separate folder. Recording voice qualitative rather, it is easy to decipher later. Phone could be used as a digital voice recorder. Photo allows photos and footage with graphic files simple editing operations and overlay effects. In doing so, the original image can be quite convert. Annex certainly inferior to a professional desktop packages, but with artistic taste gives a very interesting result. Java World. For Java applications using a limited amount of memory, no higher than 4 Mb. MIDP Version 2.0 allows you to use your phone games, rich graphics, as well as three-dimensional toys. Toys these are well known, but increased resolution and the excellent quality of the screen allow perceive them in a new way. In the same folder sets, and external applications. Phone showed quite decent results in the 3D tests. Support for the new profile will allow Java set in the future and new applications developed for the Java platform.
World Clock. After choosing the city as a home, you can learn about the time in any other city from the list supported. The function of the normal and needs no special comment.

In three phone alarm. Despite the fact that one of them is named morning, they all function the same. For each, you can choose the alarm melody (supported mp3), cycle time and alarm (supported exceptions for days, weeks). As an additional option you can specify automatic shutdown. The functions of the calculator, converter values, and the stopwatch timer in a particular description are not needed. Implemented all the basic functions that work with applications convenient.
Voice Processor. In the apparatus built system independent voice recognition, allowing select contacts from the phone book, and navigate the menus. With this feature involves a rather curious episode. For the first time, independent voice recognition function was implemented in the phone E620. She worked in the engineering version of the phone, but the ultimate version of localization has been removed. Engineering sample tested D800 also has this feature, and it works quite correctly. It is hoped that the option to continue in the final release. In practice, working with a voice recognition function in the following way. If you press the button contacts, it will offer telephone say the name from the phone book or voice command to the menu. If the word understood, then to record labels to repeat it again. This function works without regard to language. I note that completely workable option was also represented in the Nokia 6280 phone. The browser. Installed on the phone wap browser version 2.0 works on http protocol, and can view the HTML-with a markup. All functions are standard. One can only note the lack of connection setup time, which in some cases can lead to the compound for the time gap.

Messages

Section traditionally consists of an SMS, MMS and e-mail messages. The phone can save 200 SMS for MMS messages and e-mail allocated 3 MB of memory. Dynamic allocation of memory, as for Java applications does not apply to communications. For SMS is supported by advanced profile (EMS), with emoticons implemented in the traditional form for Samsung appliances. They represent small drawings men. Working with MMS conducted in a standard editor. Messages can easily create, before sending them can be viewed. In the MMS settings, you can choose the maximum size (95 and 295 KB). There are predefined templates. Your e-mails have a blacklist, which can add addresses from which advertising is distributed. File manager. The traditional option of conventional analog conductor. All files in the phone grouped into folders Photos, Video, Music, Sounds and other files. Memory Manager allows you to see the number of free memory on the phone and sizes allocated folders.
Organizer. Allow you to take notes on the events of four types: Laundry case, anniversary, more. Preserve can be 100 events in each category. Three viewing modes: month, week and day. For each record, set the time and date of events, that the end of time. Supported recurring events. Built 1.3 - megapixel camera allows for images with a resolution of SXGA (1280×1024) to the Sub-QCIF (128×96) points. The quality of compression of images in JPEG format can be selected from the Super fine, Fine and Normal. The screen phone images look fine. The sound of shooting at shutter can be disabling. Adjustable sensitivity matrix, with automatic working properly. In matrix mode allows the camera image of the individual fragments. Available serially shooting. The series may consist of 6, 9 and 15 frames. Image editing, effects and the imposition of a framework to produce better after the shooting, using the built-in editor. The phone supports video recording in 3GP format, as well as clips with sound. Maximum permission to frame х288 Video cameras at 355 points, the rest of the settings in line with camera settings. The quality video recording phone is one of the best on the market.

Restrictions on the size roller No, but there is a regime survey for MMS, in which roller length does not exceed 100 KB. Applications that are not explicitly represented. Picsel Viewer. It is the application that allows the phone to open MS Office file format (for example, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat (PDF), image and video. He is a proprietary Samsung chips and built into all models of the most significant recent releases. Open application can be scaled, to rotate, rotate. Directly to your phone screen can display an image on a television set or projector. It would be appropriate to repeat the description of this function, given their time on the phone D600. Using the model avoids quite small presentations in the mobile phone and does not require a laptop or PC. It is not only the image is displayed, but also broadcast sound. In paragraph contains the settings set the phone and network services. Traditionally, you can choose the font color on the screen in standby mode, a password-protected section of any phone (messages, short messages, organizer, etc.). The model supports multiple profiles Bluetooth - in particular, Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port, Dial Up Networking, File Transfer, Object Push, A / V Headset. They called an astonishing inability to send files on the phone with another device. OBEX function is not implemented fully or engineering flaws affected firmware.

D600 D800
JBenchmark 1 1389 1051
Details
Text 350 322
2D Shapes 353 265
3D Shapes 230 173
Fill Rate 179 93
Animation 277 189
1.1.1
D600 D800
Jbenchmark 2 132 88
Details
Image manipulation 76 73
Text 167 119
Sprites 124 96
3d Transform 133 87
User Interface 188 89
2.1.1
D800
Jbenchmark 3D
Details
Jbenchmark3D HQ: 53
Jbenchmark3D LQ: 81
Triangles ps: 7101
kTexes ps: 319
3.1.0

General impression and conclusions

Phone has no problems with the quality of communication. Sound in the dynamics in a conversation without noise, the net. Volume mp3 well enough to listen to noisy street machine. Vibrocall average force. Connecting to the Internet will also install without problems. Encouraging the support EDGE. Q plus models include ability to play mp3 in the background, the presence of a voice processor, the ability to customize the backlight. Q minus apparatus includes unsuccessful keyboard design unit and the lack of support memory cards. Phone will glimpse for further action in the field of thin Samsung appliances. Already announced the release of the model in full metal case, nothing prevents a manufacturer and install a memory card - the older model D820, it is provided. Given the company’s leadership in the production of sliders, we can safely assume, and the commercial success for this phone. Phone company granted Samsung.