Samsung SGH-G800 Cell Phone

All round I believe this phone will be very popular for all users as it has a lot of features that most buyers would be looking for.
It's a shame the built in memory is only 160MB, which is a lot but for a phone that can take brilliant pictures it should have come with at least 1GB that would have set it apart from its competitors.
Samsung do make truly stylish phones and this is no different.
An Excellent Mobile !!!!!

Very pleased with phone had a Samsung before so the working of it was easy, one thing I found was I could not change the message tone as I could on my old phone, but lots of good things instead, like reading texts you can make it zoom in so if like me you need to wear glasses but dont always have them with you its east to read, also picture quality is brill and the size of the screen, also it does not seem to scratch which is a very good as it becomes hard to see once there are a few scratches.Its a lot chunkier than a lot of phones but that doesnt bother me I like the feel of it not all plastic and cheap you can feel you have a good phone.I am happy with my choice of phone as it is hard to know what you really want from a phone there is so many to choose but I wanted one that took good photos which it does I have a camera but you dont always take it with you but you always have your phone handy to catch that magic moment.Over all its a great phone.

Nice, simple phone with a very good camera and a lovely big clear screen. also has a good music player where all you songs are stored and can be played easily, very good looking fashionable phone eventhough it was bigger than i expected, nevertheless very happy and the black leather case will come in handy aswell. :)

overall a very nice phone to have.it has all the features u can possibly need its size is good not too chunky not too small, sound quality is very good

i have had a lot of phones but i think this is the best to date it has a lot of features the best is the camera although it has quite a delay i had trouble changing the message tone i have done it now it does not have auto call time displayed after a call the case is robust great sliding camera cover phone looks and feels fine its loud clear and bright display great phone

There are a few things to note about this phone before deciding to buy, I have bought this phone myself and so can give a personal view of it.

In terms of features this phone is quite equipped with a not perfect camera but works perfectly well and takes good quality pictures. Customising the phone works well also with being able to personalise wallpapers, ringtones & message tones something i never had on my old phone and because the buttons are so not so tiny you can't touch without accessing a different function it is quite easy to handle also mainly due to the fact it doesn't have a touch screen pad.

My only issues with this phone are that, and this is a personal opinion the phone is bigger than its modern rivals and many people want much thinner phones now, however i like this because it makes it harder to brake when its in your pocket or if its dropped. Another issue is the memory comes with around 150mb of memory built in which isn't a lot if you want to download or take a lot of pictures or store a long list of media files such as music/video clips but however it does have an expandable memory slot if you wish to buy an external memory card but with the one i bought a memory card came with the phone so this hasn't been an issue for me. Finally, this is i think is the main issue with this phone, is the sound volume which i believe could be a lot louder because i have had problems with hearing voice calls when going out, so i have had a lot of missed calls and to get round this i have tried to personalise it so it vibrates and play sound when someone calls which works if your standing still but when walking you may not still be able to hear or feel it vibrating so more missed calls could happen as a result.

Overall i would recommend if you like new features which seem to come standard on a lot of new phones this phone will not let you down and if you care about camera quality this phone also perfectly acceptable and can be changed to match your settings and i like the way message tones can be personalised but i believe there are louder phones out there to buy and thinner phones that may or not have touch screen pads and also if you need a lot of memory as standard i wouldn't recommend this but if you buy one used it can work out a lot better value than buying one new with a phone retailer.

As an added note, not everyone will have this problem but if you buy this phone used and are having difficulty in removing the battery cover to insert a sim card, i find using the palm of your hand can easily remove the cover without damaging the phone.

as soon as you pick this phone up it has a quality feel about it.not flimsy and plastic like most they use steel on this one.of course this does mean a little extra weight and because it has a slide lens cover for the camera it is a little bulkier than other models but no worse than the Nokia n series.all the features in the phone are easy to navigate to and use with nice easy on the eye colours and themes.the music playback sounds fantastic.the internet connection is quick and easy to use.of course most people will buy this for the camera and they wont be disappointed.5mp and a 3x optical zoom with a good flash means great pictures.you will have to set up the camera to suit the situation though to get best results.the biggest disappointment about this phone is that it never came with a memory card.with cards being so cheap surely Samsung could afford to throw one in the box

What a great looking phone. But its not all about looks with it's 5MP camera taking super pics, it's high speed data transfer rates and great user interface makes it a fantastic phone to own.

My friend as one of these phones. I just had to have one. And i love it. Just one problem. The pictures in the dark are not that good.

This is the first time I have anything to do with Samsung mobile phones. After buying the SGH-G800 I was very surprised how heavy it was, however I do like the clear keys with large letters when doing a text. The screen is very clear to read and the phone it easy to operated. The instruction book is very poor with very small print and very limited. I would recommend this phone since it has everything including extra memory which you can add up to 8 gig. The only thing it has not got is Sat Nav.

good phone,a little large,great camera,try before you buy .battery life short when useing camera,can get up grade on battery.

Many times the hype doesn't match the reality, this isn't one them, the optical zoom really does capture the image as does the lens. The reports of limited battery life are also correct, 3 1/2 days between charges, but I can still remember being pleased when a phone lasted all day on 1 charge. If you have had a Samsung before you will know how "Nokia beatingly" easy the menus are to use, although bluetooth took some time to find at first but then a few tweeks to personalise the controls and hey presto sorted. If I sound like a devotee of the G800 then I confess, I am, it does everything I wanted it to do and does it very well.

Wanted a quality phone with no contract and a decent camera. The G800 fits the bill completely and as I bought it on e-bay the price was right. It is not a dainty slimline but after all it does pack a lot of goodies within. Again on e-bay I was able to buy all the must have add ons at very little cost. Where would I be without e-bay?

If you like a lightweight slimline phone, then this isnt the phone for you, because compared with many on the market at the moment it is quite chunky, and not exactly a featherweight, But if you want a phone that is solid, looks good, and encased in a protective metal housing, then this is worth looking at.
In many ways it is a digital camera which a phone attached rather than the other way around.
I had a sony K800i which I liked because unlike many phones all you needed to do to operate the camera was slid back the protective lens cover.
The G800 also features a protective lens cover on the back of the phone that works in exactly the same way, you do not need to unlock the phone to operate the camera, which at 5.0MP takes some beating. The phone itself like many of the samgsung range,features a slide down keypad, compared to many,the keys are large perhaps,but again pretty useful when your eyesight isnt what it used to be.
It took me a while to sus out the predicitive texting the phone keep putting foot when I wanted to say dont, but worked out what buttons to press, was just a case of getting used to the feature of a different phone. To be honest I cant find a negative thing to say about this phone, I love it, and am so glad that I bought it.

I Love This phone, its such a sleek smooth design!
Great buttons grat colours omg love it!
It is a bit big and bulky compared to my last pgone Samsung X820! Which is the thinnest phone in the world!
But i love it,
If you go for design - sleek, smooth stunning
Go for this :)

Belting piece of kit, pretty easy to use. Big screen and big buttons fabulous features but not always where you would expect to find them. Blue tooth excellent, seamless connection to handsfree kit in my car. Those who like a slim light weight phone stay away, this phone is heavy! You won't loose it easily. Two major gripes, firstly the batteries, when fully charged good as gold. When you get down to two bars it can tend to eat the last bits rapidly!Used to have Nokia 6310i not as flash or clever as this but you would easy get aweek on stanby. The only other gripe is the Samsung PC suite sometimes phone just will not connect via cable or blue tooth! The screen and graphics are excellent and the slide mechanism slick and it feels good to use. Very happy with phone and would recommend it

My wife has just got one of these phones. I can only write a short review as I am in a mega rush. In short though it is EXCELLENT. The camera is good and the phone is fun. Buy one if you can - you won't be disappointed. More solid than a LG chocolate and a bit more exciting than the hum drum NOKIA which i have. Hope this helps.

I was looking to buy a new camera and a new phone for myself when I came across some articles about the Samsung G800 and I thought to myself that I could save a bit of cash by buying a 2-in-1 camera phone.

Unlike any other phone that I have used before (I used to own a mobile phone shop, so I have played around with a few phones), I must say that the G800 surely deserves the name 'Camera Phone' because this is the first phone I have seen that comes with a proper camera. With a resolution of 2560х1920 pixels, xenon flash, 3x optical zoom, autofocus, face detection and QVGA video @ 30fps, I think that you will have to agree with me that the G800 really does have a professional camera built in.

One thing that annoys me about camera phones is that when you are taking a picture, from the time you press the button to when the camera takes an image to save, the delay is often so long that the moment is usually gone (especially when it comes to taking pictures of hyper-active little children!). Not so, with the Samsung G800! It really does work exactly like a normal digital camera. I would have to say that this is probably what I love the most about the G800.

To complement the camera, the G800 has a 256K colour, 240x320 pixel, 2.4" display to view the pictures on. Apart from the usual phone features, it also has a few other outstanding attributes such as bluetooth printing, stereo FM radio and mobile TV (subject to service provider restrictions).

The G800 weighs just under 15g more than a Nokia N95 which it is superior to in most ways that I can think of. The N95 camera quality comes close but when you turn on the camera features of the G800, it really does have the N95 beat, hands down. The advantages that the N95 has are that it is quad band, has WLAN, a 16M colour display and an integrated GPS receiver.

Size wise, it it a bit smaller than my other phone which is a HTC TyTN II and it is about the same size as a N95. Does not make it small but it is a size that I can live with it considering that the alternative is to carry a phone AND a camera in my pocket, which I am sure will take up a lot more space!

I rated this phone a 4/5 because it does have a few minor deficiencies. Nothing that would stop me from recommending the phone to someone else, but still worth noting.

If you are taking a lot of pictures then there are two issues to be aware of. Firstly, the built in memory on the phone is only 160MB so you must buy a MicroSD card. Secondly, if you are using the xenon flash regularly during the course of each day, then you should consider carrying a second battery for emergencies.

For the globetrotters amongst us, it should be pointed out that the phone is tri-band on 2G networks and does not support the 850GSM band. It does support HSDPA 2100 for 3G networks.

From everyday use, the only area where I have found the phone to be lacking is that the ear piece volume is a bit low especially considering that the ringer volume is very loud. But this might just be a problem with my particular handset and not reflective on the model in general.

Finally, simply to avoid an annoyance, I would suggest investing in a case (preferably one of those clear plastic cases that cover the entire phone) because once the fingerprints get on there, they are very hard to remove. The Samsung SGH-G800 is one phone that you will want to keep in pristine condition to do justice to the capabilities of this most outstanding camera phone!

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This phone has everything you could possibly want in an up-to-date phone; an extremely sharp 5 megapixel phone, camercorder which is also very sharp. I was able to record a football match on the tv without it looking overly bright!!
Sound quality is excellent, loud capacity for music, a music player enabling background playing of music so one can text at the same time or whatever.
High capacity for internal memory (160mb), about 500 texts storage. Expandable memory card slot for up to 4 gigabytes!!
There even a photo and video editor for your media. Equipped with 3G technology and plenty of room for downloading games to your phone, don't think there's much more you could want to be honest.
My only criticism is the button's while texting feel a little stiff, but compared to all its good points this bares little significance.

9/10.

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the phone is excellent, it has great camera, sounds are so clear, colours are bright. It is worth its money. I'm glad I bought it. In addition it is very stylish.

Fantastic phone. Finally a camera that takes a really good photo. Only downside to this phone is its size. Its quite thick at 2.2cm, and weighs a little too. A little too big for a mans pocket, and girls I hope you have a decent size handbag. But I suppose if you want quality there is a price to pay.

The best option on the phone is the camera which is very good and the memory on the phone is excellent for music and storing messages, numbers etc. Privacy options all also very good. The only draw back with it like all samsungs is the message tones and not being able to receive pictures, games, video etc as the software isnt compatable with any other phone other than samsung.