i8510, barely worth the risk (Samsung GT i8510 Innov8)

Member Name: hanabella

Product:	Samsung GT i8510 Innov8
Date:	10/06/09 (10 review reads)
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Advantages: Great mp3 function, reliable wireless

Disadvantages: slow functions, breakdown

At first glance the i8510 looked like it was everything I needed from a phone. A specification that boasted 8mpx camera, wifi, bluetooth alongside a dozen other impressive characteristics.

And for the first 20 minutes, it was. However, upon trying to take my first photo I was presented with blurry, out of focus, off colour photos that took up to 10 seconds to capture and due to a phone delay, 20 seconds to delete. I tried changing the white balance from auto to every available setting, and tried to change the scene from auto to everything from flourescent to nightlight. But nothing would allow me to take a quality photo. I engaged the facial recognician tool- but instead of enhancing the features of my subjects- it just took even longer for my photos to capture. Not good.

It was over the next week or so, that I realised how often I was being forced to charge my i8510. Even if it was only being used for a few text messages a day the phone was requiring a full charging almost every other day without fail, and god forbid I were to play music for 30 minutes or make a call! Not good.

As I continued using the phone I noticed delays in the menu function (especially if you use a downloaded theme), and, if all this was not enough to cope with- last week (at just 10 weeks old) the "select" and "answer" buttons on my phone ceased to function, and the screen started to black out for minutes at a time. Not good.

So, my i8510 has been sent away to be replaced (with all my irretrievable data, so important fuzzy photos on it, soon to be gone forever by, hopefully, a working replacement.

But considering the number of functions they tried to squeeze into this "smartphone" I am not hopeful for my next attempt with this particular model. ahem...Not good...

Summary: great phone if you can keep up the maintainance

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