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U900 soul

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The  U900 soul is Samsung’s flagship phone of 2008.It has dual-screen touch-sensitive controls and metal casing along with a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, 3G video calling, MP3 player, FM radio and plenty of memory. Some people think that the ringtone and call volume are too quiet. The phone is available in Graphite or Silver.

At the first look, you can tell that the Soul is something different from the usual Samsung slide design. It might be called as the next-generation slide phone. The body of the phone is made from metal, giving it a high quality feel, like one of Nokia’s premium handsets. The sleek, minimalist design and the way that the thumb rests securely on the base of the slide is superb. The slide moves smoothly up to reveal a flat keypad.The U900 is ultra-slim at 12.9mm thick, and is almost exactly the same size as the old Samsung D900.

The feature that truly sets the U900 apart from previous slide phones from Samsung is the touch-sensitive navigation keypad. The phone has a small touch-sensitive screen placed below the main LCD display. The touchscreen is icon-driven and the icons change according to the menu selected. It’s very similar to the one used in the LG Venus and the Samsung E950.

It’s the first Samsung phone to incorporate a 16 million colour display. It has fast 3G with download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. It has a powerful camera, similar in quality to the G600’s. The camera on the U900 is very good. There’s also a music player that can handle a wide range of formats, plus an FM radio, and the usual Bang & Olufsen power amplifier for high-fidelity audio.

One feature worth noting is the generous amount of internal memory (100 Mbytes), as well as the option to add a microSD memory card. Other standard features such as email, document viewer, Bluetooth, offline mode are all present. Just one gripe – it’s triband, not quadband.

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