Samsung E790

  • Released 2007, October
    82g, 16.5mm thickness
    Feature phone
    80MB storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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  • 2.2"
    176x220 pixels
  • 2MP
    144p
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  • 800mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung E790 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE Yes
Launch Announced 2007, January. Released 2007, October
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 92 x 48 x 16.5 mm (3.62 x 1.89 x 0.65 in)
Weight 82 g (2.89 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 2.2 inches, 35 x 43 mm, 15.2 cm2 (~34.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 176 x 220 pixels (~128 ppi density)
 Second external mono display (96 x 96 pixels), backlight in 7 colors
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 80MB
Main Camera Single 2 MP
Video QCIF
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 1.2, A2DP
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/WMA player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Unit convertor
Voice memo
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 800 mAh battery
Misc Colors Silver
SAR EU 0.88 W/kg (head)    
Price About 80 EUR

Samsung E790 - User Reviews

  • pros: good standby(more than a week for me) pretty cheap(i bought it for less than 45 euros free of contract) good keyboard came with data cable good sound in ear piece cons: you cannot put more than 20 contacts in a group you cannot see time &date of the sent messages you cannot put any mp3 file as sound for alarm

  • hay there we have just bought to of these phone there so cool but havet had them long enuf too see how well thay proform. there so simple and you can txt very ezy because the botons are perfect

  • I've bought three E790 for my family. One of them was out of order after 8 month of usage. It switch off itself for 1-3 minutes of work. Two another devices are operable. I found two negative side of E790: 1. There isn't special button for voice recorder. The recorder must be fast accessible. 2. Camera is low sensitive. I can make photo on sunlite only.

  • I've been using this phone for a few months now and I still love it. Ok, the outerscreen is a bit fragile but the looks sure make up for it :). My only 2 issues are the lack of flash and most important: you can't use your MP3 songs as wake up-call :s. Well back to my old radio then I'm afraid... Overall: awesome mobile! xD

  • phone was ok at first. battery lasts 2 or 3 days IF on power save. freezes sometimes when charging shuts off randomly.easy to text.good service.

  • my battery only lasts a day after i take it out of the charger :(

  • There are no games?!? Have you looked at your menu well? There are 7 games! In applications, Java world, My games. Enjoy!

  • The phone is good. The Battery holds 5 days, the camera is good, the poliphony, but there are no games.

  • sorry to tell u but it can only vibrate first, and then ring after. or seperatly

  • Anyone know when this phone comes out in Australia? Can any owners tell me if the phone can Ring AND vibrate synchronised (not vibrate first and then ring)

  • The camera in this phone takes high quality pictures. The modes such as Sepia, Sketch and others and simply cool. Not found in many phones. Also a sleek thin look.

  • The Battery life for this phone will last 2 days, at the end of the second nght you will have to recharge it. Charging the phone it self will take an hour at most. When sending text messages, switching from T9 to Alpha, why does it freeze and close he whole texting window? does anybody know?

  • battery life from mine after a full charge was 1 day (you should be frightened, yeah! :p) but I couldn't keep my hands off it so I guess when u're getting normal to using this phone it'll be around 3 - 4 days, if you're just using it only a few times a day to make a call / send messages. standby time: (samsungmobile.com says 310 hours) has an average (from all the sites I visited) from 220 hours call-time: (samsungmobile: 5 hours) I'd say 3.5 / 4 hours Overall this would be an average battery life duration i think.

  • I'm about to get this phone as an X-mas gift (although got to play with it for 2 days already! ^^) and i must say I'm very satisfied with what I got (or am about to get ;P) Ok, I'm with some of you guys' comment on the design; it's not a 10/10 but I'm giving it a least an 7.5/10 considered the huge number of more ugly designs AND the fact that i have the indigo blue version of the E790. (the only colour this phone is more pretty than it is weird in my opinion) As for the functions and usage: I love the buttons, enough space and just fun to press on. (well my former phone was a nokia5100-> damn rubber!!) and the interface is nice too. The MP3 player is what I wanted it to be: able to shout some volume without earphones and a max capacity of 2Gig and 80Mb is pretty nice. Although where I bought the phone they recommended me not to put in a 2gig card because it could mess up my phone's behaviour. :s kinda feel weird about that and don't want to take her opinion for truth so maybe anyone has comments on this? + I like the photo and video ability (of course this could be better but I like the price / quality now) This phone simply had all the things I wanted! :) slight flaw might be the battery life duration but it's normal that recording and playing music takes alot of power ;)

  • I am considering to buy this phone, any owners , can you share some information about the battery life as I am concerned with this issue. Thanks

  • this phone is right good! nice size n everyfin. but it cud of bin betta. xx

  • The specifics are ok, but the phone is ugly... It looks cool on pictures, but i didn't like it at all when i saw and held it. It's light and veeery thin, but it looks too large anyways. The phone looks plastic, i don't know what it's made of but you leave fingerprint marks when you touch it. The keypad is horrible, very ugly. I was wondering which phone to get - E570 or E790, the camera of E790 is better, but I didn't like the design at all, so I got the other one. Otherwise the menu ot the 2 phones are identic.

  • Does anyone know when and if this phone will be coming out in South Africa? It looks great and its nice an small and it has a good camera... Cant wait for it to come out!

  • This phone seems really goood! Does anyone know when it'll come out in the US?

  • It's now available in France. It's not so bad for a samsung, but for the photo I prefer my Old Nokia 7710 with 1 Mpx that makes better photos than my Samsung Z710 (3.2 Mpx).

  • I'm going to buy this phone this friday. I found the only store in Belgium that sells it yay ^^. I was looking at motorola aswell at first, but i find the menu and design of the E790 much more "business" looking :). To bad you cant find any review of the phone. Or maybe anyone here has one? (in english, dutch, deutsch or french if possible :))

  • too bad it has has soft keys, if else it would have been a beast! why sammy? why?

  • hi am just checking samsung phones online for quite a while now. Nothing seems to fit my wants and needs for a phone. Am considering this model to replace my old E760. But the thing is, it doesn't have an FM radio. I'm a music addict and wants to get updated about it. Doesn't stick to one radio station mopst of the time so an MP# is no good for me...

  • Since this phone uses dual core processor, Java performance is excellent than ever. It is an information from Samsung R&D people.

  • Perfect Phone~!! It is very wonderful~!

  • To E-SERIES GUY - Where YOU drunk when you wrote this!?! Best Samsung design ever made!

  • QCIF Quarter Common Intermediate Format. A standard size for images produced by low-resolution digital cameras and video cameras. QCIF images are 176 pixels wide and 144 pixels tall (176 x 144).

  • What's the world coming to? Seriously samsung...I was a fan of the E720 & E770. Best samsung phones ever made. Were you drunk when you designed this phone? Switching soon....

  • Really cannot understand Samsung. I have a E770, which have flash and very good CIF recording. This one E790 should be its successor so why no flash and only QCIF video ? Samsung should make less phones but with better features for every models.

  • video qcif?

  • looks like samsung finaly read my mind....amazing!

  • this phone looks like an improve version of x680! looks great and features have improve but it would have been even better if the external screen is colored not monochrome. anyway, you can't win em all. :)

  • This phone looks great, the specs are decent. Does anyone think this phone is based on the motorola pebl? Prob just me lol

  • first to post...cool phone!!!!