Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH

  • Released 2009, March
    105g, 12.7mm thickness
    Feature phone
    80MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 2.8"
    240x400 pixels
  • 8MP
    480p
  •  
    MSM6281
  • 880mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2009, February. Released 2009, March
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 110 x 51.5 x 12.7 mm (4.33 x 2.03 x 0.5 in)
Weight 105 g (3.70 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches, 22.3 cm2 (~39.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~167 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
Platform Chipset Qualcomm MSM6281
CPU 500 MHz
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 16 GB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 2000 contacts, Photo call, Photo Contact
Call records Yes
Internal 80MB
Main Camera Single 8 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 480p@30fps
Selfie camera   Videocall camera
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS; optional navigation software
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 DviX/XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player
MP3/AAC/WMA player
Organizer
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Voice memo
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 880 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 350 h
Talk time Up to 4 h
Misc Colors Platinum Red, Platinum Blue, Gold
SAR 0.19 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.55 W/kg (head)    
Price About 140 EUR
Tests Loudspeaker Voice 70dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -67.7dB / Crosstalk -67.6dB

Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH - User Reviews

  • Yes i agree to that. Had U1i Vivaz from Sony Erricsson. Phone were gourgeous on a first look but its build quality was worse than a well worn tyre from truck. about 20 complains in 2 years. Thats not what we expect from a 500 eur phone.

  • That phone served me for being simple and "stupid" looking. I am sometimes visiting my grandpa which lives in an area where smartphones are seen as abominations, but small phones are still okay.

  • Well you always can buy Huawei Mate 20 X. Its not so small and slim but a lot better in every aspect.

  • Sigh. goodbye old friend. You served me well.... I am moving to Nokia 306 Asha.

  • yes. it can with ACR modded into the device. (I have it, it records in .avi format. which is decent for a call recording function). as for the second question unforts no. I don't know.

  • One of the best phones I've used. I still miss this babe,

  • noooooooooooo!

  • Any one who doesn't want this phone give it to me

  • wats up app

  • u must download it

  • This is a good phone but can it record both incoming and outgoing calls? If so how? Also do you know of any candybar phones (without wifi) that can do so (WIth good text message memory)? Many thanks in advance !

  • I just dig out this phone. It was collecting dust for over 3 years and ... I started to use it again.

  • brilliant cell,love it had it for 6 years and no t\rouble,still going strong been dropped too many times and still working perfectly mine is the GT-S8300T Am in Australia and am 80yrs old

  • No comment

  • can any 1 tell me what can I do with my s8300 when I switch it on it goes on..bt after that it switch off again

  • I'like to know if i can upgrade my samsung S8300 to new version p'se

  • I want whatapp? in samsung s8300

  • can it download whatsapp

  • i want whatsapp on my s8300

  • want to enable java on my samsung bt i cant please help me

  • what could be wrong with my phone as the sound and the nscreen has just gone and dont no why

  • Skype don't work

  • @My vidcallwon't work you probably ran out of data

  • my s8300 doesnot show youtube videos how can i solve this and also videocall doesnot work please help me

  • I have GT-S8300T mobile phone. Are there free apps for this kind of phone???

  • how can i use watsup in my phone samsung s8300v

  • i wanna use skype.but i dnt undastand they where is a front camra

  • reset aal and .....sitrip dimig

  • My sound on my Samsung S8300H has stopped working. Is there anyway I can get this sorted

  • I need help desperately regarding my S8300GT, the earpiece is dead and i can only use it on speaker or with earphones, also for some reason when i get a call i cannot hear my ringtone it only vibrates. Any help please.

  • internal memory is 80mb it is written above read it's details again.

  • The Operating System is Samsung mobile proprientary OS.

  • I need to know about the operative system of the samsung s8300

  • What is the internal memory capacity of this phone?

  • i wan a sktype application for this phone

  • hi,i got a problem with network,the phone cant support watsapp..And how do i activate java applications for my samsung?

  • this Phone support Whatsapp application or not.. pliz replay me...

  • Please, I enjoy the phone very well, But I have this problem, Kindly help me. The backspace arrow is not working while trying to enter or storing some once name, when you made a mistake same to a text message, I have to start all over again and again. For number it is working but for letters is not instead the T9 option will be changing above. Please advice me what to do. Many thanks for your co-operation. Yours. Emmanuel Ugoh

  • This is a strong and reliable phone I love every functions of it, especially the pictures. But pls where can I change the flex of the phone? It fell from my hand and got damaged.

  • if u knw sme1 in canada its better coz its wher i get it dia.

  • is the java heap memory on this phone unlimited?????

  • does it have whatsapp

  • hi dearest, had read that you were looking for samsung s8300 cover, and have you got it? if yes from where did u bought coz am in namibia PLEASE

  • We Need This Cell Phone again with the new Features like android and long life battery plz samsung make it again :/

  • my samsung mobile s8300 is very good phone but my phone spakeer is ded plz tell is care senter

  • How come it does not support WhatsApp

  • Thats lies, globaltech is a company that sells bogus electronics and stolen goods.

  • sad but there's no way that you can change the theme of that phone. mine is also not applicable with the other themes

  • Good fone,bought it for US$125.Too bad it has no wifi and i'm finding it difficult to upgrade firmware. Fone available brand new in Zimbabwe at Goldtech Electronics.By the way its now my third Samsung.

  • how can i install the original +heme for samsung ultra touch s8300?

  • I Need an battery any one can tell me

  • i want s8300 ultra tuch mobile batarey cover. were i by in saudi arabia..riyadh, batta city..

  • just want to add that it is a great machine. I wish it could accomodate networking softwares such as Whatsapp or Tango

  • anybody could tell me if I can find battery for this cellular in Beirut or in Lebanon in general?

  • I bought this phone and it is great.Recommend to everyone.

  • actually this phone is limited edition, by the way this phone no longer available

  • hi, where can i get samsung s8300 ultratouch phase. please help. i`m from limpopo in Tzaneen thank you

  • Hello, Just change internal cable (very low in price) from any mobile mechanic

  • I have one,but it seems that my camcorder wont work-dont know why.Then he restarts,but still i can use him normaly.Does any one knows what is the problem,and how to solve it ?

  • Can the phone take Whatsapp?

  • I suggest you buy this set it is very attractive and stylish and have a digital camera have a very beautiful result

  • I've owned this phone for more than 2 years, it has been quite a dependable phone, not to mention the 8mp camera which is still good even when compared to today's phones. Though with the rise of android phones and ultra responsive touch screens, this phone is like junk compared to those.

  • Can i use skype and fring?

  • I suggest that dont use this mobile.

  • my samsung s8300 main ic not work .pls tell me where ur care centre.

  • So are you saying that the Samsung S8300 does not connect to wifi. Thanks

  • Though I have bought other phones, but the feel & look of this set is the best. It is still my favourite & purpose not to let go

  • I have the phone for three years. I am very satisfied but Being at present the most sophisticated technology such as watsapp, wifi and applications. This phone becoming a normal phone not a smart phone.

  • where can I find the cover to replace the old one?. I love the phone.

  • Install PC Studio.

  • How do I download pictures to my PC?

  • ohh//// my flash camera on samsung s8300 EROR

  • This is a good phone. And everybody must accept that everything good has also limitations. but this phone is good.period

  • Battery is very bad .

  • battery is not good

  • over all a good and economical phone. PROS: AMOLED screen is awesome CAMERA is just amazing 3G with video call Quality product LOOKs marvellous Fake Call for fun ( which can be turned off ) Good Quality speaker CONS: Battery is little low On screen Qwerty keypad is nt thr OS and Processor are bad Wi-fi

  • which is fastest G600 or s8300?

  • it was tirdclass phone.....

  • Not to happy with the phone,had for 6 months,then put back in box,and got a new phone,its slow and no wifi and android...other functions are gr8 like camera,and picture quality!

  • How to record calls? Is there any application, if so pls provide link...

  • Overall good phone but in the presence of wifi it will be better,

  • I will der him :)

  • Can I use the phone in Japan?

  • camera quality super,touch is fine.lack of wifi upset.overall nice phone

  • hii!!! I've been using this phone for a long time. Every thing is just awesome , but the only problem is I don't know how to change message tone in it and also screensever ??? I would be glad if u could help me!!!

  • How to clear widgets on the screen

  • Overall this mobile is neither proper usable and nor fine mobile

  • i used it but the only problem is that it lacks wifi..moreover it is not android

  • damme, i hope it doesn't lak wifi !!!!!! it would be better than ever by wifi

  • it,s better than others.camera is super fine quality but tuch is slow .

  • i had s8300 atlest 6 months.it,s agood phone but it is very slow.

  • First S8300 I had was very good. The second one I have is not working as well. Most of the time pops up different menues and also sends the volume to loud. I have to readjust the screen all the time.

  • Just wonder is it a data phone or not? love the feature on it.

  • this phone is just amazing! i really love everything about it especially the mobileblog

  • I am using this phone since last 15 months.It's touch response is excellent and camera result is also very good and another very good feature of this phone is the slow-motion and fast-motion video recording.It only doesn't has the wi-fi feature otherwise the phone is very good.

  • I've been using this phone for more than 2 years now. And I still get amazed by it's specs and use... This phone just came off short because of wifi capability but overall... this is one heck of a all around multi-media phone.

  • i want to buy this phone at low cost

  • i buy this pfone from marocco is sooo coool XD

  • thank u

  • very nice this phone is the beste but i dont know how i khen work GPS

  • This has to be the best phone I have ever had. Everything from the great memory when saving pictures from the use of an amazing 8mega pixel camera, to the little note pad you can put on the front of your home screnn when you need to remember something. I would recomend this phone to anyone.

  • i hve nt yt used this phn......

  • i think all the function of this cell phone is so good camera result awsome but the main problen is wi fi not available this cell phone thats the reason i sale out s8300

  • my stopped working when the weather went damp dont like wet weather

  • damme i luv this phone

  • You should 1. Get a newer phone running Android. 2. Get a phone with a headphone jack as this one can only play music thru Bluetooth

  • This is a best cell phone in samsung.i love s8300

  • tnx friend......great experiance....

  • How can i buy this phone from egypt or from anywhere? Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz provide me urgently

  • can any1 provide me info about the music playing capacity of this phone????plzzz.......is it loudenuf or should i go for another phone??

  • i lost and 2 years ago and im still crying

  • use this code to open secondary camera *#0*# and select the vga camera

  • how can i use the second camera?

  • it is an extraordinary cell fone with slide and a great touch but no wifi . i like this fone a lot from bottom of my heart . its camera is amazing love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • How to installed powre point, Exal And MSWord ?

  • yeah exactly..1 jst no WIFI z da bad thng abt it ...else best fone by STYLE, LOOKS, CAMERA, SCREEN ETC

  • just so unfortunate this slide phone has no WIFI. it would have been my best phone ever. its been two years now and its still smoooooooooth.

  • brother please push the down vol key in standby a window will pop with vib and vol tabs. Set them to zero. Thats it.

  • Dear frnd... anyone tell me, wat means of 'D1' & '30fps' in video making of this fone? "D1 (720x480 pixels)@30fps"

  • excuse me just because you haven't used the phone doesn't mean u have got to ad mouth it like that its an awesome phone

  • I will never recommend this phone on several reasons: 1. You cannot browse the main menu while on call. 2. You cannot control the key sounds when on any profile other than silent mode. You will get the irritating sound when a key is pressed. 3. Every time you start the camera you get a message "not enough memory. Saving in the memory card" by which time your shot is gone. Yes. Even when you have selected mem card as default. 4. You cannot get a list of names and numbers, or numbers only on the phone book. If you want to see all numbers you will have to go one by one. 5. Most irritatingly, this has a fake call option. When you happen to press the volume key it activates a fake call. The obviously protruding key is always pressed while in pocket, and you have to cut the fake call. Many more unnecessary trouble with this phone, and I recommend any other phone if you want the 8 mp cam, maybe a SE C905. or a good Nokia.

  • what to tell you guys. . .. its such a rocking phone i never used in mah life . .

  • hi how i can connect to GPS that is not connect i try to many time but connection has faild pls help me.

  • security code

  • my phone is lock, i cant use internet, no games, can't send MMS, can't use GPS and i can't use my secondary camera. how can i unlock my phone so i can use it..im really frustrated

  • I've had connectivity problems-can't access internet, and so can't use GPS. Now the speaker is gone. No sound. used to love the phone, but now it;s really frustrating. Hope I can get it repaired.

  • Battery life is poor but it lasts about as long as most android phones, about a day. My suggestion, buy a spare battery:-) Camera is brilliant, its a little on the quiet side as well. Overall not a bad phone!

  • i cannot connect it to my pc..how to solve

  • my phone touch fecility is not working properly so please tell me how recover the problem?

  • I have this fone.Can anyone tell me how i can use skype with three (3) sim settings?

  • Please help me, my phone not recognize micro SD card, but phone is working exellent

  • I've got an unlocked Samsung S8300 UltraTouch, but I don't know why the phone is not letting me use the internet. I'm on optus and just wondering if I'm meant to be on 3 to be able to use the internet. Someone please help?

  • its a very gud phone with an excellent camera clerarity... but the cost of this phone is not satisfying..... over all its a gud phone but the only thing is to maintain it in a fragile way........

  • Its a very gud phone, but the only thing needed to worry is the cost.... camera clearity is awesome, excellent and stylish functions, i would suggest u to buy this but the only thing is to maintain it in a fragile way, thats it......

  • which operating system used in this s8300 ?

  • Brilliant display.

  • Hey can anyone tell me how to record a call with this?

  • on left volume key. u can handle Viberation

  • I have this phone and all i can say is : I love it. It works verry good and photos are too cool. Love samsung.

  • was thinking of buying the phone but the cons are just too much

  • hey guys i have little problem with my s8300 ,can u tell me is their is touch calibration on this phone , because in my s8300 upper touch is not working

  • nokia 5800 xm- 3.2 mpx carl zeiss lens sound is superb 3.5mm audio jack it has everything u need evn WiFi samsung s800 ultra touch-8 mpx camera low sound quality no WiFi no 3.5 mm audio jack its nw up to u wht u want good luck

  • S8300 is a good phone but the fibres keep breaking and you loose the connectivity,again,when it has a problem get it repaired is just a hell of time,there no accessories,even the techniciansa are rare. leaving one to wonder why would a company like sumsumg manufacture a good thing like that then no technicians to address public problems and no accessories in cases of breakdown.

  • please guys tell me which set is better samsung s8300 or nokia express5800 please guys urgently tell me about both sets those who use s8300 tell me about set and those who use 5800 tell me about it....

  • go to www.samsungmobile.com

  • i have this fone foor 2 and a half years and its a really gooooooooood fone i like it soooooo much

  • This phone is super boring. There's not much games in it....I've used it for almost a year and a half and I'm eager to buy another phone. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone...even when my cousin wanted to buy this phone I told him to buy another phone thats way more nice than this...=]

  • nothing but a good camera resolution

  • from wherer i can get cd for pc suite

  • third class handset,....dont buy ever...

  • i asked which operating system used in this s8300 ?

  • yes bad quality of battery

  • Its awsome i like it forever

  • i like this phone so much

  • i love it to bits cant ask for anything more than this, hope dat it can be the last fone i own for the rest of my life

  • for me o i love dis phone but d batery is suck

  • why not walan

  • This has to be by far the worst phone I have ever owned and I'm not the only one to think this. My sister inlaw has the exact same phone and we both hate it. It turns istelf off on me AT LEAST 2 times a day. When typing out texts the screen will freeze mid type and then all of a sudden it'll come back to life and all the letters come flying out including the ones I hit to try and make the screen work again. My sister inlaws has problems with the alarm. More often than not when she sets it it will not go off the next day. The picture quality MAY be good but it takes too long for it to clear up when you select a picture to view. The phone will also hang up on me mid conversation. It will also hang up on me before it even starts to dial the number I have selected. I'm going back to Nokia. I've owned Nokias for over 15 years and I'm sorry I ever left them. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Heey really wanna know hows texting with this fone ?? is there anyway to get a virtual onscreen QWERTY keyboard when texting someone ?? [really need to know!!]

  • yes, this is very good phone you buy it very soon

  • 4 me its state of art

  • It's a nice phone with excellent picture quality. Video sound distorts and hangs on me.. maybe software problem?

  • I love this phone. In fact I love so much I even went out to get the exact one when I lost the first one. The camera feature is awesome, the sound quality is great, picture quality is mint...the phone is simply brilliant. My only tiny quip is that I wish it weighed a wee bit lighter. Other than that - brilliant! By the way, can someone explain to me why such a cracking phone is next to impossible to find and why Samsung has stopped producing this awesome phone. Thanks

  • U have to turn off 3g when ur not using that option, then u can increase ur battery life

  • Its good but its reception for signals is weak, so i have bad experience with this model

  • it's a good phone but also it has some issues.those are u only can install jad and jar files..it's really sucks for me..:( and it has some lag..Still pictures and Video recoding is excellent.. I'm not recommended this..:(

  • You Should replace the flex ribbon then it will solve your problem..i got the same problem then i replaced it my self after that my phone works fine..

  • I think this phone is really good

  • I think this phone is excellent

  • my screen for s8300 is nolonger displaying anything. how best can this be solved. i have tried giving it to one technician in my country but i haven't gott any joy. i m able to both receive and cal but my worry is other necessary fuctions are dead. can this be rectified, if so how best can i get some assistance

  • ts 1 of tha best phone only dat t lacks an operating system which meks t hard 2 apply themes bt luckly t reduces the virus risks. The camera is poor in dark plus tha battery lyf is poor bt I stil luv t.

  • Speaker has also stopped working on my S8300. After a google search for the problem it seems to be a very common problem on this phone and the answer is that the speaker has simply stopped working. Broken. You can take it for repairs or use a bluetooth ear piece.

  • thanx for that i,ve been pulling me hair out lol for 2 months,txt messages were so small i had to put glasses on to read them cheers again

  • if you dont like this phone then buy nokia or another one. for me it*s working.

  • for incresing battery time, - custom you keypad light at day time - reduce brigtness

  • battery back up is very low.any one know how to increase battery back up

  • u have change the flex part in mobile

  • open the application and ther is symbol of bluetooyh when u touch the sing u will touch the bluetooth mono and de activate the bluetooth

  • i have same problem do u know how 2 fix it

  • Touch screen has stopped working, has anyone encountered this problem

  • Can any one tell me this fone good buy????

  • Hi! Can anyone tell me is it possible to update software on this phone, and where can I find updates to download?

  • Does anyone know how to turn the bluetooth off on the phone, so the bluetooth symbol moves from the top toolbar?

  • Was working well but after 10 months had issues charging. Found out the charging point is attached to main board and cannot be repaired. This is a common problem with this phone. I would not buy this phone....very expensive if you have to repair or throw out.

  • i cant use its browser....and i cant install java games...who can help me in this problem??

  • i have samsung s8300 but i cannot download fring software as it says java error or no memory

  • its phone looks very good but it has no loger battery back up pls do a battery good

  • Over all phone is very good,but battery...........is not

  • hehe! U really hate the phone dont you? by the way thanks for advice. im about to buy this because i like the physical external design.

  • the fone is alrite,bt the battery doesn't last as is common with samsung phones.nice stuff bt no applications n u have to download games on it.

  • sound speaker on my samsung s8300 don't work, is anybody know why???

  • nice phone !!! its workng f9 !!!

  • Hi, i own one for more than one year, its crap!! got lots of issues with the phone, camera failing, very very very bad reception. Most of the time the phone is in no network mode, have to switch it to 3g only else wont have network. Now the latest issue am having, the phone keeps rebooting, i have reset all settings, re installed the OS but stil the same issue. Can someone help me in this please. thanks

  • Don't even think of buying this phone! don't accept it even if someone gifts it free of charge! here are the problem faced by many of the users/reviewers: No Wi-Fi, so no free browsing at public Wi-Fi hotspots! Touchscreen can be sluggish and inaccurate. No Xenon flash for the camera. A little bit slow camera operation in the dark with many red lines on pic. Camera lock and shutter buttons are too close. Camera lock button is exactly opposite to the volume button. No 3.5 headphone jack. Web Browser is slow. Webpage navigation is a bit uneasy. It has same port for charging,music& data tranfer. u cannot njoy music while charging. The Keypad is sticky. No QWERTY keyboard on touchscreen. No multi-touch support. There is some shutter lag, which meant that images could easily be blurred if you move the camera while taking a photo. Needs to remove battery to remove memory card. Poor battery life: 3G browsing consumes more battery power and taking pictures too consumes battery power. No TV-out. User interface sometimes lags. Slow initializing of large microSD cards. Limited options for third-party GPS navigation software. Memory card isn't hot swappable. The hardware really struggles at times to run the software. Inadequate flash. Unnecessary features like the physical keypad. No resume play for videos. Hangs when playing music. Gives a humming sound when skipping from one song to another. No speed dialing. No voice dialing. No Pop mail. No Pocket mail. No PTT. No call recording. No Torch light. No Call Blacklist. No SMS Blacklist. NO Pocket MSN. No Skype calling. No free games.

  • I owned the Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH since it was released... since then it has been through a lot of things (like being dropped on the ground, ran over by a car) but the only sort of damage it retained was a few scratches! I think it is durable... I love this phone! I havent experienced any problems like the ones the others are describing, maybe i lucked out and got the good one out of the batch, but who knows. anyways... i think this is an awesome phone and still waiting for a better phone to come around so i can upgrade, but sadly i am still waiting

  • i posted my opinion/comments a while ago. now i got back my unit from their technical office and found out that the result of the report is "no defects found". am very sad about this because i want it changed if possible may be with another touch phone.

  • i just purchased one and used it for at least a week and my experiences are: battery easily drains, hangs when playing music and has a humming sound when skipping from one song to another. i have been longing to have this because of its features, but it dismayed me because when i had it checked, they need 4 days before making the right analysis. i just hope the samsung service center would be honest enough to state the right defects and have it replaced because i have one on mind with the same price.

  • sickest phone love the look and the camera is one of best phone cameras ive seen a tad laggy but the phone makes up for it, cool features and sleek design

  • guys srsly dont get this fone...u will have to charge it everyday...n if u think this is not a problem, which i also thought , but will really irritate you...if you hav to stay at a place where you dont hav its charger or u r travelling and u cant charge...it really irritates... i got this from my dad after days of convincing my dad and now i regret..it looks good in your hands but not a good one...slow fone...on top of that samsung hasnt got a good resale value so even while getting rid of it, u will face problems :/ the cam is so frustrating always takes blur pics if the object moves even a little, doesnt matter whether the anti-shake option is on or not....on the other hand cam picks colors really good but of no use if the pix are blurred :( i jus wish it had a good software i wud hav kept it longer :( ..... its upto you.. this is my hands-on experience...grr :@

  • had this phone for over a year and its been a good one. only one problem really but it's a big one, the touch sensitive screen has stopped working so the phone is redundant. any help?

  • i don't like this phone. i regret buying this. worst phone for me... i need to charge daily...

  • Phone is OK. Had mine since June 2009 and it hasnt actually given me any problems, quite reliable actually. Things that annoy me about it is 1. the speed of the CPU is too low for the phone. Scrolling through photos is painfully slow and sometimes locks up on me for a few secs when just typing an SMS. The other thing that really irritates me is that you can enter custom words into the phones dictionary, BUT YOU CANT REMOVE THEM!!! So now when I enter a txt I get weird letter combos coming up before the word I want. e.g. If I want to type 'for' in my text, the first suggestion that comes up is 'ens'... Good phone overall but does possess some annoying querks.

  • i agree the fone is kak i have one since the launch....aahhh the shit will start so00n first your software,then your lcd will flop...in 6months your charger wiil seize and your battery will swell...so my advice get rid of this peice of kak im stuck in a contract so no way out rather go for htc or nokia maybe blackberry

  • Hi guys, Just been given a s8300 - seems battery is kak! Even without using the obile, it has already discharged half its power. I have charged it for te past 3 days...for 10 hrs a day !!! Do you have similar issues?

  • Hey Guys, This phone really rocks. Its one of the style icons in the mobile industry. I really like this phone. I have been using the phone from the past 16 months without a single problem. The 8 mega pixel camera is awesome. The video quality is very good. Amoled Screen boosts the picture and video quality. The response of the touch screen is fine and lives up to its standard. Coming to drawbacks: 1. Poor Battery life (Max 1 day) 2. No Wi Fi 3. Less internal memory 4. No support from Samsung. I can say that no mobile is perfect since we expect more. However, I am very satisfied with Samsung Ultratouch.

  • hey i love this phone so many ways to love it like the 8megapixels cam, touch and slider phone! very convinient type phone stylish. awesome! thumbs up samsung! keep it up! -uhm hey akihiro sato- - i like your comment! you rock it i am really believe on what you say. believe him or not its all yours. but his comment with this is all true you cannot see some negative about this phone except for no wifi and 1 day battery life. **you are the one who makes your one phone broken because for me love it and you'll see it. thanks.

  • hey mga kapuso!! ako po si akihoro sato!! - uhm by the way based on my expirience on using on this phone is... - this phone is really great i like the camera, video and the some features of this phone. -for those negative commentors and fake users.. 1.correction to the other commentors... you can download games from this cellphone. it can read all jad files... most of it 3D's! OK! but i think it is your firmware... UPDATE your firmware men! you sucks! 2.from again the one whom said that the screen is unsensitive is... Your an ignorant... this phone has a capacitive touch screen! only your clean, not wet finger can recognize it well! dont compare capacitive on resistives! capacitives touch really great compare to resistives. 3.and then to the others whom said that this phone was died or broken in 6months onwards... its depend on the users you know! mine really cared enough so it works really great as new! == ATTENTION! == im akihiro sato saying that you should not trust very easily to those who are saying negatives about this phone because others are just saying nothing but a stupid and nonsense about this phone. -i think the one that i should say negative about this phone is its weak battery life that takes only 12 - 24 hours usage depend upon the usage. -Thank you1-

  • ultratouch???please!the screen died after 12 months,the back paint is so weak if flakes if i put it down to hard,the photo browser freeze's if u select it,the 8mp camera takes beautiful pics but by the time its captured the people had forgotten to smile,the charger has given in,the battery last for 4hours but that decreases soon, and as for social networking???it leads to software problems! really a stupidly designed phone...im done with samsung for as long as phones exsist..oh and the bad news???all this goes wrong within the 2 year contract period

  • Im using Samsung Ultra touch since last 9 months its camera and all features are awesome...I really luv this phone ....its resolution of Amoled screem is great .....thank u samsung

  • i own this phone, and it is stupid. 1. the dictionary doesn't recognise words with a ' in them, ie it's and I'm. If you want to add them, you can't find the ' to make the word. 2. the lock button is either too sensitive or not sensitive enough. 3. the battery life is not 350hrs standby or 4 hours talk-time... more like if you use it for messages, internet and about 1/2 hour talk-time... you're lucky if it lasts over 24hours. 4. it is very bright, even on the lowest setting. 5. the phone is generally just slow, if you are a fast texter it will take a while for it to catch up to you. 6. when using the internet the "flipping" of the screen is annoying and slow, either responding when it isnt needed or not responding... and you cannot turn this off. 7. playing games in this phone is useless, there are no games suitable except the ones that come with it... like the rolling the dice, which has no specific reason, you just roll dice. overall, i'd rather use my old phone (samsung f480t)

  • I also own one. Screen went dead just after 12 months. Ihave given for repairs. Hope they can revive it. Miss WiFi on this costly phonw.

  • Well after owning the phone for about a year now it has finally died. The screen has stopped working and it refuses to do anything I want it to do (example: I flip the phone down and it wont lock and the touch screen freezes completely, resulting in shutting the phone down only to have it not turn back on.) So my final verdict on the phone is: Don't buy one, you can get a better phone for the same price, I was disappointed with this phone. That being said though I do hope you all enjoy it.

  • i do have this phone but i dont know how to configure the web.pls help me

  • too slow and too unsensitive touchscreen, annoying phone

  • one of the best phone i have ever used.wow..!! the camera and video quality....none of the nokia can beat samsung.

  • im having a phone but i coudn't find the modem driver yet,please any one can help me?

  • Change the default memory to memory card, if the default memory is phone memory and do not have enough space the pics wont get saved, also if the default memory is the memory card then try a reset settings for all n change the memory again, it works, go to settings for reset settings.. Let me know if tis helps. Thanks..

  • I agree it is very frustrating. really bad arial signal drops out all the time. tried same sim in three other phones no problems. if you have semi large hands touch screen i s a pain, no speed dial or voice recog? so you have to touch the screen

  • Is this phone works really nice? Share some experience guys. I need your help. Will you be satisfied with this phone? I hope if ever i'll buy this phone, i won't regret :( Please reply. Thanks. -Aileen from Philippines. btw, can I buy it here online?

  • I use 4GB card. when i capture photo after capturing it says "saving failed" . what can i do???????

  • Just while calling someone or while the call is on process press the volume key. It will help you to decrease or increase your volume.

  • While working and downloading in internet my phone says unsupported file type. Could some one help.

  • is it possible to upgrade to android os. it meets android 1.6 requirements

  • One of the best phones ever!

  • the product is fun bt its battery weaken quick

  • someon was asking if this phone has multitasking R: yes. switch camera function to "SWITCH" (menu-> # -> 4 -> Camera ket function) this phone is one of the best Java based phone out there. but is still a jave so limitation are present. low point is the batery only 880 mAh, i personaly resolved the problem with the purchase of an aditional battery i keep as backup. PS: i love this phone , PSS: if u need help with this phone write to me at [email protected] in english or romanian and i will try to help u as soon as i can

  • I have purchase this mobile before 15month but before some days i am not satisfied with my mobile that is major problem related sound+ringtone+battery+charger+etc. so i give my sugesstion for all person who want to purchase pls care or get the full information about this mobile and after purchase.

  • So, if that phone doesn't have wifi u can't use the internet on it? u can't use facebook or msn?

  • try a reset on the phone to fix the sound.

  • I have had the phone for 18mths and love it until yesterday. I now have no sound. It doesn't ring; I can't hear anything when I try and make a call; I have no keypad sound; No sound when I play back any videos; Alarms don't sound etc. NO SOUND!!!!! All volume has been checked.

  • its a beautiful fone,esp the camera .only problem is the battery and no wifi .

  • Using this set from the last ten months but not satified with its performance.Major problem of call drop.Not able to transfer data from my set to PC. Not worth of its price

  • can samsung cheap touch phones do multitasking?

  • when i talk with my s8300 everybody near me can hear the other guy who i talk to , how can i dicrese it ?!?!

  • You can only use the second (front) camera in video calls I think, I don't know from personal use but I have the manual and it says nothing about it really. Here is a link to get the PDF manual for it. As I said, I have had no experience with the front camera but I am certain that you can only use it in video chat.

  • i wonder if any of you are familiar with activating the secondary camera if so please share your expertise

  • Ur right, its very expensive, the price here in Philippine is like my 1 month, salary! imagne that. but i could not ask fore more with my ultratouch, iloveu my s8300

  • Ur right, its very expensive, the price here in Philippine is like my 1 month, salary! imagne that. but i could not ask fore more with my ultratouch, iloveu my s8300

  • It's an alright phone... I can pick more cons then pros for it unfortunately... Pros: Excellent camera quality, battery life and display resolution. It is also quite simple to use and it is a nice size to use. Cons: It is slow to respond when you want to access the menu, especially when trying to access you're photo's or music. When you take a call for some reason the mute button is right in the top/middle of the screen, so you are forever muting the call on random occasions (I understand it may just be the way I hold the phone when I take a call but I am sure others have the same issue) and the touch screen is very slow to respond when you want to do something is a hurry. It was also quite expensive when it came out in Australia.

  • Have it repaired were u bought ur phone, the cable inside is broken, ive expirienced it with mine

  • Its nice, the camera is realy good, the video is also good. but the sound of the video recording is bad, u can try this, try to record a video with loud sounds, ul see, thats one negative with the S8300

  • amzing phone, large screen easy to use and def worth the money

  • this phone is amazing but it to slow when i put the menu or the photo browser

  • cute but no wifi..

  • i like ths bt in whch battri tym no wel..othrz things so gud like camera result n body shape...........

  • I've had one for 18months and i love it. the only thing i don't like is it doesn't have wifi but the camera is fantastic. best camera ive ever had even better then digital cameras i've had. I am in the market for a new phone only because i've had this one for so long and really want wifi but because of the camera i'm not sure what to go.. i'm thinking maybe to nokia n8 but nokia's dont have a good rep at the moment due to software issues. Anyone got any ideas

  • hi eva plz help me s8300 is really better then other phones bucz i have buy diz phn, so i m so confusde !! plz cont directely i m nt execess d internet regularly (9818748044)

  • Im using this phone for about 10months. i have to say im quite satisfied with it.But if it had a better battery and a wifi then it would've been the best phone ever with such price tag.

  • Best camera I have ever experienced on a mobile phone, zoom is very nice, it seems optical not digital, very good contrast at photos.

  • it is a wonderful phone it is a little...heavy but...i don^t like a thing...the batttery sucks.......i charge him and..in 24 hours....empty battery.....in rest a good phone beautifol

  • Everyone with problems with their Samsung UltraTouch, maybe you should look at the service provider you have, and stop blaming the phone... Get over it, this phone is amazing!

  • another thing i must not 4get to add is tat samsung services suck... as much as i lov my s8300 as a fon... its been in the box for over 3 months now!! somthing went wrong with its strip after a fall and the samsung service store just cud not fix it with the simple reason tat the spares are not available in india and now my fon is on a tour to DUBAI!!! man if this is the kind of service samsung offers then i might hav to rethink before i buy my next fon... trust me i lov this fon but the after sales of samsung SUKS BIG TIME!!!

  • dude i wud advice u to swap. i hav an s8300 ... n i shud tel u tat i am mor than satisfied with it... the camera and screen clarity are unmatched by any nokia set i must say... u wil lov it... infact i hav yet to c a fon to match it ! n mind it i hav changed handsets a hell lot to make such a conclusion tat this is a gr8 fon

  • Plz Guys , I wanna ask a question , why Samsung s8300's battery don't stay for much time , is there something wrong in the battery life ? plz repond quikly

  • Plz Guys , I wanna answer a question , why Samsung s8300's battery don't stay for much time , is there something wrong in the battery life ? plz repond quikly

  • I just nw gt ds phone its really amazing and great i simply love it in all the way thnks to ma uncle who gifted it to me....

  • can i record a phone conversation on my s8300?? if so how?

  • it's a great phone. i love it!!!

  • You can make the text bigger so smaller by using the silver button on the left hand side down is smaller up is larger. I have had this phone since March 2009, no problems with it at all really good phone

  • When you are in the text message you just use the arrows on the side (the ones you would use to raise the volume), this increases the size of the text.

  • Is the nokia 5230 faster than the samsung s8300, and im looking for a phone with good performance and great features! Ive heard that the samsung has more features. But im impressed with the nokia 5230s display. Is the samsung s8300 display any good compared to the nokia 5230? Im realy considering on taking the samsung, but im too unsure about performance.

  • I know the samsung s8300 costs a hell of lot more, but my friend wants to swap his samsung s8300 with my nokia 5230. Should I take the Samsung? or should I keep the nokia? His samsung is still in great condition!

  • You can use the volume button to change the font size of the message. up will enlarge the font and the down-key will make it smaller. as for changing the font in general: Setting> 3-font type> choose the font type that you prefer. But you cant choose the font size in general for this phone.

  • Should I take the nokia 5230 or the samsung s8300 ultra? plz let me knw as soon as possible!

  • poor battery life,and its difficult to get spare parts.my s8300 had a problem with its belt but upto now cant get one to replace the damaged one

  • Does anyone know how to change the font in the received messages? It is really small and I want to make it bigger. Thanks in advance

  • im not happy with my samsung s8300 i hv to recharge my battery evry now and then... poor bettry life..

  • good

  • Not happy with this Samsung model always having to re charge even though manual states not to for at least a week now loosing charge with in-coming calls ? 2nd phone same problem much prefer older soul model Is there a battery fault or not no-one will confirm

  • i have this phone for 2 weeks and this is my list of pro and con : PRO : 1 Wonderful touch screen. clear vibrant colors 2perfect 8Mp camera. previous user of lg Kc 980, se w995, lg viewty, s5230. 3 very stylish , slim:) and gives a sentiment of sturdiness and control 4 perfect combination of touch+slide+keypad. CONS 1 THe batteries can't handle so much awesomeness so it last 1 day with talk, pictures, web browsing, games, music. ps: adding this comment using opera 4.2 on s8300 and t9 just to prove its a great phone

  • is this really a good phone to use can some one please help me out.

  • Nice phone. Does anyone know how to show the days events on the main screen. I can grab the event bar from the widget and place it on the main screen but it does not show what scheduled events are on that day

  • No ppoint in buying these phone... because I as using it happily but suddenly it stopped charging and always heats up like an iron when connected to a charger. There' no one who can fix that so the whole money gone in vain.... F samsungS8300, back to my Sonyericsson w960. kinda miss the capacitive touch :-(

  • can anyone help me with updating the software of this phone?? please!!

  • hai guys quick question. im looking for a nice fone with nice features and battery life, which of the following wil be good. nokia n97, samsung s8300 and nokia x6. because i have the sony x10 and the batt is awfull

  • hey guys ,,anyone knows where can i find application for this phone ?? i tried many sites and applications but nothing works ...... i got this phone 13 months ago since then i m looking for applications and specially themes...

  • The proximity sensor prevents un-intended operations with user�s body which may result in starting new applications or ending a call

  • When i get a phone call, it comes up with Unknown, even though caller information is set to �show� and the contacts calling are in my phonebook. How do i fix this?

  • i love my samsung s8300.it has divx player.but the wifi.

  • you have to change it in the phone settings so that when you shut it, it stays unlocked. might be under slide or something

  • when i am calling the orange helpline, my screen goes blank and i cant type anything into the keypad therefore cant pay my bill using my phone... i can answer calls and hang up but while im in call the screen is totally blank?? help please!!

  • when u snap d phone shows blank please were can i repair it because i love d phone

  • does this phone have turkish language on it

  • i bought this phone 2 mnths ago... and i m fully satisfied with it..! actually i love it!! but the only problem is that i cant read messages during a call..!is that function absent in this set.?? or its just me who cant find it?

  • I could not found the Themes changing facility...no thames title at all......???

  • best set best function all i see cllassic touch fone best amoled display

  • battery life is terrrible,no wifi ,was great in its day,brilliant camera but using it much eats the battery so a bit pointless ,good phone in its day but its day has come and gone,has stood the time well though,still looks the bees knees and performs quite well ,no reliability issues for me.an 8/10 for me,well done samsung

  • go for it its awsome hand set

  • Hey. On the idle turn the volume down and you will never hear keyboard sound again. ...Cheers from Germany.

  • I noticed that if you put the sharpness control in the middle and the later edit the image with sharpness two times the image is almost SLR-like. Incredible!

  • Hey, I'm considering buying this phone against a nokia x6. I know the nokia beats this phone hands down, but i dont feel like spending an exrtra $150 more. Is it just me, or is the touch a bit unresponsive? what do you think I should do?

  • when u see the wallpaper of the mobile, press the end call button to reach this mode, use the volume rocker in the left side of the mobile to modify the keypad volume and viberation

  • why it,s 3rd class phone

  • can anybody answer my question? i can't turn of the keypad tone when it is in normal profile. it is realy irritating please help.

  • Well, now that the Bada OS is released and it's included in the same S series that this phone belongs to, is it to possible to install Bada OS on this phone to make it a smartphone? Even if that requires hacking the software.

  • been using for an year plus. i don't see any problem with this phone, just that this phone don't have wifi. I own a nokia n86, I could say both are equally perfect. just don't understand why this phone got bad comments, are you a s8300 user or just flamming here.. this phone is very stylish on its design. Since Samsung doesn't provide good supports on the softwares from websites, here is a forum for Samsung users, latest firmware you can get from here, thanks.

  • I have had this phone on contract coming up to a year now and in all honesty at the time was a great phone but obviously there were better phones on the market. So anyways, this phone kind of sucks now, the scrolling on the main screen, is lagging a bit, and the keypad is small. If anyone is thinking of getting this now (in 2010), don't get it, get something else instead and save the hassle of getting an outdated phone

  • I paid this phone for over $500.00 a year ago and NOW the phone is sucked!!!!

  • Worst Phone Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • my cousin bought one at launch it's great the screen is so sharp and solid and UI is handy,great phone. Combination of keypad+touch screen cover both side users at once but it's seems a little faster CPU could improve overall experience and aid phone to operate much satisfiable,there are moments that you must at least wait 5 or more seconds to phone responds but all in all it's worth for it's price.

  • wow, another keypad+touchscreen with 10 10 10 rating by samsung. great!

  • agree with steven, advice for all new samsung touch screen user. you should use them at least for a month before value it. samsung can easily beats other brands as few high tech gadget coming out. bravo!

  • Best touch screen phone I've ever used. Could say it's beats HTC, LG, Nokia, in terms of pricing and categories. Also it comes with AMOLED technologies and superfine display too. Smooth touch screen n non-lag at all. Only thing that it doesn't have wifi.

  • Hi. I bought this phone when I was in my home country. This phone is total crap and according to me, its waste of money to buy this phone. with all other problems, the biggest one was that whenever I tried to play video songs, phone stuck and restart again itself.

  • Hi, my Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH sudden stop functioning, the touch of the phone is no more nor I can use the phone as it does not click on any Icon, please help I need to use the phone to call and text.

  • almost perfect! lacking: WIFI negative: audio for recording live concert

  • any loud noise is too much for the microphone and doesnt play, ive been at motorsport events and the sound dies as, for example, a car drives past the camera

  • i just bought this handphone this week...but couldn't find the speed dial setting. can anybody help me?

  • when try to copy mp3 song to the phone its asking me to convert the fileto mp3 (again) before copeing it i am using win7.

  • regards , people, if someone can help, i last night I was at rock concert and of course I tried it my s8300.music was loud, the drums and guitar, but you know how that goes .home I arrived and want to watch video, which I recorded ,but it has no sound .i mean it has , but .it is buzzing ... and in all settings is set correctly .. Now I ask myself is it the microphone as possible when shooting clip, cant to submit a very strong music. because I shot video at home , and everything was ok .... if anyone knows what could be...txanks

  • in s8300v im facing video recording sound problem plz help

  • Hi every 1 i have s8300v it,s awesome phone but i have only 1 problem when i record video in any concert etc it does,nt record audio clearly. when i play dat recorded video it,s sound keep buzzing can,t understand what is dat problem plz helpl thkx in advance.

  • Does this unit really lag?

  • Yes, you can. You need to set up a folder in the 'My folders' storage, and move any important msgs you need to keep in there, as you can only store about 200 msgs, you'll need to keep on top of it and clear it out regularly. R.

  • I know that, I was answering somebody elses question. R.

  • Yes, it has internet. I've also installed opera mini as well as the standard browser, which works quite well too. I'm on o2 in the UK, which has reasonably good coverage, but obviously you need to ensure you have it as part of your contract, as internet on phones is pretty expensive. R.

  • hi, i am using this phone since last 2 months and i really like all stuff in it.. onething i want to know can anybody tell me plz how we can read messeges during the call? and i am also unable to use youtube on it... so to run streaming is there any software which is need to install???

  • Hi can anybody tell whether i can move my messages 4rm the inbox to the memory.....

  • are he have internet??please tell me

  • at first i did not know the phone but when i learned how to work it i feel in luv wit it end of story

  • bluetooth is in the applications folder, ottom left corner. Rusty of leeds

  • yes Oscar ,its a multifunction jack

  • Just got this as a replacement for a faulty M8800 Pixon, because they didn't have any Pixon's in stock. It's ok, but I'm still learning my way around it. GPS works, which is a bonus, as a lot of Pixon's shipped with faulty GPS units. Screen is beautiful, but wish it was Pixon's size. Trying to get used to T9 again, as no 'QWERTY' keyboard available. I'm afraid I miss my Pixon too much.

  • Goto menu/applications, scroll down to 'bluetooth'. Click the phone icon in the centre of the screen. Should go back to a neutral colour from blue if switched off. Or, it might be on the 'widgets' menu. regards, rabziggy.

  • Please does anyone know how to turn the bluetooth off this phone?? I can't locate it in the menu! And while it is on I can't connect to my PC. Help! Thanks :)

  • how can i reject or make black list or filter some incoming sms in samsung s8300 , there isn not any java application for this subject . [email protected] from iran

  • d phone is 2 fragile got mine under 3months went bad had 2 fix it battery very poor but its a nice phone

  • I agree battery is so poor... and its getting worst each day..

  • correct, the battery is so poor...and its gettibng worst each day!

  • Must not be on market cause its just not worth

  • i am very disappointed in the battery life of that phone ,its very poor i have to charge it almost everyday .can you help

  • no wifi for this model, idont know if possibly we could utilized the mini usb for external wifi connectors.

  • phone battery back is so poor how can i improve it? and how can i improve camera quality

  • yeah.. i noticed that all samsung phones are very poor in terms of their built in camera...

  • an ultimate THIRDCLASS PHONE. Its camera and headphones are good, but nothing else is good and basic phone features are poor. Would not recommend this phone to anyone except my enemies.

  • can you give some information about s8300 OS?

  • Hy! I agree to the anonymous person who posted that at first the camera was great image results were admiring but I dont knw that later happened. the resolution was poor, the images got pix-elated and not smooth. Can anyone help ? Please come up whit solutions for this its getting common now!

  • where abouts is the headset hole .?

  • CAn i use wireless networks on this hand set?

  • How to use front camera ?

  • yes. phone is basically fr show. camera, lcd, music ae perfect. voice calls quality is an issue

  • Bought it, used for few and sold s8300 at a big loss. Its a good dashy phone and features of camera, lcd, music, 5 channel headphones, touch are good, touch-slide feature is unique ..... but otherwise i didnot like it, do not recommend to buy this phone. Its battery time is very less, hardly a day if u use phone too much. Speakerphone has echo problem, when u r on voice call, the other person's voice echos sometme slow and hard and its annoying. Its resale is very bad, i sold it at big loss and some shopkeepers refused to purchase it for me.

  • It would be much better with a WVGA screen insted this foken slider keypad -.- Yeah, in this way it would be similar to Pixon, but it would be slimmer and have AMOLED display at least.

  • the message storing space gets full soon. i don't know how to resolve it. and if possible how to change the storing of the messages to the memory card

  • Dear Sir, i have above model of Samsung but i failed to download the pictures from mobile to PC even i tried to use the cable provided & also kept the blootooth activated. please briefed on the same with regards rajul

  • hi i have s8300v and i want 2 upgrade it how can i do it. how can i increase recording quality from FM recording. it records in 64 bit i want 128bit atleast. i install games init it gives me error no memory avialable. but i can play some games mostly 5. plz give me best way solve my PROb thkX in advance other wise S8300 roCKZZZZZZZZZ perfect phonE.

  • @thandiswa - dial the number on the keypad on press the phone looking button to the left..

  • The sound quality is poor through earphones as well?

  • i had this phone and didnt like how long it took for a page to load... aoart from that it was alright

  • i think this is the better phone that money can buy . i just wish it had more internal memory

  • i would like to know how do you make a voice call thanks

  • Asalamalikum to every one guys this mob is awesome rock on 8/10 u know why cause it can save only 500 txt msg,s and battery life is 1 day with 2 hour of calls 20 msg,s 20 pix n 4 vdoz recording . if ur using it 4 calls 3 hours if fully charged . if fully charge u can watch 4 hours of vdoz or movies n listin 2 music is gud got great quality guys just take it s8300 roCkzz.

  • samsung phones r excellent expect u don't get to use those for long!

  • this would be a better phoneif it is WiFi ready..

  • How do I use the front camera ? Please help

  • why is tat Wi FI is not available in this piece????

  • any idea where and how much the satnav software is, and if it is possible to store the maps on the phone instead of using the net on the phone

  • Everything was safe and sound until the phone started heating up along with the charger. I've tried changing the battery and charger but that didn't help, I also updated the firmware that was along useless.... right now I'm not using it!

  • Where and who will sort out this problem of faulty battery? What are the documents we need to carry with us?

  • can anyone tell me that how can i read messages during a phone call ?

  • wher satlight navigation option

  • Expensive, No Wifi, And No Qwerty Keyboard, and within a year i got the display problem.

  • i have this little big phone

  • Hi just to let you all to know this there is a faulty batch on battery on this hanset. if you fully charge the battery and it only last for 2 days, get sort out quickly... :(

  • leave the phone alone ppl

  • I heard that he likes to go into di

  • Is that the Linfield player you would think he would have a flashier phone than that the muni he is on............

  • Mr Hagans business phone.. he swears by it!

  • does anyone know if you can do texing without the keypad noise on dont know how to turn it of thanks

  • How can i delete the original (sys) picture, wallpapers?

  • You plug the earphones same place you plug the chager

  • you plug the earphones into the same place you charge the phone. in the box there is an attachment that lets you do it

  • Good phone but, how do you turn off the startup question (call SOS )?

  • as i m using this phone i m not satisfied because whenever we captured any photo the preveiew is very slow & for downloading any games it shows your phone does not suupport for this & sound volume is very low.pls revert.

  • I have this Phone about 1 year and I love it. Now I decide to change this phone but I have problem. I can't find any other phone like S8300. I mean there is no any new Slide(Without QWERTY) Phone by SAMSUNG after this phone. I hope SAMSUNG make a new Slide phone with 8 MP camera or more, again.

  • I am not able to login on online betting sites. Can someone help me?

  • Can some assist me where can the ear phones be plugged.ASAP

  • regards , people, if someone can help, i last night I was at rock concert and of course I tried it my s8300.music was loud, the drums and guitar, but you know how that goes .home I arrived and want to watch video, which I recorded ,but it has no sound .i mean it has , but .it is buzzing ... and in all settings is set correctly .. Now I ask myself is it the microphone as possible when shooting clip, cant to submit a very strong music. because I shot video at home , and everything was ok .... if anyone knows what could be...txanks

  • how can i make voice call recording

  • the screen takes time whne pressing on the main menu .. like it has to warm up etc , texting can be slow when using the normal keypad , overall though not a bad h/s

  • your phone is a dud cause not all of the s 8300 have these problems. sorry

  • In answer to the person who asked if you can text without using the keypad, yes you can. You can do almost everything, except use the camera. You just need to tap the area where the text appears and a screen keypad will pop up. However this can only be done while the phone is in the closed position with the key pad covered.

  • I've been using this phone for 5 months, it looks gorgeous no doubt. The processing speed, it's slow. Samsung's 1st phone to have the TouchWiz UI I think. The AMOLED display is brilliant! The camera is suckky at night but does great shots during day time. The Music Player is fair but not satisfactory. The battery life is good. for me it lasts a day or two under minimal use. The call quality sucks, the sound of the ear piece/loud speaker gets uncomfortable after a few minutes. for short calls it's tolerable. Using sms is ok, but I've used better phones. I think that the UltraTouch is mainly for show.

  • Almost perfect. AMOLED, 8MP, touchscreen with keypad, but ni WiFi..

  • it's the perfect phone!i love it!

  • is gonna get this phone and wants to know if u can text with out the key pad and just text with it being touch screen instead !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • this phone is a total wreck. The interface is crap and samsung's os til now isn't user friendly. I don't really if the one i got has some issues but the lag and sensitivity of the screen is very very annoying.

  • does this phone have a built in answering machine like most samsung phones?

  • I really need the PC suite for this phone.... If anyone could post the link it would be a great help!

  • After reading your comment I've tried the panaroma mode with 6 shots and guess what the phone didn't freeze! That means your wrong, so get your phone fixed and stop giving bad impressions about this phone!

  • the best phone ive ever had.. ^^ sophisticated and luxurious..

  • p.s following the first message i've taken the battery out and leaving it for abit and its still frozen

  • can anyone plz help ive just been chatting on my phone fine then when the call ended the screen has frozen and i am unable to do anything with the phone help plz

  • Lovew this phone But just don't get it.... where is the use of 500 mhz processor ???

  • can anyoe tell that has anyone upgraded the battery to 1200 mah or above and is the phone working well with the upgraded battery

  • I'm crazy bout this hand esp. the camera but it has a number of bugs which drive me crazy the other way. The camera freezes and the phone shuts down when u select panoramic pics of more than 3 frames. If you've used the video camera function and immediately want to switch back to photo's you mostly have to switch it off and restart because it wont save pictures again. The browser often tells u that a website is too large and won't load properly which doesn't happen on the Nokia. As much as I like it i wont be buying Samsung again in a hurry as these are the exact same irritating bugs i had on my U700. I also prefer the touchscreen on my old LG Cooki(K500 i think?) Sound quality is good but volume is pathetic compared to normal Nokia's and even the LG. I've installed opera mini but cant get it to work and I cant uninstall the default browser. I would appreciate help as this might save me from getting a new phone...

  • One plus side of the phone is its solid & sturdy design. Dropped it 3 times already, once it bounced 3 times from the top of the stairs at my house, but only the battery cover came off, not a scratch on the body. Sure you have to charge the phone everyday and texting is a bit annoying, but any phone that survive falls unscratch is a keeper to me :)

  • Hello, I've only had my phone for a few days and still learning to use it. I'm getting a little frustrated with the predictive text when send messages. Is there somewhere I can go to get more information on how to use the predictive text features and shortcuts. For example, I want to know how I can select the suggested word that comes up before I have finished typing the word without having to type the whole thing out or having to selected it. On my old phone I just need to press the space bar and the word is used automatically. When I use the space bar it just puts in a space after the letters that i have typed and does not insert the word. Also, is there a way to add/modify what's contained in the dictionary. I can't seem to type the words "I'm" or "I'd". I'd also like to get rid of the word "On't" which comes up instead of "Not". Thanks. :o)

  • well i have had the phone for 3months now...gud bt just realised the battery life is very short..i have to keep charging it every night...am enjoying the gadget anyhow!

  • You're the one who bought it. Why are you blaming the Phone?

  • Hate it?? then ZIP IT. although you're trying to let us know what you feel.. could you just SHUT UP because apparently others here(including me) say that it's THE BEST PHONE THEY HAD. YOU HATE IT, WE LOVE IT. I agree with the others.. good phone, bad user. And maybe YOU ARE blind since you can't even praise the 8mp camera. Yah it has minor setbacks.. but please STOP.

  • Just click the symbols menu while you're texting.. the symbols menu is beside the T9. Click it then browse the available ones and you'll see that there are a lot of emoticons there. Hope it helps.

  • you can use the screen for texting too.. but only if it's in the slide down or locked position then tap the blank or black screen of your message then it'll appear. It's not not qwerty but it's fine with me! Best phone so far.

  • You can use the led/flash as a torch by using the video cam with flash on. Then just don't save the video..That's how I do it... hope it helps.

  • to zoom in using the camera, use the VOLUME KEYS.

  • regards , people, if someone can help, i last night I was at rock concert and of course I tried it my s8300.music was loud, the drums and guitar, but you know how that goes .home I arrived and want to watch video, which I recorded ,but it has no sound .i mean it has , but .it is buzzing ... and in all settings is set correctly .. Now I ask myself is it the microphone as possible when shooting clip, cant to submit a very strong music. because I shot video at home , and everything was ok .... if anyone knows what it is

  • volume keys

  • Use the vloume keys.

  • well this is a good phone...but i noticed one thing that u can not zoom in and out the camera..... so do any one know about this ?????????/

  • Who cares about wifi... I always go back to samsung!!!

  • Hallow, I have owned Samsung S8300 ultratouch for the past one month. The problem is with battery life. I am a regular user, and the maximum time the battery has survived is 36hours. Advise me Please advise me

  • Oh No, With this greatest speck there is no Wifi???

  • great phone, great features, diabolical battery life. this phone would get a perfect 10 if the battery had a better life. 4hrs tal time lets the phone down and you endup charging it every day.

  • know dout its very fantastic but main problem is some memory in message memory

  • It means it will run samsung's gps navigation software of a services providers gps. :)

  • exelent phone.

  • how 2 chck d life timer of S8300 n how u can reset it to zero(0)??

  • May somebody kindly explain the following - "Yes, with A-GPS support; optional navigation software" Much appreciated. Regards,

  • Does anyone know how I could upgrade the firmware?

  • How does the Accelerometer sensor work? Where do I find excel, powerpoint, etc?

  • Just wondering if anyone has had any trouble with the slide answering function on the handset?? Have a customer who continues to put the handset on mute when answering the phone. Placed the phones answering function to 'slide', however for some reason the the phone can still be answered by pressing one of the available buttons.. wondering if this is a usual issue or if it is something refinded to this particular customers handset. ??

  • what file format i will use when i will putting movie in my s8300 ? tnx =)

  • how to use led as torch??? using *#0*# and hitting the 7 option makes my led glow only for a sec???

  • drag it into the widget menu to the left

  • Hi, I was testing the Samsung star in a store which has similar phonebook as the ultratouch, when I type "P" or "Pe" in the search, how come the contact "Peter" can't come up. Should the contacts be copied first to phone directory before it can be searched by text.. how do you use search in your phonebook? What must you type to initiate the search after typing the text? Thanks.

  • No, it doens't have wi-fi... as mentioned in the specs Al

  • Few weeks I've spend testing devices for taking photo/video documentary. You know, mobile is more often in Your pocket ready to work than any camera. I've made many tests with N97, Omnia HD, N85, S8300, iPhone, Pixon12, xPeria. So, I had S8300 for a few days and then sold out cause of poor battery life. 1h45min of video recording with full battery was to short for me. I sold it out ant tomorrow I will receive new one. Why. Because none of mentioned above devices good results in both photo & video category. S8300 from my experience is the only devise giving fine quality pic and best video in mobiles. iPhone is really fast, gives great video, macro and ok pic but S8300 is better and cheaper. Of course there are some disadvatages in all mentioned phones. But as second handset in my pocket S8300 will do a great job. For long talks I have E52 for its best battery life.

  • Yes I agree. treat your phone well !

  • Intermittent SIM connection? Watervapour or pollution dirtying the contacts most likely. Clean the SIM and the gold contacts on the phone with an alcohol wipe or cottonbud and meths. Good luck

  • Asthetic wise good. but hopeless Camera, 8MP only for name, Daylight outdoor results are OK but rest V V V V poor. Battery is also very weak. Very slow processer.

  • Hi does the S8300 have speed dial. If so how do you set it..

  • Does it have WiFi ???? Thanks^^

  • I have lost service a few times and have had to remove and re-insert sim card to fix problem. Why does this occur and how can it be fixed?

  • Yes touch screen can be used for texting. Note that the phone needs to be in the closed position. Once you are in the create message screen tap the 'black' message section of the screen and it will bring up the touch keys. Some people think that it is slower then the keys so they don't use it. I find there is a small delay but if you type your message without waiting for each letter to come up you will actually find it catches up to you. it takes a bit of getting use to

  • Hey can v use a higher mAh battery ..... ?? It will solve the battery problem i think??

  • Select the firmware - S8300DXIE1

  • where can i download new firmware for s8300? help tnx^^

  • Hey guys if u hav any problems then upgrade the firmware... New firmware is great...Its fast n improves the camera...

  • you want good games, music, jokes, wallpapers, screen savers etc, then , you can download straight to your phone with codes for whatever it is you are after, they give you the option to save to your pc or send (via codes) to your phone, just type in your make and model, and zedge make sure your download is compatible ........ ;-)

  • Suprising you guys are facing a lot of problems with the S8300. Well i have been using this fone for 11 months and haven't faced problems on battery life, camera (you need to know how to change pic resolution settings) great pics and video. My son who is a lettle less than 2 throws the fone at times and its still perfect. I had a choice between the I-phone and the S8300 i choose the later, the best fone i came across no regrets, now my bro-in-law wants one S8300. USE THE FONE WITH CARE IT SERVES YOU WELL. Cheer's Sunil

  • no theres is no stylus included, but using your finger is better and easier anyway. I have the nokia 5800 expressmusic, very good phone :D

  • beautiful phone with 8 MP camera & touchscreen, 16M colors & a 500 MHz processor.I would have bought this phone right away, if I could.

  • Is there any stylus to use this phone? Please help me.

  • Is there any way that it's message memory can extend?

  • is this fone able to use touch screen while texting? or just using keypad?

  • is that true that the secondary camera only works while video calling ? :)

  • so...very, vey nice phone! >excellent design, to much attractive body. >very good features. ...but much better f thr s tv out

  • secondory camera will work only at the time of video calling.

  • the most easiest way is, just go to setting - phone setting - pc connection and select as mass storage. then connect to pc through usb data cable. u can copy photos and music, etc. but if u wants to transfer contact or msgs, then u should install samsung pc studio, which they have given along with the mobile.

  • how mach did you buy the phone??

  • yea u ryt, the battery doesn't last long.mmmm too bad, but its good phone thought

  • look vise this is a nice phone but functanility vise its a worst phone ever the cost of this phone is 21000 but the only mager function in this phone is camera 8 mega pixel but picture quality of this phone is worst worst and worst..........

  • how do i transfer photos from computer to phone???

  • I just bought the S8300 and it is a great phone, but the battery dies very quickly. Anyone else find that?

  • Its a gr8 phone

  • Had this phone for about 9 months now and within 6 months the display started to switch off on its own when i would open or close the slider until it totally gave out. Gave it to the service center to be fixed under warranty and got it back from them with a dead keypad and now the speaker and the loud speaker are starting to die on me. The earpiece stops working at random intervals and then i have to switch on the loud speaker for a second and revert back to the earpiece after which it starts working again. Getting rid of this phone and will never bother looking at another Samsung slider phone again...

  • I think it doesn't have the speed dial option, I got this phone recently and I looked for the speed dial but could't find it, and I'm sure of my ability in using my mobile ;)

  • Does this phone not do speed dial? I saved my contacts into my favourites but I can't use the corresponding numbers on my keypad when I go to dial - it comes up incorrect data!

  • Yes, u can.

  • 1-How do we address the low-battery that the battery very quickly lose Shipping. 2-How do I use the second camera.

  • its the best phone ever

  • hi.I have an ultra touch.at the first look,it's v v v good phone,but when U buy it... v poor battery,v bad sound recording,when U want to listen a music with its hands free... but v nice design I want to change my phone with a jet(s8000)

  • worst phone ever taken, battery v v v poor, camera really very poor, touch system spring always creating problem & needed to be repaired so samsung sould improve thier technology in expesive sets.

  • nice phone...like it!!!

  • Sometimes I feel they could have made it a bi wider... but it's a cool slim package !

  • hi, does anyone know where i can get free very good games for this phone, thnka

  • really nice phone

  • did anybody know what will happend with the sound of videorecording ? ? ? because know is very bad the amr sound,is there a firmware which change the sound to aac like it happend to omnia hd , i know even the pixon 12 has the same problem. SAMSUNG WAKE UP VERY BAD SOUND RECORDING CHANGE IT TO AAC because The video is very nice

  • did anybody know what will happend with the sound of videorecording ? ? ? because know is very bad the amr sound,is there a firmware which change the sound to aac like it happend to omnia hd , i know even the pixon 12 has the same problem. SAMSUNG WAKE UP VERY BAD SOUND RECORDING CHANGE IT TO AAC because The video is very nice

  • Brilliant handset. Everything i need.

  • you don't believe what a nice picture and video quality it have.really good. good. good.

  • when I received text message, it save automatically on sim. Is it wrong? I've just bought it, so I dont know how to use. Does anyone help me? How can save message automatically on phone.Thanks a lot ^^

  • i think it is the best phone that i am using.

  • Hi, can anyone help? I can't send texts when my phone is in touch screen mode. I try and create a txt message i cant add a contact, i have to open the phone to add the number and send, this has only happened today, any ideas why and how I can fix it. Thank you

  • Battery isn't the best but not the worst...

  • samsung s8300 ultratouch

  • Please don't compare with the iPhone, the camera is great, battery i'sent perfect, not a bad phone....not iPhone...

  • just tell the readers diretly that you have iphone 3g and soon you will be buying iphone 3gs. seems like you are gonna say it anyway.

  • hi dears. i have one of this phone. is there any body who knows that how do i can see the emotions (same as our yahoo messenger) on this phone? it shows: :-d or :-( thanks for your helps.

  • oh yes you can

  • The phone has a good camera and video but is really slow and the screen is to narrow. I have the iphone 3g and the the Samsung Ultra is out classed big time.

  • Hy to all ... I am planning to buy this phone... can anyone who has it tell me is it a good phone?? and what are the bad sides of it?? tnx

  • some sickkkkk phone

  • yes its almust as good as the iphone

  • ofcourse you cant watch those videos in hd because videos were edited with movie maker and resolution was reduced

  • I CANT BELIEVE IT! IT IS MAKING SAME VIDEOS AS SAMSUNG I8910 OMNIA HD!!! same resolution, even more fps (30fps - i8910 has 24) but otherwise it is kinda slow, but they updated software so i am giving it to service to update my software (i musnt do it my self because if i would, than guarantee would be gone:D) next week and i hope it will be better. Great photos, videos... look this: and that . everything filmed with that phone

  • is the capacitive touch screen on this is good? like in the iphones?

  • this phone really recognize&read word&pdf documents????

  • Cant wait to have this kind of phone... (, ")

  • you cannot change it to any ringtone that isnt already built into the phone.

  • Yes I had this problem. Pic resolution never goes beyand 640x480. Though you can see the size of image file actual image does n't pen any where due to error in format. Samsung says camera board needs replacement at @@90pounds.

  • I love this phone sooooooooooooooooooooooo much!

  • Can someone tell me where to find microsoft office on this phone. It doesnt seem to wanto open any word documents?

  • Use the up / down key on the left hand side of your phone. You can change the key pad volume and also the vibration level with this.

  • I have samsung 8300 Ulata touch but when on the outdorr setting I cant seem to get the sound off the keys for when I'm texting. Anyone know how to do this?

  • I don't have memory card just memory on phone but thanks anyway. And also to let you know I actually rectified the problem. Must have been a clitch....i turned it off pulled the battery out and put back in etc. Thats all it took :p

  • Had this handset for a couple months now ... Some issues ... 1 Widgets - why is it when you have them 'just the way you want' they re-arrange themselves after 'power up' ? 2 All Samsung handsets i have previously had have ( on the calendar ) and option for recurring appointments etc - every xx, days, weeks etc - this doesntnt ! 3 Is there a 'firmware / software' update to 'cure' this AND finally WHY oh WHY is the touch screen so damn slow when temperatures fall below +4'c ?? Otherwise with the adition of a 4Gb HDSD memory card ( doesnt come with one ) its a fab phone - just 'niggles' :(

  • hsdpa and wifi unavailale in the iraq..gprs and 3g umts only

  • no problem .anyway 8mp and nice phone

  • Phone is very slow when being used and touchscreen is rubbish, inbox capacity very poor.. No WiFi!

  • had the same problem.set the camera settings so that the pictures are saved to the phone and not the memory card.worked for me.

  • no themes can be used in dis samsung s8300?? its so boring ...... n can any one suggest a site fr good games which run in dis phone??? n how to install java???

  • It's a great phone, no doubt about it, the only problem is with using Java apps on that. i dont know with others but mine gets prob when trying to launch apps, message 'java error no memory' appears, even whne i have closed all apps

  • is Facebook widget only for Corby? how stupid!

  • Not sure what you mean? The phone tells you how many messages you have ie. inbox and sent etc. the battery life is shown at the top by a series of bars ie. 5 is full, 0 is flat. No specific percentage is given

  • Had phone for about 12mths and love it. A lot of people say it has bad battery life but use mine everyday for work phone and still charge every 3 days. Phone never gets turned off. I am now experiencing a problem with saving pictures after I take them. Any photo taken on a setting over 2MB will not automatically save. I have deleted all photos off the camera and my memory status says I have 52000k available. When the camera is set to 3MB as an example it says that I can take a further 27 photos but when I take the photo it reads "saving failed" etc. Reduce the setting to 0.3MB (640x480)and i can take 130 photos and it does save. Anyone else had this problem?

  • hi guys,has this phone message counter& battery percentage? tnx

  • Nice phone with beautiful design but lacks WIFI!!!

  • all you need to do is go in to images and when all the pictures come up click on manage in the bottom right then the option is there for you to move the pictures

  • its attached to the widgets all you have to do is slide it into the side panel and then it doesnt affect your text.

  • can anyone tell me how to move photos from the phone to the memory card

  • Thanks for the response, but no i've checked and the folders are empty. Messages are only in the Inbox and the sent box - today i'm getting 'delete text' warning with total of 347 messages (over the 2 boxes above) despite the memory status for texts claiming i can store 550 (500 on phone and 50 on SIM)?

  • That could be because you are saving some texts to folders. This will deplete the amount of texts that can be stored in the inbox.

  • Is anyone else having problems with the capacity for storing text messages? The level at which it demands that i start deleting texts seems to be getting lower and lower. When checking the memory status for texts it shows a capacity for over 550 yet i'm getting 'delete messages' warning in the low 300's. I have ordered messages by size so as to make sure i delete messages with attachments and any long messages so no idea why i'm not able to get the full 550 messages in storage and also why the number i can store seems to be decreasing all the time. Any suggestions?

  • Thanks for that I thought it was a bit unusable for it not to have it.

  • When you turn on your camera touch the settings button, and than turn the Review ON :)

  • Help can anybody tell me when using the camera on this phone are you able to preview your picture straight away orrrr do you have to go to gallary to see what your picture is like.

  • Samsung, Please please do something about the battery!! Thats the only thing that keeps me from using it. I am using it more like a stand-alone digital camera :-(

  • I have this phone on plan and it is a very good and exellent PHONE! also good features!!! FROM AUSTRALIA

  • I love my samsung, but i have a question: on the screen i have 'no event' and when i get a text my text comes up over top of this. if i move it off the screen i have to go into my messages to see who it is from! my question is how do i remove that icon? as it only came up last nite and it is driving me crazy!!!!

  • ups, sorry - no accessories...audio settings :)

  • in Widgets toolbar open acessories, Right up touch incoming calls and inside you can change the message tone.

  • Does anyone know how can I change message sound?

  • i've had this phone for a month it's quite good that you can use the buttons to text people which is good.

  • Well you might have the smile shot mode on. Check it

  • very beautiful!

  • Nokia 5800 = resistive lcd touch Samsung s8300= Capacitive AMOLED touch LOLZ

  • Little update: The phone is superb. The network problems seems to be arising with S8300T models. S8300 does not seem to be having network problems. Also those who want to update firmware, please do not use S8300 firmware on S8300T else you will get no NW error. Am still looking for S8300T firmware, if anyone has it, please let me know. Thanks

  • nokia 5800 - HAHAHA

  • Exelent phone, I m very proud of it :)))

  • when it comes to style this phone is one of the best outthere, camera is not as good considering it is 8 mgpixel, the battery life is terrible.. so terrible..

  • terrible battery life..... believe me..camera is only good for outdoor

  • Further to my previous post, I forgot to tell you that the camera also refuses to shoot. It opens the camera option and I focus, but when I click, it just says, try again. The same applies to the video camera!

  • This is a total piece of rubbish. Not only does the software not work properly with the phone shutting down all the time, or the tones going missing, but it has even automatically deleted my whole phone book and managed to destroy my car's bluetooth car kit, which was working fine just before I bought this phone. I will never go Samsung again, because of this piece of rubbish!

  • Get a Nokia 5800. This phone is not as good as the 5800. Opera browser screen turns out very small and phones own browser no good.

  • Thats a Great phone..

  • i own a k800i sony ericsson,i used the s8300 for two weeks the picture clarity is a let down and it could and the internet browsing as well.i stil sony and nokia makes the best phones

  • I have installed New PC Studio but there is no option of a phone software upgrade in it. Please help. I want to flash the phone and update it.

  • Got this phone yesterday...... llllooovvvveee the capacitive touch!

  • can any1 please help me i wana get my phne flashd 4 new firmware nd gps nav where cn i go im in south africa pretoria

  • touch nd be assaulted by e lethal 8MP shot master. Cameras a beast. The downside is e battery life

  • s8300 anyway!

  • Having the same problem. But the sound quality is acceptable, although the reception is low. If the phone is unusable, take it to a service center.

  • Hi, im having the same problem as 'jay' a little down the list, got my s8300 yesterday and it only gets coverage right under a network tower pretty much, i get nothing in my house or suburb in general, when a friend with the same phone on the same network gets full coverage in the same location. if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

  • i think u should then look for lg cookie but it do not possess 3g and wifi, but picture quality , touch screen is superb and also very reasonablre.

  • Er i need help, shld i get tis phone? Or can u guys help me decided a phone tats has good connectivity, WIFI, lasting, the pictures taken by the phone is clear, touch screen( optional) and it doesnt lags, of couse the price must be reasonable. Pls reply ASAP, Thnks :)

  • for its the most stylish phone i've had. i give it a "two thumbs up". its really superb!

  • Er i need help, shld i get iphone3Gs or tis phone? Or can u guys help me decided a phone tats has good connectivity, WIFI, lasting, the pictures taken by the phone is clear, touch screen( optional) and it doesnt lags, of couse the price must be reasonable. Thnks :)

  • who better in video recording? s8300 or n86

  • Hi, I have got this phone yesterday, the only problem i am having is that it has very very poor reception. Where other nokia or samsung phones are getting network connection, this phone says no signal. This problem seems to be arising only in my house else its a good phone. Can someone help me on this? i badly need help over it. Thanks

  • if u don't need 8mp camera take jet,better screen,modern software

  • its the best phone ever loved it samsung.........

  • may i know, is this phone good to use? cause, im planning to buy a phone, and i cant choose between this phone or samsung jet. can someone help me? :x

  • m feeling vry gud with samsung ultra touch..

  • very good

  • Saying that the camera performance is not impressive and it belongs to the cons of the phone is just ridiculous. You must have a bad copy of the phone. Otherwise you are either blind, or know nothing about photography, or implying that GSMarena faked their test and used something else to take those pictures. To my eye these are the best photos I've ever seen from a mobile phone on a pixel level. There are proper digicams out there with worse performance. And the video is even more amazing. Just makes me want to buy this thing just for the camera...

  • head set sound quality is superb....also u can convert to its 2.5mm audio jack to 3.5mm audi jack by using its connecter which is available in set...complete accessories

  • Is the sound in headfones as bad as gsm arena says or have they sorted it out..I can now afford this on pay as you go but use my mobile as mp3 player,,than you forum.

  • simple solution my friend,flash your phone with new firmaware then you will get gps navigator and phone as fast as supersonic aeroplan,it is very good phone only bad thing is that operators put their own not original softwares into.that's the problem.but flashing will take 5minutes and u have phone as should be!

  • good news for ultratouch users!firmware S830NXXIE1 does support route66 navigation software like jet or innov8 also phone works speedy like a rocket

  • no only 1 sim

  • how do i remove call barring

  • it's called reduction,very easy to use

  • what do i need to buy so i can have it connected to my multimedia speaker cos it doesn't this cel doesn't have a 3.5mm jack?

  • Can I download gtalk in this mobile or can i use this mobile with gtalk (Google Talk)?

  • youngbits one sim only

  • is this phone dual sim?

  • 'cos firmware of your operator is bad or usually is that's reason why u have to flash it with new firmware,all procedure will take a few minutes then your phone will work like a rocket

  • phone is good,owner bad

  • does the S8300 memory up to 16gb? not hanged? its made in KOREA or CHINA?

  • Just use voloume key for increase and decrese of sms fonts

  • This is the worst phone I have ever had. For every one good feature it has like 10 bad ones. The only cons are: Camera, but it's not really all impressive for 8mp, C905 is way better and it has xenon flash, screen is nice and good audio, rest of the phone sucks. It's battery goes down for a day and it doesn't even have WiFi, taking pictures with the slider open, because Samsung were cheap to take the camera out with a lens is a real pain in the ass, there aren't enough widgets for the TouchWiz, the phone is really slow, bad reception, slider gets wobbly, there aren't any themes whatsoever, you can just change the wallpaper, video playback isn't good, speaker is insanely weak, you can never hear your phone ringing in public, GPS kills a battery in the matter of minutes...

  • simple solution,flash it with new firmware

  • I sell these and they are terrible, for every good feature there are 5 faults. The battery swells in heat or cool temperatures, the phone breaks down unexpectedly and many customers come in store complaining that it's the worst phone they've eveer had. Go for the F480 or the UltraS instead.

  • Hi please dont buy the omnia

  • OK, after 4 months with the S300, I sold it. Im sorry, but as much as i tried to convince myself that its a really good phone at the end of the day i had too many little 'problems' with it. It a real dr Jeckle & mr Hide phone, excellent camera & video, best ever screen, but poor reception, no WiFi,no themes, unbalanced, no active lens cover, weak battery etc etc etc...I have since bought a Sony Ericsson Satio.....by far the best phone I ever had.

  • i own both,jet better software and screen,ultra touch only camera performance

  • There is no Wifi its a big big big drawback..........

  • Hi, I just wanted to know the response of msg typing with the KEYPAD?? Is it the same bad response noticed whlle typing the msg through the touchscreen or better than that....? And one thing more, the sound quality of the music on loudspeakers??

  • Will any body teel me that who the video will be forward in this set?

  • Hey.. what phone would be better samsung jet or s8300 (or any other phone for that mattEr that has a good camera, is touch screen, is nt 2 big and overall good functioning)? and whY? im currently siding more towards the s8300, but they are alot of complaints... i woUld really appreciate some opinions tnx

  • hi could anyone tell me how to set speed dials and how to remove a number from the reject list. Thanks =)

  • why No Wi-Fi connectivity? if make Wi FI IN BEST excellent WHAT

  • Why No WiFi ? fail for you lost samsung S8300

  • have tried what you suggest to raise cursor - sorry but either it just does not work or you need to be mored specific

  • i've just recently got one of these phones and i love it!....the style, the 8mp cam and all its gadgets, i would recommend this phone to anyone, but i'm a die hard samsung fan,

  • how can i use self timer for take my picture

  • Has anyone tried the 3rd party battery upgrades to 1500 and 1800mAH ? Did they work all right ? Also I can not seem to tap the message agea and get an on screen keyboard [non QWERTY] to appear. Do I need to flash my phone ? I find texting cumbersome too but in general I like the phone and glad I bought it last week. Hope my luck continues.

  • Has anyone tried the 3rd party battery upgrades to 1500 and 1800mAH ? Did they work all right. Also I can not seem to tap the message agea and get an on screen keyboard [non QWERTY] to appear. Do I need to flash my phone. I find texting cumbersome too but in general I like the phone and glad I bought it last week. Hope my luck cntinues.

  • Can somebody tell me about the sound quality while recording video thru phone

  • how about changing the screen saver whenever it's on idle mode? thank you.

  • Using the widgets toolbars, find the sunflower icon & drag it OUT of the widgets bar. Scroll through saved photos & use "set" button.

  • help! how do i change the preset screen saver whenever my phone's locked? thank you.

  • for concrete - you can change it by deactivating the divert setting. follow this steps. 1. go to setting 2. choose application settings 3. choose call 4. choose call divert 5. then select cancel all if it still wont work, try canceling the call barring setting.

  • I'm still finding my way with the S8300. One thing that phone doesn't appear to have is a follow up tone beep to any unopened messages. Coming off a Motorola VX3 which had this feature, I must say it can be annoying to find message has been parked on the phone for a time unnoticed. Maybe their is a phone setting to activate this feature???

  • Dear , just go through the steps below Menu - Settings - Application settings � Call - All Calls - Answering machine - Activation (change it to off) after that press (save) in the bottom Regards ;)

  • Great handset, I bought it one month ago, so far I didn�t experience any problem Attractive design, stunning camera, smooth slider, bright screen, good battery, and generally fine performance

  • and what about route66,have it?

  • hi dears. i have a s8300. when i dont respond incomming calls it goes on answering machin automatically. would you please guide me ho to turnt this answering off? thanks alot...

  • Hi there can anyone send me a picture taken by this phone.

  • Love it! video mode is outstanding. Touch screen is ok, better than my old phone.

  • The video record is very good even in low light situation. Is not a camcorder, but for this optic size, it really doing a good job. The battery can only stands for 2 days, but if you using hands free for listening music, it can only stand for a day. Nice screen view, very clear, nice design and quiet complete feature, to bad therse's no wifi feature. But I love the 'fake call' feature, it helps me a lot to get away from boring meeting. haha!

  • The video record is very good even in low light situation. Is not a camcorder, but for this optic size, it really doing a good job. The battery can only stands for 2 days, but if you using hands free for listening music, it can only stand for a day. Nice screen view, very clear, nice design and quiet complete feature, to bad therse's no wifi feature. But I love the 'fake call' feature, it helps me a lot to get away from boring meeting. haha!

  • got it upgraded to s8300xxig3.got some new games and no more lagging now.and sound is a bit louder now.

  • it depends on software,screen is ok

  • i bought this phone it lasted 3 months and the touchscreen is absolutley rubbish dont get this phone

  • no,no there is! search 'flash s8300' u can't miss it!or tell me your imail and i will send you all...

  • dont tell me.i owned milions fones by all manufacters,toshiba,nokia...lg & nokia booth with german lens capture worst pictures in most cases!just make test yourself.make a few pictures with each fone then bring them to pc.you will see big difference among nokia and samsung for example.this one easily beats any nokia in picture quality also videos

  • HI guys i got this phone for 5 months now and i must say it is average the screen is brilliant but the battery is just rubbish you have charge the phone everyday, on the plus side the camera is really food fast Internet connection and the phone looks great too! samsung fans should love if you new to samsung i would suggest sony ericsson or nokia.

  • Hye..I wanna buy this phone.How's the message alert length?Is it short just like other samsung phone?And how's the sound?Please comment me..

  • This Phone would never beat nokia 95 or others in pics cause the lens that samsung use are crap.....

  • Hey guys..i want to buy me a phone,but i cant decide between the s8300 or the 0mnia i900..both has wat im lo0king 4,jst the omnia doesnt hav a keypad or Qwerty,but its on my list becauz the opini0ns are All Go0d unlike the s8300..plz advise me!

  • Hi,i wud like to know,is this phone AS bad as some people make it out??..im thinking of getting it..im just looking 4 a good phone that plays dvix,has a good camera and has a nyc interface..and shud look good also..and it Must hav a Keypad or Qwerty!

  • any tips how to upgrade the frimware?i have been to youtybe they dont have any vedios of frimware.so how do i upgrade its frimware?and why is that 500MHz processor for?

  • just flash it!then will find icon for new widgets,wider gps functions,full google and something else,even one of new firmwares suports route66 also fone will run fantastic fast,do it!

  • This phone is rubbish - battery life is poor, T9 dictionary is useless - there is no way of typing I'm in t9 and it's impossible to add it as a word - ridiculous! I had a Tocco which other than the constant screen freezing was great. They couldn't repair the fault so swapped it for this - I can't wait until I can upgrade and get rid of it.

  • how do i take perfectly clear pictures at night? what must i change? love the pics during the day and want the same at night

  • how do i flash my phone

  • not pretty good! attracting with style use's interface,not bad lacking wi-fi quite a lot of restricted software Summary, just average compare with its price,shouldn't buy(sorry samsung)

  • no games! no themes! too slow! camera always fails! low poor battery life! the equivalent of this phone is the nokia 3120... i hate this phone. sorry samsung and thank you for wasting our money

  • i agree with you man!!! this is a C@@py piece of $#i^. for a phone that looks this good, it doesn't do much.

  • This phone is a joke, if you hate somebody, really hate somebody, buy him this phone, have it, for 93 days, been for repairs 4 times, including a swop out, in my posession for ONLY 19 days, still don't have it back. Don't want it back. This comes from a Samsung fan who had the Samsung E700,E600,D800,D900 and G800 which all gave me good service and now this **&&&&####, and not getting much assistence from Samsung helpline yet.

  • much faster and much sensitive for touch

  • Hi Where can I get widget on web for this phone? Like facebook becouse it is not on phone in options for download. Thank's

  • thank you for your infromation,is upgrading frimware and flash are the same thing?and will upagrading frimware make the phone faster?

  • how do I take photos?? all the buttons thatI push does not seem to work

  • change font size in messages by volume botton on side of phone

  • 8mega pixels

  • amazin phone, camra is wkd

  • for average user nothing,u can download plenty java appl.from getjar.com,symbian's application are mostly paid if you want downloading softwares i recommend windows mobile.there are tones free and good applications on net

  • go to youtube then fill in flash s8300 thats all,guys from video will show you all or give me imail and i will writte how to do it,i had orange soft which was useless,screen was slow and so on.since i flashed it phone works like watch from switzerland

  • Hey..i want 2 noe which phone is better ultratouch or innov8 as ultrtouch doesnt hav a Symbian OS..will tat matter much?

  • Nije symbian telefon! it is not a symbian phone at all

  • Hi Dudes, Has somebody experienced the same that when you fill out the birthday field under a contact's name the "Birthday cake" widget does not show this date?? What could be the solution. I've already tried to move the contacts to the sim, but same result.

  • how do i flash it? firmware?how do i upgrade it to new firmware? i have no idea where do i go to do this andy website to download?

  • I have had this phone for 3 months and the battery life is rubbish!!!! have to have it on the charger every night even if i havent used it very much during the day!!!! apart from that its pretty good

  • and what about iphone camera quality

  • just flash it then no complain

  • Excellent screen quality (not touch) and the inclusion of a keypad saved me from smashing this phone off the ground!!! The touch screen is not good at all and cannot match the iphone for ease of use. I also find the phone very slow with plenty of lag which is annoying, but maybe to do with the fact I can't get an update on the 3 Ireland network for firmware. The camera is also not so good in poor light as the flash is not so good and sometimes makes everything too white! Also the battery life is not good I have to charge it every night. I had the LG Renoir before this and returned it after a week as it was total rubbish! I'm sick of buying rubbish mobiles packed with gimmichs that don't work good at all, If I don't get an very expensive Iphone as my next phone, I will get something for free when my contract is renewed, I seriously don't think I could justify spending so much on a phone again, more than I have already that is! Hope this review helps. take care!

  • I have had this phone since late June, the touch screen is brilliant.. TXT'ing on this phone can be a royal pain in the butt, but its better then most phones I have used.. it is seriously responsive, it just takes time to get used to the handset.. only con is that its T9 isn't the best.. But hey this phone is more of a camera with a phone attached, with an fantastic 8MP camera, I don't mind taking an extra min to write a text...

  • can i have on this phone fring (program) as in nokia, and by the way this program enables anyone to chat or have voice call.... this program needs wifi or 3G to work.... so please anyone can support me with an answer?

  • this small samsung lens easily beats nokia's carl.image & video quality is outstanding

  • if we don't use the fon,how long the fon will last???

  • simple solution just flash it with different firmware.it is not fone fault it is bad operator's software!flash it!i had useless orange soft but since i put new soft on it it works exellent

  • Hey.. im interested in buying this phone, but u say the texting is really bad...does the phone have a touch 'clear' key when you r using the hard keypad? and how woUld u rate the phone for overall performance? Tnx

  • Too bad it doesn't have wifi feature.

  • thanks.............

  • minimum 5 hours with full sound in earphones.

  • how many hours before the phone turn off if u playing music(with headphone)????

  • You cannot, it's not a Symbian phone. You might be able to install some Java applications though.

  • Can anybody tell me how I can install programs on my Samsung S8300, I am send few symbian programs from pc via bluetooth on my phone, but when I try to use that programs my phone write me unsuported files, what I need rar or zip or some else.... thanx

  • How do i change the font on the messages. Its too small.

  • how many hours before the phone turn off if we playing music(with headphone)????

  • Go to Settings, -> Phone profiles -> choose your profile with >> then on top of the screen you have a drop down menu with Incoming, New Message and Phone sounds, choose phone sounds, scroll down to Phone sound Volume and set you desired volume.

  • how do i can download my pictures in my samsung s8300

  • hey every1 i bought this cell 2 month ago but i have a problem and i wish if anyone can help me please i'm getting crazy i've puted the call alert type on melody and the call alert volume on 7 but when the fone ring it start low then raise the melody the an option raising melody but am not using it is there anything can i do plz help 10x in advence :)

  • on the homescreen hit the volume button on the left side of the phone

  • battery life please....thanks in advance

  • Anyone know if you can turn the key sounds off(the numbers) and if so how?

  • better than most of the phones like n97,iphone 3gs and alot,its headphone is super powerful with 5.1 channel.

  • how bout it earphone quality????

  • hello, anyone knows how to have speed dial? btw. this phone rocks!

  • The Phone is really nice, But as almost all of the comments say the battery has to be charged almost everyday. I don't see any other problem. I've had this phone for about 2months now, Its really gorgeous. Almost Everybody adores my phone and wishes it was theirs, I have no problem with this phone and I will not change it until it really needs a lot of repairs or it gets really old.

  • Hello there everybody!!! I tell you this phone is great for taking pictures and listening to music. it goes great on this chapter. but he you want something else from it you should buy your self another phone! The battery pack does't goes much then several hours if you'll stay on the internet. the gps doesn't always works, the Screensaver can't be turned odd and problems could in on including the typing which is not like you were expected. The settings area is limited and does't gives you the confidence you need. so you should think twice if this is the phone you want!

  • how come i can't see any kind of a video on the internet? I don't have any complains except that and the battery! Could anybody help me? thanks

  • I wana remove/delete permanent widgets. Like the weather widget?????

  • How do i remove widgets from the main screen???

  • hello u can change ur masg tone like this 1. go to setings and then to profile settings and then to normal now just see up when u opened the normal profile u can see inc" then click on that and u can understand the rest of the procedure

  • this phone is good in my view ive had it for 6months now i like the camera and the user interface but i have to say its not the easiest ever phone to use and i think that 200 texts msg memory isnt good enough my previous phone had 1000+ anyway its a matter of taste

  • Here's how to change your message tones for S8300 Ultra Touch:- To change Normal message tones:- From Main screen select the following- -Menu -Settings -Phone profiles -In here select a setting you want to change and touch the ">>" for options -Select "New messages" (this can be located in drop down box on top right hand corner) -Select or touch "Message alert tones" -Select "sounds" (on bottom right of screen) -Select your tones from your files -Select "ADD" -Select "Save"......... done Changing message tones for Personal Contacts:- From Main screen select the following- -Phonebook -Select a contact name -Edit -Add more fields (located in the middle on the bottom of your screen)..... this will give you a whole list of options for you to add more fields for that contact -Scroll down and select or tick "message tone" -Select "done" -Select (touch) on "message tone" -Select "speical tone" .... (this let you select your own downloaded tones or you can just select message tone 1, 2, 3 or 4) -Select "change" -Select your tones from your files -Select "ADD" -Select "select" (on bottom left of your screen) -Select "save"........ done :) Good luck!

  • Have this phone(Red one) for two weeks now, a really nice phone. Feels and looks like an elegant device. Camera is awesome, there's so many settings to tweak here I'm sure everyone will find a customization according to their taste. Touch screen is very responsive even to the slightest of touches. Music especially on the samsung headset is superb. My gripes(so far): 1)...and a BEEG No.1- Texting is really bad compared to eg. Nokia T9 thus taking ages to even sms. No "hard" Direction,Clear,Enter keys wich really let the physical keypad down esp whilst texting or using IM software. The return key in the center should have been an enter key with a 4 way directional button around it. 2) Not much applications/games out there for it at the moment. Would be nice to have some games that make use of the accelerometer. 3) Only one home screen which scrolls up or down and unfortunately the widgets cannot be locked and always move around when trying to scroll the home screen, this is very annoying only suggestion here is not to use too many widgets and line them up to either left or right of the phone so you have scrolling space 4) You cannot change the Screen saver only the wallpaper...sigh, such a basic feature but omitted nonetheless 5) Mine(in S.A.) only cames with Google maps which I dont prefer as it charges for data usage. Would be nice to have a GPS software pre installed that has the option to make use of the GPS receiver only and not A-GPS thus not eating away at my wallet. 6) Battery life also lets the phone down, with the brilliant screen and camera the battery really lets it down thus having to charge it everyday,unless you rarely use phone,but where's the point in that. 7) Back cover seems cheap and tends to scratch easily.

  • i bought this phone from a friend and i regret it why i bought this phone. battery is really a problem. it only takes 12 hours. i always charge this everyday... compared to other phones like nokia n95, lg gm200, etc. the processor is very slow. then response time is very slow maybe because of the processor. sometimes people can't hear me whenever they call or i make a call. i will definitely bring this phone to the service centre. never buy this model.

  • How do i activate the games that came with the phone im from South Africa, where can i get more games from give me some wapsites to download them

  • The phone has bluetooth, it says it in the description, this phone is good, people are just complaining on this website instead of writing the good features about it.

  • end is 12-21-2012

  • I have had this phone now for 3 month and it is awesome except for the GPS. The GPS almost never gets a signal. I have driven across the country several times and not once have I kept the GPS signal all the way, No GPS signal is received for about 80% of the time. Is this a problem experienced by others or is it just my handset ?

  • The phone is really great.It has a touch class and slickness.Have it for more than 5months and I am happy. Nice pictures,nice touch screen, nice reactivity in short you can count on it!

  • u r absolutely wrong i have this phone 4 5 months it doesnt give me any trouble

  • HI, i might get this fone in a month time but seeing all the comments, im not really sure. this website i visited said it didn't have bluetooth. eos s8300 have bluetooth? and the low battery and not sensitive touch screen is causing me doubts. if its not that gud, is there any other samsung phones i can get thats either a slide or touch?

  • yes ravindra i love its video recording which is awsome

  • i m using this phone and its good ,it have sound nima ,but it doesnt have call recording its cam is good,and video recording is superb,if u want to buy a call revcord set plz luk for s8003jet model with 5mp cam and call recording in it ,its price is near abt 600$ us

  • I have had mine for about 4 months now and i love it. The touch screen is not that sensitive at all, all touch screens are what we would call sensitive untill you get the hang of it. as for all the other features-very happy about it, including the camara! Everybody i know has commented only on how excellent the pictures come out- in all types of settings- dark or light! unless the phone is a dud- which im happy to say i have never experienced with samsung in all my years,maybe then there would be reason to complain- but im happy about everything on it! EVERYTHING

  • I have had this phone for 3 months now. You get used to the sensitivities and the features. By far the biggest feature that sold me on this phone, was the camera. I must say, despite other comments, I am bitterly disappointed in the camera. I have taken 100's of shots in different settings and they are barely acceptable. The camera in low light is useless. Tried the built in settings to get something useable, with no joy. The pics are so bad that I am thinking the phone may need to be repaired, as it is a lemon.

  • Hi, I want to buy s8300 UT, but i have a question: 1) does it has saound recording? important factor of phone for me is sauon record, document viewer and editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) and price. with this factor, which phone is suitable for me? thanks.

  • sony ericsson w995!! great camera, not touch screen! simple!!!

  • will route 66 works on this device or not

  • the camera only takes good pictures when there is lots of light the touch screen is not working well (to activate something one have to try several times until it finaly works) the processor is too weak (it takes too long to process pictures or even telephone entries) battery life is very poor. If the phone is used frequently the battery have to be charged daily. If I would have known all this before I would have never bought this mobile phone.

  • no its not like any other camera and the samsung pixon 12 is about $1000 so no that wont work to expensive. camera phones are not any other 8 mp camera theres alot of techincal details there

  • Video recording of this phone is outstanding.

  • The camera is just like any other camera on other phones, just tt it's 8 megapixels. There's a new samsung phone coming up, pixon 12, and its supposedly 12 megapixels. So u can check up on tt if u're interested. p/s: If u just wan a gd camera and nt a touch screen, i suggest u go get a digital cam instead. it'll save you the trouble.

  • im looking at this or the lg crystal but want to know which camera is better?

  • What is the camera like on this phone. I am due an upgrade and can get a new phone but im sooooooooooo confused and dont know what to get, all i want is a good camera and not touch screen?

  • I had the ultra touch for two days before deciding to send it back. Reasons as follows: 1.) camera is poor considering it should be 8.1 mp 2.) shape of the phone sits awkwardly in palm of hand 3.) interface between menus is slow 4.) had to hit cancel call button at least 3times before sucessfully ending call 5.) photo gallery menu was too annoying to use. Images wouldn't scroll across screen correctly. 5.) call volume poor 6.) can't ammend screen saver or themes which is somewhat disconcerting if you are a male....pictures of flowers and sunsets de-value your masculinity somewhat. 7.) battery life is non existent. 8.) no applications apart from google maps. 9.) no navigational pad 10.) ring tones diabolical On a plus point, the phone's video recording quality was out-standing, about the only redeeming feature about this phone.

  • dear frinds : now i hane nokia N95 and i wont to duy this phone(s8300) so please give me your feedback about the comparison between these phone in the following points 1- the voice of ring tone . 2- GPS . 3- camera quality

  • in my opinion better stay with nokia, my friend got s8300 and she's got a problem with battery- lasting only for about 45 min talk- without any other use, as well software- made by samsung, so nothing for symbian or windows mobile is compatible

  • I bought this phone yesterday and i love it! it's really great. but i have a prob, i can't change tone for messages, can anyone help me?

  • this mobiles ribbon is really good.

  • jet is better in all the terms without the camera part.

  • hi guys can you give me some details about this phone and the amount in peso (philippine currency) cause im planning to buy one hmmm.... thank you

  • plz tell me... how can i put navigator in this phone... my father wants navigator in this phone curiously... and i dont know how to put.. so plz help... also wat is route66... i downloaded it in my laptop... but plz tell me in detail how can i put navigator..

  • Can someone tell me which phone is better, Samsung Jet or the ssung Tocco Ultra. The tocco has a keypad as well as touchscreen which appeals more to me but dunno if teh Jet is betta overall. Wat are both these phones like for texting? As i text a lot and have always used a Nokia phone

  • does the ribbon of S8300 good? i was told that Samsung slide phones ribbon easily breaks

  • 40000 taka or 400 euro.

  • what is marketing price of samsung s8300

  • where can i download some games for s8300?specially some touch and accelerometer sensitive games?can anyone give me a weblink i am dieing for some good games.

  • Thank you very much Mehedi! I will order one as soon as possible :) Cheers man.

  • What is the market price rply me [email protected]

  • Just got one the other day on contract for $5 a month extra (in Aus). Overall it was a very strong positive, but has gone down over time from actually trying to use it. ++ - Excellent camera for photos and video. Very happy. - Great PC software and connectivity. - Touch screen t9 for text messaging isn't as bad as you'd think. Its heaps better than the keypad. -- - Interface lag. - The widget thing is annoying and useless. Dont expect much. - Most of the ui, as in everything, doesnt seem thought out. Or that the people who designed the ui do NOT use the ui themselves. Cant think of a reason for its quirks. Sure its not a smart phone, but its shocking :) - Battery life makes apple products look good - Audio quality is very very bad. But the thing is, i still like this phone. The camera and connectivity more than make up for it. How much you pay/are getting charged also factors into it. The less you pay the more happy you are (dont think it warrants any sort of excessive premium).

  • If I was you I`d get the Nokia. More user friendly. T9 texting on this phone is a nightmare especially if you`re on a forum on the internet, the phones own browser is crap, (you`ll need opera) and the back of the phone scratches sooooo easily.

  • You can`t have themes on this phone only wallpapers. You can set your own wallpaper but not on the standby function. They are all default wallpapers.

  • should i get this phone or the nokia 5800? please give me some help on this!! :D thankyouu

  • hey can anybody plz tell me how can i store my msgs in memory card........default msg memory is for 500 msgs but at 200 msgs it shows msg memory full......so plz help me...

  • Just load the camera and select the settings cog on the display, you can amend from there

  • Areenaaa is ok but software is boring, Ultra is cool but if you ok with 5MP camera go for the Samsung Jet as it's much faster and bigger display.

  • I got one and no it don't chat box like a berry, still a good phone though.

  • im thinking of buying the s8300...but was wondering if it has a chat box like the blackberry.....i hate to go to inbox and outbox to check messages and like it when all your chat with a person is in one box together....could you answer this question for me please...thank you....

  • can anybody tell me how i can see my emails on ultratouch... I go to gmail.com on ultratouch but it didnot open my inbox... Plz help me how i can see my emails.... I shall be very thankful.

  • hey can someone help me out 4rm this problem....i want to buy a phone but im getting mixed up between samsung ultra touch and lg arena......can someone suggest me which phone i should purchase? If u want suggest any other phone then u can suggest but remember that it must be a touchscreen phone... Thank u..

  • plz help me... I just bought ultratouch today.. I dont kniw how to see my emails on ultratouch... When i go to gmail.com there also i cant see emails on ultratouch... Plz help.. I shall be very thankful...

  • Hi and Good day to everybody.. I have this S8300 mobile adn i like it..it's Graphigh,camera and Radio rcording.. I have one Q,,that I want to reset my mobile setting but i forget my mobile reset password Default passwword is "00000000" but it's not working so plz help me that how can i reset my mobile password. with thanks.

  • can anyone tell me if you can save your messages on the memory card or is it just the predefined 500 msgs? am aasking since i usually get tons of messages on my phone that i usually need to keep as a referrence although i am not much of a texter. also, can anyone tell me how long the battery usually lasts? i normally just use the mp3 for about 2-3 hours (usually while traveling to/from work), pictures only when the mood strikes but i usually have my java ebook reader up and running approx 3-4hrs a day to pass the time. i kinda like this phone or the s7350 but i'm a little apprehensive about its battery life. (kinda tiring to lug around my charger all the time ;p ) lastly, hows calendar? i normally save all my work schedule in my phone calendar as back up/reminder when im at home and leave my schedule book at the office. thanks in advance... i appreciate it.

  • I LOVE this phone soooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!

  • �11 with shipping tax :D

  • i've just ordered the 1500mAh battery from eBay. can't wait to use it. my ultra touch will last even more than 3 days :x

  • configure and activate it through your network provider, if only s8300 is wifi even its a slider phone it can be the best best phone.

  • just check a mall nearby.you should get one there.

  • Hi, what is this 1500 mah bat for the 8300? Where can I find it?

  • can anybody tell me how the gps works on this one???

  • I am going to buy a 1500 mAh battery for s8300 and hoping the battery problem will go. It will be a perfect phone if i can get a 1500 mAh battery in mall. And did anyone try this 1500 mAh battery for s8300?

  • Does anyone now if you can have your own themes on the samsung tocco ultra or is it the only standard one that you can have write back a.s.a.p please :)

  • If you want to change the font size whilst reading a txt just press the volume key on the left side of the phone. Press it up makes it larger, press it downwards it the txt become smaller.

  • Has anybody worked out how to create a schedule on a fortnightly basis (14 days intervals). I am able to create schedules on a daily, weekly, monthly & yearly basis but does it have any other options?? Also is there a backspace not delete backspace??

  • Hi I wondered if anyone could help me? How do I change the font size on text messages, at the moment it is too small to read. Thank you.

  • i think this is the worst phone i have ever had its attrociase want to sell it butits only going for �100 !!!!

  • Im really hoping someone can help me... Have had this phone for about 3 weeks. Was out taking photos the other day and that night i noticed that the resolution had changed. Suddenly the screen is more pixelated mostly in dark/greyscale areas. It isn't "smooth" anymore. Is there some kind of setting where you can change the res? perhaps i changed it without knowing..

  • Hey, depends on the problem. Are you having manufactural problems with the toolbox or is it just navigational difficulties? There is a way to copy contacts though. Let me know if you still haven't figured it out. Admittedly the PC studio's pretty hard to decipher, but it's all there. :)

  • it is priceless!!!!

  • what`s the price of this phone??

  • I have the rd. & i love my phone its the best thing ever

  • does this phone has speed dial ? tq....

  • Is the best phone ever

  • I am a user of S8300 and i got to say, this mob rocks. Battery life is not so bad.It last 2 days with soft use. Only Disadvantage is the wireless.But it is written in the specs, so someone knows it b4 buying it. Do you have any sites for S8300 ?Regarding games,software?

  • this is for the Gsmarena admins: it records fast motion clips is D1 resolution as well, not VGA :)

  • it;s a very nice phone and not very compicated even there are a few things to see in it

  • a mistake on my previous post. The correct password for internals is *#9072641*#. Hope this is a bit more helpfull

  • hi, ive had the s8300 for quite a while now and whenever i take a video in loud places it doesnt record the noise and is very distorted. and the vibrate has stopped working. any got any solutions or had the same problems??

  • here's the answer to the java problem, tap in *#6984125*#, this will bring up a menu. Tap on internals, thentype in *#9077641*#. In the new menu scroll down and select storage settings, then select update java DB. This should sort the proble, it has worked for all the games i've tried so far.

  • no wifi for this phone is a huge disadvantage...should say it is a mistake on samsungs part

  • No WLAN???? This is huge mistake....

  • ever since i had a sex change i found that the camera has taked good photos of my operation. the zoom is great!!

  • brill camera very clear pictures. can be a little slow somtime just turn off to reset works fine then. yes battery is a pain. maybe because of the gadgets. i find if i turn off the bluetooth when not in use last longer

  • i bought this cellphone last wik.. the camera is very great but the sounds is very poor.. and the batt is very very poor.. i used this cellphone for only 3 hrs. but before i bought this i saw in the net 350 hrs for standby,, but its only 3 hrs standby,, what u should i do? please answer.. tnx..

  • i bought this cellphone last wik.. the camera is very great but the sounds is very poor.. and the batt is very very poor.. i used this cellphone for only 3 hrs. but before i bought this i saw in the net 350 hrs for standby,, but its only 3 hrs standby,, what u should i do? please answer.. tnx..

  • Had it for 43 days was a little sceptical before getting it after reading reviews This jhandset is basically caught between a mobile and a gizmo neither one or the other with a partial touch screen application but by pressing the d pad easy to exit back to main menu. Performance is not as bad as some write ups say odd occasion it may hang sligtly but in all very good The camera has to be its best feature in both camera / Video modes and in the dark no problems despite what other comments have been made I took an under the cover pic in bed on friday night lol no comments please and it came out with auto flash just great in very good detail. Only dissapoinment is no games installed and no memeory card in pack either I got my from Optus (AUS) It all takes a little getting used and alot of nice little features to discover in the text options etc Battery life yes a little dissapointing but can live with for a heavy user this would be a real pain The PC suite was a little slow to setup but once it is works great in both application installs and syncronization with contacts / diary / appoinments etc I would at this time rate the phone 7/10

  • this mobile costs 399€ and does not have WI-FI how is it possible this mobile should be cost 200€ today's wi-fi is the most important feature and this and does not have this feature SHAME ON SAMSUNG.......!!

  • i love mine with all my heart! the pink cover matches my personality xxx

  • Why does everyone say that the s8300 is so bad.ive used it pesionally and it was like an expierience of a life time.

  • Yes it is.But I personally think that blue looks so awesome and red even better and i also wont believe any negative stuff about this phone until i actually get it myself an test it.

  • After 2 weeks using when I am changing my screen to left screen phone is turning off... Now, i am looking for new software

  • yes you can lock all or individualy different things msg/phonebook/etc My original code that came with it was 00000000 (8x0)

  • Try this website.

  • No you can`t put themes on this phone only wallpapers.

  • dont do mistake

  • have had this phone now and will not go back to nokia very happy with samsung.

  • I've only had this phone since yesterday, but I'm totally loving it so far. Had no problems whatsoever. I don't think messaging is a problem as I've read in many other reviews, I just do it on the slide-out keypad instead and it's easy. It takes great pics, yep it does lag a tiny bit but it really doesn't bother me. I love the slide across widget bar - you can add, or remove the things you do and don't want there which is a plus. I would recommend this phone :) I love it.

  • If you have used an Iphone or Itouch user interface this will seem like being back in the dark ages. The touch screen is good for cam options etc. The lack of a cursor pad/keys on the keypad is a major design flaw. You need 2 hands to text using the keypad - the phone feels unbalanced and needs to be held with one hand whilst texting with the other .... The cam produces very good crisp pics - but forget it in low light or indoors. The music player is cr*p ... makes my old gramaphone record player sound good! Seriously .... the audio quality of music is very very bad .... plus no 3.5mm headphone jack ... Think carefully before buying this phone ..... its not all bad ... if you want a good outdoor cam in a neat package, with a protected lens, then maybe consider it ... but ... lots of down falls with the other functionality ....

  • Do not buy this phone for the following reasons - 1.The "UltraTouch" is extremely tardy and sluggish (not at all like the iPhone); 2.The screen auto-rotate does not function as it should and sometimes just locks-up (e.g. continues to display in a horizontal mode even when the screen is vertical. However, the most overwhelming reasons not to buy this phone are - the phone shuts down at random, when connected to a power source (including when connected to a laptop via the USB cable). On the rare occasion that it doesn't (shut down), you have to choose from either running the phone on a. media player mode (totally useless), b. pc suite (the memory stick does not show up as an external hard drive as it should) or c. mass storage (cannot run pc suite but the micro-sd card shows up as an external device on my computer). Oh and did I mention the haphazard menu design/organization? Some of the aspects with the menu are shockingly stupid (voicemail settings inside the Messages option and not within the Phonebook options) etc... the list goes on. If you want to buy a 8MP camera that looks sexy, it's perhaps a better idea to buy a digicam... :( This is the only review I have written ever, for any product (such is the disgust).

  • i've got to say.. this phone is wrack i've got it...and the cam with 8mp is even worse than sony ericssons 3mp cam.. samsung....you're out

  • Can somebody tell me what is the problem with my s8300? time to time, neither of the buttons work, and on the screen are written 44444...I restart the phone, but the same happened. Should I give it to service or to update the software?

  • Is the black available in the UK yet? The blue looks very naff, and the red not much better.

  • Hey mate =] Try this to exstand your ring time (i work in a phone shop) **61*101**30# A few things will flash up on your screen, but thats normal Cheers Al

  • Hello guys ! Can u tell me that s8300 has TV out port ? and that how many msgs it can Store ?! Plz tell me .

  • Just an add on to my post below. I forgot to mention the email setup. Its very messy, I eventually got my Gmail working (their are no email profiles, you have to enter all the techy stuff smtp servers etc) but it kept downloading my oldest 50 (or whatever figure you put) of emails, not my latest 50 emails. Very annoying. If you use the Google widget you can see your emails online but its too small.

  • Just don,t use the phone for business. worst I have ever had. I suppose if you are into taking videos and pictures it is fine. The screen is so sensitive if you don't lock it before you start speaking the call gets cut off. Will never use this phone again

  • Had this phone for 4 days now. I'm sending it back - I bought it for the camera which is great - the pics in good light are superb , although the lack of a Xeon flash is a big -Ve, the LED's are not very good for indoor low light shots. The touch screen works very well, especially in Camera mode for changing settings, a very nice set of touch functions form the camera. The reason I am returning it is for its basic phone functions - The slide out keypad is the perfect combination BUT it lacks cursor keys (ok you can get them up via the touch screen, or touch the screen where you cant the cursor but is messy when typing a text). The phone feels very unbalanced using the keypad - you need two hands to text because its very top heavey. The 2nd big -Ve is the music player - The audio quality is very very poor. I've tried various headphones. My Nokia 5310 is miles ahead. Other annoying features are when viewing pics in landscape mode if you tilt the phone a few degrees they automatically go into slide view mode paging across the screen proportional to the angle of tile - Its really annoying and you cant switch it off! The phone is also thicker than the spec says at 12.7mm ... nearer 16mm. Overall its a superb phone and a reluctant return, the screen is superb ... it takes some getting used to (I'm a Nokia person) but has a nice user interface. The basic texting functions (keypad), music player, and file browser let it down ... plus the whole weight/balance thing with the slider keypad out.

  • You can put themes on this phone or is like the oldest non-smatphone samsung ??

  • the gagert looks good it so wonderfully made, l aploud sumsung for their creativity.

  • I've defended this phone for long enough now and it's time to say goodbye. Traded it in for the Jet, and I have to say, the Jet is by far a better phone, even with a lower MP on the camera. Speed, features, style, the Jet has it all. Coming from some-one who's had both, and works in the mobile industry, I'd recommend the Jet over this any day, unless you don't want a full touch screen...

  • y is der such less memory for incuming msges?

  • How do you extend ring time on this phone before calls go to your messagebank?

  • the ultra touch is better.

  • how we can update our software version? because i think there a new version of the software :) thanks

  • I would definitely go for the S8300 UltraTOUCH!!

  • i forgot to tell about the best part and it is the D1.the video is superb in quality.really rocks.it takes better vedio than my handicam and omnia hd.

  • if u have any battery issu don't get it.other else there is no phone like this in it's price range.

  • i bought this mobile like about 2 months and i am loving it.the best part of this mobile is the headphone, i haven't seen any head phone like this in my life is there any mobile which gives headphone better than s8300's?i don't think so.and the 5.1 feature is also good and the flash is also powerful, takes clear photos in full darkness.and the sound is also good but not that loud as i expected and another good thing is the touch system atleast better than 5800 and i forgot to tell about the 500mhz.i like this phone very much.only thing i wish to upgrade if i could is the battery.only lasts 1.5 day in heavy use.and the phone is also slim than most other phones my next target is the iphone 3gs because i just want to see if 3gs's head phone is any better than s8300's.

  • please guys can anyone tell me should i go for this phone or not..im confused after reading sometimes positive and sometimes negative opinions

  • eyy! im from the philippines, i have this phone for almost one month, bought it for 28,000 pesos($590) the only problem of this phone is that the battery life is so poor (it wont even last a day in a regular usage) but the rest is excellent especialy the camera,, if ur amaze of the camera of the innov8 w/c surpasses the sony ericsson c905 this phone is even made better...phone reviewers said that this is the best video recording phone they have reviewed which records a very HD quality even better that the omniaHD,,,,=)

  • very good phone i love it

  • i have said this before and say it again. When texting if you press and hold on the screen for 2-3 seconds and let go cursor keys come up at bottom of the screen.

  • I forget about java problem, i dont know why but 80% java games doesnt work or "too small memery to open" really if anyone know whats wrong please write it here

  • Hello all! I have this phone for 2 days now. I really like! Photos and movies are great! I never seen better than this! Of course Omnia HD got better movies but... Keyboard is also great but there is one problem, i am writing like 20-50 text massage peer day! and if i make mistake i need to touch screen to remove word, thats stupid because distance from keyboard to remove button is very huge! music quality is ok, speaker also, i dont know why you are writing s#it about it... hmnn the touch screen, well i used after that phone lg cookie kp501 and i can say only one! touch screen is different! in s8300 you have to push you "finger" to press anything, in kp501 thats easier, you can use pen or what ever Batter 1 day max... But really that phone is nice and i really like it, too bad that it doesnt have wifi:(

  • the phone is good however i constantly have a problem with 2 things: Sometimes when i answer the phone i cant hear the person on the other side and they have to phone back. Anyone else experiencing this. The sms feature really bugs me. If i type a message and need to go back into the message it is difficult to place your finger in the text at the right position. Surely this should have come with a stylus...i am not liking this phone very much. Lastly i have my phone 4 months and i tried loading the gps software that comes and still nothing....

  • the music is kinda okay, the internet is fast. just except the fact that it doesn't have wifi, otherwise, it's perfect! :) great phone, got used to it real fast. picture quality is awesome. but my games are trial games, are yours too? ): the music is pretty loud when turned on to the max. i would love to have a qwerty keyboard anyway. but other that those mentioned above, everything else is great. no hanging or lagging, awesomee phone. get it! and oh yes, the back cover of the phone, mine has many scratches.

  • this phone has all the great features but one thing is lacking this phone and its a big impact for this phone for features finders. this phone dont have a wi-fi yes this phone doesnt have wifi how come it has all the features but the wifi features is lackig. the company say this will be a big hit if the phone has wifi features and other samsung phone will be in jeopardy

  • 14 seconds?? You either have a 16 or 32gb memory card, that will take a while to load on many a phone, or your phone is phuct mate. I've had mine 4 months and NEVER had a problem like that, I've got 8gb card, runs perfect.

  • To, RAKEB..... yes you are right,s8300 have 5oo mhz cpu. tell me what about the Battery power. for your kind information..battery is toooo poor. only 860 mAh...with big CPU ....samsung is Great.

  • the ringe volume is very low & ehe video recording is not soo good as nokia n95

  • rezwan s8300 slow or n86 and n96 ? N96 260 mhz cup but s8300 500mhz .where nokia 8mp and 12mp n86 only until motorola

  • yes it has pause.

  • does it have pause while recording video?

  • hello to all s8300 users! does anyone know where we can find themes for the phone?

  • HEY guys, i want some help for my UltraTouch. When i plug in headphone adapter to listen to music, after that i cant use my mic( it gets muted ) Then i have to restart my fone. WHAT causes this. Can anyone tell me.

  • no sound quality is poor

  • dear all : i want to ask about the voice of the ring tone ... is it high or not ???

  • hi naveen u can buy it in jey mart inside mbk in bangkok or other jey mart shops u can see it in many other mobile shops in thiland

  • i have been in one store and the price is 240e!#$*? surely this is not original ??

  • can we install Windows Mobile OS on this? i think it will make it even better with a Windows OS :)

  • In the google map, when i try the blue dot - current location. I always got the message "Your current location is temporarily unavailable . Waiting for GPS." Anyone please tell me what does that mean and how can I set up GPS? Thanks

  • personally i own this phone on contract plus i work in a phone shop so i hear reviews on all the phones believe me if it wasnt good i wouldnt have it.

  • call quality is sooooooooooo bad..... very slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww................. no wifi tooooooooooooooooooooo.............. very-very expensive............................. no qwerty in landscape mode......................... so plz, forget it.....

  • Hi there Satisfied I love the phone myself as well. I am having a problem with the new PC Suite. I connect to the device quite easily but I can not use any of the functions in the toolbox. So I can not copy my contacts over. Any ideas?

  • is this phone available to buy in thailand?im thinking of buying a phone in thailand(during a tour)any suggestions for shops and specially does any body know any touch phone with similarly good camera?

  • yes, it is absolutely crap. bad pc syncing, bad texting, fairly slow, no wifi

  • I just got the phone and it is awesome! Better than expected.

  • Hey. I've had an ultra touch for about 3 months now and have never had a problem with it. No freezing, and the only delays i've experienced are internet issues but that's pretty much a result of network coverage (or lack thereof), so depending on which netork you're with, you shouldn't have any problems. :)

  • I disagree completely! I love this phone. Easy to navigate, easy to use, great photo quality, handy widget menu, good memory space, slide option = perfect.

  • well this phone aint bad its quite hard to use at first but you get use to it only downsides for me are the lack of wifi and the back cover being so bad for scratches phones should be at least designed to limmit the scratches

  • Hey Guys, I am thinking of buying S8300 in the next couple of days. Does any user of S8300 have any SERIOUS complains regarding this phone? I am not talking about internet or battary issue. I read the manuals. I am talking about any delays or freeze. I would like to have your comments on my above post, Cheers Soc

  • doese it have artshot in camera effects???? heeeeeeeeeeelp

  • ive had this phone for just over a month,very slow in everythink,for example 14 seconds to open a picture from the memory card?battery pathetic no wifi cough cough ultra yeah right waste of my money do not buy u ave been warned..

  • its too good.but have a prob n battery.wthout using the battery iz low.can someone help me?

  • How can I record all incoming and outgoing call... is there any call recorder sothat i can record the voice of all call.

  • the bad phone i have seen ever everything bad like camera, menu, functions and has many bugs, dont buy it plz

  • no wifi dude.....

  • How much is the price of this phone in the philippines? I hope that it is available in my country.. coz I'm having a hard time looking for a replacement for my old phone.. Is these phone worth the price? what are the possible problems that I might face? please help me... :) thanks a lot..

  • can someone send me pictures taken in dark?

  • doese it have art shot in picture effects???? heeeeeeeeeeelp

  • does this phone have wifi?? plz help guys.thanks in advance

  • the design is a little old , normal screen size , nice colors , not so useful slide keyboard , good 8mp camera , old school software-menu , it lags a little , good sound , strong build , a little tricky button location , many unneeded pictures and sounds included ,camera bad in dark , weak battery , not so good flash , the screen loves to take your fingerprints any way its ok nothing special

  • Hey people, I saw some of you said that the camera was poor. I disagree, the camera is great! The 8mp makes very sharp and nice pictures! So maby you should check your camera settings. You can instal a lot of things. Greetings from Holland

  • Then how to explain the frequent of putting a call to mute/hold/endcall if u read the previous posts?

  • you don't need to do that. the sensor next to the 3g camera does that when you approach the phone to your ears, it locks the screen; when you take it away it unlocks it and the screen is active, when it's locked the screen is black. so, nothing to worry about during calls.

  • Just found out that the touch screen can be deactivated by pressing the hold key during a call to prevent accidental screen touch by the ears.

  • i've noticed a difference from the review. the fast motion is recorded in D1 resolution. they managed VGA. but that is correct, it was a pre-release sample so Samsung could have imporved the software before hitting the market. But anyway, excellent phone. To the guy that said the camera is bad: friend, I think you are confused, probably you've seen a different picture, this phone is a masterpiece in camera. I have a Sony DSC-T100 of 8mpx and trust me, sometimes the Samsung is even better than my digital camera. It's already better in video recording. So, check again! ;)

  • why wait 16 days I say, surely if you did have a 'rougue phone' what made you think to wait so long? Did you think it might sort itself out?? Hmmm. I work in a phone shop and the bottom line is that most customers I sell to, if they have a problem, they bring it back within a day or 2, NOT a week or 2. I guess there always are the exeptions..........

  • camera is very poor it picture clearty like motorola L9 have 2mp cam it very poor

  • doese it have art shot in camera features???? heeeeeeeeeeelp

  • In simple words,this is the best phone ever,everything is just perfect. anyone think of buying it i say go ahead,u won't regret it.

  • i mean this one or innov8 ? :D

  • This one or Ultratouch? I dont really need smart os but. . .

  • Im thinking bout gettin the phone, is there anythin problems I shud no before I take it?

  • Guys i m posting this, bcoz it might help. Regarding d battery life, i think that it gets a bit better when u use it for a month. First it gave up in only one day. But 3days ago i went out of town. And d music player was constantly on, i had some calls and messages but no 3g or gprs/edge.I used it for one day, then i thought that d battery wud die so i jus kept it n my pocket. The other day( end of the other day) wen i took the phone to charge, it was still on and there was one bar in it. So it can work till 2.5 days or regular usage wid lots of music. And if u using 3g etc then 2days

  • very dissapointed in the camera quality

  • it is pretty good, used the fake call fucntion a few times already to get out of meetings or to leave a boring conversation.

  • to see if your prox sensor is working, make a call and block the sensor (top left next to the 2nd camera)block and unblock a few times, if the screen goes black when you block the sensor it's working. i've notice that a friend of mine made the same complaint it's just that she wasn't holding the phone close enough (to block the sensor). hope this helps

  • when you go into profile settings it's auto set to incoming calls change the tab to new messages (touch tab on top right).

  • i like the phone but i can't turn off the preview option after taking snaps..i switched it on by mistake and even though it says off its still previews pictures shot. thanks.

  • hi ,is there any body knows how can change the sms tones?

  • Isnt 420e very much for this phone?

  • this is thee greates phone ever that samsung can ever come up with im loving it

  • Is the screen clearly visible in daylight? The Omnia is terrible in this regard - makes the GPS pointless during the day.

  • HOw to turn off accelerometer sensor?

  • I have this phone and i have the same problems with regards to the touch screen? When i am on calls it puts my callers on Mute or Hold or End call button. I dont no why it does this????? But as a couple of people have said in the reviews below, the touch screen is meant to deactivate whilst in a call. I really like the phone but i dont no if i like it enough to carry on using it.

  • move it to the widget bar - tap on it and drag it over the widget bar

  • Can GAM Arena please do a 'ISO12233 resolution chart' shoot with this phone as you guys do with the newer reviews?

  • 8300 no question asked

  • I've has this phone for over 2 months now. I've had it totally replaced once due to the following problems: *Phone puts callers on hold constantly when in contact with my ear. Touch screen is supposed to be deactived when in a call. *Phone reboots itself during a call. *Phone constantly drops out even with full signal strength. These faults are occuring with the new phone as well. I find the phone to be very unsatisfactory and have asked for a replacement model. Samsung has lost my vote with this phone. Had anyone else had these problems with the phone?

  • Definately go thelg arena!! a really nice looking phone and seems to work better than the ultra touch!! hope thats help

  • Beautiful OLED screen is really gorgeous. Pictures and videos look clear outdoor. I reckon OLED with natural and rich colors is superior to LCD.

  • Have you found a solution to this problem? if you have, could you email me at [email protected] please? Thanks! :)

  • I have the same problem - Have you found a solution?? email me at [email protected] if you have found the solution. Thanks in advance :)

  • Hi - I have this phone, and love it. However, I turned it off then turned it back on, and there is an ugly 'No Event' thing on my wallpaper (the screen, before you go into the menu or anything) - it wasn't there before!!! How do i get rid of it?!?!?! Email me if you have the solution please: [email protected] Thanks :D

  • Got the phone for quite some time, love it. However, I have a problem now. The manual says the touch screen function is deactivated during a call so that u won't touches the screen accidentally, but I(my ears) have serveral times touches the "end call button" on the screen I believe, or it's my phone faulty that it hangs up automatically during a call. Does anyone has this problem or any solution to it? How to deactivate the touch screen during a call? Thanks in advance. =)

  • Hi, when using the internet, phone calls seem to go directly to voice mail without the phone ringing. Is there any way to change this? I used to be able to receive calls while on the internet on my nokia.

  • which phone is better: samsung s8300 or lg arena?? plz help... :D

  • How good?... Does it go loud? and is the sound clear?

  • Natasha it costs about R6400 at vodacom... I want to upgrade to this phone or the SE W995... Both is really good. Oh yeah i also live in SA

  • hi there, can anybody tell me how much this phone costs in south african rands. thanx

  • just got this phone two days ago and my god, it's beautiful. it's perfect. the screen, the camera, the videos, everything. i don't mind the battery won't last long but for an amoled touchscreen and 500 mhz processor i think it's good. it's a brilliant phone, i'm so excited that i've bought it. it's way better than my old g900. good job Samsung.

  • can i get a upgrade of it with wifi?

  • how to set idle mode in phone

  • Yes, its touch screen, i left it for about a day and a half before the battery gave up

  • yes, i thought WinMo or android

  • Change the operating system? to what? WinMo??? Why would u even want change the OS. I dont't think its possible, on this or any phone for that matter.

  • 1- can any body tell me about the battery for how long it last before recharging in normal operation? 2- is it fast or slow in operatios? 3- how about the video and immage quality? 4- does it supporting arabic languag? 5- is the toutch screen is resist scraches?

  • is it possible to change Operating system on this phone please if anyone have such experinece, writte here thanks (i am sorry, but my english is bad)

  • the best ,8 mpx nice bom pra caralho

  • good

  • Hay there... Can anyone tell me how good the sound is when playing it on the phones speaker.... I really need your opinion guys... Or email me... [email protected] thanks

  • yes there are password option, which are you asking and many moore feature there are really it's very great mobile best regards, ms sarah please send your email address to me on my email address [email protected]

  • battery is really bad,it won't last for 2days on normal use and yes it hangs alot.first time i bought this phone,i immediately experienced the hang problem so they replcae me with a new unit after a month of waiting and still occasionaly it still hang.on positive side,picture is excellent as well as video though audio quality is not good when taken in a very noisy environment.

  • I questioned samsung about this and unfortunately the SOS feature is integrated into the phone. There is no way to deactivate or remove this feature from your mobile phone.

  • yes you can password protect ur pic music etc on this fone.. as for the loudness of the ringtone yes it can go to a very loud setting if needed"!

  • What software updates should I get for the phone to make it better/faster??

  • To turn off, hold down "call end" button

  • i want to ask about the voice of ring tone ... is it high or not ???

  • Hi can anybody tell me if this phone has the option to have your msgs, pics, etc password protected? As in when you press to go into the folder it comes up asking for a 4 digit passcode? Had a Samsung a while back that had this but not sure whether all Samsungs have the option? Thanks :o)

  • I get the same problem and i cant figure out how to turn it off. Does anyone kno how to turn it off if possible?

  • Got this phone about 3 month ago all i can say is this phone is great! + really nice design + Superb material + anti scratch screen + body (except the batery cover) + very superb OLED display, i only set it to level 1, and that's really2x enough for me + many widgets + GPS the bad are : - no wifi :( - batery..OemJe..only 2.5 days max without any activity..if i used it to browing, from 5 bar -> 1 bar only need 1 hour++ :( really dissapointed about the batery..

  • Got this phone a week ago unlocked ... updated the firmware today, and it is so much faster and responsive, fixed quite a few bugs as well, sometimes with a new product like computers etc. you have to be patient in the first few months and allow the manufacturer to update the software ... good phone

  • i think this is a wonderful phone,great features

  • I agree with Dilara, this phone is sh!t. i bought 1 week ago for my wife, since day 1, we face the same issue, u can hear the others, but they cannot hear u, and u have to restart the phone "What a shame". Also, the battery, i removed it from the charger in the morning before we go to work, in the night, we have to charge it again "Shame on u Samsung". Plus, lags in the menu, and the touch screen remind me with the first touch i hve used it in the past. And the camera, the coulors not really WoW as the Samsung was saying in their advertisment, and it is slow. No games, no applications, u have to pay for every single application. My votes for this phone, 5/10. I forgot, we pay $470 for this useless phone, and my wife doesnt want it anymore. hehe, i was palnning to get Omnia ll, forget it Samsung, im not going even to read about your products anymore. Regards.. Mansoor

  • Had this phone for a month now. Camera and video and mp3 are the standout features. The disappointing part is the battery and the standard speakers on the headset. Samsung why dont you get rid of the pause before ringtones start to ring its annoying. Texting is a nightmare and access through the interface is slow. Minor improvements would have made this phone an excellent choice but alas there are actually better phones on the market than this one eg. LG Arena etc.

  • what dose the gold ultra look like? anyone got one? if so.... dose it look better than the blue ? red? which is the nicest color? :)

  • you can either use New Samsung Studio which comes with the phone (back up contacts/copy movies/pics) or you can click and drag files/folders as per a normal usb stick. depends on your settings.

  • can the phone automatically upload pictures to blogger.com? can i add blogger.com into the list?

  • hello. just got a new phone, but i could not find the hold to plug in the ear phone??? pls help

  • i just tune down the keypad tone volume to zero. press the volume down key on main screen.

  • seems to be no way to download pics straight to computer. Need to download to web or pic share site and that means download time and dollars !!!

  • oh god... love this phone... jsut the only bad part is the no wi-fi... but its made up by the uba awesum camera =)

  • Why will there be a duplication of files when im using songs saved in memory card as ringtones. Is there a setting for using file from memory card without duplication?

  • can u tell me da step by step procedure of doing it plzzzzz??

  • I have just got this phone and so far so good but how do I stop the keypad tones, it is driving me mad beeping every time I touch the keypad or touchscreen?? I am a frequent texter and it is driving me mad....

  • when texting the phone will add (') it for you so you would type "arent" and the phone would auto choose "arn't" for you or keep pressing 0 till it comes up. also when texting if you tap and hold for 3 secsonds and then let go on the screen arrow keys will pop up.

  • This is by far THE worst phone I've ever tried.I got the brand new one and got negative feedback from all my callers. It had a major problem with it's major function "answering calls"; sometimes callers can't hear me at all, then after restarting the phone, they hear me. It happens after missed calls. Not to mentions the ridiculously low call voice and endless stories with software errors. I wouldn't advice anyone to buy this messy phone; it's look's deceiving!

  • that function is sometimes preset by your network provider regardless of wether you change it in the handset settings or not the best way is to put 141 in front of all the numbers you wish to hide your id from or if you wish to protect the imei number being sent out when you dial put #31# in front of the number,hope this helps

  • Hi, how do I hide my caller ID? I selected under Phone settings -> caller info -> hide, but when I call people it still shows my number!! Please help

  • Hi I just got this phone... I am a frequent texter and already frustrated because I can't figure out how to type words with an apostrophe such as "it's" "can't" "you're" etc without having to go into symbol mode then back out. Also not sure how to save words like this when asked to add the word? Please help! Very frustrating!

  • Any Mac users out there? I had a Sony Ericsson K770 and bought isync software from Nova media - superb! I got this Samsung Ultra when my Vod contract was renewed in May and am still waiting for software to hook my phone up with my life via isync - any ideas? I don't see how people use these phones without being able to link to their contacts/diaries (let alone downloading pic's). Any assistance appreciated (either that or we need to mount an army to face off against samsung for this slight to Mac users!).

  • you can use the secondary camera, just go into test mode where you can use this camera as a mirror or in test mode you can test your touch screen.

  • I've heard the battery life of this phone suckc!..... Eww!..... I had a lot of hopes on this phone wanned to buy it,but,i learned from a friend who bought the phone that the battery life is HORRIBLE!

  • It is a techy phone. touchscreen works fine. its what you get i bought mine only $205 - P9,850.

  • it has no secondary camera the secondary camera works only on video calls

  • wlan or wifi you can access internet free of charge of course if the wifi has no security code. usually some establishment will provide the code for the use of wlan.

  • check the auto lock or the auto backlight it maybe set for a few seconds it does not go off it just on auto mode to lock or the back light.

  • you have to close some application it will make the battery life last longer. just put it on stand mode whenever your not using it.

  • thanx bro, i have already seen it, its a great website

  • If you have this phone you should seriously check this site out. all the online help you can get regarding this phone.

  • What's the video quality like compared to the Pixon (12)?

  • hey plzz sum1 help me...wenever i open da video function for recording video..my phone gets off...it has to switch on agn....even if i try 2 open any video file...da fone switches of...wat shud i do???

  • samsung s8300 is a good phone. its battery backup is also good as compare to n95 8gb. its camera is too good in day and not bad in night.

  • Hi guys, as i said i bought the fone. There are two problems that i m facing, First is d poor battery life, and its in all s8300s so i dont care abt it, the solution is that i alaways plug in my phone to ma pc and it charges. Btw wen its totally empty it gets full in abt 20-30 minutes, so that is good. Now the other major problem that i am having is that when i want to see the pics that i have taken, and i click the play button from the camera scree, the fone hangs like shit. It doesnt go ahead until 2-3 minutes. So today im going to d service centre to check wats faulty. And does flashin my mobile, damage it or is it safe to do so.? Well most people say that this fone sucks , this and that buy i still love it a lot.

  • Phone is greate in all features, infact the most fantastic phone i have used (S8300). My last upto a week on regular talk tims. The trick is this-make sure u disable all vibration modes on the phone ie Ringtone, Feedback. Thank u Samsung for the Mobile Tracker security and personalize password protection tech.

  • Your comments are really honest and helpful. Thanks alot!

  • i have had this phone more than 4 months now (got it when first released overseas, i'm in Australia) everything on the phone is just perfect no lag, decent internet speed via 3g (i'm with vodafone), awesome pictures/video (you can really see how good the pics are when uploaded onto pc), google maps works perfect found my location in CBD within 3 minutes on a friday night. touch screen is responsive and bright as ever. really can't see any probs as described here besides battery life.

  • Does anyone know how to switch the 3G off?? I heard this uses more battery life.

  • Please dont buy this phone. I made a big mistake in opting for Samsung. Within a month i have problems with the mic and LCD. The company says they wont give a repalcement and i am making rounds to the service center.I heard there are many issues with the software also. This phone is useless and too costly.

  • Open your widget bar (the arrow on your left hand side of yor main screen) and drag it in2 the bar, hope u get it right

  • How is this phone compared with Omnia I? Design wise, I prefer the samsung ultratouch but I have read the reviews of this phone and apparently, it looks like the functions of the samsung ultratouch are a far cry from omnia especially the wi-fi function, audio capabilities (does it mean that a headset cannot be attached to the ultratouch?), and good touch sensitivity. Value wise, will the value of the ultratouch drop faster than the omnia or the other way?

  • Can anyone tell me how to get rid of "No Event" each time I turn the phone on?

  • when my phone is locked and i press any button, even the unlock one, it asks me whether i want to call sos. is it possible to turn this off

  • in my opinion...DON�T BUY THIS PHONE!!because a better one (in all specs!) being released now, and already on stores: the LG GD900!!!!!!!!

  • Does that mean i can just dial 2, and it will dial the person associated ?

  • just push it to the widgets bar..

  • Anyone know how i can get my speed dial to work ?

  • hi iam thinking of buying a new phone by reading this cooments iam thinking shall i get this phone or not as a i really like the phone but this phone seem to have a lots of problem specially the battery life which cant be sorted i believe.so shall i get it or not?

  • its an awesome phone,just the widgets are very irritating an cannot find a way to get it away

  • Hello guys, yesterday i finally bought the S8300 and experienced it, well the most expensive phone that i had used till now was an n95 8gb, so i might not know much abt high end phone, here is wat i experienced. First of all the boxing is shitty, the manual is even smaller than the one that comes with watches, lol.j/k. The AMOLED Capacity Touchscreen is just 100% awesome, no doubt abt it, the touch response is great. As far as lags are concerned, didnt face any. The camera is just tooooooo great for a mobile phone. ahahha, and especially the macro images, and the best of all part is the 120fps vid recording, its just a lot of fun. I have used a couple of xpress music phones too, but the sound quality of the s8300 with a headphone and 5.1 channel ON, is just better than every xpres music fone, imo. But i have to tell u that the built in speaker cannot match an xpress music's speaker. The slider feels solid and rapid. I havent faced the weak battery problem yet, but when charging it, its really fast. But the problem is that when u charging it, u cant hear music because the headphones are connected to the same jack. I will say that if you want to go for this fone, go for it, you wont regret it. But still after some days of use, i will post another reply and tell you more about it.

  • Thanks for your commment. Just in clarification - the phone will not always charge when charger is plugged in - this is the problem. So in addition to very poor battery life (needs charging every day) it can take numurous repeat attempts to get it to charge. I have been in touch with Samsung - they are not interested! The phone was 16 days old when I took it back - 2 days outside their warranty period... can you believe that in this day & age that such practice is legal or even deemed to be "good customer care"? I am sorry but whether I have a rogue phone or not....the issue remains that Samsung are clearly not a company to rely on! Good luck to everyone who has a good phone..... I hope you don't encounter a future problem whereby you might be expecting Samsung to help you, because it just won't happen!

  • you guys must really have dud phones, cos I have this fone for more than a month now & (thankfully) dont have any problems. for every one who complains about something im sure that there is 10 people who are happy. Many peeps complain about widgets that get stuck to the desktop. My screen is usually full of open widgets & they all go back into bar properly, are u sure u are doing it right :) Weak battery has been an issue from day one, so if u read the comments & still bought teh fone, dont complain. BTW, the battery charges when the charger is connected( if it doesnt charge when the charger is connected then the phone is faulty, take it back). Battery is not an issue for me cos its always plugged into my PC via USB. It does do an occasional reboot, but only whn in running too may things, like when I have too many pics on the memory card & I open Photo Browser ( im talking thousands of pics here-wallpapers, photos animated etc.) Its actually a really good phone & im very happy with my purchase. I had to decide between the S8300 & C905, & i will still choose the S8300 if i had to again. so there.

  • I got this phone yesterday, and was listening to the radio this morning but now there's a radio display on the home screen that will not go away! Can anybody help?

  • is it possible to downloads applications to the menu, like you can with the iphone?

  • Had this phone for 6 weeks now. Cannot keep it charged, the battery life is worse than dire. The phone constantly refuses to accept or recognise a charger, either mains or in-car. Can spend many minutes trying to repeatedly place charger in and out of phone to try and get it to charge. Sometimes the only way to get it to charge is to have it turned off. On other occasions the phone freezes with the screen going completely a bright yellow/green colour and refuses to either turn on or off. Can only cure problem by removing battery. Samsung refuse to accept that there is a problem with the phone. My recommendation: buy anything but Samsung!

  • I have had this phone for over a month now and though some of the features are great (camera & video) there are a lot of short falls. The main for me being texting, coming from a sony ericsson this phone is terrible for msging. If you insert a word into the dictionary generally that is the first word to come up when you type those letters which becomes extremely frustrating. Also the battery life is extremely poor lasting a day and a half at the most with minimal use. I am also disappointed at the lack of applications and widgets available. I am not sure if this is just my carrier (Telstra, Australia) or if this is a world wide problem. There is also an issue that i cannot use GPS because the software is not supported. All in all this phone has a few decent points but the bad points well out weigh any advantages.

  • nice phone, had it just over a month, and no problems.. Unlike older touch screens it needs to be actually touched by a finger.. Which after using phones like the HTC Titan makes it a HUGE improvement.

  • Hey when the phone is locked and idle. when i press a button a SOS Call option pops up in the middle of the screen does anyone know how to turn it off? or why its coming up?

  • It's easy, just change the time from PM to AM or vice versa..

  • It's so easy change the time from PM to AM or vice versa..

  • Battery needs to be charged at least once a day even with considerably low usage. The screen is quiet bright and will take alot of battery life. Not the phone to buy if you are outdoors for a number of days with no power source. Otherwise, a nice handset with lots of gadgets. Try an lg or sony ericsson, best battery life on the market.

  • I have this phone for about three weeks now and previously I had the tocco f480. I work in the mobile phone industry and know exactly what I'm taking about. The pro's of this handset are obvious, 8 mp camera, optional keypad for texting, nice video capture 30fps, really handy drag and drop widgets, really bright screen ( ideal for movies), mine came with a 1 gb but potentially will change to 8gb The downfall: Phone battery life has left me lost for works. It's dire. Texting can be a little difficult as when you are using the t9 with touch you can ony see one line of text at a time. Keypay is uncomfortable for use with text also. no wi-fi? In comparison to the tocco and the toco lite I do consider that this phone would be the more difficult to use. Although it has a handful more features, I'd recommend a tocco or tocco lite to text lovers. Alternatively the nokia 5800 is a very promising handset. Not as stylish but very user friendly and cheaper with most networks.

  • Erm, im getting a new phone soon , so im asking, is the battery power good in this phone? My sister uses samsung and so does some of my frens, but they said the phone has to be charged on a daily basis also, the touch screen can be rather dodgy at times. anyone can give me some opinion on this 2 problems?

  • hey everyone i just bought this phone for 530$ and here they said it is 359$ so please correct your information plz it is not so nice o.k please keep updated on every phone and its price

  • wats the WLAN does?

  • NO WLAN????... what a bummer!!!!.... the look is pretty awesome with a good feel in the hands,, features is great but wifi is an essential for a phone for me, at least...

  • i immediately fell in love w/ the phone when i saw it but when i realized there's no WLAN, i changed my mind about buying it.

  • Why is it that this phone model blue color is hard to come by. Most online stores are selling red model.

  • Hi Can anybody give me any clues as to how to synchronise the phone properly? I am trying to transfer a phonebook that I had saved as a CSL file from my previous Samsung G800. It says it is connected. And also imports the phonebook properly. But when it comes to moving the phonebook to the phone. It doesn't appear. I'm sure i'm just imssing a simple step somewhere. Please help. Cheers Mark

  • Thanks a lot for the reply! It really helped me! One more thing, is it true that this samsung s8300 freezes alot? Thank you and more power!

  • This phone is not worth buying unless you are willing to charge it every day, because it does not last you a whole day. The battery life of 880 mah is not strong enough to carry you for the whole day & samsung have not been helpfull or been able to solve this problem. After all the main heart of a mobile phone is a strong battery, to check out more problems go to Samsung Mobile forums, I hope this helps you.

  • I have the same problem ! The date widget says that it is tuesday 22 july 2009, but that is not coreect: it is wednesday 22 july 2009 ! Can anyone help me with this problem ?

  • unfortunately!

  • you can also turn the brightness down, to save battery. but all in honesty why get this phone than if you do that. better to buy a extra battery or put up with it and charge it everynight.

  • can anyone tell how to turn off screensaver on idle mode, i think this also consumes battery life. thanks.

  • I really need some help! If this phone is worth buying! I'm planning to buy a phone. Is this phone worth buying? any suggestion on what phone to buy? Please HELP!

  • your taking the piss NOO WLAN ???

  • how to switch on the secondary camera

  • in malaysia it cost rm1899

  • i have thts phone this phone realy bustud

  • go to camera mode settings (bottom left in camera mode) page 3 (touch on) touch ok

  • while in idle mode touch volume keys, i'll also suggest turning vibation feed back off (down to 0) aswell if you want to save battery.

  • Pl anyone tell me how to turn off touch tone.. It shortage the batt life. Thanks

  • wtf man no WLAN :@

  • Found it, sorry! I had the phone stuck on Italian language ... BY the way, how do I make disapear the media player from the main display(walpaper)? Thanks

  • how do I enter the settings folder? I cannot see it anywhere!!!

  • heWo, can url tell me if the pHoneZz mxit works well, or if texting is any gOod? Tnx :)

  • i cant find wdr in camera settings..wer is it?

  • i cant find wrd in camera settings...can u tell me wer is it exactly?

  • i cant find wrd in camera settings...can u tell me wers it exactly?

  • thank you for your answer,can you give me some website address where i can find things(software,games) for s8300?

  • All samsung phones are having same problem. Anyway, if you want to take clearer pic just turn on WDR from camera setting....

  • how do i take clearer picture with s8300?sometimes the picture gets really washed up if my hands moves a little bit at the time of taking picture.do i have to change some setting?

  • I am using this since 4 months...I suggest u to keep a standby battery with u....battery life really sucks for excessive use....otherwise its greattttt. Good luck.

  • U must have psychiatric treatment, frnd!!!!

  • Can't really comment on the Jet as not had any in stock where I work just yet. All I'll say about this phone is I haven't had any come back yet since its release...... From hands on experience, defo 1 of the best camera phones on the market and ignore fools who say stupid things like the megapixel 'is more like 2mp'. Test out any 2mp phone next to this and there's no comparison. FACT. Some people are just haters....

  • I get the same problem sometimes, just switch the phone off & on again & its fine. I think maybe its set on smile shutter? & if u takin a photo without any people then it does not work???

  • Hi can anyone help? When I try and take a picture a message comes up with 'try again'. It was okay yesterday and I haven't changed any settings. Can anyone tell me what I need to do. Thank you.

  • Can anyone help?? After taking a picture a message comes up with try again and the picture won't save. It was okay yesterday and I haven't changed any settings. Does anyone know what I need to do. Thank you.

  • this phone ultra touch not really clear picture like 8mp, i think it's only 2mp

  • hi, i can't see more then one number for each contact in the phone's memory which i can in the sim card. pls. advice. thank's, gabby

  • mr manager, u got urself a defective fone.. am a wholesale distributor of fones myself and my ultra touch works just fine and it looks handsome. but if i need speed in txting i always have my warrior fone my old trusty though rusty nokia n70. remember there isno perfect fone in this world..

  • get the ultra touch.. jusat one look and your friends will know you are way ahead of them in class..it's solid and beautifully made.. and the keypad is a plus. though it sometimes freezes and the batt life is really not that long, it wont bother you really.. sony erickson is shit... nokia are full of bugs and always feel cheap...

  • got this phone yesterday and cannot get on with the touch screen at all is there anyway of adjusting the sensitivity on it? thanks

  • thsi phone is awsome.the head phones are loud as hell.and the 5.1 thing is just great and the camera is still the fastest in 8mp serieses.the touch screen is really responsive and the sound also loud in loudspeaker(not like 6500 slide which is much louder) and it has 500mhz.the one thing i dont like is the battery.only stayes for 2 days if you dont use it and if you do use it,its gonna be dead in 1 day.and i am really satisfied with the phone.my next phone will going to be a windows phone.

  • I bought the samsung yesterday and im happy with him It's a very good gsm TO connect to gps you can use the normal internet connection I must just try the divX player Sorry for rmy bad english i'm italian xD

  • I had 3 Nokia N86s in 5 days so its full of bugs like the N97,the buttons on the N86 are very small indeed,the menu button an the centre cursor are o.k,the Ultra might be alot better to buy but the batterylife will make you think,thats why i come to read the reviews on gsmarea to see if the Ultras worth purchasing but the batterylife is making me think wether to buy it or not

  • what the price of S8300 in malaysia huh? any one can answer me please

  • plz anyone help me and tell me that talk time of samsung s8300, also tell me about its themes my mobile number is (0092)3446661626

  • hey guys i've used many phones.. have not been so satisfied with any of those... slide superb touchscreen awesome with gesture lock! and camera is reaaly good. face detection and smile detection works perfect... 5.1 channel for music player a big plus point for this mobile. only dis advantage i find is the battery life i'm able to use it only for one day... if u really looking for a multimedia phone with everything in it i wud recommend u this phone. ultra touch rockz!