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UK getting Samsung I7500 Galaxy through O2 network exclusively

03 September, 2009 | Read the news | Post your comment
UK getting Samsung I7500 Galaxy through O2 network exclusively - read the full textO2 seems to have an exclusive deal for the Samsung Galaxy for pretty much all their networks and they already sell the device - at least in Germany, as far as we know. But a today's announcement revealed that the first Android smartphone by Samsung is already on sale though O2 stores and the O2...

 

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htc hero although missing a flash is better finished device

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  • 2009-09-08 21:44
  • 32Lr

what the hell is t-mobile USA doing the need to pull there head out of there ass and market this bad boy

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  • 2009-09-06 02:35
  • 9xX@

£45 per month to get the phone for free, are O2 totally insane ? Good luck on getting a large uptake at that pricepoint.

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  • 2009-09-04 15:30
  • p7IJ

> In reply to Lucy @ 2009-09-04 13:45 from 0RHH - click to readTreating customers as beta testers seem to be the norm these days, huh?

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  • 2009-09-04 15:26
  • P@cs

I received my Galaxy late last night and was really excited - I've been waiting to get one since it was first announced back in April or whenever it was. I spent ages charging it and guess what? The screen is faulty! There's an entire line of pixels that just glow red (is this flimmering as mentioned previously?) So I have to send it back. Won't get a replacement til the end of next week apparently. However, I have tried it out as much as I can without downloading anything and I have several points:

- The camera has no zoom or any features such as white balance etc (may be Android specific?)
- The video quality is really quite bad, but I suppose at least it has video recording capabilities
- It sometimes doesn't register when you press something, especially when trying to select the widgets on the home screen
- The home screen button is really springy so when you pick the phone up you can feel it vibrate
- The back cover feels like it's going to break whenever you take it off

However, it does have one of the best screens I've ever come across.

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  • 2009-09-04 13:45
  • 0RHH

Y not In Asia?

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  • 2009-09-04 11:48
  • uWE7

11th, yesssssssssssssssssssssssss!

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  • 2009-09-04 11:03
  • 9xmX

I hear that all the android phone have a propietary camera interface, is that true? What i mean, i hear it doesnt allow phone makers to put in the features they want into the camera while you are taking the shot, i just want to clearify.

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  • 2009-09-03 21:56
  • qp45

I sure hope Samsung is still working on performance and bugs, because the Galaxy has many issues, apart from Android specific ones.

For example:

# NO 16,1 Million-Colour-Support
# Galaxys AMOLED-Screen has flimmering/statics
# Battery-Life unpredictable and low
# Tethering not working reliably
# Camera picture quality/speed below par
# 3.5mm Jack loose
# Music has no bass +too quiet on some headphones
# Sluggish GUI experience
# keyboard can't handle two thumb-input-accidents



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  • 2009-09-03 20:24
  • 3%aK

What was samsung thinking when put 128 mb of ram? come ooon give us 256 mb of ram

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  • 2009-09-03 18:16
  • LJDc

This is too bad, I hate these exclusive deals. O2 is charging double what other networks charge for a HTC Android phone per month with the phone free - £44. And for the usual amount of £25 per month that gets you an awesome HTC Hero from other networks, you have to pay in £200 for the phone.

I ain't even going near you O2!

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  • 2009-09-03 16:00
  • 32Q{

5th.

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  • 2009-09-03 15:20
  • kDSf

LoL, this phone has been selling in croatia's tele2 for three weeks now. :p

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  • 2009-09-03 15:03
  • 3qG1

now O2 uk have Iphone and now this... i like this handset

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  • 2009-09-03 14:51
  • SbDP

first

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  • 2009-09-03 14:39
  • muym

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