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Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH review: Touch, slide, shoot

28 April 2009 | Read the review | Post your comment
Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH review: Touch, slide, shoot - read the full textSamsung S8300 UltraTOUCH, otherwise dubbed as the Tocco Ultra edition, joins in on the bandwagon of full touch handsets that occupy the whole upper range of the market quite successfully. Nothing...

 

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so just reading a few of these the comments on texting arnt good. I send alot of texts, and want something simple.. do you guys not reccommend this for me?

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  • 2009-11-16 05:33
  • UFEL

> In reply to charlie @ 2009-08-24 16:29 from v0XHei man i read your comment i really didn't understand what you are trying to point out coz your words are redundant... also you cannot buy a battery on a service center you can go and buy it on shops.. you can check it out on sm megamall or greenhills its common sense... service centers are for "servicing" damaged units or problematic units not for selling... also if your gonna comment make sure to make it clear and comment on the phone pros and cons...

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  • 2009-09-20 10:04
  • iDxX

Had this phone since May, and I'm thinking of buying a HTC Magic outright, or something message friendly. I message a fair bit, and this phone is annoying when it comes to messaging. Lack of navigational keys really is bothersome. As people have said, it takes forever to move the cursor to where you want.
You can edit words by pressing the "0" (zero) key if you can get your cursor in the middle or right next to a word - took me a while to work this out.
Battery life is a bit poor, but it doesn't bother me, neither does the lack of a 3.3 mm jack. What is annoying, is I can't find a charger (car or otherwise) so I can have a second one at work just in case. Screen is great as is the camera. The slide out keypad can be useful - the fact that it lights up at certain times of the day (PM) also doesn't worry me.
Find Music (Track ID) is great. Since having a Sony Ericsson it's a must on any phone for me. Radio is also great - I want to say it's digital, but maybe it's not - it does have similar features in that when listening to the radio, it displays what song is on.
Widgets are Ok, but another annoying thing is you can't lock them to your home screen, so at times when you are trying to scroll your screen down to get to a widget you have put else where, it might move one instead. Also, the widget sidebar opens up when you touch the home screen - kinda annoying and would be better if it opened up when you touched the tab.
Browsing the net - at the moment, every page is in French, even though all the settings are set to English. In the process of having this fixed as it is still under warranty.
If messaging were a little easier to do, it would be a great phone.
Hope this helps someone!

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  • 2009-09-15 09:42
  • PTQL

the phone's good but the battery's performance is not that good because i only txt for about 40 txt maximum yet 3 bars from the battery level gets down?how come when i use this phone on calls?i went to one of your shop at sm san fernando pampanga here in the philippines,how come that i asked the store clerk and asked if there's an available battery in that store, how come yhat they answered "no available"and the store is also named "service center"?no accessories available for the said phone,that saddens me,i'ved always been a nokia user but i,ved tried this brand because i hear good comments.please improve your services so costumers like me can recommend this brand to all of my friends,co drivers,and loved ones also.thank you

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  • 2009-08-24 16:29
  • v0XH

I have this phone and I can honestly say that the only problems I have with the phone are that the battery is quite bad (granted I didn't charge it for 16 hours like I was supposed to when I first got it) I hate that I can't change the screen saver and I could REALLY do with a cancel button. Otherwise it is, in my honest opinion, the best phone I have ever come across.

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  • 2009-08-05 23:23
  • Nxsf

> In reply to Wolv3rine @ 2009-06-14 14:31 from mqqHi got a game when i try play it a java screen appears then says not enough memory can i fix this??

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  • 2009-07-24 13:42
  • vCZC

> In reply to Wolv3rine @ 2009-06-14 14:31 from mqqHcan you change the message tone to mp3 tones?

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  • 2009-07-07 11:13
  • Nh2J

> In reply to Zee @ 2009-05-19 18:24 from M4{Pzee,

pls pls can u tell me how to off the 3G?? i have search for it for such a long time.. my bluetooth is always in off mode unless i need to transfer data, and i need to charge my batt almost every 1.5 days.. really....irritating..

Thanks in advance!!

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  • 2009-07-01 17:41
  • uH$E

i have mine for almost a week already and had the firmware update to the latest one.but the questions are
1.I have lost the original circus theme tones and charming intro.can i get those back? HELP!
2.Since i updated it the speaker start hissing at the first time the speaker rings. like sss and end with sss tu.do you have this problem too? i go to the samsung centre already and they said it is normal and nothing's wrong with it.HELP!

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  • 2009-06-26 13:25
  • wr91

> In reply to Wolv3rine @ 2009-06-14 14:31 from mqqHHi there.. I was wondering if this is a better option rather than the m8800 pixon? and if the response time is really slow? please help me with this as im getting an upgrade and dont want to be stuck with rubbish for the 20 month period.. thanks in advance:)

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  • 2009-06-20 21:01
  • fuHP

Hi,
Are you able to block incoming text messages on this phone?
Thanks

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  • 2009-06-18 10:09
  • TqMG

Have had this phone 2 months or so, i originally had the Se C905 which was dreadful...

any way ive had no problems at all.. the main downside is its a bit slow when typing text messages.. i could write half a page and sit and wait for it to catch up with me...

this is onli drawback to the phone ive found... others have had issues with not being able to edit a word youve typed towards the top of a text say... :S ive had no issues wat so ever... camera is spot on ive taken pics of something on the tv ive wanted some1 else to see (gaming) and the quality is brilliant... battery life is terrible im charging mine daily which isnt too much of a problem for me but just really annoying...

If any one has any questions gimme a shout

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  • 2009-06-14 14:31
  • mqqH

wwould you rather get this phone or the ...
htc diamond 2 ?

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  • 2009-06-10 02:52
  • IxqE

Looks really nice. Where can I get the blue one?
Is it available at all?

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  • 2009-06-07 23:44
  • 0EaF

I loved this phone and all the problems are solvable... just read the manual provided...its agreat phone ....

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  • 2009-06-04 18:32
  • uBZ5

why is the interface always so slow scrolling trough pictures is so slow, i want it to be smooth as the iphone, camera quality is the best i ever seen on a phone, no arrow to go through ur txt very ennoying , battery life very very bad, u pay so much for all this errors not worth it, no samsung for me anymore

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  • 2009-06-04 14:01
  • 3aB4

its ennoying when u txt and u write something wrong u cannot go back to that word without tapping 500 times on the screen they should put navigation key on screen like the other samsung touchscreen phones, when u click on the word it doesnt go there please we need a firmware update

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  • 2009-06-04 13:55
  • 3aB4

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-05-20 21:17 from fuHPYou can use an MP3 file to set as your ringtone...

but here's the weird thing with any ringtone, whether it's the manufacturer one or your mp3... when your phone rings the volume defaults to 1/8 for about 1 second, then it rings to the setting which you have put it at. For e.g. out and about I have set the highest volume possible on the phone which is 8/8. When someone rings me, the first second of the ringtone rings at 1/8 th of the volume and then rings at the volume I had set it at.

I thought I had incorrectly set the ringing style i.e. ascending ringtone but apparently Samsung say this is a feature.... lmao!

Another point I would like to make about the texting interface. It's not great. You don't have an arrow cursor to go back a few words if you realise you have made a spelling mistake. But then when you try and click on the screen for the cursor to move you back to the word you want to rectify, it doesn't happen!! It goes somewhere else.

Another gripe with the text messaging is that if you use the T9 dictionary. I mean most of us do. But this is so silly, you would think Samsung wouldn't have this problem after so many years of making mobile phones... but anyway.

Let's for instance take the word 'might' and 'night'. You would type those words using the S8300 touchscreen right. So then let's say you want to Then if you want to add a punctuation mark after the word 'night' to say something like '?' or even a fullstop. Once you put the punctuation mark, the word defaults back to the original 1st option of the entry i.e. the word 'might?' instead of 'night?'.

This is an absolute nightmare when you are trying to compose somethign quickly. There are ways around it, but it is loooooong!! This happens with all the phones btw, not just mine. Check the Samsung support forums for yourself!

The manufacturer is exchanging my mobile phone because there is a fault with my outlook synchronisation but I will sell it on ebay when it comes back. Luckily I can revert back to my old phone which was a Sony Ericsson W890i... and to be honest I forgot how easy texting should be and was on the sony rather than the Samsung.

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  • 2009-05-21 10:40
  • M4{P

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-05-20 21:17 from fuHPI have the phone I don't seem to have any problems with it the only thing it does not have wifi but I still connect to thr net and it's still quick and smooth watching movies on it is awesome 5.1 Surround with earphones will blow your ears if you watch a 5.1 chan movie.
Just the GPS is not so good but you can download a Tom tom software to it it's, u can she move the phone left and right to change songs or piks.
Thats all the info I can give you about the phone

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  • 2009-05-21 00:50
  • u3xj

I am thinking of getting this phone (samsung s8300), but am having doubts. Please help!!!
Is this phone worth getting as iv read a few reviews and they arent great...
Can someone please tell me if there is an option of using a song as a message tone (MP3). I really need that as i never hear my message tone with the default tones that they have.

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  • 2009-05-20 21:17
  • fuHP
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