Samsung S8000 Jet - user opinions and reviews

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> In reply to tkey @ 2009-10-13 18:57 from UGj9 - click to readmine did the same for the first 2 - 3 charges. now it lasts for 3-4 days with moderate use.

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  • 2009-10-14 12:41
  • i2IA
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does it have a stylus?

or how gonna we write sms?

my thumb is fat..looool

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  • 2009-10-14 07:54
  • fuZH
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How much RAM is there? is it 256 or 128? please mention the RAM in the Specification

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  • 2009-10-14 07:03
  • jW$K
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I was an iphone lover but now I acctualy like the jet better the. To me only thing the jet loses out to the iphone is the internet browser and that is by a small margin

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  • 2009-10-14 02:52
  • PAQy
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> In reply to naomi @ 2009-10-13 09:50 from vxin - click to readthe third pic shows samsung star and the jet and the Iphone 3gs ... is it possible u don'y know how the I phone 3gs look like ?
the 4 th pic shows samsung star and the jet and lg arena
jet is better than arena and star but ofcourse not the I phone 3gs and by the way I phone 3gs is far expensive that than jet .

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  • 2009-10-13 21:20
  • fvVn
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hey i wld like to kw is the camera and music good.

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  • 2009-10-13 20:04
  • 2@Xj
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how do you all save battery life because my jet can't even last for 2 days. does the battery having problem. but i did not use any application like wifi for too long and it just no battery over one night.

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  • 2009-10-13 18:57
  • UGj9
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> In reply to BRAD @ 2009-10-13 12:27 from M%ju - click to readYou said it rigth. Could not have said it bettter myself. An overall good NON Smartphone device like many others out there.

Lots of features but nothing extraordinary. Nothing to be proud about.

I would definetely not pay either more than 50 Euro to buy a phone that is not a smartphone.

And because I here a lot of people here saying that not everyone needs a smartphone, let me as you this then:

Would anyone here pay even 100 euros to buy a laptop which you can not download any applications and software to it? EVEN if you dont currently need, or think you dont need, applications and software. NO.

Biggest Cons:
1. No applications. A billion applications out there but none for the Jet
2. The OS is not inuitive or user friendly EVEN for the above average user
3. The touchscreen experience could be better. Not as good as the Iphone
4. Poor batter time
5. The cube is stupid to the cube

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  • 2009-10-13 15:29
  • mjkP
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Highly overrated mobile. Samsung claims it to be "smarter then a smartphone" ... ooooooh myyyyy god.

Let's start with the things that are great :
- Great display - would be disappointed if it wasn't
- Great camera
- 2GB internal - 16GB extra
- 800Mhz CPU

As Samsung claims to be smarter then a smartphone ... In this categary one can have crap or ... a Jet S8000.
Smartphone is all about ease of managing your contacts, your calender, installed apps, ... to name a few.
My biggest frustrations
CONTACTS :
- Unable to sync the contact grouping, set up in the PC Studio, to Samsung.
- Can add multiple numbers to a contact but only if I'm contacted with the number listed first, I can see the contact name. In all other cases I only see a tel. number.
-Contact memo. For business this is perfect to add some profile data. Disadvantage only 100Chars long. just enough to describe someones family hobbies.
- Not all contact fields can be used.

CALENDER
-20+ possible calender categories but with the Samsung Jet S8000 you are only able to select 1, Appointment. When "hacking" the export VCS file, you're able to use a different types. Bottom linbe, one has to organize his agenda with "appointments".

- Appointment entry
Title : 15 Char
Place : 15 Char
Content : 100 Char
AllDay or Holiday checkboxes don't work
2GB, if extended 16GB, of storage and I can't even enter a meeting agenda!?

SYNCING
Fot this Active sync is used. OK I can live with that but .. It needs to be on a server!? As if my boss is going to install active sync on a mail server just to for me. And then MS Exhange... there are more mailing solutions then MS Exchange. It would have been great if one could choose between the top 2-3, but no, not possible.

PC STUDIO
- Old formats are being used when exporting them to e.g. VCF format. Very difficult to keep agenda's (mobile & MSOffice) aligned.
- No EU regional settings (e.g. AM-PM notation) which makes is frustrating when entering a schedule.

SUPPORT
nihil. If it is not their now, forget it that it will ever come.

BOTTOMLINE
Nice mobile with nice display as there are 10's of them but I wouldn't pay no more then €100 for it.

Samsung knows how to make nice screens but in regards to software, userfriendliness, knowing how their market 'ticks', ... at least they could copy now some stuff from the iPhone/Nokia/SonyEriccson.

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  • 2009-10-13 12:27
  • M%ju
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> In reply to naomi @ 2009-10-13 09:50 from vxin - click to readthe 3rd picture looks like a tocco lite aka Samsung S5230 Star and the iphone

Then 4th picture looks like same thing tocco lite and the LG arena.

If someone can correct me thats fine.

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  • 2009-10-13 11:23
  • 3Jby
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who among you know the unit of the cellphone beside the jet on it's pictures??? the third one, (the one without brand name) dying to know the unit... please if you know kindly post it...

highly appreciated if answered....

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  • 2009-10-13 09:50
  • vxin
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What's the difference between S8000 and S8003 ?
And some websites wrote the internal memory is 2GB while some write it's 8GB :S It's different ?

& some websites even wrote (internal memory)
2GB/8GB/16GB integrated memory. Meaning ??

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  • 2009-10-13 08:21
  • vjuA
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what video format does samsung jet supported.???
thanx
and also how to configure my GPS settings

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  • 2009-10-13 07:42
  • tWiH
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can someone please tell me where to download applications to this phone. i had hard time browsing the internet searching for some applications and games.

and also, is it compatible with .avi video format??
and how can i register my divX..

thanks a lot.

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  • 2009-10-13 06:36
  • tWiC
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Guys,

Are you using the original pouch case? I'm looking for a better quality slim leader type pouch. You guys know any for recommendation? Thanks

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  • 2009-10-13 05:36
  • Iaa0
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my jet battery life lasting about 3 days. playing music and others. mine is S8003

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  • 2009-10-13 05:14
  • PS6t
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Hi everyone, I've read lots on here about the battery life, some people saying fine, some not so good. My Jet is not lasting so well. I gave it about an 10 hour first charge and then had to use it. Put it back on charge almost right away, had to give it lots of tops ups since. Only had it 3 days, hardly used it and still it's losing so much battery life even after overnight charges, tops ups during the day etc. There's no apps running in the background. No vibe on. This morn it was fully charged, made 2 short calls of around 5 mins each and sent about 5 texts. It used up 3 bars of batt life almsot right away. Not impressed. Just switched from the 'auto' network setting so hoping that will help. Very frustrating!! Wondering if I should try to get a replacement battery from Samsung if it could be a bad one, or if I ruined it by only doing a 10 hour first charge, any thoughts? Thanks.

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  • 2009-10-13 00:10
  • 3HbM
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> In reply to Terminator @ 2009-10-08 09:16 from 0kG7 - click to readCan't you type single hand for sms?

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  • 2009-10-13 00:10
  • Mfy1
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thanks...

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  • 2009-10-12 22:50
  • t7E7
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> In reply to andre @ 2009-10-12 20:37 from tD5e - click to readSamsung jet is best to buy at present.

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  • 2009-10-12 22:47
  • PTn6
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