Design
If you have the Samsung Jet, or if you've read my review of the Samsung jet mobile phone, then there's really not much to say about the design. Physically, the Samsung Omnia II and the Samsung Jet sports the same physical appearance though the former has a bigger screen size at 3.7 inches. Samsung dissed the optical mouse button for a center menu button and the call and end button flanks the menu button on either side. You can find the volume control on the left side, there's a 3.5mm headset jack on top, the camera button on the other side, and the dedicated “cube” button on top of the camera button. I'm personally glad that Samsung decided to finally put an on board 3.5mm headset jack on their newer mobile phones.
If you have the Samsung Jet, or if you've read my review of the Samsung jet mobile phone, then there's really not much to say about the design. Physically, the Samsung Omnia II and the Samsung Jet sports the same physical appearance though the former has a bigger screen size at 3.7 inches. Samsung dissed the optical mouse button for a center menu button and the call and end button flanks the menu button on either side. You can find the volume control on the left side, there's a 3.5mm headset jack on top, the camera button on the other side, and the dedicated “cube” button on top of the camera button. I'm personally glad that Samsung decided to finally put an on board 3.5mm headset jack on their newer mobile phones.
User Interface and Screen responsiveness
TouchWiz 2.0 is VERY pretty. It did a good job of covering up the old WinMo interface. So, do I like the new interface? I'm a bit torn actually. On one hand, everything is more touch optimized that's why Samsung didn't feel the need to include a stylus, on the other hand, I get a bit lost sometimes. The Samsung Omnia 2 has an 800Mhz processor compared to the 600 MHz of the i900. The kinetic scrolling is actually pretty fast, faster than the new generation Samsung Omnias out in the market. On the other hand, I don't know if it's WinMo or Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 but there's a lag when opening some programs. Also, the screen is not as responsive when tapping to open some programs. I sometimes have to tap programs twice in order to get them to open up.
TouchWiz 2.0 is VERY pretty. It did a good job of covering up the old WinMo interface. So, do I like the new interface? I'm a bit torn actually. On one hand, everything is more touch optimized that's why Samsung didn't feel the need to include a stylus, on the other hand, I get a bit lost sometimes. The Samsung Omnia 2 has an 800Mhz processor compared to the 600 MHz of the i900. The kinetic scrolling is actually pretty fast, faster than the new generation Samsung Omnias out in the market. On the other hand, I don't know if it's WinMo or Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 but there's a lag when opening some programs. Also, the screen is not as responsive when tapping to open some programs. I sometimes have to tap programs twice in order to get them to open up.
Multimedia and applications
The Samsung Omnia 2 has large 3.7 inch AMOLED screen. Like every AMOLED phones that Samsung has, the screen produces vibrant images. The Omnia II can play DiVx videos outright and on the sample diVx video that I brought along (CSI episode 356MB file), the phone was able to play it without a hitch and watching videos on it is just great.
Audio quality through the speakers is okay, but using headphones or stereo bluetooth and the audio is awesome.
The picture browser is a bit different. As you can see in the picture, there's an inverted T interface. Your pictures are grouped by folders/albums. Samsung's picture browser is a bit slow rendering the pictures.
The Samsung Omnia 2 has large 3.7 inch AMOLED screen. Like every AMOLED phones that Samsung has, the screen produces vibrant images. The Omnia II can play DiVx videos outright and on the sample diVx video that I brought along (CSI episode 356MB file), the phone was able to play it without a hitch and watching videos on it is just great.
Audio quality through the speakers is okay, but using headphones or stereo bluetooth and the audio is awesome.
The picture browser is a bit different. As you can see in the picture, there's an inverted T interface. Your pictures are grouped by folders/albums. Samsung's picture browser is a bit slow rendering the pictures.
Camera
I'm actually disappointed with the camera. I was hoping Samsung would up the resolution on the Omnia II to 8 megapixels but sadly, it's still 5 megapixels. The camera application is almost the same with the i900 except that you have to tap the screen in order to bring up the camera options menu
I'm actually disappointed with the camera. I was hoping Samsung would up the resolution on the Omnia II to 8 megapixels but sadly, it's still 5 megapixels. The camera application is almost the same with the i900 except that you have to tap the screen in order to bring up the camera options menu
Connectivity, GPS, Web Browser, Battery Life
The GPS application is able to lock in on satellite signals very fast. The Omnia II also has WiFi and the WiFi application is similar to the WiFi application found on the Jet. Using the application, it's very easy to open up the WiFi and connect to WiFi networks.
The Web Browser is still the Opera browser. The browser is fast in rendering pages compared with the Opera on my old WinMo. Of course, YouTube on the browser is still non-existent as the streaming player is called up whenever you try to open videos.
The GPS application is able to lock in on satellite signals very fast. The Omnia II also has WiFi and the WiFi application is similar to the WiFi application found on the Jet. Using the application, it's very easy to open up the WiFi and connect to WiFi networks.
The Web Browser is still the Opera browser. The browser is fast in rendering pages compared with the Opera on my old WinMo. Of course, YouTube on the browser is still non-existent as the streaming player is called up whenever you try to open videos.
specifications
Platform
- Band
GSM&EDGE Band Quad Band (850 / 900 / 1,800 / 1,900)
3G Band 900 / 1,900 / 2,100
- Network & Data
GPRS GPRS Class 12
EDGE EDGE Class
3G HSUPA, HSDPA
- Operation System Windows Mobile PPC 6.1 (6.5 updateable)
- Browser Pocket Internet Explorer, Opera 9.5
- JAVA™ JAVA™ MIDP 2.1
- Weight 129g
- Dimension (HxWxD) 118.0 x 59.6 x 12.3mm
Display
- Technology 65K Colour AMOLED Screen
- Resolution WVGA (480 x 800)
- Size 3.7"
- Talk time Up to 12 hours (2G) / Up to 8 hours (3G)
- Standby Up to 430 hours (2G) / Up to 430 hours (3G)
Camera
- Camera Resolution 5.0 Megapixel
- Digital / Optical Zoom Digital Zoom: 4x
- Auto Focus
- Flash Dual Power LED flash
Video
- Video player Video Player (DixX / XviD / MPEG4 / H.263 / H.264 / WMV)
Music & Sound
- Music Player (MP3 / AAC / AAC + / eAAC + / WMA / WAV / MMF / Real)
- DRM WMDRM, OMA DRM 1.0 / 2.0, DivX DRM
Fun & Entertainment
- Embedded JAVA™ Games No
- Mobile TV No
- PodCasting Yes
- FM Radio Yes
- FM Radio Recoding Yes
Connectivity
- Bluetooth Yes
- USB USB 2.0
- WAP Yes
- Internet HTML Browser Yes
- WiFi Yes
- AGPS Yes
- TV-Output Yes
- NFC No
Memory
- User Memory 2GB / 8GB / 16GB User Memory
- External Memory External Memory (microSD)
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