Samsung Jet GT-S8000 Expert Reviews

Samsung claims that its new S8000 Jet flagship feature phone is "smarter than a smartphone." Well, it certainly does a lot, and we give it a good testing in this in-depth review, complete with video of the new TouchWiz 2.0 user interface.

The Samsung S8000 Jet is a very desireable phone.

It's a smartphone-eat-smartphone world and touchscreen multimedia gadgets are the elite squad. But non-smart devices want a piece of the action too, so all sides in this entertaining campaign...

The Samsung S8000 is not a smartphone alright, but it sure has jet-set kind of talent. Multimedia is definitely its game with a 5 megapixel shooter, cool music player and D1 video recording. The best thing though is that the Jet lives up to its name ...

Samsung presents a new touchscreen mobile phone, the Jet (S8000). Powered by a 800MHz application processor, the Jet runs the TouchWiz 2.0 UI. It has 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen and a 5 Megapixel auto...

Samsung are one of only a small number of mobile phone manufacturers who produce their own processors. In this case, Samsung say that inside the Jet is an 800 MHz Application Processor, which is probably some sort of ARM device. Samsung say that the ...

Leaked specs of Samsung's first Android phone look promising, especially compared with HTC's upcoming G2 "Magic" which is basically just a prettier G1 without a physical keyboard. Samsung's first foray into the Android world packs a 3D user interface, ...

In this preview we are going to introduce the Samsung Jet S8000 to you. It sports a 3.1-inch AMOLED display with WVGA resolution, 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and DivX/Xvid support. In other ......

Well, it´s clear you need a proper browser to get better and easier access to the Internet. The Samsung Jet S8000 delivers one, along with high speed 3G and Wi-Fi support

Samsung's high-performance Jet takes flight to prove itself smarter than a smartphone

Attractive / Fast / Great screen / Loads of features

Gimmicky Cube 3D interface / Occasionally clunky touch UI

And that's a shame, because Samsung phones are genuinely very good. So much so that it's almost a problem, as each handset seems to be fighting for air against its own stable-mates

Terrific screen and nicely intuitive functions matter more than the fast processor in this slick little media phone.

The Samsung S8000 Jet isn't a do-everything phone but it's still a very attractive handset, and certainly seems to deliver on its core offerings: speed and ease of use. The OLED screen is a gem and though we would have liked it to have been a smidgeon ...

One of the best touchscreen phones in the 20K price range

3.1-inch AMLOED screen, 800MHz processor, TouchWIZ 2.0 UI, Motion Gate, 2GB internal memory, Wi-Fi, GPS, DivX/XviD support, feature-rich 5MP camera with dual-LED flash, accelerometer, battery life

Poor sunlight legibility, GPS software, microSD slot under battery cover

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Find out why Sandra thinks the Samsung Jet S8000 is a super phone.