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Samsung Innov8 / SGH I8510 Reviews Analysis

Smartphone with two digital cameras / digital player / FM radio / GPS receiver - WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM More product details

Samsung Innov8 / SGH I8510
alaSCORE 92

399 reviews

November, 2009

80 / 100

101 Experts

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What people think about the Samsung Innov8 / SGH I8510: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 399 reviews from across the web.

price

0.5

  • Price too expensive
  • expensive
  • IT IS EXPENSIVE
  • Purchase and provider options limited in Australia
  • GOOD VALUE FOR BUY
 

LCD

1.5

  • screen could be sharper
  • Screen is about average size
  • Dust gets inside behind the screen very easily and frequently (well known documented problem with the phone
  • Screen can be sharper (think Blackberry Bold)
  • Screen can be sharper (think Blackberry Bold), 16GB model doesn't seem to be available in Singapore (i.e
  • 2.8-inch screen excellent for playback
  • so you can move a cursor around its screen just as you would on a laptop
  • 2.8-inch Screen
  • 2.8 screen
  • Large screen
  • screen
  • The screen (whilst doing some test pics
  • Its almost as though the screen cannot cope with such a high quality pic
  • wide screen
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sound

0.5

  • Average sound quality during a talk
 

interface

5

  • Intuitive interface
  • menu and user interface
  • 8-megapixel camera, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, menu and user interface, 16GB internal memory, microSD slot
  • Interface
  • Looks very clean, fast, 8MP Cam, Interface
 

keyboard

3

  • The Samsung Innov8 keypad and navigation controls are slick and not very tactile
  • hidden inside the centre key
  • There’s even a next-gen ‘optical trackpad’ up front, hidden inside the centre key, so you can move a cursor around its screen just as you would on a laptop
 

appearance

5

  • The appearance of small and it is a good mobile phone
  • the look
 

battery

0.5

  • Cost to purchase Route 66 Maps and first battery experience
  • Samsung service were not much help but Vodafone was more than happy to give me a new battery
  • That is Battery life
  • wonder how's the battery life would be
  • auto shuts off and requires battery removal to restart
  • Long battery life
  • Battery
  • Battery life is phenomenal
  • metal plate battery cover
  • A mobile phone with epic features, reliable phone, metal plate battery cover
  • Full of bugs, battery drain, Terrible Support by Samsung
  • Appalling battery life
  • Weak battery life
  • Some of the short battery time
 
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connectivity

5

  • side-mounted 3.5mm audio jack and volume rocker that doubles as zoom lever could be better placed
  • No 3G or GPS in the U.S
  • 3.5mm jack on side of phone
  • Wi-Fi
  • 3.5mm headphone socket
  • 8-megapixel camera, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 16GB internal storage plus micro SD expansion, DivX video playback, 3.5mm headphone socket, Drab design, Screen difficult to view in sunlight
  • Bluetooth A2DP
  • 3.5mm audio jack
 
  • All the usual smartphone suspects: 3G
  • USB
  • Bluetooth
  • All the usual smartphone suspects: 3G, wi-fi, USB, Bluetooth, accelerometer, GPS
  • Combination of 3G
  • Wi-Fi and FM radio adds a nice touch of versatility
  • Combination of 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi and FM radio adds a nice touch of versatility
  • 3G with HSDPA support
  • Wi-Fi with DLNA technology
  • 3.5 mm audio jack
  • USB and Bluetooth v2.0
  • DNSe audio technology
  • A good music player with nice sound via the 3.5mm jack
  • Audio Quality
  • 3.5mm jack
  • 2.8-inch Screen, 8MP Camera, 16GB internal memory, Symbian S60 9.3 rel3.2, Powerful Processor, Audio Quality, 3.5mm jack, GPS Route66 Navigation, Application Bundle, Battery
  • 8-megapixel camera, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 16GB internal storage plus micro SD expansion, DivX video playback, 3.5mm headphone socket
  • 3.5 mm headset jack
  • wifi
  • Full connectivities, GPS (having Full-version of the navigation software and maps), WiFi, HSDPA, DLNA, USB,
  • support 3G / HSDPA
  • Jack 3
  • Camera 8 megapixel, HSDPA 7,2mbps, WIFI, GPS, Jack 3,5mm, wide screen, Divx support, video of reco
  • WiFi connection
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reception

5

  • face detection
  • smile detection
  • blink detection
  • 8 megapixel camera with mechanical shutter, automatic lens cover, dual PowerLED flash, digital image stabilizer, geotagging, auto panorama shot, face detection, smile detection, blink detection
 

portability

2.5

  • Side-mounted headphone jack makes phone harder to pocket
  • Phone on the heavy side
  • Large and heavy
  • No 3G or GPS in the U.S., Large and heavy
  • Those 8 megapixels deliver stunning images on par with the company's compact snappers
  • Heavy
  • Heavy, solid feel
  • slim and thin
 

size

0.5

  • A little on the clunky side
  • Speaker could be a little better but is still decent
  • Optical mouse takes a little getting used to
  • Too damn big
  • size too large
 

menu

0.5

  • No screen auto rotation in the main menu and homescreen
  • One thing let it go down a lot
  • slightly confusing menu for newbies
  • Touch sensitive nub, slightly confusing menu for newbies
 

usability

2.5

  • should you use it to navigate standard menus as well as the web
  • The optical trackpad also takes some getting used to, should you use it to navigate standard menus as well as the web
  • Headphone and charging port is on the side of the phone which makes it awkward to use as a left hander
  • They use the Optus network
  • They use the Optus network, so their coverage should be the same
  • It makes surfing the web dead easy
  • It makes surfing the web dead easy, while its HSDPA connections keeps load-times short
  • Application Bundle
  • Easy to use OS
  • Camera, Easy to use OS, Fast internet connection
 

build quality

5

  • solid build
  • 8 megapixels camera, build in memory, Symbian OS, 2.8 screen, stereo sepakers, solid build
  • Much better build than the N95 8GB
  • Much better build than the N95 8GB, More reliable and faster than the N96
 

design

3

  • Design is underwhelming
  • looks like the Caps have upfront costs and they only have the 8GB version
  • Just looked on their site, looks like the Caps have upfront costs and they only have the 8GB version
  • looks just like any phone
  • Drab design
  • It looks fantastic in real life
  • nice design
  • Looks very clean
  • exquisite design
 
  • good design
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screen

4.5

  • a little more display room would be good
  • Screen is about average size, a little more display room would be good
  • 2.8" display
  • 8-megapixel camera, 2.8" display, A good music player with nice sound via the 3.5mm jack, Quality video playback, Flash objects in Web pages, Nice games and applications
  • large screen display
  • Good camera, large screen display
 

image quality

3

  • Call quality was mediocre
  • very poor quality
  • quality issue
  • Photo quality was excellent and the call quality delivered as well
  • good image quality
  • Good call quality
  • digital image stabilizer
  • auto panorama shot
 
  • Very good quality and very complete in Multimedia
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maps

5

  • GPS is a bit patchy
  • GPS
  • GPS with support for A-GPS
  • Built-in GPS is the cherry on top of this very well-equipped cake
  • Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality
  • GPS Route66 Navigation
 
  • GPS (having Full-version of the navigation software and maps)
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viewfinder

0.5

  • Drab design, Screen difficult to view in sunlight
  • screen is difficult to view in sunlight
  • Screen difficult to view in sunlight
 

color

5

  • 16 million colour
  • 8mp,wifi,buletooth,gps,2.8 inch,16 million colour
  • 16million color
 

flash

0.5

  • Most bogus: flash needs to be brighter
  • LED rather than Xenon flash
  • Design is underwhelming, LED rather than Xenon flash, screen is difficult to view in sunlight, fingerprint magnet
  • No xenon flash
  • No Xenon Flash (poor photo results in low lit conditions and at night
  • 8GB flash memory
  • dual PowerLED flash
  • Flash objects in Web pages
  • bulky, no xenon flash
  • Dual LED Flash less suited for 8 megapixel
  • Dual LED Flash less suited for 8 megapixel, There no wafting navigasi fitur, big memory one with s
  • Xenon flash does not match
  • No Good Flash Light and bulky body
 
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sensor

0.5

  • Most bogus: metal shell retains enough scratches to fill a DJ Shadow album
  • Metal fingerprint easily printed on
  • PERFECT CELL PHONE..THE BEST IN THE BALANCED AND MANUFACTURER COMPANIES
 

lens

5

  • The optical trackpad also takes some getting used to
  • No optical zom
  • Automatic lens cover
  • It even runs the same operating system as Nokia’s Nseries phones
  • It even runs the same operating system as Nokia’s Nseries phones, the Symbian OS, meaning any app that’ll run on a Nokia, will be happy at home here too
  • There’s even a next-gen ‘optical trackpad’ up front
  • Optical trackpad navigation
 

resolution

0.5

  • High camera resolution but average quality
  • Not a well-made slider, High camera resolution but average quality, Better than average video formats support but not the best, Average sound quality during a talk
  • Video playback restricted by resolution, Glossy screen fingerprint magnet, Hefty Price tag
  • Burst mode for many photos at once only in VGA resolution
  • You have to zoom in before the resolution clears up enough for the pic to look great
  • 2.8" 16M-color TFT display of QVGA resolution
 

video

5

  • Better than average video formats support but not the best
  • poor video recording sound quality
  • Appalling battery life, poor video recording sound quality, some software glitches
  • DivX video playback
  • Intuitive photo/video editing suite
  • VGA video recording at 30fps and slow-motion video recording
  • Quality video playback
  • Slow motion video capture is a lot of fun
 
  • video of reco
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performance

5

  • Browsing multimedia files is a bit slow
  • No quick office, no dedicated buttons for media players
  • The only other gripe is that its sometimes its a little slow at loading up what you want it to do
  • Impressive low-light performance
  • Powerful Processor
  • Fast internet connection
  • fast
  • vids at slow-mo
 
  • great cam, vids at slow-mo, has all iPhone functions & even a few more
  • More reliable and faster than the N96
  • the design a very nice performance
  • the look, the design a very nice performance
  • Very strong performance
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memory

5

  • Many bugs, memory cannot uphold some functions
  • Weak battery,slow memory,same os as nokia,namy bugs,in a word its unreliable
  • big memory one with s
  • might have something to do with having so much loaded on its memory
  • like a computer
  • 16GB on-board memory
  • Inside there’s up to 16GB of built-in memory
  • meaning it’ll tackle Nokia’s new N96 and the iPhone 3G in the storage stakes
  • Inside there’s up to 16GB of built-in memory, meaning it’ll tackle Nokia’s new N96 and the iPhone 3G in the storage stakes
  • 16GB internal memory
  • The only other gripe is that its sometimes its a little slow at loading up what you want it to do, might have something to do with having so much loaded on its memory, like a computer
  • Whopping 16 GB of built-in storage
  • Support for microSD expandable memory of up to 24 GB
  • 128 MB RAM
  • Massive 8/16GB internal memory
  • 16GB internal storage
  • cam screen memory
  • Exclusive embedded games & Large onboard memory
  • 8MP Digicam, Slider phone, Symbian OS, GPS, Exclusive embedded games & Large onboard memory
  • build in memory
  • mammoth memory
  • high internal memory
  • 16million color,gps,high internal memory,stereo speaker,symbian
  • included the memory capacity of up to 16GB slot for additional memory and micro SD manifold
  • 16 GB internal memory
  • 8GB Internal Memory
  • 16GB memory
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