Samsung D807 Phone (Cingular)
Technical Details
Use the integrated 1.3 MP camera with video record to capture those special moments as
they happen
Bluetooth capable and speakerphone functionality allows for a truely hands-free
conversation
Personalize and customize your D807 with Music Ringtones and downloadable games and
graphics.
Amazon.com Product Description
This feature-packed quad-band phone from Samsung combines a super-slim slider design with
the latest technologies, making it a must-have tool for those who demand the best. Goodies
include Bluetooth, support for EDGE high-speed data, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a music
playwer, and a microSD memory card slot. The Samsung D807 is the perfect way to take
advantage of all that Cingular service has to offer.
Design
The D807's sliding design hides the phone's number pad under the display until you need to
make a call. The big 176 x 220 display supports up to 262,000 colors -- plenty of
resolution and color depth for your videos and photos. A five-way center control button is
positioned below the display, as are shortcut and selection keys. The phone's 1.3
megapixel camera is housed behind the screen. There's also a connector for a stereo 2.5 mm
headset.
Calling Features
With 18 MB of internal memory, the D807 is designed to hold all the contacts, phone
numbers and addresses you can throw at it. A call list remembers your most recent missed,
received and dialed calls, and in addition to a vibrating alert, the D807 supports
polyphonic ringtones and MP3-based music ringtones. You can also download additional MP3
music ringtones from Cingular's MEdia Net service. A speakerphone lets you talk hands-free
Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The D807 has all the bases covered when it comes to messaging. Support is built in for
sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages. When used in
combination with the phone's built-in camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging
fun. Messaging clients for AOL, MSN, Yahoo!, and ICQ are included. Meanwhile, the phone's
email client lets you stay on top of your emails when you're on the go.
Getting on the Internet is easy with the D807, too. It supports the GPRS protocol, as well as the high speed EDGE data protocol. When used with a Cingular data plan and the phone's Bluetooth data capability, the phone can be used as a wireless modem for laptops and PDAs. There's also a built-in browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile Web browsing. Cingular's MEdia Net service lets you receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit-- a plus for mobile text messaging users.
A number of handy productivity tools are bundled with the D807 including a voice memo recorder, an alarm clock, a calculator with unit and currency converters, a calendar, and a to-do list.
Imaging and Entertainment
The D807's built-in 1.3 megapixel camera captures stills and video to the phone's internal
memory, or to an optional microSD memory card. The still camera features white balance and
brightness controls, as well as a multi-shot mode and a self timer.
Into music? You're in luck with the D807. Store your favorite MP3-based music on a memory card and listen whenever the feeling strikes you. And if you want to dress up the D807, picture effects, custom screensavers, backgrounds, and themes can be set to fit your personality.
Java support is built into the D807, making it a powerful gaming companion. Games are downloadable via the MEdia Net service.
Vital Statistics
The Samsung SGH-D807 weighs 3.46 ounces and measures 3.82 x 2.05 x .61 inches. Its
lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of digital talk time, and up to 10 days of
digital standby time. It runs on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies. The
phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
Product Description
The Samsung D807 is a great device for people looking for a multimedia rich phone with
great style and form factor.
209 of 216 people found the following review helpful:
Watch Out RZR & SLVR, June 12, 2006
Reviewer: Jonathan W. (Maryland USA)
This "star-trek" slider style phone just came out in Cingular stores last week. I went in
looking for the ultra slim Motorola RAZR flip phone or its cousin the "candy-bar" SLVR and
walked out with this brand new Samsung instead. The rebate deals that Cingular had (as
does Amazon) were also a factor. I paid only $[...].
I have been using it the last few days and wow!! A great phone. I've owned several phones and never one like this. Some quick observations:
Its about as small as it gets and still is a usable size. Its also clearly going for some design awards like its Motorla competitors. It is probably one of the smallest phones out there and not as "flimsy" feeling as the Motorola minis.
Fine voice reception and the "WAP" data reception is great (I live in a fringe area).
Great screen, in fact when the slider is closed... its all screen (and the phone works just fine when its closed by the way).
Its got a great speaker phone and also fine voice recognition... you know say "ET call home" ..and it does. Also it has a tape recorder. All are accessible with one button (even with the phone closed).
It has an unbelievable number of features like most other high end "bluetooth" and web enabled phones. I've never surfed the web or checked e-mail with my phone before. But it was pretty easy with this one. (Be sure you get a Cingular data package...the kilobytes add up, even at a penny a unit).
The camera at 1.3 Meg is about as good as they get with these phones. I haven't tried the video yet.
It has room for a micro-SD card - I just ordered a half a Meg card for about $[...] on Amazon to store pictures, files, and maybe music.
Speaking of MP3s, after reading the documentation (which is poor by the way) and after calling Samsung tech support (which didn' yet have an info on the new phone) I still can't figure how to (or whether)I can play MP3s with a stereo headset. There is only a proprietary plug on the phone and no Samsung headphone accessories as of yet (thought the box says one "is available".) If that's your goal, buy the RAZR or maybe the Sony Ericsson w600i.
The phone is a quad-band and can be used globally. A great thing about Cingular is you can use their phones abroad for no extra fee (and with a fairly reasonable per minute charge.)
I haven't come up with any negatives yet (though one of course needs to be patient with all these features). I don't know about Samsung's reliability track record with high end phones, we'll see. Be sure to understand the warranty you're getting and how to handle tech support if there are problems.
I could make a few comments about the pros and cons of Cingular, but the wireless companies all have their ups and downs and this review is really about the phone.
So bottom line... great phone! You may want to go to a store to see how it feels in your hand, but my guess is you will really like it.
P.S. 6 weeks has gone by since my mid-June review. I still love the phone, the voice-recognition is the best I've ever seen. I rarely use the key-pad to make calls (its adequate...but not great). I've bought standard Samsung dual ear-buds (with a mike)and the stero MP-3s sound just fine (and it can be used for calls as well).
Actually, 4.5 pretty close to 5 though!, June 24, 2006
Reviewer: Totobenki
All in all, very good phone. It's sliding face is very slick and sure to be eye-catching. Sizewise, the samsung and the motorola razor is almost identical. The width of the samsung may be a bit (and I mean a bit) smaller. Height is exactly the same. The thickness of the samsung is a bit larger. Here are the gists of pros and cons: Pros:
- very cool looking
- the all-black-look may be more geared towards men then women but who knows, they may come out with different colors.
- the slider face feels sturdy enough not to worry about breaking it or anything
- you CAN make a call without fliping it up using voice-dial, recent call, or phonebook (with minor caveat. see below)
- the display is BEAUTIFUL. Better than anything else in this class phone. (meaning better than razr, slvr, or equivalents)
- the photos taken are very good. However, don't expect too much from the zoom. If you want a really good phone with camera and nice zoom, go for the nokia6682 which is on sale at the same price right now (june, 2006)
- the video is pretty good and crisp for this size phone. It is hard to say what the limit of the video recording time is because I do not have a miniSD yet. On the phone memory, I let the video do its thing and then it quit after 1min7sec but it didn't use up all the memory (not even close). I'm guessing if I got a miniSD, it will record a lot more. (I think it only records a pre-determined ratio of memory that is left to prevent too much memory loss)
- The best feature of this phone is the great voice-dialing software. The voice dialing is very good. My relatives with heavy accents are able to call all of the entries in the phonebook without any problems. The best thing about this thing is that you DON'T HAVE TO RECORD THE NAME. The program estimates what you are saying without pre-recording anyone's contact name and does a darn good job at that. really cool.
- battery life seems pretty good. Con:
- not much here. But there is one thing that REALLY bothers me. This is the caveat that I mentioned above and the reason my personal rating is 4.5: While you can make calls on the phone and answer calls with the face flipped down, the phone automatically locks the keypad on the face. Because of this, you have to UNLOCK THE PHONE by making two keystrokes before doing any calling with the face down. This includes calling on voicedial, phonebook, recent calls etc. I find this to be highly annoying and it seems that this function can not be turned off. Surely a glitch by samsung programming department. If there is a way to correct this problem, please post somewhere.
- The directional keys are very small and can cause problems if you have thick fingers. Conclusion: the only reason the phone got a 4.5 is because of the requirement to unlock the keypad each time you want to make a call with the face down. Seems like a very stupid thing for samsung to do. Otherwise, the phone is very slick, beautiful and full of decent features. The screen is large and beautiful. The voice-dialing is superve. All in all, I recommend getting this phone. Now that this phone is out, I would definitely recommend AGAINST getting a razr. I've had both and the samsumg d807 beats the razor in style, functionality, and pretty much everything else hands down.
