Word in that the Samsung i8510 Innov8 was released in Dubai, UAE a few days ago. But its rumoured to have a hefty price tag of USD $1200+
Cnet UK have reviewed the Samsung i8510 Innov8 and given it an impressive 8.9 out of 10! Not bad at all.
“Having not properly reviewed the Nokia N96 just yet, we don’t want to speak too soon and say the Samsung i8510 definitely wins out, but what we can say is this is Samsung’s best phone yet. A solid design combined with more features than you can shake a moose at, the i8510 genuinely took us by surprise.
We knew that the Samsung mobile team had it in them to make something great, but the i8510 is excellent and a worthy choice for any smartphone fans out there. We’d even go as far as to say that if you’re looking for something other than an N95 or N96, this is it.’”
Source: Cnet.co.uk
Thanks Tejstar for the heads up!
Chinese website mobile Pconline has reviewed the Samsung i8510 and have tested the camera for its strengths and weaknesses. Both Marco, Daylight and night samples from the camera were taken. As you can see in daylight the camera is as good as a 8mp digital camera. Its weakness is in the night shots, without a xenon flash it blurs slightly.
Daylight Samsung i8510 photo samples
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The Inquirer has reported that the UK launch has been delayed, and they haven’t given us a new release date.
“ON A DAY that was supposed to herald in the arrival of the first 8MP camera in Blighty, news comes to The INQUIRER that it has been delayed.
We were informed the I8510, also known as Innov8 around the world would pitch up in the UK on Orange first and at a later date on O2, all exclusively for the first month with Carphone Warehouse. How this will change those time frames now the in-store date has been pushed back, no-one seems to know yet. We’ll just have to wait and see what develops.’”
The Samsung i8510 Innov8 ships with the latest Symbian S60 version 9.3 with the Feature Pack 2 installed. Looking at the menu’s its good to see that the phone comes pre installed with Route 66 GPS (very good GPS app I might add, I used this on the Samsung G810), Fring, Name card digitizer (this feature comes with the i900), QuickOffice family, ZIP, Adobe PDF reader.
Here’s a video of the Samsung i8510 Innov8 at the IFA in Berlin, this video shows a Samsung rep explaining a bit about the phone and also taking a photo using the smile dection feature of the 8 mega pixel camera.
Samsung i8510 innov8 is out now! Samsung’s highly awaited Samsung i8510 is now available in the UK, at this stage it has been released only on the Orange network. It came as a surprise to us all as we thought car phone warehouse had the exclusive. So if your eager to get the phone now head on down to your nearest orange store.
*Update: Seems O2 have the phone in stock now in selected stores in London today too.
Samsung i8510 Innov8
Photo taken by the I8510 at the IFA in Berlin
German website Mobile Area had their hands-on preview with the i8510. Although the test / preview is in German you can view a translated version here Continue Reading »
Photo test the i8510 innov8 VS a K850i & i8
Cnet Asia have put the Samsung i8510 Innov8 camera to the test against a Sony K850i (5mp camera phone) and a Samsung i8 (compact digital camera). As crazy as it might seem the i8510 Innov8 wasn’t that bad off against a 8 mega pixel compact digital camera.
GSMhelpdesk have had a hands-on preview of the Samsung i8510 Innov8 at IFA in Berlin today (29/08/08). Judging from there comments they seem to be quite impressed and commented that the photo quality from the 8mp camera was “fine”.
“An expanded smartphone such as the INNOV8 of course has countless quick keys. At the left side we find some handy keys that can be used for several purposes. When we go from top to bottom we first come across two keys that can be used to adjust the volume, but also to zoom in and out on photos. A little lower a 3.5 millimeter headset jack can be found and this enables you to use your own headsets. Last but not least, the port for the headset, charger and datacable is placed, of course neatly covered by a panel as we are used to with Samsung.”
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