
Samsung Armani Phone

Wow, what a gorgeous piece of technology!
After a year of Nokia N95 ownership I craved a phone that was well built, attractive, and most importantly unbrick like!
I am not a brand person, so the Armani branding of this phone is not the pull. The size, weight,design, build quality, and large screen are.
Reading reviews a lot of owners have returned their phones due to not getting on with the touchscreen texting operation. I decided that the only way to find out for myself was to buy one . £150 later a 2 month old Armani phone arrived from an excellent ebay seller, complete with box , manual, charger, leather case, fabric case, cleaning cloth etc.
10 days later and I am still in love. The phone is almost a perfect design. The build quality is magnificant. It is hard to put down.
As a long term Sony Ericsson user, and an experienced Nokia user, the menu system of a new operator takes a bit of getting used to. 10 days in and I feel I am just as familiar with it as I am with Nokia or SE.
The big issue TEXTING. If you want to text at 100mph then dont get this phone. If you dont mind texting at a slightly slower pace than you are used to then this phone is great. With practice I have got faster and faster. The form and design of this phone make up for this .
The screen is 2.6". I have had great fun taking colourful close up photos to use as screen savers. The camera at 3.2mp is not as good as on my Nokia N95, BUT at least I have it with me at all times. The N95 was increasingly left at home because of its bulk.
Battery life is also impressive. Although it takes a surprising amount of time to charge, it lasts an impressive 3-4 days, even with highest settings for brightness, screen switch off delay etc. Im sure when i stop picking it up every 5 minutes it will last even longer.
Call quality is very good. Speaker phone is good.
Overall, I think this is the most attractive phone available. Of course the iphone is also highly desirable, but its size ( and price/contract tie in) makes it a phone that I again would leave at home.
I see the Samsung armani phone as a phone/text machine, with an acceptable camera to take advantage of its large screen. After a year with the N95, I have realised that a gadget that does everything is too full of compromises. Ive gone back to basics, and it is great!
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