Samsung SGH-i780

Samsung i780 is one of the few recent models of the manufacturer, running on the Professional edition of the Windows Mobile 6 Operating System.

Samsung boasts of having some of the slimmest mobile phones in the world. The company has obviously applied its know-how to this i780 as it is a mere 12.9mm thick.

It has a large touch-sensitive display with resolution of 320 x 320, but yet utilizes the slim candybar form-factor with a full hardware QWERTY-arranged keyboard. The LCD takes up most of the front of the handheld.

The keypad buttons are longish in shape and well-spaced out with good tactile feedback. It makes for very good thumb typing, as good as what you’d find on Treo and BlackBerry devices.Samsung is innovative with the navigation method: there is no D-pad, joystick, or even trackball. There is a touchpad as in a portable computer, through which you must sweep a finger to control an on-screen pointer and press it to confirm. If this method is not your favorite, it can be turned into a 'virtual 4-way controller and in addition, the 2.55 320×320 pixels touch screen and the stylus are present, of course.

Samsung i780 supports triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz and single-band UMTS/HSDPA at 2100MHz. The connectivity side passes the test with WiFi of 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. The long-rumored GPS is indeed included, which is fast becoming a standard on high-end smartphones.

CNET Asia Reviews:

The good: Attractive price; good QWERTY keyboard; convenient shortcuts; slim design; extra battery included.

The bad: Square screen may not work well with third-party programs; optical joystick not as fast as regular directional pad; bundled GPS app not optimized.

The bottom line: Though not perfect, the i780 is an excellent choice for those who want the most features in a sub-S$1,000 PDA-phone.


specifications :

General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2007, September
Status Available. Released 2008, February
Size Dimensions 115.9 x 61.3 x 12.9 mm
Weight 120 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 320 x 320 pixels, 2.55 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone No
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
CPU 32-bit Marvell PXA310 624 MHz processor
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0 / HTML, Opera Mobile 8.65
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
- Voice memo
- Callia Player, Callia Reader
- Photo Slides
- SmartConverter
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
- WMV/MP4 player
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1480 mAh
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 7 h