The Samsung Omnia 2 is one amazing smartphone. It is Samsung’s follow up to their Omnia 1 which was very nice in its own right. This phone is definitely in our top 5 list of best cellphones now, and this puts it in some great company. It features a very large 3.7″ AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) capacitive touchscreen and a fast 800MHz processor. Here are the specs for the Omnia 1 and 2:
| Samsung Omnia | Samsung Omnia II | |
| Processor | 624 Mhz | 800 MHz |
| Internal Memory | 16GB | 8GB |
| External Memory | supports MicroSD: up to 8GB | supports MicroSD: up to 32GB |
| Display size | 3.2-inch | 3.7-inch |
| Resolution (pixels) | 400 x 240 | 480 x 800 |
| Camera | 5.0-megapixels, | 5.0-megapixels, |
| VGA CMOS front camera | VGA CMOS front camera | |
| Optical/Digital zoom | 2x digital zoom | 4x digital zoom |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, Wi-Fi | Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, Wi-Fi |
| 802.11b/g, TV-out | 802.11b/g, TV-out | |
| OS | Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro | Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro |
| Dimension | 112.0 x 56.9 x 12.5mm | 118.0 x 59.6 x 11.9 mm |
| Weight | 122g | 129g |
Design
At the top right corner is a frontal camera for video conferencing. Below the display are the talk/speakerphone, menu and end call/power buttons which resembles that of the Samsung Jet.
The volume keys are on the left of the Omnia II, and they also double up as the digital zoom controls when you go into camera mode. However, in camera mode, you would be holding the Omnia II in a landscape position (with the left facing down), which means the zoom buttons are at the bottom instead.
On the right are the neatly laid phone lock key, back/cube launcher and camera mode buttons.
At the top are the 3.5mm audio jack and miniUSB connector. With the 3.5mm audio jack, you plug in your earphones/headphones conveniently, unlike other phones that require a special adapter or using their earphones.
And at the rear is the 5-megapixel camera with dual power LED flash. The rear cover is easy to open, and inside reveals the battery compartment as well as the SIM card and microSD card slots. The 3.7V 1500mAh Lithium-ion battery is included to power the Omnia II.
Multimedia
There are three customizable Home screens in which you can replace the wallpaper with your personal images. Samsung kept the widget toolbar on the left which allows you to drag the various widgets from the toolbar to the main screen including time, calendar, image gallery sound profile, music player, FM radio, network connection status, MySpace, FaceBook, Google Search, CNN news and even Yahoo! Finance.
Pressing the Cube button (or selecting the Cube launcher key) will activate the 3D Cube screen. Each of the face on the 3D Cube holds the shortcut to specific application such as Photo Album, Music Library, Video Library, Phonebook, Games and internet.
The onscreen keyboard can be challenging, but overall it’s better than most others and not far off of the iPhone’s mark.
Music playback is impressive and the audio comes from the speaker at the rear of the phone. It plays Divx and WMV formats flawlessly and supports up to 720×480 resolution which is sufficient for viewing your favorite movies clearly with good details.
The 5 megapixel camera is the same from the first Omnia, and is sufficient to take nice pictures with. It is around an 8.5 smartphone cameras, and has a dual led flash.
The Samsung site has an Omnia emulator that you can play with to see the functionality here:
http://omnia.samsungmobile.com/omnia2/
Overall this is a very nice phone with all of the functionality you could ask for. If you’re looking for a smartphone upgrade now is the time with the Omnia 2 available for only $239 with a 2 year contract.
Price: $600.00
review via vrzone.com
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