Comments on: Samsung Omnia from Verizon already gets discounted

By: jalebi

jalebi — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:27:32 +0000

glad you hear your phone froze only twice in 5 days. mine froze every single day due to the vz navigator

By: jalebi

jalebi — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:24:44 +0000

i totally agree with you buddy

By: jalebi

jalebi — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:24:11 +0000

turn the wi-fi and bluetooth off. that might save you some battery… usually it doesn’t work.. its just the phone that sucks due to so many programs on it

By: jalebi

jalebi — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:23:25 +0000

dude samsung omnia sucks. i had it for about 28 days and i’m glad i returned it before my 30 day trial period. the screen flips for no reason, even when you’re not moving your cell it flips. and it takes forever, i mean FOREVER to flip back to it’s original side. camera is really good. if you have too many programs open your phone would just act like a mini computer.. it’d freeze everything and you;d have to restart it. it takes about 80 seconds to get back on. i’ve tried blackberry storm, samsung omnia, apple iPhone and they all suck.. i mean literally they do suck. now i’m with verizon ..got a blackberry 8330 or w/e the number is… oh well it’s a lot better than any touch screen phone.. what you see is not always gold my dear.

By: jacob

jacob — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:39:25 +0000

Go for iPHONE!!

I used for 2 days and returned it to the store and paid $50 for re-stocking charge!!
Damm Telus Canada !!

1. Battery… Drain so fast
2. Phone freezing 5 times in 2 days
3. Can’t see the screen or taking picture in bright day light. (I couldn’t see the screen when I was tried to take the picture for my daughter at the play ground)
4. Ugly touch response- Same as Chiness made fake iphone.

By: Networm

Networm — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:26:25 +0000

GoBrowns, how did you get Google Maps to work on your Q? I have the q9m, love it, but can’t get g-maps to work. It won’t update my position as all. Did you find a way to make the GPS work with g-maps?

Thanks in advance!!!!

By: Pete Shaw

Pete Shaw — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:22:49 +0000

Only the i900 Euro version is GSM, not the US i910. I wish it were, but you can’t have everything. I think the wi-fi makes it better than the Storm, at least for my needs.

By: brujogarza

brujogarza — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:27 +0000

yes its there its the gsm version

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:37:55 +0000

Hey, yah I’ve had the omnia for a few days now, I love it but the battery life is horrible! I’m hoping I can just upgrade the firmware and maybe it will fix it? idk but it has very very poor battery life, e-mail is great though.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:01:55 +0000

JD, WAKE UP. 8gb, 5 megapixel autofocus camera, no need to jailbreak, fm radio and it plays nice with Exchange.

By: roundydbabe

roundydbabe — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:13:57 +0000

Does anyone know if the omnia is still coming to AT&T?

By: patman

patman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:17:54 +0000

Will be taking my storm back for this! The storm SUCKS

By: bman

bman — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:18:25 +0000

this phone sucks. ive had it one day and it needs an 80pct price drop. battery

# Standard Battery – 1440 mAh
# Usage: Up to 346 minutes OR
# Standby: Up to 464 hours

my ass it lasts tat long, im down to 30% now and i talked for 23 minutes. crap crap crap. min internet usage, approx 20-25 texts sent…down to 30%???

By: JD

JD — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:37:27 +0000

Wow,

Resolution almost as good as iPhone, and only $50 more! Plus, you get WinBlowz! That way you don’t need a heater on a cold day! Plus, you get to have experience with using patience!!

By: Penny

Penny — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:36:44 +0000

This phone is tempting….Thinking about returning the Storm for it…

By: tony

tony — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:15:16 +0000

oh my bad.. i should’ve read the other comments first.

By: tony

tony — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:14:26 +0000

if you already bought the phone just call customer service and they will probably credit you the $50. the same thing happened with my curve a month after i got it and i actually got credited twice by mistake.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:03:06 +0000

I had winmo for a while and I absolutely hated it. Everything about it just felt wrong. I’ve recently I recently switched to a blackberry. Its so much easier to navigate than windows mobile. I’m very happy with my switch to bb.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:53:52 +0000

This phone is one of the best WinMo phones released in the past several years and will be the standard for a while.

I got mine on friday and Verizon just issued my credit for the difference.

The battery issue is most likely a firmware issue. (do a google search and you will find plenty of hits)

By: Who?

Who? — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:39:09 +0000

I’m not usually one to call out the BGR anti-Verizon bias (possibly because I’m anti Verizon myself), but everyone who has bought the Omnia is within their 30 day return window, so they can of course get credited the difference.

By: Woodson86

Woodson86 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:45:17 +0000

I got the Omnia friday. I was going to try this for a few weeks and the Storm then decide. But I am sticking with the Omnia. I really like the phone.

I also called Verizon about the price change and they credited my account the $50 difference with no problem.

By: Likeabite

Likeabite — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:37:30 +0000

@ GoBrowns…sounds like a plan.

By: Mr. Hi-Definition

Mr. Hi-Definition — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:35:06 +0000

I’m not really surprised. You can’t expect to sell a handset for $50 over the iPhone or the G1 or the Storm and honestly tell people they should pick it up because it has WM. Verizon made the right decision to lower the price but I wish they would just do away with the damn mail in rebates already.

By: GoBrowns

GoBrowns — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:05:28 +0000

WinMo is not for everyone. But if you don’t mind taking a few days dig around the web for programs, hacks, and tweaks then I think you’ll get to love it. Had my original Q for two years and loved it (till it got stuck in headset mode). Had slingplayer, sirius radio, pandora, a program that used the flash as a flashlight, hacks to extend battery life, nes/snes emulators and roms, google maps, live search, on and on… First thing I do when I get my omnia tomorrow is delete the homescreen with those stupid widgets and download a better homescreen from there the fun begins.

By: jay

jay — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:56:21 +0000

im not a huge fan of windows mobile but i dislike blackberries sooooooo much that i will deal with it plus the omnia is a sleek sexy looking phone and i absolutely hate that frickin click what a waste!!! the biggest thing is there is absolutely not one reason to have a blackberry unless the company you work for runs a blackberry enterprise server!! plus the blackberry has a slower processor and overall is just a waste of the amount of time and energy that verizon has put into it. i do agree that there needs to be some new software for smart phones other than windows, like linix or something more stable, but the point is blackberries are sooo much more of a waste than the omnia.

By: D

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:30:34 +0000

I had omnia on Friday and returned it Monday for several reasons:
1-Samsung widgets today screen suck and is not useful
2-Interface is not pretty//low resolution screen is obvious
3-The haptic feedback happens on some places not always
4-Windows Mobile looks very old.

Dont waste your time

By: JustMe

JustMe — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:18:34 +0000

Hmmm.. I’m still torn – Samsung Omnia or BB Storm??? I think I’m leaning toward the Omnia..

What to do… what to do…

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:54:02 +0000

@ Like-To-Spin:

Don’t worry, you can imagine you own it like all the others! HAHAHA

By: jay

jay — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:51:36 +0000

i have an omnia that i received on friday and i was wondering if you new any reason why the battery drains so fast? i have battery save on and everything and i cant get more than a half a day of real use out of it. i absolutely love the phone and think its the best in big reds lineup.. far far far surpassing the Storm!!!!!

By: Capitalist

Capitalist — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:49:16 +0000

For those who bought it early, just have Verizon give you the difference back.