Samsung Omnia Pro gets fondled, Omnia 2 gets less appealing
While Samsung fans on this side of the world ogle the Omnia 2, our Asian brothers and sisters across the globe are already eying bigger and better things. Ahhh, the Omnia Pro B7610. GSMArena managed to get its mitts on a Pro and the site most definitely took it for a spin. The form is solid, the AMOLED display is nuts and the TouchWiz UI continues to get sexier and sexier — though you’re still left high and dry in areas beyond TouchWiz’s reach. Since it’s all about the extensive six-page ride, we’ll go ahead and spoil the ending for you: The reviewer says the phone rocks but won’t sell as well as the HTC Touch Pro2. Hmm. Ok, specs time:
- General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 3.6Mbps
- Form factor: Full QWERTY side-slider
- Dimensions: 112.6 x 57.8 x 16.2 mm, 159g
- Display: 3.5″ 65K-color resistive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution
- OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 (upgradable to 6.5), TouchWiz 2.0 UI
- Memory: 1GB built-in storage, 256 MB RAM, hot-swappable microSD (up to 16GB)
- CPU: 800 MHz processor with dedicated graphics accelerator
- Camera: 5 megapixel auto-focus, with dual LED flash and VGA video at 30 fps
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, TV out, 3.5mm standard audio jack
- Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute, FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support, work and leisure modes
- Battery: 1500mAh Li-Ion battery
Omnia 2 with keyboard sounds better than omnia 2 without
All sliding keyboards should be banned!
Ill pass I’d rather have the Hero or Touch Pro 2
Looks like a good phone to me. Has a flash which every phone should have now a day.
Why is it that they always show the weather app on these WM phones? Is that the coolest looking thing on there?
Thats the homescreen, my B. Shows how much I know.
I’m not sure why the TP2 is supposed to sell better than that, but I’m assuming it comes down to TouchFlo vs. TouchWiz.
Better camera, more built-in storage, better processor… the hardware certainly shits on what HTC has.
Frankly, I prefer that one over the TP2 because I prefer a dedicated camera button to a dedicated zoom function. I just don’t zoom that much. Doesn’t it also even have a better damn battery than the TP2 does?
If there existed a universe where TouchFlo could be flashed onto that phone, wouldn’t that be the best of all worlds? I don’t have the fetish for speakerphone that the TP2 thinks I do.
Oh well. Who wants to have the perfect phone, anyway?
Wow that thing is a beast.
I would get it except to me it looks like sprint’s HTC mogul.
It is a beautiful phone though.
The reason the phone won’t outsell the TP2 is because HTC phones have dominated windows devices, plus, this phone looks just like the TP2. The TP2 is already out by the way. I also believe it will depend on the carrier. If the Omnia is picked up by AT&t and t-mobile, it would be a killer device. Competing with the TP2 is least of Samsung’s concerns. BlackBerry is the company that every is chasing and having difficulty catching.
WM=garbage. I don’t care what pretty skin you put on it, its still Winbloze.
This is what the new version of Verizon Samsung glyde 2 will look like. It won’t be called the Glyde 2 tho.
I second that… I looked at my mogul and did a second take at the samsung
The first manufacturer to release a capacitive WinMo devise will be the biggest winner. After all, so many of us holding off the phone upgrade so that we can get a decent device.
Hey at least this smartphone has a real headphone jack, HTC is making people wait til next years model to have a headphone jack be included.
Resistive screen. Fail
I second that!!All sliding keyboards should be baned!!!
@ toursux: What’s wrong with you that you don’t like physical keyboards? You like getting finger prints & finger oils on your screen, and constantly be wiping it off?
Sell this phone with 850/1900/2100 bands unlocked and I’ll buy it. Love the specs. If the camera is any good, I’d prefer it to the TP2.
I see an extra bullet point was put in out of exitement.
HTC is going to release a cpacitive WM phone this fall.. http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2009/07/22/htc-firestone-pictured/
Better than the Omnia 2? PLEASE. Looks like garbage to me. Omnia 2 is better than the Iphone.
The Omnia 2 is far superior to the HTC Touch Pro 2 in many respects, including the super sharp display, real time processor speed, capacity, better camera and video.