Samsung G800

The basics

The G800 is from Samsung is a sleek silver mobile with a wide screen. It is Tri-band phone and is capable of 3G connection via HSDPA 2100. Its dimensions are 101 x 51.2 x 18.8 mm. It has a160 MB internal memory and can store up to 1000 phonebook entries. It comes in one shade: Titan Grey. It also has a 5 MP camera and is capable of playing MP3 files.

The good

Badger spotting. It’s good, clean fun for all the family but incredibly difficult with most cameraphones – they can’t handle the dark and there’s no way to get closer to all that earthworm-grubbing action. Welcome the G800, whose 3x optical zoom and powerful Xenon flash are ideal for capturing ground-dwelling striped carnivores. You’ll want to upload your photos immediately, so it’s a good job there’s a HSDPA 7.2Mbps connection on board – and even PictBridge for connecting to a portable printer.

The bad

This is pretty much a one trick pony. There’s no Wi-Fi or GPS on board, just a basic media player (although at least with stereo Bluetooth) and HTML-only browser. Plus, there’s Samsung’s usual anti-intuitive menus to mash your brain.

The bottom line

A perfectly serviceable cameraphone that’s worth considering if you need hi-res mobile snaps -but it’s looking on the expensive side these days.