subject: The Samsung Omnia M Examination - The Affordable Windows Phone-based Smartphone With Super Amoled Te [print this page] Besides unveiling the Android-based smartphones, Samsung continues its creation by introducing the Samsung Omnia M as being the entry-level smartphone powered by the Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango). The device supports for the 3G network using the HSDPA access (7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps). Now, lets take a closer look at the below specification overview, features and all of the things that you want to know about this smartphone.
Style
The general design of Samsung Omnia M is comparable with another companys Windows Phone-based device namely Focus. The device has dimension of 121.6 mm in height, 64.1 mm wide and 10.5 millimeters thick. With a weight of only 119 grams, this handset is lighter when compared with Nokia Lumia 610 NFC and HTC Titan 2. The screen measures 4-inch with Super AMOLED technology, 16M of colors and also multi-touch feature. But however it has only the WVGA resolution of 480x800 px.
General Performance
When it comes to the hardware specs, the handset features the 1 Ghz single-core processor with 384 MB of RAM. For saving documents, there'll be the internal storage of 4 GB but regretfully it doesnt allow for memory expansion considering that it does not have microSD card slot. Fortunately, the manufacturer states that all people who own this phone will be presented with the free 5 GB of online storage space in Microsoft's Skydrive. For the operating system, the smartphone has been packed with the Windows Phone 7.5 along with the TouchWiz UI. As the power supplier, the standard rechargeable battery of lithium-ion 1500 mAh has been added to this device that may basically deliver the adequate standby time and talk-time too.
Camera
For the photography needs, the device has been furnished with the mediocre camera of 5 megapixels with 2592x1944 pixels of max image resolution, autofocus, single-LED flash, geo-tagging and image stabilization. The camera can be functioned as camcorder using VGA quality (@30fps). Theres also the VGA front-facing camera for video calling with the built-in Video Call application.
Connections
For the local connection, there are Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and also the high-speed micro USB v2.0. For the wireless internet access, users will be able to utilize the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and also it can be operated as the mobile Wi-Fi hotspot.
Conclusion
The benefits of possessing this device will be the compact design, massive display along with Super AMOLED technology and also the free online storage from Microsoft. However, this device only sports the mediocre back camera with low quality of front-facing camera, really low RAM and theres no microSD card slot for storage expansion.
