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Samsung Launches The Omnia in India
By: Tech2.com News Staff   |   Sep 24, 2008
Samsung has launched its fully-loaded handset, Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900), in the Indian market.


The Omnia features Samsung's patented TouchWiz user interface to make entering data and text simple. With unique widgets, users can customise and personalise the way they use their phone. The phone has a high resolution, touch-sensitive, 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD screen that uses intuitive tap, sweep, drag and drop operations as well as an on-screen QWERTY keyboard. Further , the Omnia facilitates easy and convenient calling and texting with a dedicated dome key for controlling communications.

The phone features MultiCodec support for DivX, Xvid and other video formats; offers GPS, including navigation and geo-tagging capabilities and comes with a five-megapixel CMOS camera with the latest value-added features, which include auto-focus (AF), face detection, smile detection and auto-panorama shot.

Based on the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, Samsung Omnia gives users a mobile extension to their PC experience, with access to MS Office documents such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Users can also send and receive email and manage their appointments in Outlook while on the go. The phone also allows users to switch seamlessly between Microsoft Outlook email and productivity applications that replicate the look and feel of their PC - with a stroke of their finger.

The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system means users can download additional programs as they would on their PC and customize it for their individual needs. For ease of navigation, an optical mouse similar to those on laptop computers offers improved usability and one-handed control.  

Announcing the launch of Samsung Omnia, Sunil Dutt, Country Head-Samsung Telecom, said, "Samsung Omnia is our flagship model aimed  at users who desire  a lot of functionality, a lot of style, a lot of usability and a lot of entertainment in one innovative device. Samsung Omnia  will help users to be at the forefront of work and play and at the same time, to stay connected anytime, anywhere".

The 12.5-mm slim phone sports a platinum-look finish and hairline patterns on the back and is available with 32 GB Memory (16 GB Internal Memory + 16 GB MicroSD card from Sandisk) and 24 GB Memory (8 GB Internal Memory + 16 GB MicroSD Card) and is priced at Rs. 39,999 (32 GB Memory) and Rs. 37,999 (24 GB Memory).
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I am already using Omnia but facing difficulty in accessories
Piyush Bhartia @ Oct 15, 2008
samsung should introduce 2gb card version and keep the price down,wait for 2 months
euuu @ Oct 01, 2008
samsung should introduce 2gb card version and keep the price down,wait for 2 months
euuu @ Oct 01, 2008
hey AK don't u remember when nokia 6600 was launched it was around 18k....Fu**ing

Now compared to that this phone is not overpriced.....though it is :D

I'll wait for 3-4 months 4 d price to reduce............

or I'll go for used one :D

I think after launch of xperia samsung will reduce d price

Cheers
Shadab @ Sep 29, 2008
This is the ultimate tech freak phone. Maybe innov8 will outperform it.
Sudip @ Sep 28, 2008
and i have more sense to value my money.. and spend on a product of a company who are trying their best to convince the indian customers in2 buying it..and offering freebies discounts etc and touching the indian customer.. and caring for the money.. i rather spend my money buying the tube for 25k and the rest 5k for my family friends bwloved ones or even charity than paying so fuking much for an overpriced product of a company that doesnt care.. btw im not a samsung hater never was.. my tv,dvd,lcd montir, dvd write nd even a cell phone are samsung make.. but wat is wrong and unfair .. is unfair
!

i hope u stop trying to prove ur point .. coz ur comments arnt even worth the time u spending typin em.. as u can see every one like u out here.. u just give us a nice days laugh!
AK @ Sep 27, 2008
hahah how much did samsung pay to defend their arse? iphone fan? i hate the iphone .. i think ur either paranoid ..and living life on assumptions than facts.. the fact being the samsung strategy is a failure.. and they going to go down on it .. wether u go around trying to defend em or not.. im sure they gonna reduce the price by 10k within 2 months and launch the plain 8gb version soon to make good for their mistake! btw i know samsung omnia its features rom updates the price , the UI , the today screens, the business card reader with g4 rom, the scrolling weakness in and out.. nt bcoz i wanna bash.coz i was ready to pay upto 32k for it.. and thats why im so aggravated.. ur trying to justify it coz ur etiher paid up for it .or ur imbecile self tells u own 1 &its ur birthright 2 defend it
AK @ Sep 27, 2008
Hey SUdip why are u commenting on people's response :)

Omnia is indeed a very good phone. and its Luxury ;)
Shadab @ Sep 27, 2008
LOL.. looks like Sudip was fooled by the Samsung PR & Marketing into buying a stupid overpriced phone.. and now he's trying desparately to justify his foolishness in buying a stupid overpriced phone. Cheers man, enjoy ur stupid overpriced phone.. us "poor" ppl would rather wait for Nokia Tube.
Ryan @ Sep 27, 2008
No AK, you are a fool. Look at your post. You wrote singapore. You are the only dumb here. Omnia is not for poor people you ideot, its for the people who like technology, who wants to get the best damm thing available. It seems that you are a big iPhone fan. Why dont you buy one and stop writing your bullshit.
Sudip @ Sep 27, 2008
No AK, you are a fool. Look at your post. You wrote singapore. You are the only dumb here. Omnia is not for poor people you ideot, its for the people who like technology, who wants to get the best damm thing available. It seems that you are a big iPhone fan. Why dont you buy one and stop writing your bullshit.
Sudip @ Sep 27, 2008
ok PR i would have listened to u for once.. if u wernt indulged in PR for samsung.. btw its 700$ in spore not singapore u dumbwit.. i dont think u get the point .. if u working for samsung tell em.. no once gonna buy this gravely overpriced phone! and btw the time the price falls .. ppl will have the thc touch hd , nokia tube, and lg kc910 in their hands!

infact to justify it being overpriced italy gets an xbox free with every omnia.. shows the samsung ppl in italy trying to do their best to please the customers. unlike india.. its LOOT LO business out here
ak @ Sep 27, 2008
Open source os!!! Non smartphones dont have any kind of os. They only have a user interface. And windows mobile is not a looker os. It is known for its power and abiliy of adding new features. And $100 is the american price. In India it costs much more . Just check 8gb micro sd review by tech 2. And by the way $750 equals 34.5 k, not 30k. Its price is justified. If you dont like it, go for lg 8Mpx cameraphone or whatever you like.
Sudip @ Sep 26, 2008
16 gb price is 100$ , check sandisk webpage! 100$ at current Forex rate is 4600 rs. so thats 1 point i prove u wrong! next.. i can pay 30k to buy omnia but i wont pay 38k to buy it since i dont need 24gb space its maddening to be compelled to buy 16 gb of more space and pay for it .. when i dont need it.
That prove ur second point wrong.
LG Renoir might not be a smart phone , but its OS is supposed to be open source , it has dolby mobile sound, 8mpgs camera, slow motion fast motion iso 1600 etc etc etc.
omnia's user interface sux! check out the 11 threads at ppcsg.com and ul know wat i am toking about. most of its ROM doesnt even allow scroller everywhere. it has its plus and negatives and elsewhere in the world its not bundled with the 16 gb card , then why here??? btw renoir is 800$
AK @ Sep 26, 2008
Lg renior is not a smartphone. So it costs less. And this is not a mass market phone. Do you know how much it costs to buy a 16gb original micro sd card? 8gb one is available for Rs 6500. So the inclution of memory card is a great advantage. We are getting a 16 gb card for 3k only. Whoever can spend 35k on a phone, extra 3k will not matter for him. Omnia has good sound quality, so it can be used as a music player. The music loving people needs a lot of memory to store all the songs. So 16gb card brings a huge advantage. And as far as the lg renior goes, its price will be same in India.
Sudip @ Sep 26, 2008
Good , What about the Shock protection. This doubt is because Recently I dropped accidentally and the display got damaged and there is no guarantee for the same?
P Venkata Rao @ Sep 26, 2008
t doesnt cost the same every where! get over it.. my friend in usa can get the same product (omnia) for 700-750$ not 820$ and who needs a 16 gig card?? india is a poor country .. they should try to make it as cheap as possible! when the india head "sunil sutt" says omnia is the best in the world better than iphone and hence the price is justified" , he needs a reality check so do u.. iphone is the best seller and a milestone i cell phone technology and has the best UI and userfriendliness yet, wheras omnia is all hardware no software , uI etc, i wanted to buy omnia coz of the hardware but its not yet the best thng, SEE the LG kc910 renoir etc. its just selling about 29k in singapore! so get ur facts right sudip, ur the only one trying to justify them and trying to stand out..
AK @ Sep 26, 2008
By the way, Nokia 5800 will be better than omnia.
Sudip @ Sep 26, 2008
Listen man, do your resarch correctly. Asus has a 47k phone available. Nokia has luxary series. You are just making a fool of yourself by writing stupid comments. As I wrote earlier, omnia costs the same everywhere. It's just a costly product. You can't bash something because you can't afford it. Most of us dont have the money to buy a ferrari, but we all admire it. Maybe next time you will say that Ferrari is useless. I hope you are wiser than your writing. If not, you might become "Game Over".
Sudip @ Sep 26, 2008
lol... sudip ... guess u a die hard samsung fan.. newysz its clear tht samsung launching a 38k phone in India is recovering cost of Amir Khan... and ya if Euro thingy is true watever ur saying then y does HTC or Asus windows mobiles cost less???

do u really have an answer ...

newysz its ur opinion so gud luck to you for purchasing it...

Game
Game @ Sep 25, 2008
Last september euro was much weaker. It was worth Rs 56, now it is worth Rs 66.72. Thats why omnia is so costly. If it was 2007, it would cost 6k less. So you guys dont leave stupid comments like the high price is to recover Aamir Khan fees.
Sudip @ Sep 25, 2008
Make 39,999 as 29,999 and it will kill every other phone in the market...
Gaurav @ Sep 25, 2008
toooooo pricey....
Gaurav @ Sep 25, 2008
wow 40000 for a phone. :(
Anshuman @ Sep 25, 2008
looks like samsung is playing a Swan Song with this phone!! QuaacK!! quack!! ack!! ack!! blub blubb! >sink<
Reg @ Sep 25, 2008
Let us wait Chinese launch the same at 3K
Rajan Nair @ Sep 25, 2008
Costlier than a Laptop
Rajan Nair @ Sep 25, 2008
a windows mobile ? not for even 5k for me.
deep @ Sep 25, 2008
lol.. Samsung launching a phone for 38k ...gone insane i guess.. they are recovering the cost they paid to Amir Khan...

a windows mobile at 38k ... my gosh!!! when it is avb fr 16-18 k (htc)

someone outta his mind would only spend on ths gadget...

samsung ppl pls think from your head bfre putting a price tag to ur phones...
Game @ Sep 25, 2008
To all the people who are crying about the slowdown in economy...people below poverty line....inflation.... pigs not flying and not being able to marry angelina jolie... here are my two cents.... the phone is certainly not for u... perhaps u r better off calling "frrandship" line numbers and feel good about urself... phones like this are top end and i think that itself means it will carry a premium
AJ @ Sep 25, 2008
lol.. Samsung launching a phone for 38k ...gone insane i guess.. they are recovering the cost they paid to Amir Khan...

a windows mobile at 38k ... my gosh!!! when it is avb fr 16-18 k (htc)

someone outta his mind would only spend on ths gadget...

samsung ppl pls think from your head bfre putting a price tag to ur phones...
Game @ Sep 25, 2008
lol.. Samsung launching a phone for 38k ...gone insane i guess.. they are recovering the cost they paid to Amir Khan...

a windows mobile at 38k ... my gosh!!! when it is avb fr 16-18 k (htc)

someone outta his mind would only spend on ths gadget...

samsung ppl pls think from your head bfre putting a price tag to ur phones...
Game @ Sep 25, 2008
hahaha our economy is going through a slowdown, majority ppl yet cannot afford a decent lifestyle leave alone a hi-fi one!

40% ppl are still under the poverty line.

we are offered cell phone not at subsidized rates like USA, UK, GER etc where phones are offered on contracts also!

so tell me whose going to buy again?? what kind of market research are these companies doing? and so are u?

we are still paid less compared to the other developed or developing countries.. where do u think we laymen in general who make a major proportion of the population (note : working class) get the money to buy this from?
akash @ Sep 25, 2008
Growing economy like India is market place for these LOOTERS..!
Have some sense man.
Pravin @ Sep 24, 2008
Is it better than N96 or Xperia
Shreyas @ Sep 24, 2008
Indian gov should reduce taxes. Insted, they increased taxes last april. A small reduction of taxes will bring down the price of high end phones significantly.
Sudip @ Sep 24, 2008
All these super phones will be failures for sure and people will loose apitite for such phones in the future fearing lots of money involved
Amar @ Sep 24, 2008
The Omnia has been launched in india later beacuse the iphone here is too costly so samsung peole are just make a money scene over here apart that samsung omnia is great phone and i lke that its good competion to apple iphone
ashish1099 @ Sep 24, 2008
so who should u blame?? a continuously increasing dollar? samsung for launching it with a 16 gig card and trying hard to make it more expensive? myself that i waited months and months for this phone and saved 28k which is 10 k less than its price for this phone?? shouldnt samsung try to make it more cheaper and launch it the way they did in spore! or are they trying to pass on the 16 gig card more convincingly and easily since 16 gig cards wont sell that easy in india??
akash @ Sep 24, 2008
oh and 700$ is grey price in usa too.. its not even launched in usa yet!
akash @ Sep 24, 2008
who should i blame then? a bloody expensive and ascending dollar? samsung? myself? and shouldnt they be trying to make the phone as cheap as possible .. who wants a 16 gig card?? maybe they have a deal with sandisk trying to pass on those cards to consumers as easily and convincingly as possible? and tell me how do i buy this phone? 38k is 10k more than i had saved for this phone! im getting the same phone for 32k in grey!
akash @ Sep 24, 2008
I still believe that this is much better priced than iPhone. I just checked ebay usa, where it is available for $700. This is equal to Rs 32000 approx. In India, omnia comes with a 16gb memory card worth Rs 4000. Then add taxes and you will see that its price is same as usa or europe. It's expensive no doubt, but you can't compare it with the iPhone pricing.
Sudip @ Sep 24, 2008
i share the same comments as that of the others. insanely priced. waited for samsung to launch this around Rs.25K Mark. God help these cos.
kamal raj @ Sep 24, 2008
much better deal do u say? the price of omnia in singapore atm is around 28000 and even in places where the iphone isnt yet launched! samsung has already announced the 8 mega piexel innov8 and bresson phones so has lg announced the kc910 renoir ..how much will they cost?
50000rs? this is maddening! pls drill some sense into these marketers their market research sucks! i wonder whose going to buy a phone at 36000-39000! STUPid STUPID! i wonder why i waited over 4 months for this phone! F$##% ye samsung!!!
akash @ Sep 24, 2008
Apple must be laughing at Indian customers!!! When the entire world is getting mobile phones for cheaper rates, poor Indian customers paying premium even for ordinary phones.

Even Laptops which has more function, memory and features
Amar @ Sep 24, 2008
It's costly, but much better deal than iPhone.
Sudip @ Sep 24, 2008
wat rubbish!! no onw wants ur 16 gig micro sd card man!! does every one have to come here to loot the indian customers.. i was waiting impatiently for this phone and anticipated a 27-28k price .. but this is way too much.!! rubbish!!
akash @ Sep 24, 2008
Sigh.. Why do all good phones cost 30k upwards..
At least it's not going to be locked to a carrier like iPhone did.. Or is it?
SK @ Sep 24, 2008
Whoa!! thats too much ..
Amey @ Sep 24, 2008
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