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Samsung U900 Soul
By: Shayne Rana   |   Jul 05, 2008
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Looks good
Smooth slider
Responsive touch navigation
Web based applications don't function properly
Camera is just average
Battery life is so-so
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When it comes to the Soul’s 5 megapixel auto-focus camera, the one thing I was really impressed with was the Panorama mode that stitches the images (3-6 shots) together on the fly. The stitching may not be absolutely accurate, but it’s not too bad either. There are options for taking mosaic and multi shots too.

The white balance wasn't too accurate. In a cloudy environment (quite normal in Mumbai these days), if you were to switch the white balance to Cloudy, you’ll end up getting very brownish tones as compared to a more natural look in Auto.

Close ups in Macro mode are not up to the mark. The lens doesn’t seem to be able to focus on the main subject in the shot, and even with the Image Stabilization switched on, it’s still a little difficult to get the focus right.

In Sports mode, the images look weirdly stretched and skewed. Check out the image below for a better idea of what I mean. Just to make things clear, I was in a moving vehicle. I have often taken pictures this way before but I’ve never seen anything like this.

On the whole the camera has plenty of features on offer, and the normal images are not too bad. On a closer look, however, you’ll notice a bit of a patchiness in the colors.

The U900 Soul’s battery life is nothing to write home about. On average you’ll get it to last a day and a half, including calls, messaging and a little media tossed in. With regard strictly to talktime, I managed to get about 2 hours and 45 minutes out of a single full charge. I’m not too impressed.


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I recently bought U900 soul and I have been told that it doesnt work on att nor tmobile is this information correct? I am in the US.
Sally @ Nov 11, 2008
i am always a fan of fan of samsung product all my home appliancewith giving the best preformance . but i have never use moblie
BASIL PAULOSE @ Aug 13, 2008
even i never agree with tech2 reviews, the reviews are more of personal comments which are subjective rather than analytical and scientific in nature, tech2 reviews are amature and childish, just have a look at reviews of gsmarena,mobile-review, they are far more mature, tech2 always lets me down....
girish @ Jul 15, 2008
Nice to see its a very atrective to each and every customers
vaibhav patil @ Jul 11, 2008
is this phone available in india???
manu @ Jul 09, 2008
i never agree with these ppl here coz they are wrong in reviewing here ..
last time they said that the cam of E840 is avg .. but i found it to be the best 2mp camera available in its class
besides style matters when one buys a phone u want it to be notived ..
u dont want a phone/brick like N 95
Bharat @ Jul 08, 2008
waste without WiFI and mega pixels without clarity
visweshwar @ Jul 07, 2008
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