Samsung P510

The Samsung P510 is very cute and stylish cell and easy to use

The Samsung P510 is quite a good mobile phone, although there are some faults with it.

The only major problem I think, is that the signal keeps disappearing for no reason, and then comes back without moving the phone!

Also vibrate doesn't turn off, which is annoying as it vibrates against my desk at work and makes an awful noise!

I got the Samsung P150 mobile phone as an upgrade, and I was initially delighted with its Star Trek looks, automated flip, and fantastic bright display. However, my initial enthusiasm vanished very quickly when it became apparent that the phone had the worst reception I have EVER known. We live in a hilly rural area, but I have never had any problems with my Nokia handsets. The P510 however, spent most of its time without any signal whatsoever. It is categorically the worst mobile phone I have ever owned. I bought a £10 Nokia off EBay to replace it, and took great pleasure it snapping it in half. I could not even bring myself to sell it on to somebody else, because I know how totally USELESS it was. On the basis that a mobile phone should be able to make phone calls, this one is a non-starter.

I think the Samsung P510 is one of the worst phones out. Even the Nokia 3310 is better that this phone. The camera is poor, the memory is poor, and the rest of its features are also poor. I had enough of this phone after 10 minutes and now I'm going to get a Nokia 7610. This phone is ten times better than the P510 and if anyone else agrees with me let me know. lol !!!!

The Samsung P510 is one of the best phones I have owned so far... the only real point I have with it is that the text dose not wrap and the text defaults on capital letters..and the space is on the * star key.. I have always had Nokias and the space there is on a 0 key this took me a little time to get used to this! It is a real good phone overall!

GET IT...GET IT!!

As I said before, the Samsung P510 is a brilliant phone but its the text thing thats wanting me to send it back and get a phone whose basic features suite my ever so texting fingers...

The P510 is is my first Samsung, and I have to say I am fairly impressed. This phone suits my needs perfectly, although I feel it could be even better if it had Bluetooth. The P510 is a poser's phone! I know this because everytime I use the flip action in front of people they are completely blown away which makes me chuckle! As well as this, the colour screens are fantastic. The backlight also makes finding lost keys in the dark sooo much easier!! If you're looking for a simple phone with some great features then this is the one for you...

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Good points:

Auto-opening feature is nice. Like the old Nokia 7110, there is a lot to be said for a phone that has covered keys but that you can still answer with only one hand.

The screen is clear, and easy to read, with a nice degree of configurability.

The camera works quite well if you like that kind of thing. The camera also works with the flip shut so (with the image appearing on the LCD on the front) so you can do self portraits.

The phone is provided with 2 batteries in the box - a standard one (lasts a couple of days or normal usage) and an extended one that is a few millimeters thicker and lasts the best part of a week.

The unit is exactly the right-size to fit in those ticket pockets you get in jeans, which I found very useful (!) as the phone is close to your hip without jumping around in your pocket.

Bad points:

The Samsung interpretation of predictive text is clumsy at best. The "space" is on the hash key not the zero key - as a life-long Nokia user this infuriated me for about a week! The text modes (free-form, predictive, symbols, numbers) seem to toggle on and off arbitrarily, and the suggested words or symbols from the dictionary are bizarre and difficult to select. Also it does not support proper case as Nokia does, so be prepared for SMS MESSAGES THAT SHOUT.

By default incoming SMS messages are stored on the SIM card. Whilst it's nice to be able to store the messages either onboard or on the SIM, it is not possible to select the default memory destination. There is no point having enough memory for 200 SMS messages on the phone memory, when you have to copy each message individually from the SIM card to the phone message every 10 messages! What you are more likely to do is delete them all!

A similar problem exists in the phone book. As with most phones, you can either store numbers on the SIM card or on the phone. However, there is no facility to bulk copy your numbers to the phone memory (where you can group numbers by name), so this has to be done one by one.

Another problem in the phone book is with caller groups. Unlike Nokia, you can assign individual phone numbers to a caller group rather than just a name on the phone book. Except this is not a good idea because, once more, you have to specify every single number to a caller group rather than do it once per name.

The infra-red port appears to be of a proprietary protocol - I tried beaming phone numbers from both a Nokia phone and a PDA (using Peacemaker which should work with anything), and neither device could connect to the Samsung. This will make it more likely that you will have to spend hours keying your phone numbers in again.

The Samsung P510 is absolutely the worst phone I have ever owned. Looks great but rubbish camera settings, very unclear pictures when using the camera. The aerial on the phone makes bad reception. Downloading fails miserably,

I would recommend you stay well clear of this nasty useless piece of junk.

This phone has a really nice design. It looks great and feels good, especially the automatic opening and the external display. The specs are fine for a 2004 phone; it has the color display, a 2nd display, Java support, the camera and everything. But, buy only this phone if you like the looks of it. Otherwise go for one of the competitors (e.g. Motorola V600 or Sony Ericsson K700i). They will give more value for your money: a higher screen resolution, more GSM bands and Bluetooth of course.