Typical price: £190
What is it: 8-megapixel compact camera and media player
What we think: A decent-enough camera shackled to expensive and obsolete gadgetry
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Reviewed on: 6 January 2009
Tags: samsung, megapixel, noise, electronics
We like:
5x optical zoom; metal build; good LCD
We don't like:
Doomed multimedia functions; sluggish interface; price
CNET UK judgement:
It must have seemed such a good idea at the time, but the Samsung i85's storage capacity is feeble by today's standards. Everyone already has music playback in their phones and iPods -- and, without that, it just looks like a rather pricey compact. Even then, the i85 could have got away with it if the interface wasn't so dreadfully slow
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