The G600's music player is comprehensive, supporting a variety of formats including MP3 and AAC. You can set your music to shuffle mode, rate it and listen to it using proprietary headphones or wirelessly via stereo Bluetooth ones.
Other noteworthy features include an FM radio, an expandable microSD slot that can support up to 2GB and a Google search bar that lets you access Google directly without going through the browser -- useful if you want to search for something quickly.
If you're choosing between this phone and the Nokia N95, which also has a 5-megapixel camera, then it's worth keeping in mind that the N95 has HSDPA (3.5G), Wi-Fi and built-in GPS. It is worth noting, though, that this camera phone is much more pocket friendly, although it's a shame it's not 3G.
Performance
Call quality on the G600 was very good -- it's something Samsung
noticeably takes very seriously. Calls sounded loud and clear but the
speakerphone was relatively quiet and could have been much louder.
The image quality from the camera was good and while it's apparent that a 5-megapixel sensor isn't as good without a full camera lens to support it, the shots were clear and crisp enough for large prints. Unfortunately, shots in low light weren't as clear due to the lack of a proper flash.
Battery life was good lasting over two days, although it will run out quicker if you use the camera a lot.
Conclusion
The G600's camera performed brilliantly compared with the majority of
camera phones currently on the market, although the Sony Ericsson K810i
edges it with its better flash. If, however, you're looking for a good
camera phone with 3G and Wi-Fi, the Nokia N95 is definitely worth
checking out.
Overall, Samsung has done it again, producing a thin phone packed with features -- even though we would have liked to have seen 3G, it's an enjoyable phone to carry around and use.
Edited by Jason Jenkins
Additional editing by Kate Macefield
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doug1234 4 December 2011
Good: everthing
Bad: nothing
Comment: How do lock the keypad?
adlysyn 10 October 2009
Good: Good camera, nice looking and slim, nice screen, everything works.
Bad: Not a very exciting phone to use and own.
Comment: This is quite a straightforward phone; nothing particularly exciting about it, but it performs nicely all round. That said, I have not tried any similar phones so I can't really compare.
pompey_rich 18 January 2009
Good: erm........? it looks ok, the screen is a nice size.
Bad: camera, message tones, ring volume, it always freezes up, etc, etc.
Comment: I bought this phone as it was supposed to be so wonderful with it's 5mp camera and all the other goodies packed into it.
In two weeks I have exchanged it twice as I thought it was faulty because it kept freezing up when doing pretty much anything on it but especially when texting and then you have to wait for it to unfreeze to use it again. Also when texting if you put in a wrong letter and try to backspace most of the time it will delete your whole message so you have to start again! slightly annoying!
If the camera is 5mp then I am David Bailey, it is absolutely appalling and trying to get a clear picture is near on impossible always seem to be blurry, the shutter speed is very slow as well, so forget trying to snap anything quick or moving, you'll miss it!
Trying to connect to the PC is a nightmare as well quite often it will tell you connection has failed occasionally it works.
There are only a couple of different message tones built in and they are pretty rubbish and there is absolutely no way of downloading your own tones, this day and age you would think that would be a standard ability on cell phone.
All in all I am very disappointed with the phone, as far as I am concerned Samsung are trying to sell something that isn't ready to be sold yet, they need to do some more work on it.
I am returning my phone and exchanging it for a LG Viewty which is pretty much similar in features but "apparently" a lot better quality at the same price, let's see if that one does what it's supposed to, I will let you all know!
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