Samsung Mobile Phone Blog

In that lovely baffling style that all mobile phone producers share, Samsung recently announced the follow up to the i900 Omnia: the Samsung Omnia 2… because we all know the number after 900 is 8000, right?

Anyway, it looks like this is going to be one hell of a phone. And we mean that in both senses of the term ‘looks’. First, and most impressively of all, is the screen. At a whopping 3.7” the active matrix OLED (AMOLED) display is the largest OLED screen you can find on any mobile device, whether phone or dedicated media player. The 800 x 480 pixel resolution is really sharp and crystal clear with deep blacks giving a fantastic contrast to everything. Secondly, though, it’s the actual interface that has impressed us most. Running the new 2.0 version of TouchWiz, Samsung’s touchscreen-specfic interface that uses the Windows Mobile platform and turns it into something special, we think this is one of the best looking UI’s you’ll find. Totally customisable, very intuitive, and just plain fun to boot, TouchWiz is one of the best ways to interact with your phone we know about

There’s also an 8.1 megapixel camera onboard the Samsung Omnia 2 I8000, video recording up to WVGA resolution, to match the built-in 800 by 480 pixel screen, all your usual GPS, WiFi, 3.5G HSDPA connectivity for top notch 7.2Mbps Web browsing and a beast of a battery to make sure all this can be handled. There’s no final word yet on how much internal strorage the Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 will be packing, but our educated guess is there’ll be at least a couple of options around the 8-16GB area, with plenty of room to expand a great deal with MicroSD cards.

All-in-all, it’s probably not going to come cheap, but we think this little (or rather, huge) thing is going to be worthy every penny. Check out a Samsung Omnia 2 review here, or have a little squizz at this video