Samsung D820 (SGH-D820)
December 7th, 2005 - Posted in Samsung
The SGH-D820 is very similar to the D800, except with the addition of microSD expandable memory (plus 73Mb embedded memory), video output and a document viewer. As with the D800, there’s a 1.3 megapixel camera and a 240×320 pixel display, Bluetooth and a multimedia player. Again, the D820’s specification is not as good as the D600’s, although it is fairly close apart from the lower quality camera. It’s a little thicker than the D800 at 15.2mm compared to 14.9mm.
Unusually, the D820 also seems to feature a secondary camera next to the screen (the primary camera is hidden under the sliding mechanism at the back like the D600 and D500). No reason for this has been given, and the D820 certainly isnt a 3G phone (although it does have quad-band GSM and EDGE). Presumably the secondary camera is for taking self-portraits.
As with the D800, this isn’t a bad phone - it’s just baffling that the camera isn’t up to much. We would much sooner use the older D600 over either of these two handsets.
Available: Q4 2005
Network: GSM 850 / 900/1800/1900
Data: GPRS + EDGE
Screen: 240×320 pixels, 262k colours
Camera: 1.3 megapixels
Size: Medium slider 99×51x15mm / 103 grams
Bluetooth: Yes
Infra-red: No
Polyphonic: Yes
Java: Yes
Battery life: Not specified