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Samsung i8910 Omnia HD review: 2009 HD video Symbian.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2009·$600
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#15 of 35
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Samsung Omnia HD i8910.

i8910 Omnia HD was the first phone with 720p HD video recording — Samsung's 2009 Symbian flagship.

01Display

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2009 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED
Size3.7"
Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2009 — 10 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetOMAP 3430
RAM256 MB
Storage8 GB + microSD

03Camera

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2009 — 15 points above the cohort average.

Main8 MP + 720p video

04Battery

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2009 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Capacity1,500 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker software results among flagship phones of 2009 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • First phone with 720p HD video recording.
  • AMOLED in 2009.
  • GPS.
  • DivX video playback.
What doesn't
  • Symbian S60 5th — touch-painful.
  • 256 MB RAM.
  • No Bluetooth A2DP early.
  • Symbian aging.
Cross-shop it against
HTC Desire (original 2010)
$500 · score 74/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 35-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .