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Samsung Omnia 7 review: 2010 Windows Phone 7 launch.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2010·$500
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#21 of 25
Tier
Mid-Range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Samsung Omnia 7.

Omnia 7 was Samsung's WP7 launch device — Super AMOLED in an aluminium body.

01Display

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2010.

TypeSuper AMOLED
Size4.0"
Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

50/100

50/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2010 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon S1
RAM512 MB
Storage8 GB

03Camera

60/100

60/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2010.

Main5 MP

04Battery

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2010 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity1,500 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker software results among mid-range phones of 2010 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Super AMOLED.
  • Aluminium body.
  • WP7 launch device.
  • 138 g.
What doesn't
  • WP7 ecosystem small.
  • 512 MB RAM.
  • 8 GB storage.
  • WVGA only.
Cross-shop it against
Motorola Droid 3 XT862
$200 · score 72/100

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 25-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .