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Samsung Soul U900 review: 2008 OLED haptic slider.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2008·$500
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#8 of 33
Tier
Feature
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The verdict, up front

Samsung Soul U900.

Soul U900 placed a haptic OLED touchpad below the main screen — Samsung's 2008 luxury slider.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for feature phones of 2008.

Main2.2" TFT
Secondary1.3" haptic OLED

02Performance

44/100

44/100 trails the 47-point cohort average for feature phones of 2008.

Storage120 MB + microSD

03Camera

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 59-point average for feature phones of 2008.

Main5 MP autofocus

04Battery

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker battery results among feature phones of 2008 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity690 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for feature phones of 2008.

What works
  • Haptic OLED touchpad below main screen.
  • Stainless steel slider.
  • 5 MP cam.
  • Premium design.
What doesn't
  • 690 mAh small.
  • 120 MB storage.
  • $500 luxury.
  • Proprietary OS.
Cross-shop it against
Sony Ericsson C905
$700 · score 65/100

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