Images: Samsung i900 Omnia vs Apple iPhone
By Dusan Belic on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 6:34 am PST In Apple, Devices, Samsung, iPhone
Samsung certainly made the i900 Omnia with iPhone in mind. The way the device feels and looks, makes everyone think about Apple’s handset — or at least that’s my take.
Today we bring you couple of images comparing the two devices. With a 5 megapixel camera and that uber-cool TouchWiz user interface, Samsung may be onto something. Plus, the DivX certification doesn’t hurt as well… Keep reading for more images after the jump.
[Via: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
June 30th, 2008 at 7:46 am
It looks promising BUT it all depends on the specs, will it be Quad band GSM? what about #g with the US bands?
other wise no chance.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Yeah, specs definitely will make or break this phone, especially when all phones now are compared to the iPhone whether they play videos and music or not. It’s already got the iPhone beat in the camera department. That TouchWiz interface is pretty slick too. The widgets are very cool. I just wish Samsung would’ve thrown in a virtual qwerty keyboard though.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:51 am
samsung have put in a virtual qwerty keyboard this is what the iphone wants to be lets face it iphone is rubbish cant transfer files via bluetooth 2mp camera with no auto-focus, face detection etc… but this phone not 3g in usa only asia and europe lucky i live in uk
July 18th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
damo says: “but this phone not 3g in usa only asia”
I would like to know were you got this information. Makes no sense.
July 20th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Which of your iphone-beaters have:
Built-in wi-fi that runs faster than the iphone’s?
Which phone opens Word, Excel and PDF file attachments?
Weigh less than 5 ounces?
Which of them are thinner than 0.5″?
Which have built-in GPS?
Which can I install 500 different apps into?
Which can I write my own code for?
Which phone has more than 16 BILLION bytes of ram?
Which have a better browser than Safari?
Which have 100 accessories that I can buy at stores all over the world?
Which phones cost less than $199?
Which have multi-touch screens bigger than 3.5″?
Which phone sells more than 1 million units… in 1 weekend?
I thought so.
Don’t get me wrong… I would *LOVE* to see 10 different companies making
phones that have all those features. I’m just not seeing them over the past
1-2 years. Maybe they’ll get on the ball in 2009 or 2010????
(Of course… they will STILL be trying to play catch-up to the Iphone v3.0)
What are they waiting for???
There’s a reason why we are seeing so many companies/phones that are desperately trying
to look like the iPhone: They are trying to *BE* the iPhone. (Or you can just, simply
buy the actual iPhone instead.)
July 24th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Built-in wi-fi that runs faster than the iphone’s?
- The Samsung i900 Omnia… Check with youtube comparisons
Which phone opens Word, Excel and PDF file attachments?
- Every windows mobile device - AND they can edit them to…
Weigh less than 5 ounces?
Oh yeah… Cause my pants just drop right off, if my phone weighs more than that…
Which of them are thinner than 0.5″?
Well, according to these pictures, the dimensions are quite similar…
Which have built-in GPS?
Again… The samsung i900 omnia… (wich supports as good as every mobile GPS applications to…)
Which can I install 500 different apps into?
Well, NO OS’s for mobile devices has a larger portfolio of app’s than windows mobile… I don’t know the actual number, but I think 10.000 is setting it low…
Which can I write my own code for?
Again… WIndows mobile devices… Or anything that runs Java…
Which phone has more than 16 BILLION bytes of ram?
Seems your calculator (from the iPhone? :P) is malfunctioning. And just to talk in language, people understand, both the samsung i900 omnia and the iPhone 3G has 128 MB RAM.
Which have a better browser than Safari?
Again… Omnia. The Safari browser does absolutely nothing, the Opera 9.5 browser doesn’t. And it even plays flv’s. (Youtube style videos - just not only youtube).
Which have 100 accessories that I can buy at stores all over the world?
… Didn’t i just menchion how many applications you can get for windows mobile…?
Which phones cost less than $199?
Price? - Well, sincer the omnia hasn’t been released at this point, I won’t try to argue… But I think I’ll afford it…
Which have multi-touch screens bigger than 3.5″?
Multi-touch screen… You’re right… That’s the ONE thing the iPhone has… Is it nescessary? - Does it make anything easier than the TouchWiz system? -Think not…
Which phone sells more than 1 million units… in 1 weekend?
Hmmm… Just to answer your question, Nokia sells 1,5 million devices every 24 hours… But then again, I don’t think these numbers has anything to do with wich mobile is the better choice, compared to advertisement…
So that’s basically 1 point for the iPhone, and 5 for the Omnia. And that’s just from YOUR arguments… Lets not forget about the camera…
So… Wich mobile packs a 5 MP, autofocus, flashenabled, face -and smilerecognizing camera, compared to the iPhones 2MP, not even autofocusing, video incompatible camera, with no lighting what so ever?
- The Samsung i900 Omnia.
…And why is everything starting to be compared to the iPhone… It’s really not that special… No flash, autofocus, only 2 MP Camera, no bluetooth file exchange, no MMS, no video… I really don’t see the big fuzz… It doesn’t do ANYTHING this phone don’t… And I could say the same for the HTC Touch Diamond or Pro, or the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1…
When all that is said, I DO believe, that the iPhone has a bright feature, in a couple of generations, once they catch up on the specs…
July 30th, 2008 at 5:46 am
the iPhone can do this..
Here is the list
The videocalling ?
Cut / Copy / Paste are there?
The MMS?
The voice recorder?
The movies can not be done?
The Radio?
The memory can be expanded?
Bluetooth is? (or just for headphones?)
The battery can replace?
THE S.O. is a multitask? (eye exceptions)
Can I download from the Internet? (not just pictures? ..)
Can I attach to e-mail?
The support java exist?
Support Flash now?
Can I use my cellphone as a modem for my notebook ?
The camera has a flash?
The camera has an autofocus?
The camera is stabilized?
Can grardare DivX movies / Xvid?
Advanced search on Heading Contacts?
Reporting characters on SMS? (careful not to send SMS to 2 mistake …)
SMS, I can erase 1 or 2? (incredible, if I have to delete all or nothing)
Explorer for the contents of the cell?
Mouse?
Feedback tactile?
Can connect easily to a PC (without Itunes) ?
Can I edit Word, Exel ?
Many THX!
Get a Omnia
August 4th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Apple lovers piss me off. They’ve swallowed the pill and cannot return to normality.
August 17th, 2008 at 4:48 am
How annoying are i-phone lovers? i hear them at work: “Look at what my completely and super-radicaly cool and absolutely pure awsomeness i-phone can do”
not much really, you’d think a company such as apple would put the best technology available on its phones.
so why have they missed SO MANY THINGS!
its really funny: when someone tells me how “super cool” their i-phone is, i just say…..
“Could you please take a movie for me?” unless they are real nerds (and have found some sort of application) that really gets them. NO FACE DETECTION!!! jeez, my nokia 6300i tops this thing in almost every single way!!! wifi….. bluetooth…… (a 2mp camera that can take movies) java and flash enabled…… hell i can even get programs so i can make word docs/spreadsheets etc.
the only real thing lacking is the touch screen!
safari…. to put it plainly…. is lame!
oh yeah! and how much do iphone users have to pay per month just to use these stupid things?!!!! pretty much everything the iphone does revolves around spending money (ALOT of money)
the really really annoying thing though is that samsung hasnt advertised the omnia as well as they should have (i havent seen an add yet!)
why has no-one heard of the omnia? it simply trumps the iphone in every department!
dont make pandas cry: “buy an iphone, sell it for more than you paid, and with that money, buy an omnia.”
(awwhhhh… what the hell, just buy an omnia!)
emokid
August 19th, 2008 at 4:05 am
ok, I think what is special about the iphone is the touch screen. Other than that, nothing, it can’t even compete with my nokia 5700 xpressmusic…see, all you iphone owners in the usa, don’t understand that before the iphone, nokia has been delivering outstanding features on its various phone releases her in asia, the iphone? its just an ordinary cell phone and I think it won’t be a hit here in asia, much less the philippines.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I had Iphone but decided to switch to unlocked phones and found something even better. I honestly can say I was riding the stupid bandwagon of apple. Recently got, Nokia n95-4 $700+ with 2yrs warranty.
1. Nokia n95-4 8gb
2. Radio..am/fm-streaming too, and its free Apple newbs, no need to by apps
3. Live GPS/ Yes you hold your phone toward the sky at a 45degree angle to triangulate or through headset using other devices that can, ie external GPS and not assisted GPS like all other phones and services offer.
4. 3Rd Party applications, GarminXT
5. Games-3rd Party-Plays all gameboy advance games. Hacked.Mario Kart Advance to name one, plus Nokia made Ngage…
6. Wifi-3g QuadBand
7. 5Megapixel camera on the back-Carl Zeiss ( my 7.2 sony carl zeiss lens costs $432, alone)
7a. Why do you think I got this, got tired of carrying around camera…….
8. Another camera lens on the front-making LIVE VIDEO CALLS-I wondered for about half an hour why n95 had two lenses then it occurred to me.
9. And speaking of other applications..all. NOkia has built in world maps for traveling, even gives city block to block directions if you are walking, do some youtube video search.
If i wanted a device to have access to internet and doc applications,(which apple newbs seem to think far superior to other devices) then I would sit at home and do some real work on a real computer. In that regard, you have nothing..get a Nokia N95, first if you can afford it.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:04 am
iphone got the hype because it’s marketing. every phone will have finger touch (touchflo, touchwhizz, etc). it’s technology, everybody will adopt it. iphone has very good interface that other phone should follow (simpliness). applications? OSX and WM has many too, also the free ones!
i live in asia. first, everybody buy iphone, and now they sell it. not everybody like industrial design, nor slick interface.
i use macbook pro and connecting my i600 to updates ical.
if somebody like theresa give as silly question about a gadget….it’s gonna be fun seeing others answer.
iphone has years 2000 technology right? bluetooth (yes a2dp, no file transfer), 3g (yes data transfer, no video call), touchscreen and accelerometer? god, it’s year ago!
so do not talk about the technology.
talk beautiful UI and who is ready for web 2.0.
August 24th, 2008 at 3:21 am
I have been considering taking the 3G iphone because it has colourful touch screen (it seems the colour is richer than other phones), games and funny applications. Two days ago one of my clients took a photo of me with his iPhone and he could use his phone changing the size of my face with a fuuny look. I think this was cool. I have read through all the above cmments and the majority of the writers agreed Samsung i900 Onmia is better in terms of functionality. I have to agree with them. I am also aware that if I opt for the iPhone I will need to spend money £79 to buy the iPhone headset because other makes will not work with it. It is a shame because I bought my Motorola H700 headset at beginning of this year. Will my headset work with Samsung i900?
Before I decide to opt for Samsung i900 instead of 3G iPhone. I would like to see any iPhone supporter able to defend
Many thanks,
William
August 25th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
if its the a bluetooth headset that you’re talking about any phone with bluetooth 2.0 a2dp will support that headset there’s nothing to worry about… just to give you a little advice am selling both iphone and omnia. you have to consider your own preference. if its functionality you’re looking for go for omnia more features and far more powerful hadnset compared to iphone almost in every aspect as mentioned above. the only edge iphone has over the omnia is its UI its faster and easier to use. so it’s really up to you if you value features go for omnia. but if you can sacrifice features for a better interface then go for iphone. hope this helps
September 14th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Notice how Theresa hasn’t replied!! LOL
iPhones SUCK!! I just got my Omnia and it’s fantastic.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:15 am
the iphone is the best phone in the whole entire world
September 16th, 2008 at 9:17 am
iphone rules i want it soooooooo much
September 16th, 2008 at 9:18 am
the omnia is the best phone ever i am getting it tommorow
September 16th, 2008 at 9:21 am
HI everyone i would just like 2 say 2 all iphone fans u r insane when the samsung omnia is here yay i am getting it tomorrow!!!! I LOVE IT BYE BYE
September 16th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
omnia sucks iPhone rules I’ve seen many magazine comparisons and that’s way majority says
September 20th, 2008 at 6:19 am
well, i’ve read many reviews that say the iPhone is no match for the Omnia.
I’ve ordered mine, waiting for it now
September 20th, 2008 at 6:57 am
I’m not a techno freak but it doesn’t take one to know the difference. I mean U could even see a china made phone that looks like iphone or even has the touch screen of your iphone(they have not really copied evrything but almost what u get from iphone. including tv even).. iphone is just marketing all bark no bite ( or may be there is but a li’l bite)i think the best value for your money is really the omnia.. it really has more functionality that iphone. buying iphone u got the pride maybe.. but deep inside u might be in despair. sorry guys just being practical.
September 21st, 2008 at 5:21 am
I’ve jus got a samsung omnia and oh my god, it has got to be the worst phone ive ever owned, had so many problems with it, on my 3rd in less than 2weeks. would avoid them like the plague
September 24th, 2008 at 11:14 am
i used to own a nokia e66 and it does things pretty well. in fact, it can do far greater things than the iphone can. i sold it and bought an iphone. it lacks a lot of things that i need and want in a smart phone. in fact, it’s not even smart. based from the specs you guys mentioned about the i900 i think that it can do everything. it has all the things that a cellphone owner would want in a smart phone. but i think that the i900 is dull and boring for the reason that it almost got everything in it. if a man owns everything then, there is nothing in this world that he could still possibly want or need. he doesn’t have to work hard to get through his everyday life. isn’t that boring? for me it is…
that’s what makes the iphone unique and better. the fact that it only contains a little stuff on it makes you crave to hack it, dig deep into it and make more out of it. it makes you feel that you are in control. sure it has it’s short comings but it also has it’s potentials.. it is just waiting for you to hack it, crack it and have fun with it…
if you buy a samsung i900, life will be easy and straight forward for you… but dull and uninteresting
if you buy an iPhone, your will spend your time hacking on it and digging deeper to unlock it’s real potential… sounds bad but it will allow you to be all you can be…
i love my iphone not because of what i have made of it in the past months but more so, i love it because of what it has made of me.. i can find 1,001 reasons to love my iphone but i can’t find a single reason not to…
September 25th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Well said SunDevil
To i900 fans, does your phone give you shell with infinite packages though apt debian.
I’m a webmaster, can I log in to my server with ssh on i900 ?
Iphone is 16M colors, 320 x 480 pixels, i900 is 65K colors, 240 x 400 pixels
What about Ipod, heh, can you compare it to wmp ?
September 28th, 2008 at 6:55 am
I can easily say that iPhone is for dummies. By the way i’m an electronics engineer and i can say i’m a “Power User*”. Also iPhone is very expensive than omnia here in Turkey.
*Power user is a marketing term referring to a computer, phone etc. user who seeks and uses products having the most features and the fastest performance.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:59 am
I am a big fan of Apple, but doing my homework, I think the Omnia might just be the better phone. Unfortunately, Samsung doesn’t cater for Mac users as far as drivers for your phone. I have a Mac, which may just force me to go the iPhone route. Anyone had any luck interfacing their Omnia with a Mac?
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
Shel, my question exactly! So Omnio looks the better deal , it can edit atachments and can be used as a modem, 2 very important things the iPhone can’t do.
But is the Omnio compatible with Mac?
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:17 am
I have bought the Omnia i900 phone a month ago. It is very nice looking and feel good in my palm.
The phone has all the features and functions I wanted, a great phone. However, I discover an issue which I am not sure it is a problem because I found the system memory is just 92.73MB although it has a nearly upto 8GB memory in the phone.
I wrote an email to Samsung UK asking them how to either increase the base memory or transfer some of the programs to the 8GB storage but their answer was not helpful. They asked me to use file explorer to move the files to main storage. But it did not work because I could not find the base memory folder for me to transfer files.
Is there anyone can help?
William
October 4th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
William! Dont be a lame lama, 8GB is not system memory, it is the size of the storage on the memory card. System memory iz 128MB and you may have 92MB free out of that for the running of the applications.
October 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I do not understand, the debate people go crazy for one or the other. Apple made a totally new approach, what a phone should be, and other manufacturers now realize they missed something. They follow up with the idea that is changing the industry.
This does not mean iPhone is so so good!
Apple has always been great with new ideas, new design, approach, but fails deep with everyday usability.
EG.: Mac OS is the most beautiful, eye-candy packed OS, which may be for one or to specific task like music, but try to use it for different things, with different kind of software for different people. IT is a BIG pain in the BUTT alongside with the too basic safari.
Same with Iphone, they are the head of the ideas, and the world follows the best idea and design maker, but technically, samsung and nokia will come up following this bright new approach and make the real usable phones for with these features.
So Iphone is not the big thing but the idea and approach is.
We users would be the winners is apple woluld be making new ideas and design for selling to the companies that can make good phones and OS.
Right now we have a choice of nice and intuitive phone with poor camera and a pay-only gps (iPhone) etc. - OR - a usable many function phone with not even close design and screen to the ipone (compeptitors?).
We have now a choice of nice and intuitive OS (mac) that is useles for multi-type users -OR- we have choice of good OS with crap design.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
My contract is up with Vodaphone in December, but I can get an Omnia now. I am soooooo confused!! I will be really girly here and say that the iphone looks prettier, but from the reviews above I’m guessing the Omnia is better.
Will the new generation of iphones have video and how long will that be? Can you change the face of the Omnia to look pretty like the iphone? Can someone please tell me what to do here???? I always seem to get the ‘wrong’ phone and the last hideous piece of crap I had for 18months has driven me insane, but I have refused to change it.
You may have guessed that I am not a proper techy, so can someone give me their best and honest opinion. iphone or Omnia.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
October 14th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Hi Bob,
For benefit of other readers, I had taken a contract with Onmia i900 handset.
Bob, thank you for your advice regarding system memory and storage. I understood it but my question was how would I able to transfer some of files in the system to storage. Onmia is great and has all the functions I needed but I am concerned that the system memory is nearly full now. I do not know whether iPone 3G has the siminar memoory restriction. Is there anyone there know and also solve my problem?
Regards,
William
October 21st, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Sundevil.. ur life is all abt phones? nothing else? i dont see why u get the omnia will lose the meaning of life man.. aim for other stuff than.. why only phones? dull~~ u can aim for better tv.. better computers.. not only phones.. Dude.. get urself into more general stuff.. dots..
October 29th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Well cherry I can c how U can get So confused wit these 2 coz I was 2 bt afta much searchin nd info diggin I hav settled on da Omnia coz simply, it really is da beta phone only a stubborn prsn wil argue dat. I’ve recently ordered mine nd i’ve bn w8n 4 a wk 4 it coz Of de backlog of orders we’re experiencin here in SA. Dis simply shows U dat da Omnia is a beta phone wat ada phone can coz So much craze wit dis lil promotion? NONE!!
November 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Is it true that the omnia has 8gig internal memory and cums with a 8gig memory card?sa?plz help?
November 6th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
My Omnia phone comes with 16gb memory and 1gb memory card.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I just would like to know if the Omnia phone are compatible to Mac computers…, what means, I would like to know if it would be possible to synchronize this Samsung devise with a Mac Book pro, including e-mails, phone addresses and so on.
Thank you very much.
Marcelo.
November 29th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Simple question. is the i900 compatible with a mac.
I was looking at the iphone but went for the n95. (Good phone) But it does crash and freeze sometimes.
Apple were so keen to get the iphone out to the market (before others released their touch phones,) they skipped doing updates to their product, keeping up with the tech.
The i900 is a better product (let’s be honest) but can it be supported on a Mac platform ?
Kade, not all mac users and pill poppers.
Thanks.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:04 am
Okay, first off… I’ve just been and read every one of the posts here…
And I’ve also had arguments with Apple loving iPhone owners. About 75% of all the iPhone users I know have changed their mind about it after 3-5 weeks… they start off saying that it’s the greatest phone out and that they would recommend it to anyone, then realise it’s a baby’s toy and sell it on eBay. However, all the Apple obsessed dorks I talk to just say ‘Omnia is shit, iPhones are the best!’ and that’s basically what all the posts here are like…
Look, if you’re going to argue one side, you can’t just say ‘you suck, you don’t know what you’re talking about’ you actually have to explain how it is that you’re right… like how the Samsung Omnia supporters have been doing…
Personally, there is no question… The iPhone is like one of em lame plastic toys you get at ‘Toys r Us’ where it’s all colourful, and you have big colourful buttons and when you press them, a song plays or something lame like that… The Omnia is like a really good, super small computer, close-to-fully customisable in ever way and super duper more powerful… If anyone is still questioning which they should go for… Omnia
Cheerz
-Wiggles