Samsung SGH-D900 - black (Unlocked)

Reviewed by

Nicole Lee

on 11/09/2006

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The SGH-D900 took amazing photos.

We were very pleased with the 3.0-megapixel camera. Not only are the images excellent, but also we really like the camera's user interface. All of the buttons on the keypad--even alphanumeric keys--can be used as shortcuts to adjust camera settings on the fly. The D900 comes with a plethora of camera settings. They include: image size (2,048x1,536, 1,600x1,200, 1,280x1,024, 1,024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240, 240x320, and 240x180); image quality (superfine, fine, normal); viewfinder mode (full screen or standard ratio); exposure metering; white balance; eight preset color effects; 30 picture frames; a flash; a self timer; ISO settings; zoom; brightness; and a focus mode (pan focus or auto focus). You can also choose from five different shutter sounds, or silence the shutter altogether. The camera can also shoot video, with settings such as: recording length (normal, for multimedia messaging, or for email); video resolution (352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 128x96); quality (economy, superfine, fine, normal); viewfinder mode; audio recording (on/off); white balance; scenery (normal or night time); zoom; and brightness. For both the camera and video recorder, you can toggle the zoom and brightness sounds on or off. While we weren't terribly impressed with the video quality, it was still much better than many camera phone videos we've seen.

The D900 also comes with a music player. While there aren't any external music controls, you can use the four-way toggle and middle OK key to play music. The phone supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, and eAAC+ file formats. Music can be uploaded via the MicroSD card, plus the phone has 80MB of internal memory. We liked that there are shuffle and repeat settings, as well as four preset equalizer settings. When the music player is on, you can set it to override other phone sounds. The music pauses, however, when there's an incoming call.

There are certainly a lot of options when it comes to personalizing the phone. Not only can you download additional wallpaper, screen savers, and ring tones, but also you can change a greeting message, set it for auto-key answer (pressing any key answers the phone), set auto redial, or customize the My Menu option with all your favorite shortcuts, easily accessible from the default display. You can choose different sounds for message alerts, slider tones, ring tones, keypad tones, power on/off tones, connection tones, and call alerts.

We tested the quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; EDGE) Samsung SGH-D900 world phone in San Francisco using T-Mobile service. Calls sounded crisp and clear, with sound quality that matched a landline phone call. Callers reported the same with us. Speakerphone quality was also great. MP3 playback didn't compare to that of a dedicated MP3 player, but for a quick listen, it performed admirably. We paired the D900 with the Jabra BT125 Bluetooth headset and experienced no problems.

The Samsung SGH-D900 has a rated talk time of 6.5 hours and an impressive tested talk time of 7 hours. It has a rated standby time of 10.8 days. According to the FCC radiation tests, the SGH-D900 has a digital SAR rating of 1.04 watts per kilogram.