Updated 14 Feb, 2012, 6:01 pm IST

REVIEWS / SMARTPHONES / SAMSUNG

Samsung i8510 INNOV8

29 Oct, 2008, 5:14 pm IST | Shayne Rana | Smartphones

Battery
The battery life of the INNOV8 is a tad above average. With ordinary use you’ll easily get two days of usage. Standalone talktime is about 3 hours and 25 minutes, which is not too bad.

The Bottomline
With a price tag of Rs 46,000 you tend to wonder why is it so expensive. Is it because you’re paying for a sophisticated 8MP camera? Heck NO!

Let’s think about it for a second – it has a great audio player, a not-so-great video player (where audio is concerned), and while its DivX and XviD compatible files need to be converted, the company has included a converter. The camera is feature-rich and images look quite good. Let’s not forget the whopping 32GB of space (16GB internal 16GB card that’s included). The phone will not run slow enough for you to complain if the memory is a bit full.

That said, 46 grand is just too darn much, even for a good phone. If I’m paying so much for a handset, I'd expect to sit back and have it serve me breakfast. Great phone, Samsung, but definitely not worth such a high price. If it cost a more reasonable figure I'd have easily said... N96, look out!

Specs

Samsung i8510 INNOV8
Network	GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE, 3G
Physical	106.5 x 53.9 x 17mm, 140g
Display	240 x 320, 16m colors, TFT LCD, 2.8 inch
Memory	16GB internal, 16GB MicroSD for external (included)
Media	AAC+, MP3, 3GP, DivX, XviD, WMV, Voice Recorder, FM radio, Video editor
Camera	8 megapixel, auto-focus, Face/Smile/Blink detection, anti-shake, LED flash, secondary camera for video calling, Biz card/Document reader
Connectivity	USB v2.0, Bluetooth with A2DP, Wi-Fi, GPS
Battery	300 hrs standby, 3 hrs 25 mins talktime
MRP	Rs 46,000 (for 32GB)

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