Samsung Omnia W (Focus Flash) Review with Pros and Cons


Omnia W
Samsung Omnia W or FocusFlash
Samsung has been launching android Smartphone every now and then but now it was time for Samsung to launch windows phone after Nokia came to its power with the support of Windows Operating system. Samsung Omnia W is the perfect smartphone at very affordable price with many positive features. One thing which this device or any windows phone lack is external memory card slot. So let’s get started with its review.


Remember that Samsung Omnia W and Samsung Focus Flash is the same device.

Design
Samsung Omnia W has got a very sleek design. In front it has got a physical button which is a home button, is very comfortable feature with two capacitive buttons on either side. The screen is of 3.7 inches and because of SUPER AMOLED Screen it blends with the color on the front of the device. The device is much comfortable on holding. The most amazing feature found in this device is that it has got a shutter key which helps capturing video and snaps very easily. On the back side it has got a 5MP Camera with LED Flash. It has got a back cover which is made of pure aluminum and has god shady texture design. 

Hardware
Omnia W is not only affordable but excellent in its performance as well. Omnia W is the only smartphone which has good specs. This device has got single core of 1.4GHz which is enough for Windows Phone. Even Nokia Lumia 900 has a single core processor. In terms of RAM this device has got 512 MB of RAM. 
It can run multimedia, games and other files with full efficiency. The Operating system of Omnia W is Windows Phone 7.5 Mango version. The user Interface was made much simpler, easier and quicker because of its specs and operating system. Everything was made easy and could be done with a single tap on the screen. For gaming it has got Adreno 205 GPU.

Battery
Omnia W is supported with 1500mAh battery and on testing it was found that it has got talk time of total 7hrs and can run continued multimedia for 6 hrs. There was no issue in the battery at all and a good thing to know about this smartphone is that its battery is replaceable. The standby time of this device was 370hrs.


Camera
Capture and video quality of Omnia W is decent. It has got Autofocus 5MP camera with LED flash. It can capture images and record videos of 720p resolution. In comparison to Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710, Omnia W wins the race. It has also got secondary camera of 0.3 MP which is quite decent in its quality. To know the sample of its camera you can search the term "Omnia W camera Sample on YouTube".

Display
The most amazing beauty Samsung Omnia W has got is Super AMOLED display. Its black background blends with the glass of the phone. The metro design of Windows 7.5 Mango Operating system shows brilliantly on this device. It has got 3.7 inch Super AMOLED display and 16M colors with the protection of Corning Gorilla glass. However, it is not as good as the display of Nokia Lumia 800. But it kicks off the Nokia Lumia 710.


Specifications

Processor: 1.4 GHz Scorpion.
GPU: Adreno 205 GPU.
Internal Memory: 8GB internal Memory.
Camera: 5MP camera with 720p recording@30fps.
Display: 3.7 inches Super AMOLED screen with Corning Gorilla glass protection
Battery: 1500mAh.

Pros 
  • SUPER AMOLED 3.7 inch screen.
  • Camera Shutter key.
  • Quick User interface.
  • Light weight.
Cons
Most Cons of this smartphone is just the same which other Windows Phone 7 lack. 
  • No External Memory.
  • No DivX support.
  • No Flash support.
  • No Java Support
  • No Bluetooth transfer to other phone. It can only connect to Bluetooth speaker.