Samsung Soul Overview

The Soul is a slide-phone, slim and compact, classily finished in metal.  The handset is minimalist, and when opened slides up to reveal a flat keypad.  It’s lovely to hold and ultra slim, a mere 12.9 mm thick.

The phone was the first to include a 16 million colour display and fast 3G transfer of files with a download speed of 7.2 Mbps.

The camera is great for the price; ignore people who always moan that Samsung mobile phones don’t have good cameras.  It’s because those same people ignore the manual that gives out the advice to set the camera to the maximum resolution because that is not the default setting.

There are mobiles that have better cameras, but this one takes perfectly good images.

The music system comes with an FM radio and it supports the majority of the standard formats.  It has high-fidelity audio sound thanks to the Bang and Olufsen power amplifier.  The headphones can be plugged into the charger socket or you can opt for a Bluetooth wireless set. 

The Soul has a vast amount of memory, 100 Mbytes which is a real plus, and you can even add more with a memory card.  The phone also comes with email, Bluetooth and a document viewer.

The one major complaint about the Soul is the volume of the ring tones – they aren’t loud enough.  But that was only a percentage of reviewers; others considered the volume just perfect.