Experienced industry watchers see a Samsung i780 and think of the magic four-letter word Treo (usually followed by the number 600, classic IDEO design. As the i780 is a “Treo killer”, we need to look at its size – can it stack up?
Our first contender is a group of business smartphones. When put next to a Treo 680/750/755), one sees that the Samsung device is physically bigger, a lot slimmer and but has smaller keys (bugger):
The Treo 650 is similar in size and has bigger keys. However, it also is a lot thicker:
Next up is the BlackBerry Curve 8300:
Finally, here’s a bunch of shots showing the device next to a Nokia E63:
Our next group consists of a few PDAs, with the huge hp ipaq 3700 being the first:
Apple’s iPod is smaller and quite a bit sleeker:
The rx4240 is smaller in all aspects:
Finally, it’s time to pitch the device against three ordinary phones (Nokia N71,. Nokia N96 and QTek 8500):
Cutting a long story short: the Samsung i780 is not proportioned well. While being one of the bigger handsets in our test, it also gets the unhonourable award of having the smallest keys of the entire batch. But what does that mean in day-to-day use?
Tune in soon – part three is coming up shortly!
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