Design
M810 is theoretically the upgraded edition of M800, but the name is not M800+ probably because not just the internal features improve: the handset has a completely new case, unusual of E-TEN. The low-quality plastic cover of the predecessor had to be changed, but the designers didn’t want to reach a concession: the newcomer has a case of such a quality that we can rarely see, and that’s no exaggeration. If I’d want to compare it with cars, I’d say that this new glofiish is the Rolls Royce of Pocket PCs: it’s elegant, it’s clean, it’s high-quality, even taking it in my hands makes me happy. Of course quality has its price, as the device has a weight of almost 180 grams, so keeping it in jeans pocket might turn out to be uncomfortable.
Unfortunately these pictures can’t illustrate how beautiful the phone is. The front is made of a blueish, shiny plastic, although it looks as if it had been made of metal. On top, near the secondary camera, we can see the phone’s speaker, which also serves as a status LED. It’s unfortunately not in the center, but that’s not such a big problem. Below this we can see the 2.8” QVGA touchscreen. No, it’s no misspelling; M810 doesn’t have a VGA resolution display, which has been a great decision in my opinion. Although picture quality is indeed beautiful at 640 x 480 resolution, but the high resolution highly decreases uptime and also stresses the Samsung CPU a lot. QVGA resolution, on the other, doesn’t hurt our eyes at 2.8”, so on the whole I can say that it has been a wise decision to change the screen to a lower resolution one.
On the front we can find the most important keys, like the 5-way d-pad, the call handling buttons and the two soft keys. These two are flatter than the call handlers, so there’s no problem accepting calls “blindly”, we won’t miss the key. The d-pad is not only good looking, but it also has a proper size, so it’s easy top use.
The back cover is made of a soft, silky plastic; E-TEN likes to use this material a lot, and there’s no problem with that as it provides a pleasant grip. On top, near the handsfree speaker we can see the 2 MP fix focus camera, the LED flash and the mirror used for taking self-portraits. The design is all right in these parts too.
There is nothing on top of the device. In the top left corner we can see the hook for fastening the wristband; the volume control keys are on the left, along with the sound recorders hotkey and the microSD slot, which is not covered.
On the bottom, near the microphone, we can see the miniUSB connector, which is also the headset output, as there is no 2.5 mm jack connector on the phone, which is a really sad thing. On the right we can find the camera’s exposure button, the reset gap and the power button.
When sliding the phone open we can observe the 35-key QWERTY keyboard. It looks like Motorola RAZR’s keypad; it’s made of brushed metal and has a blue backlight. The keys have a good size, and there pressure point is okay too, so they are pretty easy to use.
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