 "Samsung Ultra Edition 9.9 D830")
Samsung’s Ultra Edition series are all about ultra thin devices, but just as the 6.9 X820 stands out as being the slimmest candy bar handset, and the 12.9 D900 slider stands out for its feature packed specifications including a 3 megapixel camera, the 9.9 D830 clamshell just ends up trying to take a swipe at the RAZR without any success. Is there any reason to choose it over the RAZR?
Design
As mentioned before, the 9.9 D830 is a slim clamshell which simply looks RAZR-inspired. The phone opens up to be a little too big, even bigger than the RAZR, but then you’ll realize that its even slimmer than the 6.9, when it isn’t folded. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s still quite a broad phone for any normal sized hand. 85 grams also makes the phone feel a little weighty, despite the slimness.
The keypad–once again RAZR-inspired–is brushed metal with etchings on it. But unlike the RAZRs, the keys are extremely flat and offer no tactile feedback, so you’ll have to rely on the keypad tones to assist in fast typing, which wasn’t a very pleasant experience. The key arrangement is also flawed: the OK/i key in the navigation pad is large and comfortable, but the ring around it, which has the four direction keys, is too small. Even the number keys are not big enough, even though they are wide.
