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Look and feel

The large, lightweight silver chassis takes away from the high-end features that the Samsung H1 houses, making it look far cheaper than it actually is.

Ease of use

This Vodafone 360-enabled smartphone boasts high spec features, but is seems to offer a number of different ways of doing the same thing – filtering your contacts. What struck us most in terms of usability is that it is not the most efficient handset, requiring a lot of unnecessary and annoying clicks.

Features

A massive 16GB internal memory is superb, and Samsung always excels when it comes to cameras – the H1’s five-megapixel snapper doesn’t disappoint. Vodafone 360 offers a number of social networking features, but your friends are required to also have an enabled device for them to reach their full potential.

Performance

Although the H1 is packed with social networking features, there is limited opportunity to actually interact on this phone. The keyboard is frustrating to use but the music player and camera are both excellent.

Battery life

Battery life was exceptional, with a talktime of 400 minutes.

 

Vodafone 360 Samsung H1

Pros: Good touch-screen, supports dozens of social networks, automatic backup for contacts and photos
Cons: Social network integration is pretty basic, keyboard not efficiently designed, confusing feature set

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Verdict: OK for social networking, better as a media all-rounder