Sporting a top-notch 2-megapixel digital camera, the D600 lets you take photos up to 1600 x 1200 pixels. There is a flash next to the camera, which is housed on the bottom half of the slider, so you can shoot with the phone closed. Single photo mode allows for automatic saving of photos; alternatively, you can opt to review your shots before taking more. Six, nine or fifteen images can be taken in multi-shot mode at a rate of about two photos per second, in either normal or high resolution. The mode we liked best is called Mosaic, where you can choose from fifteen templates that comprise several layers each, where a photo is taken and dropped onto each layers.

The D600 has a 81 Mbytes internal Memory Plus TransFlash™ support. The D600 can handle most kinds of messaging, including SMS, EMS, MMS and email. It incorporates a new PicselViewer which enables office documents to be viewed. The formats supported are Excel, Word, Powerpoint and HTML documents. The TV Out feature can be used to display documents on a TV screen if desired. The fitted battery provides up to 7.6 hours of talk time or up to 493 hours of standby battery time. The battery provides the user with a large amount of standby time which means the user will not have to recharge their handset too frequently. 


The D600 could be mistaken as the D500's identical twin, but under the hood Samsung has bumped up the camera resolution, increased the quality of the screen, and tweaked the phone's array of features, making a great phone even better. Video output, although innovative, will leave some disappointed.