Samsung Emporio Armani Night Effect

However, if all that sounds like this is a nicely designed phone, there is one thing that lets the side down terribly. The Emporio Armani branding is far too 'in your face'. The backplate of the phone has the logo emblazoned at a huge size in silver...

Solid build quality, plenty of features

That glowing light around the edge, the offensively large logos

While Samsung Armani Night Effect phone is well built, we found it rather offensive in its design. So we aren’t the target market and perhaps this flash-in-the-pan fashion phone will appeal to some. For us, those bright lights mean that if unless you...

This is a middle of the road handset in terms of features, and its very obvious Armani branding will limit its appeal to those who are keen on that company and making their affiliations known.

Armani branding ; Superb music quality

Not value for money

Easy to operate ; AMOLED display ; Decent music capabilities

Over-branded ; Memory card not easily accessible ; Average features

By Armani’s own admission Emporio Armani is a youth brand. If you don’t want a phone can come across as a tad gaudy – even for a “yoof” phone – then this isn’t one for you.

Fulfils function as fashion phone with a great display, has a solid music player and a nice assortment of other features including three-megapixel camera and HSDPA support

None of its features are excellent, and key oversights in user interface design let it down

Its flashy looks will appeal to its target audience, but as a feature phone, it's no contender to dedicated music-phones such as Sony Ericsson's excellent Walkman series.

Fulfils function as fashion phone with a great display, has a solid music player and a nice assortment of other features including three-megapixel camera and HSDPA support.

None of its features are excellent, and key oversights in user interface design let it down.

Its flashy looks will appeal to its target audience, but as a feature phone, it's no contender to dedicated music-phones such as Sony Ericsson's excellent Walkman series

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