There are plenty of design issues with mobile phones that certainly could use being addressed, and none of these universal concerns need to be urgently fixed.

Apple, however, certainly believes that they are not alone when it comes to suffering from an antenna issue. Steve Jobs stated that the issue is a challenge to the whole industry. What Apple seems to have forgotten is that with the literally thousands of unique handsets out there, only they are suffering from an antenna issue.

Sure, other mobile phones will lose a bar of signal, or even two, if it is held in a unique way. But none of these devices would actually drop user calls. The iPhone 4 however, is likely to drop a call if held in the left hand –a position where the exposed antenna strip is located. To state that the issue is an industry challenge is a long stretch, even for a company as Apple.

To further support their claim, Steve Jobs has also pointed out several mobile phones which are apparently suffering from antenna issues as well. Included in the presentation was the BlackBerry Bold 9700, the Samsung Omnia 2 and an HTC Android smart phone.

However, none of these devices have a history of massive call drops similar to what the Apple iPhone 4 is suffering from. And the makers of the various phones are not too happy being dragged into the mess that Apple is already into.

Research in Motion, creators of the BlackBerry, is among the first to speak up about the matter. They released an open letter that directly addressed the issue of antenna performance and clearly stated that no BlackBerry handset requires the use of a casing to be used properly.

They are quite right, in fact, aside from the iPhone 4, there is hardly any other device that requires a casing to function right.

The Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 is yet another top – class phone to emerge from the R&D laboratories of Samsung Mobile and is surely one of the best phones to have been released by Samsung in recent times. The Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 makes use of the Windows Mobile operating system and is quite similar to the Samsung S8000 Jet where looks are concerned.

The Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 makes use of a massive 3.7 inch AMOLED screen which has a resolution of 480×800 pixels. A notable thing about the screen is the fact that it is the biggest AMOLED screen to have ever been used on a mobile phone. There is also a feeling among mobile experts as well as customers that the AMOLED screen of the Omnia 2 is more sharp than that of the iPhone 3GS.

Internet browsing is an absolute treat on the phone with the Opera Mini browser which comes pre-packaged with the phone. A notable thing to be mentioned about the phone is that it is considered as one of the best web browsing phones out there. The phone makes use of the TouchWiz 2 user interface.

The 5 megapixel camera present on the phone comes with a number of features such as dual LED flash, geo – tagging, smile detection, auto focus and face detection. The camera of the phone is good enough to even compete on level terms with a digital camera. The camera is capable of capturing videos at an amazing resolution of 720×480 pixels.
The phone comes in 3 versions, the only difference between them being the internal memory capacity. One version has 2 GB, another 8 GB and the last one, 16 GB.

With the Omnia 2, you can surf the internet at HSDPA speeds and upload pictures and videos to your social network profiles such as Facebook and MySpace.

The phone has already been released in July earlier this year and should be available on all networks.

Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 Links:

• Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 Contract
• Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 on Virgin
• Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 on O2