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The Samsung 150 comes with 1gb of RAM by default, if you want to swap it out for 2gb then this post should help you with the installation!

Is it Worth Upgrading the Samsung N150 Ram?

Generally forum members find that the 2gb upgrade makes a small, but not unwelcome difference.  I’m afraid you won’t find that installing the additional RAM will give a massive performance boost.

However if you like to have a lot of tabs open in your web browser, or want to run resource hungry applications then you might find the extra RAM will make a welcome difference.

Thanks to the low cost of the upgrade many netbook owners chose to go for it!

What RAM do I need for my N150?

You need a standard stick of laptop 2GB DDR2 SODIMM 800MHz or 667MHz RAM.  Remember that you need a single stick of 2gb RAM for this upgrade!  The RAM speed won’t make a difference so don’t worry too much about this.

Buy an N150 Ram upgrade: Check out everyone’s fave online retailer Amazon: US or UK

Performing the N150 Upgrade

This video from nDevil contains footage of an N150 RAM upgrade, it also shows the model being taken apart – don’t worry you don’t need to do this to install RAM!

Installing the chip through the access hatch should not affect your warranty, but if this concerns you please seek official advise from Samsung. Warranties may differ from location to location.

Opening up your netbook will void your warranty!

Here’s the video:

Good luck with the upgrade and remember that if you have any doubts about how to install the RAM safely or what you need to buy then contact the official Samsung support centre.

You can get a RAM stick from Amazon: US or UK

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This is my current mobile phone, a Samsung Galaxy i7500. It was a Christmas present in 2009 and so to date I’ve owned it for just short of six months. The phone runs the Android OS1 from Google and that was the main factor for choosing the phone. The Galaxy has the OS of my choice from a well established company. It’s got to be a win situation right?

Wrong, oh so very wrong.

Rubbish Battery

Firstly, the battery life in this smart phone is nothing short of pathetic. The most time before a recharge I’ve ever achieved is about 30 hours. That was with nothing whatsoever running, the screen blackened and actually not using it, at all. Moderate use can make it curl up and die after something like 5 or 6 hour’s. Seriously.

There has been one update to the firmware that’s supposed to improve the battery life but I’ve found it impossible to update the phone. Android is a Linux based operating system yet the Samsung update-software can only update the firmware on Windows. I don’t use Windows. So I’m stuffed. Having said that, even if the battery life doubled, I’d still only be getting 10 hours.

Old Version of Android

OK. Another problem that Samsung seemingly aren’t going to do anything about is the Android system itself. The Galaxy runs version 1.5 which is now pretty much obsolete. Later versions are quicker and have had bugs ironed out. The current version is 2.1 with 2.2 just around the corner. The whole point of an OS like Android is that it’s upgradeable. As far as I am aware Samsung have no plans to upgrade the Galaxy to a later Android version and would rather people shell out on another of their models. Seriously. The Galaxy has been out in the wild for less than a year and they’ve abandoned it and their customers who bought it.

Signal Strength

This is by far the worst phone I’ve ever owned for signal strength. I spend my working day in my cellar office and other phones can just about cope. If I walk upstairs to street level, no problem, lots of bars on the display. With the Galaxy, not a chance. The only way I can reliably get a signal is to go outside and walk up a hill. Yet I live less than 2.5 miles from the centre of the UK’s 4th largest city. I’m missing text messages and phone calls all the time. I don’t even consider the Galaxy to actually be a phone any more, that’s how bad it is. I’ve simply been using its WiFi to connect to my home lan enabling me to use internet applications. Since we have several computers in the house, it’s a bit of a pointless exercise really.

Re-boots and the most annoying button in the World

So the Galaxy seems to randomly reboot itself regularly. It’ll just be sat there and all of a sudden, it reboots. I have no idea why. Then there’s that button on the side. The one you have to press to activate the screen from sleep mode. It has a mind of its own. The number of times I’ve pressed and held it, quick pressed it, pressed and then repressed and then pressed again because it was too slow to react to the first press. Arrrrrgghhhh! It drives me nuts.

So long Samsung

I’ve made a decision. I’m going to stop using the Galaxy until I can afford to get a replacement. I would go back to my previous phone, ironically another Samsung, but since getting the Galaxy, the older model has itself died. I think the Gods of mobiles hate me. It’ll mean not having a mobile phone for a while but that’s better than the stress the bloody Galaxy causes me.

The other thing is, I will NEVER again buy a Samsung product. The way this company has treated its own customers with the Galaxy i7500 is disgusting, absolutely terrible.

I hope this post gets found by people searching for reviews or reports about Samsung products. If that refers to you, please, think very long and hard about Samsung. Will they abandon you much in the same way that they’ve abandoned every Galaxy i7500 owner?

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