The price difference is probably the first thing you will notice when you choose between these two mobile phones. The Cookie is a knockout bargain compare to the Omnia. A single unit of Omnia would be worth 3 Cookie phones.

With this price difference, you will find more advanced technology input with the Omnia. However, for a very cheap budget smartphone, the Cookie of LG can also have the punch you want from a touchscreen mobile phone.

Screen Comparison

The LG Cookie has a sleek and very minimalist facade with a 3 inch touchscreen TFT display. Its front panel is not cluttered with control buttons. As budget phone, the Cookie can offer superior touchscreen performance with highly responsive screen. You can use its available stylus if you do not want to smudge your screen with lots of fingerprints.

Samsung Omnia is a notch better than the Cookie in terms of screen size and resolution. The Omnia has a wide 3.2 inch touchscreen WQVGA display. It is comparable to the display properties of Vista especially with its drag and drop capabilities for organizing your phone widgets.

Connectivity and Network Support

LG Cookie fully supports EDGE network whereas the Omnia of Samsung works pretty fine on HSDPA at 7.2 Mbps. It can also support GPRS and EEDGE networks. Both mobile phones however are not supported on 3G.

Samsung Omnia can achieve connectivity via Bluetooth, WiFi, and USB. These are specific strengths of the Omnia compared to the Cookie. LG's budget phone does not have WiFi connectivity but can support Bluetooth and A2DP.

Camera and Multimedia Features

The cookie has a built-in 3 megapixel camera without autofocus. It has good photo resolution quality especially if you take pictures outdoors or in bright environment. Samsung's Omnia however is more superior in this aspect. Omnia has a built-in 5 megapixel digital camera which can produce better photo quality.

Both mobile phones have video recording and playback functions. The Cookie however can only playback MPEG movie format at 24 frames per second. Meanwhile, Samsung Omnia can fully support multi codec video playback. Specifically, it can play videos in DivX, MPEG4, XVid, and WMV formats. With an intuitive multimedia interface, you will be able to record and edit your videos directly from the phone.

Memory Power and Storage Capacity

Again, Omnia has the upper hand in storage and memory features. This Samsung smartphone has up to 16 GB internal memory with extensible storage of another 16 GB by using a Micro SD card.

The Cookie on the other hand has an internal 48 MB only but you can expand its capacity. It fully supports a Micro SD memory card of up to 8 GB.

Samsung Omnia and LG Cookie have lots of differences. Obviously, these two touchscreen phones do not belong in the same category. Cookie is a budget touchscreen that can be very useful for everyday communication needs. Omnia on the other hand has lots of technology power which would be ideal for heavy mobile phone users.