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Samsung's Style Phones 2007

Intro Armani Serenata i550 Gleam G800 * Comments  82  

Oct 16, 2007, 9:00 AM   by Rich Brome
updated Oct 22, 2007, 4:00 AM

Hands-on with Samsung's Gleam, Armani, Serenata, i550, plus a video tour of the 5-megapixel G800.

At a recent Samsung event, I had the opportunity to get some hands-on time with a few of Samsung's new flagship phones for Europe. The interesting ones are all tri-band GSM models we wouldn't really recommend for use in the US (though the adventurous could use them with T-Mobile). However, each is a very interesting flagship phone that may make its way to US shores in a different incarnation at some point. At the very least, they show the direction Samsung is heading with some of its designs and technology.

* G800 page added Monday, Oct. 22nd.

About the author, Rich Brome:

Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.

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bleekerbaby

Oct 16, 2007, 12:12 PM

Serenata

Wow, what a mess of a phone...it should be called the Serecaca...๐Ÿ˜ณ

Most luxury hotels these days (at least all the ones I've stayed in) include an ipod music dock (iHome) in their rooms...

I guess this phone is for low level executives who want to walk around with a phone that looks like a ladies shaver.
I dont know almost all the phone makers are trying to grab up good name brands for the yuppie in all of us.............. ๐Ÿคจ
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V4Vengeance

Oct 16, 2007, 10:07 PM

Gleam

The Gleam is a beautiful phone; pictures don't do it justice. Those who like the Razr form-factor, especially the pink Razr V3C/M's shiny metal keypad, will likely also be delighted with the Gleam's slim shininess. Kudos to Samsung for this aesthetically pleasing handset.
Keypad is all plastic as the rest of the phone.
shiny = fingerprints
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i just purchased the gleam from verizon wireless and it is a really great phone; call quality is amazing, keypad has a great feel and nice size for text messaging. the camera is really great and the themes are a nice change from the regular verizon me...
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beeferjay

Oct 16, 2007, 9:50 AM

samsung is cool

they come out with a new phone every hour on the hour.
Armani - ๐Ÿคค

B&O - ๐Ÿคฃ

Gleam - ๐Ÿ™„

The Gleam still looks like a Samsung phone. I understand the need for a distinct form and style for a phone, but I am not a fan of the Samsung style. Beyond that the Armani looks the sexiest an...
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yonah

Oct 16, 2007, 2:08 PM

i550

Didnt really care for reading about the phone but the design of it looks almost like it was completely copied from the sony ericsson k610i..
I completely agree, se rip off for sure.
 
 
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