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Samsung Slides Out Expanded Lineup

Feb 12, 2007, 1:56 PM by (staff)

Samsung unveiled a big batch of phones today at 3GSM, including some innovative new designs, new Ultra editions and an updated BlackJack. The Ultra Edition II handsets all feature improved user interfaces, enhanced music players and software to help maximize battery life and talk time.

F520: The Samsung F520 features a large 3-inch touchscreen that is also a dual slider. It slides horizontally to reveal a qwerty keypad for messaging and slides up to reveal the traditional number keys for quick call dialing. Similar to the F700 (announced last week), the F520 uses a Flash-based, touchpad user interface to navigate menus and features. It has EDGE 900/1800/1900MHz plus HSDPA 2100 for high-speed data and a 3.0 megapixel camera with flash. Hot buttons will also launch features like the camera and music player.
Ultra Edition 12.1 (U700): This new slider features EDGE 900/1800/1900MHz, but adds 3.6 Mbps HSDPA. It comes with a 3.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and a key wheel for easier navigation around the 2.2-inch screen. The U700 also supports Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0. It comes in four different colors and is 12.1 mm thick.
Ultra Edition 10.9 (U600): Similar to the U700 in most respects, the U600 has a 2.2-inch screen, but the camera is 3.2 megapixels with autofocus (corrected), and the radio is downgraded to EDGE but is quad-band. It does come a tad thinner than the U700 at 10.9 mm.
Ultra Edition 5.9 (U100): The U100 sports many of the same functions as the U600 and U700, but is a candybar form factor and is only 5.9 mm thick. It has an EDGE 900/1800/1900 radio and includes a 3.0 megapixel camera and Bluetooth.
Ultra Edition 9.6 (U300): Finishing up the Ultra Edition II lineup is the U300. This is a clamshell phone with an internal color display, but a monochrome exterior display. Same as several of the others, it is EDGE 900/1800/1900, has a 3.0 megapixel camera with flash, and supports Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0. It is 9.6 mm thick.
i600: The i600 is an updated BlackJack (i630) for Europe. The biggest changes are that it adds Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and a front-facing camera to enables videoconferencing. It has the same basic stats at the Blackjack, with stereo Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel camera and VGA screen. This phone will not appear in the U.S.

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Jayshmay

Feb 12, 2007, 2:33 PM

I'm so frinkin sick of all these awesome phones not being QUAD BAND!!!!

Oooooh that frustrates me so, so, so much.

Shoot, the G in GSM does stand for global, why not make ALL GSM phones compatible globally

johnnycashak

I'm tired of hearing about all these wonderful phones we'll never see here in the states. I would love it if someone would explain to me how it is that all these other countries seem to be kicking the cr*p out of us when it comes to cell tech. For my ...
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Argonnj

Feb 12, 2007, 2:17 PM

All GSM

Does me and millions of others no good who don't use this outdated format.
I really tired of us CDMA users having to chose from endless new Moto crap phones while GSM enjoys the better brands,models and features.

Mastrn82005

Sounds like you should switch to a GSM carrier than huh? And what do you mean outdated? If by that you mean capable of doing a lot more things than CDMA than I know exactly what you mean by outdated. You know newest phones... Latest technology... yeah...
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Jayshmay

The G in GSM stands for GLOBAL!!!!!!!

CDMA is the miniority.

860 networks in 220 countries/areas of the world.

http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml »

Only " 330 million CDMA2000 and 50 million 1xEV-DO users by the end of 2006....
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Anxiovert

😳 I was going to point that out too! you read my mind!!! ALL GSM BABY!!!! 😉

renardlee

gsm has far more features than cdma, i'd rather use gsm than overly restictive cdma, plus gsm has a superior codec which blows cdma's abysmal codec out the water, gsm's natural sound is much better than that muffled cdma crap.

macuser09

you all do realize GSM and CDMA are coming together in WCDMA. Using the CDMA air interface was the only way to get high speed data since the GSM interface isn't very well adapted to data. Cingular and tmobile are deploying WCDMA they are just callin...
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youngcl

give me a break... these phones are introduced at "3GSM"... will anyone put a CDMA phone on display in a GSM conference? I bet all these phones have CDMA version released in Korea already.

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wacko_javo

Feb 13, 2007, 6:15 AM

cramped keypad

seems like the double slide phone has quite a cramped qwerty, and the first row at the top (the *qwerty* one) lies a bit underneath the top of the phone and will be difficult to press... it's just what it looks like from the pics... otherwise, seems quite awesome!

Jayshmay

Feb 12, 2007, 2:31 PM

3.2mp's no auto-focus??????

How frinkin stoooooopid is that having a 3.2 megapixel camera w/o auto-focus! ! !

That makes or breaks a camera!!!!

johnnycashak

Actually, it does come with autofocus.
Check out this display that engadget snapped a pic of:

http://www.engadget.com/gallery/hands-on-with-samsun ... »

Phonescoop just got their facts a little mixed up......
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johnnycashak

Feb 12, 2007, 6:49 PM

PhoneScoop is wrong, Ultra 10.9 DOES have autofocus

Not like this happens very often, but PS got it wrong on their little spec sheet.
As the display in this photo clearly shows, the Ultra Edition 10.9's 3.2 megapixel cam does in fact have autofocus built in.

http://www.engadget.com/gallery/hands-on-with-samsun ... »

Looks like a sweet phone... I've been looking for something to replace my SE W810i for awhile now. I'll just have to wait till Q2 I guess, whenever that is :-p

muchdrama

Feb 12, 2007, 4:41 PM

So...

...none of these are coming Stateside.

Whoopee!

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