Mobile Phone Reviews

This past week, Samsung Electronics, the second biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world, have announced plans to release their brand new smartphone, named, ‘Wave’, into European countries such as Germany, France, and the UK. The Samsung Wave is indeed the very first smartphone to use Samsung’s own Bada operating system, and it is designed to facilitate online communications. ‘Social Hub’ is the built in engine that integrates all correspondence, including e-mailing, instant messaging, and social networking. Even those unfamiliar with smartphones and their capabilities will be able to easily download applications for the Wave. The screen uses Samsung’s HDTV technology for increased quality and resolution, and measures 3.3-inches. It also makes use of Active-Matrix touchscreen technology, which means the image is five times better than that of ordinary screens. Other such features, like the Wi-Fi capability come as standard. The Wave looks like a serious contender to Apple’s iPhone.

Other exciting inclusions in the Samsung Wave concern multimedia and playback – the device is essentially a ‘media player’, providing multi-codec support for DivX, Xvid, MP4 and WMV, and support for virtual 5.1 surround sound. The Wave also includes Bluetooth 3.0 technology and Wi-Fi 802.11n standards, along with GPRS, 3G and Edge, and a 5-megapixel camera. The Samsung Wave is looks set up clean up what with the current interest in smart phones, and one way they’ll set about doing this is by attracting their legions of feature phone users over to the Wave, with the minimum of upgrade fuss. However, users already using a smartphone will see Samsung’s new release as the must have. The features, the processor, a stunning screen and a packed app store, the Wave just seems to have all bases covered.

Samsung Wave

Samsung has come out with another exciting technology which will be put to use over the space of the next few months. Samsung claim they have created the first LCD which can produce independent images on both sides of the screen. If what is reported is infact true, we are going to have a great time in terms of new mobile phones with such screens. The biggest advantage for Samsung here is that other manufactures who have managed to come close to these type of displays use two light sources while this one makes use of only one.

What these double sided LCDs will do for the mobile phone market is pretty evident. For one, it will reduce the thickness of the phones which nowadays is one of the major benchmarks for newest generation of phones.

These LCDs as reported will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in the next 3 days. The LCD TFT display measures 2.6mm thick and 2.22 inches wide. At the moment they have come out with displays with a QVGA resolution but that can change very fast.

All the talk over which company makes the slimmest and the sleekest phones will go on forever, but it looks like Samsung has definitely taken the lead in this particular battle. The Samsung Z720 is the latest HSDPA slider phone which measures only 13.8mm thin.

HSDPA allows you to very high data transfer speeds going as high as 1.8Mbps. With the help of such high data transmission you can enjoy good quality video streaming. The phone weighs only 80 grams and is pretty nice to hold. In addition to these great features it also comes with a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, and flash too. It also has a 2.1inch QVGA display featuring 262k colors.

It comes with other obvious features like Bluetooth, HTML browser, microSD card slot and also a secondary camera specially for video telephony. If you service provider does not provide you with HSDPA, you also have EDGE and GPRS as a life savior.

The Samsung phone will soon be released in Europe, but the price at which it will come out is not yet known.

The 19th of December will be a big landmark for the mobile phone industry as Samsung makes a big announcement in Seoul, Korea today. The new Samsung SCH-V960 is the latest in their line up and will feature a ‘Optical Joystick’ instead of the four / five way navigation keys.

We have previously seen a lot of phone with 4 and 5 way navigation keys on the Sony Ericsson and now the Samsung phones but this will be the first time that such a technology has been used in a mobile phone. The Joystick’s sensors will follow the finger movement over the button which will provide you with navigation in all possible directions, so not limiting it to 4 or 5. The working will be in the exact same way as a normal Joystick on your PC.

To add to this innovative feature, there is also ‘Smart Lighting’ included along with a 2 megapixel camera, a GPS receiver and Bluetooth v1.2. There is no word on the pricing for this phone, but it will be released in late December or early January next year.

The Samsung SGH-E890 is a Tri band GSM phone which works with 900 / 1800 / 1900 networks. The phone comes with a 262k color TFT screen and measures about 2.3 inches. The Samsung SGH-E890 has a 1.3 megapixel camera which also has flash capabilities. The phone surprisingly has a touch screen user interface which is pretty good for a normal slider phone.

The SGH-E890 features a music player which can play all audio formats like MP3/ AAC/ WMA/ AAC+. The user memory of the phone is about 54mb and to add to that there is also a microSD card slot included.

The battery of the SGH-E890 is a standard Li-Ion 880mAh battery which can last for a maximum of 4 hours talk time and 300 hours of standby. The Bluetooth and Usb v1.1 offers you the quick synchronization between the phone and your computer.

The phone measures about 99 x 49 x 14.6mm and weighs 82 grams. The price of the Samsung E890 is $259 and $30 with a two year contract.

A new broad and function packed Samsung clamshell has been announced last week, it is the Samsung P940 mobile phone. The phone works with Tri band GSM networks and has HSDPA compatibility.The Samsung P940 mobile phone comes with a 256k color TFT screen with a display resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The external screen is also a good enough OLED display with 65k colors, and is sufficient to make use of the picture call receiving function that the phone offers.

The camera of the Samsung P940 is an impressive 2 mega pixel, which can take photos at 1600 x 1200 pixels. The phone can also give you prompt TV coverage, with the DVB-H Tv receiver. The Samsung P940 mobile phone comes in black and silver colors. The data networks supported by the phone are GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA at 1.8 Mbps.

The microSD card slot provides you without enough space to store your data, music and work files on the phone itself and use it almost like your flashdrive. The phone comes with a Bluetooth port and Usb v2.0 connectivity is also possible.

The Samsung P930 is a Tri band GSM phone with HSDPA network compatibility. The phone comes with a good 256k color OLED display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution. The screen measures about 2.3 inches in physical size.

The phone comes with GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA data network support, this will enable you to obtain data transfer speeds of up to 1.8 Mbps. The P930 houses a great 2 mega pixel camera which can take stills at 1600 x 1200 pixels.

The stand out feature for the Samsung P930 is the DVB-H TV broadcast receiver it has inbuilt so you can watch TV on the phone if your carrier supports such features. In addition to all these features the phone also has the simple things in order like a microSD card slot which can hold memory cards of up to 2GB in size. There is also Bluetooth and an Usb port to transfer data between phones.

The availability on this phone is not known at this point in time, and for how much it will be released. It is assumed that we would see this handset rolled out by the beginning of the next year.

The Samsung S300 is the latest phone released by Samsung and was announced just a few days ago. The phone works on Tri band GSM networks like 900/ 1800/ 1900 Mhz. The S300 measures close to 103.5 x 44 x 9.4 mm and comes with a great 256k color TFT screen. The display of the S300 is a 176 x 220 pixels and is 2.1 inches.

The Samsung S300 comes with a microSD card slot along with 100 MB of internal memory. Along with all these features it comes with a 2 mega pixel camera which can take pictures at 1600 x 1200 pixels. The handset features a stereo FM Radio and also a Mp3/ AAC/AAC+/ WMA player.

The data networks which are supported by the phone are GPRS up to 48 kbps and EDGE at 384 kbps. The phone will be available in black and other colors might be introduced in later. You also get Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP and Usb 2.0 port for transferring data from the computer to the phone or between two phones.

Samsung have announced their new phone which is due to come out in December or early next year. The Samsung SGH-Z650i is a Tri band GSM phone plus it supports the UMTS 2100 Mhz network. The phone weighs about 94 grams and measures close to 102 x 52 x 16 mm.

The Samsung SGH-Z650i is a pretty nice looking slider phone and is decent in size too. It is not too thin nor is it too thick, just right I may say! The Samsung SGH-Z650i comes with a microSD card slot, which can take cards upto 2GB in size. The handset also has a good 2 mega pixel camera which can take photos at 1600 x 1200 pixels.

Along with these whole host of features offered by the phone there is something special which other phones don’t have, which is the Stereo Bluetooth. The stereo Bluetooth allows you to listen to music on Bluetooth headsets in both your ears! Other features that add to this phone is a Mp3/AAC player, iMode browser, and EDGE.

The battery of the SGH-Z650i lasts for about 2 and half hours talk time along with good 8 days of standby.

The Samsung SPH-P9000 is the latest phone announced by Samsung and it is surely one of the most stand out ones we have seen in a long time. The device is due to be released in early 2007 and was announced just last week. It is a EV-DO, i.e. a 3G CDMA phone and comes with WiMax support. So you can be assured you will have the fastest data transfer wherever you go.

The Samsung SPH-P9000 comes with a 262,000 colors screen with a display resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The phone is extremely heavy at 560 grams, yes, that’s about 1lb! The P9000 measures 5.6 x 3.5 x 1.2 inches and is definitely a very bulky phone. It comes with a 1.3 mega pixel camera and has a 30GB hard disk! Yes we are talking about a device which is almost a computer and yet a phone. You can call it a handheld capable of making voice calls.

The handheld device also comes with a Bluetooth but does not have the primitive Infrared which is not even needed nowadays. On the whole we think this is where the future lies and we will be seeing more of these in the coming years, but lighter ones ofcourse.