Samsung has introduced a new 3G full touchscreen mobile phone in South Korea, which is dubbed as the Haptic AMOLED. The handset provides high resolution WVGA 800×480 pixel resolution on its 3.5 inch AMOLED display. The AMOLED display also has 180-degree viewing angle, and can reduce power consumption by up to 66%. The phone also supports high-quality video formats such as H.264, MPEG4, and AC-3. Other features include “One-finger Zoom” function, T-DMB, a 5MP camera, Bluetooth, and navigation support. The Haptic AMOLED phone will be available via Korea’s SK Telecom, KT and LG Telecom for about $700. [Oled Display via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Philips has added a new member to its Xenium series with the introduction of Philips X630. This new candybar phone offers a 2.4-inch QVGA display with 262k colors, a 3.2MP camera, a music player, an FM radio, a microSDHC card slot (up to 8GB), Bluetooth with A2DP and an impressive battery lifetime that lasts up to 12 hours in talk-time, or up to 50 days in stand-by time. Pricing and availability are still unknown at the moment. More
Samsung has released not one but four new handsets from its mid-range phones series, which is dubbed as the Samsung S6700, C5510, M2510 and M2310. The M2310 comes with only a poor VGA camera and the M2510 features a 1.3MP camera. Both of these handsets have dedicated music controls. The Samsung C5510 is a dual band 3G handset that comes equipped with a 2MP camera with fixed focus, and a 16GB of storage capacity. The Samsung S6700 is a slider with HSDPA, GPS, a 3MP camera with auto-focus and dual LED flash, and 120MB of storage space. No word on pricing so far. [Samsung via Upcoming Cell Phones]
If you happen to live in Spain and are planning on buying a new Android phone, then I have good news for you, because pretty soon GeeksPhone will launch their first Android phone for the Spanish market. Dubbed as the One, this new smartphone is equipped with a 625MHz PXA310 processor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 3.2 megapixel camera and a front-facing camera, a microSD card slot, AGPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, Android 1.5 Cupcake OS and supports quad-band EDGE/HSDPA connectivity. The One will be available in Spain this summer unlocked for anywhere between $352 to $422. [MobileWhack via Upcoming Cell Phones]
The Nokia N97 will soon make its way to 3 UK before the end of this month (June). Unlike most carriers, 3 UK is offering you free Skype-to Skype calls across most of its range. The phone itself will be sold for £319.99 (€375 or $527) on pay as you go, or with a contract agreement for at least £35 a month. You’ll be able to pre-order it starting today via 3’s official website. [Unwiredview via Upcoming Cell Phones]
The T715 is the latest slider phone from Sony Ericsson that comes in two different versions namely the Sony Ericsson T715 (with quad-band GSM and 2100 HSPA), and Sony Ericsson T715a (with quad-band GSM and 850/1900/2100 HSPA). This mid-end handset is equipped with a 2.2-inch QVGA display with 256K colors, a 3.2MP camera with Photo light, a new UI feature, a music player, a Stereo FM radio with RDS, Google Maps, a 90MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP. Sony Ericsson T715 and T715a will be available starting the third quarter of 2009, in two color versions: Galaxy Silver and Rouge Pink for unannounced price yet. More
O2 online shop has launched the Samsung i7500 Galaxy, which is claimed to be the highest-end Android device in the market today. The smartphone supports for 7.2Mbps HSDPA, an 8GB of internal storage, and a 3.2-inch AMOLED display. The Galaxy is priced at 69,99 Euro or approx. $98. [O2 online shop via Upcoming Cell Phones]
HTC has officially unveiled their third Android smartphone in the form of the HTC Hero. This new smartphone is packed with a 3.2-inch fingerprint-resistant touchscreen display with 320 x 480 pixels, a 5MP camera with autofocus, HTC’s latest Sense UI, an accelerometer sensor, Android 1.5 OS, Google Maps, Google Streetview and various other Google apps / services, GPS, WiFi, a microSDHC card slot, a 3.5mm headset jack and supports GSM as well as HSDPA connectivity. The HTC Hero will be available In Europe starting early July via Orange UK for unannounced price yet. Watch the video after the jump to get more details. More
AT&T is set to launch another quick messaging phone from Motorola namely the Motorola Karma QA1 on June 28. This oval shaped phone is targeted especially at teenagers and young adults, and comes with interesting features like a 2.5-inch QVGA display, a 2MP camera with flash and video recording, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, threaded messaging, a homescreen with one-click-access icons for Facebook and MySpace, 3G, GPS, a 100MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, stereo Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and supports dual band GSM connectivity (850/1900 MHz). AT&T will sell the Karma for as low as $79.99 with a 2-year contract agreement and choose a plan of at least $60 per month. More
If you are unsatisfied with the plain colors of iPhone 3GS, you can purchase ColorWare’s iPhone 3GS Custom Colors. You can customize the normally-chrome bezel, the home button, earbuds, and the SIM holder. Pricing starts at $150 for the back, then add $20 each for the bezel frame and button, or $15 each for the SIM holder and earbuds. More
