Hello all,

Some Rapid fire questions..-

  • Will another XP revolutionize the electronic industry? 
  • A samsung phone to compete N95?
  • A symbian OS Samsung phone?
  • A Windows OS Samsung phone?
  • A love at first sight phone for Rs.7500 with FM and 2GB Card support?
  • A 3D surround music specific phone other than Walkman series?

Even if any of the answers you said were NO, you are kicked out of the ‘Geek of the Week’ contest. 

These would be hitting the Stage soon. Time to spend some time for Mobiles. Let us view some of the mobiles recently released and the ones to be soon released., and recently revealed in ‘Mobile Asia – 2008’ held in New Delhi. Let us look at the phone and some of its specs announced.

Samsung F490:

F490  Click to Enlarge photo

3.2 inch TFT screen – Triband HSDPA/EDGE – 16:9 Screen – 130 MB onboard memory – 240*342 display – 5 MP Camera with LED Flash – Video recording MPEG4 clips with QVGA resoltuion – 3.5 mm Jack output – Net front 3.4 HTML browser for effective browsing – Supported video formats: WMV, MPEG4, H.263, H.264.

Price: (Not yet announced firmly)

Samsung i550

Samsung i550 Click to Enlarge

2.6 inch display – 240*320 pixels – 109 g – HSDPA – 150 MB memory – Wifi – Symbian 9.2 OS – 3.15 MP – WMV, 3GP, MPEG4 Video Player – FM – 3.5mm audio jack -WMA/MP3/AAC/AAC+/OGG/ASF audio player – Google maps installed.

Price: Rs. 14000 (approx)

Samsung i780

i780 Click to Enlarge

3G support – 2.55 inch display – 320 * 320 pixels – QWERTY keyboard – 256 MB ROM , 128 MB RAM – Windows Mobile 6.0 OS – EDGE – Wifi – Opera mobile 8.65 – 2MP Camera – GPS Support – Finger mouse – MS Office mobile – Smart converter – Windows Media Player – 120g

Price: (Not announced yet)

Samsung i450

i450  Click to Enlarge

2.4 inch screen – 240 *320 pixels – 3G – EDGE – 114 g – 40 MB memory (expandable) – Symbian OS 9.2 – 2MP Camera – FM radio – 3.5 mm jack – WMV/3GP/H.263/MPEG4 Video player – WMA/MP3/AAC/AAC+/OGG/ASF Audio player – Document viewer (MS Word, Excel, PPT, PDF) – in-ear earphones – 3D surround sound powered by ICE power amplifiers by Bang & Olufsen.

Price: (Not confirmed yet)

Sony Ericsson Xperia

Xperia Click to enlarge

iPhone looks – 3G – EDGE – 145 g – 3 inch display – 800 * 480 pixels – TFT touch screen – QWERTY Keyboard – Qualcomm MSM7200 528MHz processor – 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM, 400 MB internal memory – Wifi – Windows Mobile 6.1 professional – 3.15 MP camera – Inbuilt GPS – FM radio – MP3/AAAC Player.

Price: (Not confirmed yet)

Nokia N96

N96 Click to Enlarge

125g – 2.5 inch display – 240*320 pixels – 16GB internal memry – Series 60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Symbian 9.3)- Flashlite 3.0 – Play Youtube videos inside browser  – Quadband 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens with VGA video recording at 30 FPS -Dual LED flash which can also be used when video recording – Built in GPS – DVB-H TV broadcast receiver – Stereo FM Radio with RDS – TV out – 3.5 mm jack – Office document reader

Approx price: Rs.32000

At one thought we can go for a cool Laptop in the price of these high end phones., at the other end, you are virtually carrying a mini laptop around. So the choice is yours and ball is in your court. And a personal advice 😉 (Dont buy a phone as soon as it releases – Wait for atleast a month – Watch out for the bear trend in price)

Thanks to GSM Arena for specs and pictures.

Readers queries regarding the phones are most welcome.

Love,

CK.