 "3GSM: Samsung Offers Entry Level Phones")
The new Ultra Edition phones stole all the limelight at 3GSM, but Samsung had also launched a bunch of entry level phones here. The ’entry level’ attribute is a bit loose, as some of these feature 2 and 3 megapixel cameras! Still, none of these do HSDPA or UMTS (all top out with tri-band GSM/EDGE), so that’s the low-end bit for you!
Take the first one, the SGH-E590. It’s a simple candy bar handset, about 13.5mm thick, that looks like something you can buy for about Rs. 4,000, but turn it around and you’ll see the 3 megapixel auto-focus camera lens. It doesn’t stop there — the phone also includes a 256k color, 1:1 aspect, 220x220 display (odd?), Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support, an FM radio tuner and a microSD card slot.
The next one is a shiny slider, the E830, which seems to be an upgrade to the just recently launched E250 (in India). This one is also around 14.9mm thick, it has the same 176x220 pixel 256k color display, which is low considering it has a 2 megapixel camera on the back. FM radio is retained and so is Bluetooth 2.0, but we’re not sure about A2DP support, although it wouldn’t make sense to remove that feature.
The E840 derives the design cue from the E900. Boxy, but slim at 10.6mm, this phone offers the same set of features as the other phones mentioned here: FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD card support a 2 megapixel camera, but the screen has been upgraded to 256k-color QVGA. Tri-band GSM/EDGE all the way.
The E740 is another avatar of the E820, but is thicker at around 16.8mm. Features list remains unchanged: 2 megapixel camera, 176x220, 256k QVGA screen, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD, tri-band GSM/EDGE.
The P110 is the ugly duckling of the lot. It has a simple VGA snapper, an ordinary 65k-color, 176x220 screen, 25mb of memory with no mention of a microSD card and Bluetooth support. This is both a clamshell and a swivel-type phone. When slid open, it reveals a full QWERTY keypad available, which doubles up as a numeric keypad when the phone is flipped open.
Via Geniv’s Forum.
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