Eight New Phones from Samsung

Mobile Phones BatteriesSamsung Telecommunications India has launched eight mobile phones,including the SGH-U900 aka the Soul in the country. Speaking at the launch, Sunil Dutt, country head of SamsungTelecommunications India, said, "We believe that the Soul is theanswer for today's style-conscious consumers, looking for a perfectblend of outstanding quality, design, and performance." The Soul sports a minimalistic design with full metal body andpremium look and feel. It has features that adapt themselves to theuser depending on the application. Magic Touch by DaCP is one suchfeature that makes navigation of menus simpler, more intuitive, anddirect. Also, the icons on the navigation panel change according tofunction to match user needs. The Soul is just 12.9mm thick, and comes with a 5 mega pixelscamera and features such as face detection, image stabilizer, andWide Dynamic Range (WDR). Users can access Internet through the 7.2Mbps High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) browser, and shareimages/videos taken with the phone. The Soul also features Musiclibrary navigation, and digital power amplifier by ICEpowertechnology. It is priced at Rs 20,585. In the business category, Samsung launched the SGH-i780 and theD780 phones. The sleek SGH-i780 comes with a full QWERTY keyboardand a full touch-screen. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.0; and offerspush email, MS Office, and MSN Chat. It comes with GPScapabilities, an optical mouse, Wi-fi support, and 2 mega pixelscamera. The SGH-i780 is priced at Rs 25,000. The other phone in thebusiness category, the D780, is a tri-band, dual-SIM phone equippedwith SIM toggle key, 2.1-inches QVGA TFT display, 2 mega pixelscamera, FM alarm, MP3 music player, email with XHTML, Bluetooth andBluetooth printing capability, and support for up to 11 hoursbattery talk time. In the multimedia category, Samsung launched the SGH-E251,SGH-M120, and SGH-J150 mobile phones. The SGH-E251 is Samsung'slatest music phone, and comes with dedicated music control keys,1GB content loaded MicroSD, FM radio with RDS, and MP3 musicplayer. The SGH-M120 sports a stylish chrome finish, and comes withMP3 music player, stereo FM radio, video camera, GPRS Class 10,Cricket game and call time tracker, Hinglish messaging, and 10MBinternal memory. It is priced at Rs 3,795. The SGH-J150 is only9.9mm thick and sports a metallic design. It comes with a1.9-inches display, 1.3 mega pixels camera, MP3 music player, FMradio, Bluetooth connectivity, and expandable memory (MicroSD). Itis priced at Rs 5,300. Another new phone launched in the multimedia category is theBeaT450, which, Samsung claims, brings alive the pulsatingexperience of 3D surround sound powered by ICE power amplifiers byBang and Olufsen. Samsung claims storing, accessing, and jugglingmusic on this phone would give users a new high thanks to therevolutionary music wheel and the dual-slider form factor. TheBeaT450 is priced at Rs 14,799. Finally, Samsung launched two new Guru handsets: the Guru 145 andthe Guru 300. The Guru 145 represents entry-level in the Guruseries. It comes with a 65k color CSTN display, speaker phone,mobile tracker, 16 poly-phonic ring tones, and 8 hours battery talktime. It is priced at Rs 1,696. The other new Guru phone, the Guru300, is a stylish pearl-finish flip phone. It offers multimediafeatures including FM recording, MP3 ring tones, Hinglishmessaging, Indian calendar, and Java games (Cricket and Sudoku).The handset is priced at Rs 2,999. Additionally, Samsung launched mobile accessories including theunique coin-shaped Samsung headset WEP 500, and WEP 420.