Samsung announces five new slimline cellphones

Samsung officially announced five new super-slim handsets today. From left-to-right we see the 0.59-inch SGH-Z510 which Samsung claims is the world's slimmest W-CDMA (3G) handset, the SGH-Z540 3G clamshell which (gasp) we haven't actually seen before, the love-it-or-hate-it vintage-TI-calculator styled SGH-P300, and finally two tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE SGH-D800 and D820 sliders. All five models feature MP3/AAC playback, Bluetooth, MPEG-4 video recording, and a 1.3 megapixel shooter. The D800, Z510 and Z540 also feature WMA playback with 80MB, 138MB, and 150MB embedded storage respectively while the D820 is quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, packs in 73MB, a MicroSD slot, and even, er, TV-out if our Babelrean is working correctly. Oddly, the P300 is rumored to have 90MB of flash storage yet there is no mention of any storage in the press release. All models should be available in Europe later this year. Pics of the P300 after the break with a slightly different key layout than we've seen previously.

[Via SamsungHQ, Thanks AFD]

SGH-P300

[dreampc @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

Asian version of Photoshop at it's worst...

[chase @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

does anyone know what service they will be offered with?

[gbunk @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

Why doesn't anyone talk about the integration of sex and cell phone advertizing in Asia? There are always two to three unknown women displaying these new phones. Shouldn't the phone be able to speak for itself? Does it really need a female spokes-body representative to display just how sexy the new design is? Am I the only one that notices this?

[Khaytsus @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

Wait, you're right..

There are phones there! cool!

[amnesia @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

oh and I forgot to add
More detailed and high res pics here
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2005/samsung4q-en.shtml

(article was nov 1, one week ago)

[Matt @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

you sure these aren't samsumg?

[Thomas Ricker @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

now now peeps, please keep the thread focused on the tech and not the grrrls. Off topic posts have been deleted.

Amnesia, take a look a the pictures above and those at mobile-review. You'll notice differences in the camera placement on the 800/20 and the keypad of the P300. Other differences too, probs. Not sure if this is a reflects regional releases or just pre-production units.

[BoomBoom @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

Hey Engadget,
If you don't want people to comment about the girls, DON'T post pics of hotties.

So this is on-topic: I'm really interested in the SGH-P300. It has a cool leather case that when open, looks like you're talking into a thin wallet.

[gbunk @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

I wasn't talking about the girls, It just seems weird that there are always people holding up phones instead f just showing the phones themselves. It seems superficial and demeaning. I mean c'mon, who needs human flesh to show off gadgets. A little out of place, that's all