We haven't heard many peeps out of Samsung about their QWERTY "Q killer"
SGH-i320 ever since we noticed
its FCC approval a couple of months ago. Well, now it looks like they're ready to bust this thing out, and they're starting off with a launch in EDGE-friendly France. The EDGE smartphone isn't as wide or tall as the
Motorola Q, but the phones both share that thinner-than-a-RAZR 11.5mm thickness. There's 120MB of included memory, along with a microSD slot, so Windows Mobile 5.0 should have plenty of room to play, but the QVGA display is a mere 2.2-inches, so some squinting might be in order. The phone includes Bluetooth, dual-speakers and push-email support, but we're still without a clue as to the actual launch date or specific carrier. We're also curious if Samsung can manage to compete with the Q at that $200 (with subsidies) price point, but we guess we'll find out soon.
posted Jun 14th 2006 11:53AM
"We're also curious if Samsung can manage to compete with the Q at that $200 (with subsidies) price point, but we guess we'll find out soon."
European phone susidies are usually a lot higher. Even top models like the HTC Universial can be bought for $150 with a contract. I doubt that this phone will be more than $50.
Remember that it's a tri-band GSM phone aimed at the
European market only. It's main competitors will be the Nokia E61 and Sony Ericsson M600i, rather than the Motorola Q.
when will we see Palm or Window Mobile devices with a 800x400 screen and a Decent webbrowser? I think that would make a very good replacement to a laptop.
Why is nokia the only company that has thought of this?
Korea isnt even a tropical country...Anyway, the phone looks good..
France, being the obstiantley independant place that it is, doesn't use QWERTY keyboards, but rather ASWERY. So I guess they'll either reprogramme it or not sell very many...
its not ASWERY but rather AZERTY. and that just describes the first six letters, all the other ones are in pretty weird places too. I hate having to type anything when i go to france, so i would imagine that a QWERTY keyed device would not be well received over there.
Since this phone will be available as GSM first, Cingular or T-Mobile will try to get the exclusive.
I hope it's Cingular, since T-Mobile's coverage in my area is bordering on non-existant. Strange that this wasn't CDMA first since Sprint sells lots of Samsung phones. That would seem to be an ideal fit...
Hopefully this thing will come out sooner than later.
... we use AZERTY keyboards in France, not ASWERY (maybe it sounds the same but it isn't ;) )
Why yellow Nails? what a strange question... as strange as asking why do occidental women use mainly red for their nails... different culture, different tastes...
I see some silly comments, but nothing even remotely racist. maybe you should be a little less sensitive (read: stupid?)
horrible screen size like the width but the height is bad and the keypad looks like shyte
Lamisil for her thumb?
I'm curious if the "circled" area for each number will allow you to hit any key within it to hit the number, e.g. the e key is also 1 in number mode, but there is a circle around the e and r keys, so might a user hit r and also get 1 in number mode? That would be an interesting feature to reduce worrying about which tiny key to hit.
I have a q now and that's my only usability problem with it: sometimes my fat fingers hit the wrong number.
Ew, look at the nails.
No way fingers with nails like that can work that keypad.
It's funny how they sacrificed screen space for a Samsung logo.
it's coming around september '06. no price mentioned.
I REALLY like the thickness/thinness compared to my 6700 but the lack of touch screen sucks. If it had the full WM5 on it so I could run all my apps and touch screen activation I would trade in my 6700. I'd prefer to trade screen space for the keyboard and Samsung logo space though.
Can someone please tell me when Samsung has been innovative? All they do is copy whatever's popular out there. I work at a telco here in Australia and I get access to some handsets before they are available widely. The only piece of Samsung hardware that has impressed me is the SGH-P300 which I'm using now - love that leather case thing.
Any word on Quad-band or US release of this device?
I may still pick it up if possible with the Euro Tri-Band, because 1900 seems to be fine for me in NYC. This looks sweet, and better than waiting for the GSM Q for another 6-8 months!
Too small of a screen for my liking. Boo for no touch-screen.
I think this could be a Blackberry killer ! Plus would be release in France with an AZERTY keyboard and not a QWERTY one... last will be one of the first Windows Mobile smartphone that will support Stereo Bluetooth...
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