Samsung's SGH-i760 super slider

Oh yeah daddy, another full featured Windows Mobile phone for ya in that unmistakable black boxiness only Samsung can (unfortunately) deliver. This unannounced SGH-i760 takes an SGH-i600 engine, halves the shell to create a QWERTY slider, and then drops in a 240x320 touchscreen for getting your PocketPC on. The result: a UMTS/HSDPA and tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE powerhouse sporting a 520MHz Intel processor, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD expansion, and a front-facing video cam with another 2 megapixel shooter 'round back all bundled up and spat out in a 115~154 × 57 × 19-mm / 119-gram slab of super slider action. No word on pricing or release yet, just more pics after the break.

[Via MoDaCo]

[Andy @ Oct 11th 2006 9:11AM]

This baby looks pretty nice actually, but smartphone makers need to start including GPS!

[Deluxe @ Oct 11th 2006 9:18AM]

That's hot!

[Rohit Kapur @ Oct 11th 2006 9:38AM]

Now THERE'S a phone I wouldn't mind having. I think this one has pretty much everything I could ever need. Just hope it's not buggy. Any idea how much internal space this thing has? Just curious...

[Arnold @ Oct 11th 2006 9:38AM]

If only it was quad band GSM and tri band UMTS/HSDPA, I'd buy one now.

[james @ Oct 11th 2006 9:40AM]

WOW! SO much better than the cdma version! Wi-Fi!

[MitchellO @ Oct 11th 2006 9:45AM]

I want one now!!!

[Rus @ Oct 11th 2006 10:11AM]

You could add a much better GPS with Bluetooth

[RikF @ Oct 11th 2006 10:48AM]

You can add better gps via bluetooth, which is great for when you are in the car, but for walking about you can't beat in-built, especially with things like POIs in a strange city :)

[middo @ Oct 11th 2006 10:16AM]

The battery life is going to be pretty short. My M600i is only a few grams lighter and uses a processor half the speed / no camera / no wifi. But I only get 2 days of reasonable use of its features before the battery dies. Simply not interested in something that has to be recharged every 2 hours.

[Mark King @ Oct 11th 2006 10:30AM]

A CDMA version of this would be a nice successor to the i730. I have the i730 with WM5 and I still think it is one of the best PDA phones out there. I like the vetical sliders better than the horizontal ones from HTC. I'd love to have what the i730 does in a slimmer form factor and this one seems to fit the spec.

[robthegadgetman @ Oct 11th 2006 10:44AM]

Is that the full Pocket PC software or the down sized Phone Edition?

[GEORGE ASANTI @ Dec 20th 2007 9:23AM]

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[one1082 @ Oct 11th 2006 11:12AM]

son of a bitch... i've been waiting around for cingular to sell the i607, now it looks like i'll be waiting around for this instead.

[Brian Leone @ Oct 11th 2006 11:20AM]

Man alive.. I need that. *Runs off to pawn Treo*

[adamos @ Oct 11th 2006 11:34AM]

BTW. it looks like shit...but technical support is really interesting :))))

[Ben @ Oct 11th 2006 12:22PM]

The original MoDaCo thread lists it as triband 3G/HSDPA. The original thread doesn't say whether it is tri or quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, but if it's quadband, I'm getting one!

[Dave @ Oct 11th 2006 12:41PM]

Ugh ... I want this on Sprint ... WITH WiFi.

[nachX @ Oct 11th 2006 1:14PM]

wow man, thats hot! But i still dont like how they put their oversized logo onto their devices. it really kills some of the appeal of the phone.

[pug @ Oct 11th 2006 1:56PM]

Another one with no 850 support. WTF!? How hard can it be to include a chipset that has all 4 frequencies?!

[Hinesh @ Oct 11th 2006 2:08PM]

I think I just found my next phone :-)

[Iain @ Oct 11th 2006 2:49PM]

"240 X 320" is pretty low res for such an expensive device. My old $40 Palm Zire from 1999 is higher res!

[Zhoe Garcia @ Oct 11th 2006 3:36PM]

i want one!

[Jimmy Louis @ Oct 11th 2006 5:05PM]

I was looking at the i320... but then people complained about the battery life lack of WiFi, etc. ... then I was "wait... there is a i600?!?! Man, I NEED one of those" (Unlocked of course because I'm on T-Mobile and they NEVER get cool phones)... then I heard that Cingular was getting the i607 in the USA... then I was like, those @&#^* get all the cool stuff over there... but hey at least they don't get WiFi...nyah

With the thoughts of still importing a i600 over here (since I'm on T-Mobile, the Tri-band issue is not a problem)... then T-Mo has te nerve to announce the Dash.... not as "tech-looking" but vastly less expensive ($199 with two-year commitment) with WiFi and a bunch of other bells as whistles... but no touch-screen... I can live with that (Current unlocked Treo 650 owner)plus I can use the insurance I've been paying for finally (since T_Mo doesn't have te 650 I've been babying mine)... Maybe I'll do this one... and it's coming out in a few days (actually a week..but whatever)

Now THIS!... nice and "tech looking" all the features I need,and more...touchscreen, QWERTY, high res (high enough), WiFi, BLuetooth 2.0....man when is this thing coming out!!?!... I hope before something else comes out and confuses me some more...

I think it's because CES is coming that all the manufacturers are making these announcements... I'm glad I'm going....

[Amit @ Oct 11th 2006 6:19PM]

looks sweet.....cant wait to get my hands on it

[Taka @ Oct 12th 2006 9:36AM]

This is a really sweet phone. I'm currently using the i730 and I love it, but I think this is going to be a way better one!! I must get it!
Thank god that this one is lighter then the older versions. I was waiting for it to have a camera on it too.

[dismissedasdrone @ Oct 12th 2006 10:01AM]

Good to see they're sticking with the terrible keyboard from the i730/i830...

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[Jeff @ Oct 13th 2006 1:02PM]

Wow, finally a sleek smarphone! Now Samsung just needs to bring it to the US market.

We can only hope at this point...

[Suraj @ Oct 6th 2007 12:06PM]

Do any of you know if it uses WM6 or WM5?

Is there an upgrade availible?

[Dominick @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:07AM]

Man I hope this phone is still coming out. I hate the SCH-i760s horizontal keyboard, and the fact that it doesn't have 3G. This not only has 3G but has a webcam, a 2MP camera, and the AWESOME vertical keyboard!