Unreleased Helio slider surfaces

Described to us once by those in the know as "a project that would've been," this Helio-badged, Samsung-built, multimedia-happy slider just surfaced on the Heliocity forums. Samsung shipped tweaked versions of this handset (based on the Samsung F400) with B&O and Armani branding, but there's no telling if "Helio by Virgin" still has plans to bring this to market. More shots after the break.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 2:32PM]

It actually looks pretty nice! I think I'll stick with my Ocean, though. Can't wait for the Ocean 2 next year... :)

-Blade Genexis

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:01PM]

Thanks for that signature. I was having a hard time figuring out who you were.

[flashpoint Posted Dec 13th 2008 2:40PM]

Kinda looks like alienware.

[VDubb Posted Dec 13th 2008 8:01PM]

Looks like a redesign of the Samsung HighNote from Sprint.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 2:48PM]

The keypad is exactly like my D807's. I'd say copyright infringement, but these are made by Samsung too (right?).

[fuo213 Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:03PM]

did u even look at the photos... it clearly says samsung on the top... u can't copyright infringe upon your own copyrights

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:06PM]

did u even look at my comment?

[Mmmm Donuts Posted Dec 13th 2008 4:22PM]

"these are made by Samsung" -Who?

I could be mistaken, but when I read that, I thought it meant "Who?" knew these were made by Samsung... huh. English is such a funny language.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 11:14PM]

Thank you "everyone"!

[renegade222 Posted Dec 14th 2008 11:46AM]

@ who?

Good job using a different avatar to agree with yourself. I really like the use of "everyone" as the name, as if everyone is agreeing with you. When you said "(right?)" at the end of you comment, it was as though you were asking a question, hence the question mark. If you had read the post, you wouldn't have needed to ask if it had been made by Samsung or not.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 2:53PM]

Damn I thought Helio was dead?!

[wako Posted Dec 13th 2008 2:58PM]

yeah seriously wtf?!

[APV Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:17PM]

They were almost dead then Virgin Mobile bought them.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2008 11:49AM]

Vincent @ Dec 13th 2008 3:03PM
did u even look at the photos... it clearly says samsung on the top... u can't copyright infringe upon your own copyrights


Please look up John Fogerty lawsuit and your statement may change.

[pretol Posted Dec 13th 2008 2:56PM]

Helio-Schmelio.

[plexusXXX Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:13PM]

I will never understand it.
People can get themselves a Samsung Omnia (after a few easy tweaks easily the best phone by far in the world) but still buy something else... Bah

[Deyanimay Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:17PM]

Wait, what helio is gsm? I thought they used to run on sprints network.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:47PM]

Um its not a SIM card slot, it's a microSD slot

[Deyanimay Posted Dec 13th 2008 6:27PM]

My bad.

[fernando Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:33PM]

Ah shame, the F400 is good stuff sound quality wise.

[uberandreman Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:45PM]

They do.

Wtf is the sim card slot their for??

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:48PM]

Again, its not a SIM slot, is a MicroSD slot.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 3:50PM]

It's MicroSD, not SIM

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 4:01PM]

looks an N95 from the sliding mechanism

[ic wiener Posted Dec 13th 2008 5:58PM]

No. Just no.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 5:36PM]

look! it has two cameras! there one on the front top right. to bad this phone never came to be

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 5:39PM]

Yeah, on my HEELIO.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 13th 2008 11:44PM]

I remember back in sep of 2007 , helio coined the phrase "iPhone- killer",.,.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2008 11:05AM]

SO does anyone actually really know if an Ocean 2 is coming? Helio had a great idea, but not enough people dug it since market wise the iPhone stole the spotlight... And of course no one knew who the hell Helio was/is

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2008 4:32AM]

Bad screen.
Really bad screen.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2008 5:32PM]

....oh! ...Helio,.....yeah I remember them... I thought they where dead already...well die already...stupid helio.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2008 7:53PM]

If America had ANYONE capable of appreciating what Korean Giant SK Telecom tried to give us, they'd be slapping themselves with a large trout.

I'm so ashamed to be an american. In a world where the "Trendy" OLD people all they way down to the "Teeny Boppers" think AT&T and Verizon are a good alternative just because they're shoved down your throat.

I bet most of you have Mcafee Antivirus or Norton installed on your computer, same damn mindset. Stupid, ignorant and buffet fed.

lol sigh