Samsung SGH-i620: Thinest Qwerty Smartphone

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* Windows Mobile 6 Standard
* Dimensions: 95mm x 59mm x 16.3mm
* Weight: 126g with battery
* RAM: 80Mb shared ROM/RAM memory
* Screen: 2.2" Colour TFT, 65k colours
* Resolution: QVGA, 320 x 240 pixel resolution
* Communications: 2100MHz 3G HSDPA, Triband 900/1800/1900 EDGE/GPRS/GSM
* Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support
* Camera: 2.0 megapixel (1600x1200) main, plus VGA video call camera
* Power Adapter: UK Mains Plug, included
* Battery: 1200mAh Lithium Ion
* Battery Standby: Up to 320hrs, manufacturer's figures
* Battery Talk Time: Up to 6hrs 30min, manufacturer's figures
* USB Interface: Mini USB
* Bundled applications: MS Office Viewer, PDF viewer, RSS reader
* MicroSD card slot
* QWERTY slide-down keyboard
* Five way navigation pad

There are two cameras on the SGH-i620, so this is a 3G phone like the i600. We also know that it supports tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) and has a two megapixel camera with flash. There's a wide 320x240 pixel display too, which is a more practical arrangement for a smartphone than the typical "tall" display found on other phones.

Assuming that this is an updated slider version of the i600, we expect the Samsung i620 to support HSDPA (3.5G) data in addition to UMTS (3G). This should be a Windows Mobile 6.0 device with a wide range of supported multimedia formats, and this would mean that the SGH-i620 also comes with the usual array of Windows Mobile software. Stereo Bluetooth and microSD expandable memory are also to be expected. There are a lot of assumptions there - as yet there is no official word from Samsung as to the SGH-i620s exact technical specifications, and some of these could be wrong.

The design of the Samsung i620 is certainly appealing. If you're not using the QWERTY keyboard, then the simple controls allow access to most of the phone's functions without opening it up.. and if you want to type then the sliding keyboard is a no-compromise approach that may well give the best of both worlds.

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