Samsung announced a new candybar for the UK market. It’s the S7220 aka Lucido, which as you can see from the image above looks quite stylish. Specs wise, expect quad-band GSM connectivity, dual-band 3G (with support for 7.2 Mbps HSDPA), 2.2-inch QVGA AMOLED screen (meaning colors rock!), 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, FM radio, accelerometer,…
Samsung F480 TouchWiz reaches 5 million units sold milestone!
Samsung has recently informed the world that their popular all-touchscreen model, TouchWiz F480, has reached an important milestone. The Korean company said that more than 5 million units were sold since the F480’s introduction in May 2008. Best of all, the handset makers still ships 500,000 units each month! We’re not sure, though, whether all…
Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 coming to Vodafone UK on March 19th
The ultra-cool TouchWIZ-enabled Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 slider will be hitting Vodafone UK’s portfolio on March 19th, when interested buyers will be able to grab it as the Tocco Ultra Edition. There are no doubts in my mind the UltraTOUCH S8300 is set to be a hit. It has everything a modern phone user needs, including…
Samsung Instinct S30 “Mini” spotted in the wild!
The Samsung Instinct Mini? No, that won’t do at all. Sprint has apparently decided to give their upcoming Instinct Mini a more grown-up model name. The Samsung Instinct Mini will go live as the Sprint Samsung Instinct S30, and it looks like Sprint’s got a Copper Samsung Instinct S30 in the works. EngadgetMobile got their…
P!nk Samsung phones available in the UK, too
Last months we talked about the Samsung F480 aka Tocco P!nk edition, which at that time went on sale in Germany. Now the famous star and Samsung are extending the partnership to the UK. As part of the promotion, Pink has visited Carphone Warehouse to check out how things are going with the sales of…
Smartphone gains boost Apple and RIM marketshare at Nokia’s expense
It seems one of the only things growing in this hostile global economy is the number of smartphones being sold around the world. The growth of sales in this particular segment highlights the smartphone’s recent push to popularity. The smartphone market now sits at a new high, showing 3.7% growth in sales (38.1 million handsets)…
Samsung W750 Haptic PoP with exchangeable covers lands in Korea
Samsung has a new TouchWIZ-powered device for its domestic market. It’s called the W750 Haptic PoP, and aside from boasting a haptic feedback-enabled touchscreen, it also comes with colorful, exchangeable covers so that even the pickiest of the mobile phone buyers can grab the version of the handset that fits their lifestyle. Out of the…
Samsung A877 with AMOLED touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard coming to AT&T; Spotted in the wild
AT&T will be adding another QWERTY device to its portfolio in the coming weeks. It’s the Samsung A877, which aside from being the texters’ device of choice thanks the full slide-out keyboard, also comes with a 3.2-inch AMOLED WQVGA touchscreen, ensuring solid battery life and great colors. In addition, the stylish device also boasts a…
Cricket and Samsung Set to Unveil The World’s Largest Cellphone
What is a surefire way to generate buzz and PR? Well, you break or set a ridiculously obscure Guinness World Record of course! That’s exactly what carrier Cricket, and manufacturer Samsung are set to do. Together they’re about to set the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest cellphone by building an insanely large Samsung…
Samsung Gets Official with S5600, Introduces S5230
Samsung just went officially offical with the S5600, an affordable 3G touchscreen handset announced at Mobile World Congress, but now it’s got some company: the S5230. The S5230 differs in that it has a slightly bigger screen (3″, 240 x 400) and has no 3G – otherwise, they’re pretty much identical, right down to the…