Samsung Presents Five Reasons to Celebrate with its New Line-up of Mobile Phone Treats

Samsung Presents Five Reasons to Celebrate with its New Line-up of Mobile Phone Treats

Samsung Electronics today introduced its refreshed mobile phone line-up to kick off 2009, offering consumers more ways and more reasons to celebrate the Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day with their loved ones.

The five new mobile phone treats include the i7110, a Symbian-based mobile phone embedded with a five-megapixel camera, the D980, Samsung’s latest full touch screen dual-SIM phone, designed for business travellers on the go and the refreshed Ultra Messaging i780 smartphone, now equipped with the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional to give users greater efficiency and compatibility with their desktop functions. Samsung today also introduced the highly popular Samsung Omnia in festive red and the Samsung Pixon in pink, providing users with more choices to express themselves.

Made to Move: i7110

The i7110 is Samsung’s latest Symbian-based smartphone that promises to deliver on both business and imaging capabilities. Equipped with a five-megapixel camera, the slim 12.9mm gadget features advanced imaging functions such as Auto-Focus, Smile Shot, Blink Shot and an LED flash, as well as a secondary VGA camera for video conferencing calls on the move. Its amazing 2.6 inch AMOLED screen delivers a superior viewing experience with more vivid colours and higher contrast, while an FM transmitter provides additional listening pleasure.

Users will also be able to stay constantly connected with GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and HSDPA connectivity options on the i7110.

The i7110 will be available in January 2009 at a recommended retail price of $728 without contract.

Double Happiness: D980

Designed for the businessman on the go, the full touch screen D980 allows users to switch between two mobile lines with ease, according to their needs and access to networks in different countries. The large 1200mA battery also allows the phone to access dual roaming without running the risk of depleting battery life (7 hours talktime, 320 hours standby). Equipped with handwritten Chinese character recognition, the D980 makes it easy for users to send out messages in Chinese characters.

Beyond giving users access to dual SIM cards, the D980 also satisfies the consumer’s needs for multimedia entertainment with multi-format music and video support, as well as a five megapixel camera onboard. The TouchWiz user interface on the D980 streamlines navigation for an enjoyable experience.

The D980 is currently available at a recommended retail price of S$728 without contract.

Festive in Red: Samsung

Encased in a stylish ultra-slim 12.5mm metallic chassis, the Samsung is based on the latest Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, giving users access to Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word on the go. Rounding out the fully comprehensive feature set, Samsung also offers GPS, including navigation and geo-tagging capabilities, so users can get their bearings wherever work or life takes them.

The Samsung also satisfies the user’s need for dynamic mobile entertainment features. A wide 3.2 inch WQVGA LCD screen allows users to view photos and videos in high resolution while multi-codec support for various formats, such as DivX and Xvid, allows users to watch videos in different formats, without having to convert them. The five-megapixel CMOS camera onboard the Samsung features digital camera functions such as Auto-Focus (AF), Face and Smile Detection, and Auto-Panorama shot to help users capture life’s best moments in high quality on their mobile phones. Combined with a massive internal memory of 16GB, which is further expandable by using MicroSD cards, the Samsung is your mobile digital entertainment library, allowing you to enjoy your music, videos and images everywhere you go.

The 8GB Samsung will be available in red from end January 2009 at a recommended retail price of $828 without contract.

Souped Up: Ultra Messaging i780

The i780 is the business professional’s best companion yet. Equipped with touch screen capabilities, an optical joystick and a full QWERTY keyboard, the i780 gives users a superior navigational experience on one smart, slim device. Now refreshed with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the Office Mobile device allows users to edit their documents efficiently. With both HSDPA and WiFi connectivity options, users can stay connected wherever they go. The GPS system on the i780 also ensures that users never get lost and reach their destinations with ease.

Current users of the i780 can also upgrade their software at all Samsung Service Centres effective immediately. Users are advised to back up all data on their desktops before sending their i780 for the upgrade.

The refreshed Ultra Messaging i780 will be available from end January 2009 at a recommended retail price of S$498 without contract.

Pretty in Pink: Samsung Pixon

Singapore’s first full touch screen eight-megapixel camera phone, the Samsung Pixon features the latest camera functions as well as its own unique Samsung Mobile Widget technology, which enables users to personalise their phones with downloadable widgets. The Samsung Pixon also boasts a 16x digital zoom with Auto Focus, Fast Shutter, Face Detection and geo-tagging – all navigated through a 3.2 inch touch screen display encased in a sleek design. Now available in pink, the Samsung Pixon is your perfect gift for the shutter-happy girlfriend to capture her favourite moments on camera.

The Samsung Pixon will be available in pink and black from end January 2009 at a recommended retail price of $898 without contract.