Samsung had showcased its range of touch mobile phones at CommunicAsia last month. Samsung plans to release two full-touch handsets, the Omnia II this weekend followed by the i8910 HD two weekends later, in Singapore.
Both these devices come with a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, which is apparently the largest so far. With these devices Samsung aims to offer enhanced multimedia experience along with superior business performance to consumers.
“Samsung’s latest addition to our full-touch mobile phone portfolio enables us to meet the needs of a growing consumer market that embraces the convergence of the best in business and multimedia functionality into one device, reinforcing Samsung’s aim to deliver innovative full touchscreen mobile devices for every lifestyle,” remarked Moon Sung-Hyun, Managing Director of Samsung Asia.
The Samsung i8910 HD touchscreen offers 360 x 640 resolution. The handset features an 8 Megapixel CMOS + CIF camera that is equipped with Auto-Focus, Power LED Flash, Face Detection, Smile Shot, Blink Shot, Panorama Shot functionalities. The device supports MP3,AAC ,AAC+ ,eAAC+ , WMA and RA music formats and also includes FM Radio with RDS.
The touchscreen phone comes with GPS, Proximity, Light Sensor, Compass and Accelerometer capabilities. It offers a talktime of up to 10 hours and standby time of about 650 hours (2.5G) and 590 hours (3G). The handset includes 16GB flash memory and supports microSDHC slot up to 32GB.
The Omnia II operates on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and offers a screen resolution of 480 x 800. It encompasses a 5 Megapixel CMOS camera with Auto-Focus, Dual Power LED, Face Detection, Smile Shot, Mobile Blogging, Geo Tagging, Photo Editor capabilities. It offers a talktime of up to 10 hours (2.5G) and 6.5 hours (3G) and standby time of around 600 hours (2.5G) and 470 hours (3G).
The handset features Bluetooth stereo headset (A2DP) and supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA audio formats. The device supports TouchWiz 2.0 UI with Mobile Widget / 3D Media Gate.
The pricing details of these touchscreen devices are not available.