Samsung Markets 3GB Phone

Samsung Markets 3GB Phone

2005-10-16

Samsung Electronics, the world¡¯s third-largest cell phone vendor, will market a new handset with a 3gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive, the largest phone storage capacity ever, this week in Korea.
The internal storage device of the up-to-date model, SPH-V7900, enables purchasers to carry a couple of high definition video clips or as many as 700 music files.

The high-end gizmo will also be equipped with a 2-megapixel built-in camera and 2X optical zoom, which does not compromise picture quality when zooming in on subjects.

Samsung president Lee Ki-tae, who is in charge of the firm¡¯s cell phone unit, said the SPH-V7900 will dictate the future trend of larger-sized embedded memory in handsets.

Up until now, the highest-storage handset available in the global market has been the 1.5GB phone, SPH-V5400 of Samsung, which hit the shelves last September.

``The expansion of the internal memory would consolidate the mobile phone¡¯s status as the mainstream gadget in the multimedia era. We are determined to lead the world¡¯s premium market with cutting-edge technologies and innovative designs,¡¯¡¯ Lee said.

Samsung will retail the SPH-V7900 at around 750,000 won ($718) through KTF, the country¡¯s second-largest wireless operator.

The outfit has no plan to ship the models to other countries since there will be no demand for the top-of-the-line phones other than in Korea, which boasts ubiquitous tech-savvy people.

Samsung¡¯s cross-town rivals _ LG Electronics and Pantech Group _ also took the wraps off their latest phones.

LG, the world¡¯s fourth-largest handset producer, unveiled a prototype phone that can work under three modes _ two European formats and China¡¯s homegrown third-generation formula, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA).

LG said the company once again confirmed its edge in developing TD-SCDMA technologies, the future standard of the world¡¯s biggest cell phone market.

Pantech Group also disclosed a model that takes care of people¡¯s health with far infrared rays, in tune with the current well-being fad.

Far infrared rays, a part of natural sunlight having the longest wavelength, are believed to have many beneficial effects on the human body such as retarding bacterial growth.

Pantech, comprising Pantech, Pantech & Curitel and Sky Teletech, will sell the health-oriented phones via all of the country¡¯s three mobile carriers _ SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom _ this week.