VK Mobile VK2000
Discontinued 18th October 2005 Discuss this
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The Korean manufacturer VK Mobile have had some recent
success in Europe through a distribution agreement with
Vodafone, which brought the cute VK570
and VK530
handsets to the UK market.
Their latest GSM phone for European release is the
remarkable VK2000 - remarkable because it's the smallest
mobile handset that we've ever seen. VK Mobile report
that the VK2000 weighs just 48 grams, and measures a
tiny 90x50x8.8mm - that's even thinner than the Motorola
SLVR.
That's tiny - roughly the same footprint as a business
card, and it weighs less than 6 Euro or 5 British pound
coins, or a little more than a bag of Doritos. Or less
than half the weight of a Nokia 6230.
As
you might expect, the VK2000 doesn't pack in much in
the way of features, but it does come with a 128x143
pixel TFT display, GPRS and a WAP 2.0 browser. The keypad
is a metal one that appears to be similar to that on
the Motorola RAZR. Available in two dual band configurations
of 900/1800 MHz and 850/1900 MHz depending on market.
There's no Bluetooth or MP3 player, and certainly no
camera, but that's easily forgivable.
Previous VK mobiles launched in Europe have been
a bit "girlie". The compact size of the VK2000
*will* appeal to girls, but the overall design is quite
masculine - in other words, VK appears to have carefully
designed the look of the VK2000 to appeal to both sexes.
Pitched as a low end phone, we suspect that the VK2000
will make a great second mobile for those people who
don't want to take a bulkier phone with them for a night
out.
According to VK, the VK2000 is already shipping to
China and will be followed by Europe, Asia Pacific and
then the Americas later.
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Mobile VK2000 at a glance
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Available:
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Q4
2005
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Network:
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Dual-band
GSM
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Data:
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GPRS
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Screen:
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128x143
pixels, 65,000 colours
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Camera:
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No
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Size:
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Tiny
"candy bar" phone 90x50x8.8mm
/ 48 grams
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Bluetooth:
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No
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Not
specified
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Java:
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Not
specified
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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