Samsung E950 (SGH-E950) Preview
Discontinued 16th June 2007
The Samsung E950 is a slim sliding handset
with a 3 megapixel camera, 80MB of internal memory and
a QVGA (240x320 pixel resolution) TFT display in 262,000
colours. The E950 is just 15.2mm thick. The E950 should
not be confused with the similarly named SGH-E590
(we notice that several publications have mixed up the
model numbers).
Broadly speaking, the SGH-E950 can be
considered to be an upgrade to the Samsung
E900.. from this we can assume that the E950 also
has microSD expandable memory, tri-band GSM with GPRS
and EDGE, Bluetooth, a web browser, email client and
multimedia player. The E900 also has a TV output, so
there's a good chance that the SGH-E950 will too.
Although
at first glance the Samsung E950 looks like many other
Samsung sliders, a close inspection of the keypad reveals
that it is a touch-sensitive pad with a shortcut key
for Yahoo! (the first time we have seen this). From
the limited press photography available, it's hard to
see how sleek the Samsung E950 is in practice.. certainly
its predecessor was a sleek handset, but it didn't really
live up to the standard set by the LG
Chocolate.
No exact launch date of the Samsung
E950 is available at present. Indications are that the
handset will cost around €400 / £250 / $450 at
launch before tax and subsidy.
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Samsung
E950 (SGH-E950) at a glance
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Available:
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Q3
2007
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Network:
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GSM
900/1800/1900
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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3
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
slider 93 x 45 x 15mm
/ 95 grams approx
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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3
hours talk / 9 days standby
approx
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