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Samsung i520 (SGH-i520)

 Samsung i520 Expected Q2 2007
24th February 2007

The Samsung SGH-i520 is a compact Symbian slider smartphone, launched at the recent 3GSM event in Barcelona.

At 99 grams, the SGH-i520 is very light for a smartphone. There's a 2.3" 240x320 pixel display in 262,000 colours, a 2 megapixel digital camera (with a secondary video calling camera), stereo Bluetooth, microSD expandable memory. It's an HSDPA phone with download speeds of up to 1.8Mbps (where available), and the Samsung i520 also has UMTS, EDGE and GRPS data support.

 SGH-i520 Inside, the Samsung SGH-i520 runs the Symbian S60 3rd edition operating system, which means that you can expand the software running on the handset. There's also a powerful web browser, email client, comprehensive multimedia player and a document viewer.

In technological terms, the Samsung i520 is a close match for the Motorola RIZR Z8 slider, which is also an HSDPA capable Symbian smartphone. However, the SGH-i520 can only manage half the download speed of the RIZR Z8.. and beating the Z8's capable software suite will be a tall order.

Cosmetically, the SGH-i520 looks just like many other Samsung sliders. We criticised Motorola for not taking risks with the Z8, but the SGH-i520 shows a significant lack of imagination and it doesn't look as good as the Z8. We know that Samsung can design interesting looking handsets, but the design of the i520 is pretty uninspiring - although the "Chocolate" style touch sensitive keys on the outside look quite good.

Samsung claim that the i520 will come to market during Q2 2007, however our experience is that Samsung rarely get this type of device to market on time and in any real quantity, so don't hold your breath.

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Samsung i520 (SGH-i520) at a glance

Available:

Q2 2007

Network:

GSM + UMTS

Data:

GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA

Screen:

240x320 pixels, 262k colours

Camera:

2 megapixels (main)

Size:

Medium slider
102 x 51 x 18mm / 99 grams

Bluetooth:

Yes

Memory card:

microSD

Infra-red:

No

Polyphonic:

Yes

Java:

Yes

Battery life:

Not specified

 

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