Samsung i620 (SGH-i620) Preview
Discontinued 30th May 2007
The Samsung i620 (SGH-i620) has yet
to be officially announced by Samsung, but it follows
closely in the pattern of the Samsung
i600 which allows us to draw some conclusions about
the SGH-i620's technical specifications.
However, the first thing to notice is
that this is a very unusual looking device - the "squashed"
look that you can see in the photo on the right isn't
a sizing error.. as far as we can tell, the SGH-i620
is a wide and squat phone at around 59mm across by 94mm
tall when closed, opening up to a 131mm device with
a QWERTY keyboard using a sliding mechanism. Samsung
have clearly tried to keep the i620's layout as simple
and as elegant as possible when it is closed - there's
a sort of iPod-esque simplicity to it.
Open the Samsung i620 up and there's
a fairly ugly but practical looking QWERTY keyboard
in a layout similar to the classic BlackBerry. The keys
appear to be well spaced and ergonomically arranged,
indicating that Samsung have concentrated more on function
than style with the SGH-i620's main keypad.
There
are two cameras on the SGH-i620, so this is a 3G phone
like the i600. We also know that it supports tri-band
GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) and has a two megapixel camera
with flash. There's a wide 320x240 pixel display too,
which is a more practical arrangement for a smartphone
than the typical "tall" display found on other
phones.
Assuming that this is an updated slider
version of the i600, we expect the Samsung i620 to support
HSDPA (3.5G) data in addition to UMTS (3G) and comes
with 802.11b and g WiFi capabilities [update:
surprisingly there is no WiFi on the i620] . This should be
a Windows Mobile 6.0 device with a wide range of supported
multimedia formats, and this would mean that the SGH-i620
also comes with the usual array of Windows Mobile software.
Stereo Bluetooth and microSD expandable memory are also
to be expected. There are a lot of assumptions there
- as yet there is no official word from Samsung as to
the SGH-i620s exact technical specifications, and some
of these could be wrong.
The design of the Samsung i620 is certainly
appealing. If you're not using the QWERTY keyboard,
then the simple controls allow access to most of the
phone's functions without opening it up.. and if you
want to type then the sliding keyboard is a no-compromise
approach that may well give the best of both worlds.
Price, availability and the exact specification
of the Samsung i620 are not known at the time of
going to press.
Slashdot It
Digg this
Post to del.icio.us
Subscribe
to our newsletter for more news on
upcoming releases
|
Samsung
i620 (SGH-i620) anticipated
specifications
|
Available:
|
2007
|
Network:
|
GSM
900/1800/1900 + UMTS 2100
|
Data:
|
GPRS
+ UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
|
Screen:
|
320x240
pixels
|
Camera:
|
2
megapixels
|
Size:
|
59x94mm
approx
|
Bluetooth:
|
Yes
|
Memory
card:
|
microSD
|
Infra-red:
|
No
|
Polyphonic:
|
Yes
|
Java:
|
Limited
|
Battery
life:
|
Not
known
|
|
|