Samsung launches World's Slimmest Slider Metal Series phone in India

The latest SGH E840 is the World's Slimmest Slide-up phone. The Metal Series phones transcend the current market offering by presenting consumers the immaculate metallic silver cased body. These phones derive their inner strength through powerful cutting edge multimedia features.

Bangalore, Karnataka, June 14, 2007 /India PRwire/ -- Samsung Telecommunications India (STI), a dominant player in Indian mobile industry with leadership in design and technology, once again repositioned the Indian mobile handset market with the launch of three new Metal Series phones - SGH E840, SGH D900i and SGH D840. The latest SGH E840 is also the World’s Slimmest Slide-up phone. The Metal Series phones transcend the current market offering by presenting consumers the immaculate metallic silver cased body. These phones derive their inner strength through powerful cutting edge multimedia features.

Speaking on this occasion Mr. H. C. Ryu, Managing Director, Samsung Telecommunications India said, “India is a very critical market for Samsung and the launch of World’s slimmest slider Metal phone is a testimony to our commitment to meet the growing aspirations of consumers for sleek, aesthetically designed phones that accentuate their personality without compromising on premium multimedia capabilities.

He further added, “The Metal Series range completely embodies everything that Indian consumers are seeking in a mobile in terms of unique metallic design and flawless performance, making it an instant attraction to business users, fashion conscious consumers and multimedia enthusiasts.”

The design inspiration of the Metal series is drawn from the core attributes of Metal itself i.e. Power and Prestige. Designed for the power player of tomorrow the slim metallic phones is a combination of stylish looks and sturdiness.

The Metal Series:

SGH E840

SGH E840, the world’s slimmest slide-up metallic phone is equipped with full mirror LCD, hidden touch keypad and 2.22” wide TFT LCD screen. To provide sophisticated and polished look to its user, the phone used premium materials such as tempered glass and metal. With elegant design the phone is equipped with high end multimedia features like 2 mega pixel camera, FM Radio, MP3 player, Mobile printing, document viewer and 70 MB internal memory with expandable microSD T flash external memory (upto 2GB).

SGH D900i

SGH D900i is the new avatar of Worlds Best Mobile phone D900 for 2007 (as declared at GSM Association’s Global Mobile Award). This12.9mm slim slider comes with artistically designed metal lining body offering loads of high-end multimedia features like 3 mega pixel camera with dynamic user interfaces, vivid 262K color screen, Bluetooth® stereo headset, FM Radio, New camera UI, enhanced battery life and speedy shutter.

SGH D840

SGH D840 epitomizes the metallic finish in the entire range of Metal series. This beautifully metal finished mobile phone is fully equipped with cutting edge entertainment features like 2 Megapixel Camera, MP3 player with integrated dual speaker, multi-format music player for listening music on your Bluetooth stereo headsets wirelessly alongwith 80 MB of internal memory and external microSD memory.

All the Metal Series phones are secured with revolutionary mobile tracker, emergency SMS alert and privacy lock that provides peace of mind to mobile consumer.

Note to Editor:

D900 has won the GSM Association’s Global Mobile Award for best mobile handset. The jury said “A design breakthrough- fun, cool, a great package providing all the fundamentals – an impressive offering.”

About Samsung Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd.

Samsung Telecommunications India - a 100% subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Korea, is a dominant mobile player in the Indian market. As the part of its global strategy to cater to the world’s largest emerging telecom market, Samsung has set up a mobile phone manufacturing unit at Haryana, India. Being Samsung’s fourth overseas handset manufacturing facility in the world after China and Brazil, this unit is catering the demands of local markets and acting as the manufacturing hub for other Asian and Middle East countries.

Phone Specifications:

Samsung D 900i

Camera

3.0 Megapixel Camera with flash(4 x digital zoom)

Display

262144 QVGA TFT Main Screen ( 240 x 320 pixels, 2.1”)

Music Player

MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / e-AAC+

TV Out

TV-Output / Offline Mode

Security

Mobile Tracker, Emergency SMS Alert, Privacy lock

Features

Video CIF Recording & Messaging (H.263 / MPEG4)

FM radio / 3D sound Speakerphone / Digital Power Amp

USB / Bluetooth 2.0 / PictBridge

Bluetooth Stereo Headset supported

Mobile Printing (via Bluetooth)

MMS / E-mail / JAVA / WAP

Intelligent UI / Black & White UI

Background Music Playback

Voice Memo / Voice Mail

Dimension

103.5 x 51 x 12.9 mm

Weight

85gms

Memory

60MB Internal Memory / Expendable Memory : microSD T Flash

Band

Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) / EDGE

Battery Time 800mAh

Standard Battery (700mA)

Talk Time

Standby Time

3.3 hours

250 hours

* phone specifications are subject to change

Samsung SGH E840: Worlds slimmest slider

Camera

2.0 Megapixel Camera with flash(4x digital zoom)

Display

262144 colour TFT ( 240 x 320 pixels), 2.22”, Mirror Surface

Music Player

MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / e-AAC+ WMA,

TV Out

TV-Output / Offline Mode

Security

Mobile Tracker, Emergency SMS Alert, Privacy lock

Features

Video Recording & play (H.263 / MPEG4)

FM Radio / Speakerphone

Ice power2 Technology by Bang and Olufsen, WMDRM/MTP

Bluetooth technology 2.0 / USB 2.0

Mobile Printing (via Bluetooth)

WAP 2.0/ MMS/ JAVA 2.0

Black and White UI, Intelligent UI

Document Viewer

Dimension

101.5 x 52.5 x 10.6 mm

Weight

99gms

Memory

70MB Internal Memory / Expendable Memory : microSD T Flash(upto 2 GB)

Band

Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) / EDGE, GPRS Class 10

Battery Time Standard Li-ion 690mAh

Standard Battery (700mA)

Talk Time

Standby Time

4.3 hours

275 hours

* phone specifications are subject to change

Samsung SGH D840:

Camera

2.0 Megapixel Camera with flash

Display

262k Color TFT Screen(QVGA, 5.3 cm)

(240 x 320 pixel)

Music Player

Player(MP3/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+/WMA)

Background music playback

TV Out

Direct TV Out function

Security

Mobile Tracker, Emergency SMS Alert, Privacy lock

Features

Video Recording(H.263/MPEG4) & Messaging

Speakerphone, Mobile Printing (Bluetooth)

USB / Bluetooth(BPP/A2DP/AVRCP)

Bluetooth messaging

Document Viewer/Offline Mode

E-mail / MMS/ WAP 2.0 / JAVA 2.0(MIDP)

Dimension

99x51x11.9 mm

Weight

100gm

Memory

Internal 80MB/ External: MicroSD T Flash

Standard

EDGE, GPRS Class 10 (900 / 1800/ 1900MHz)

Battery Time

Talk Time

Standby Time

Standard Battery (700mA)

3 hours

202 hours

* phone specifications are subject to change

Notes to Editor

About Samsung Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd.

Samsung Telecommunications India - a 100% subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Korea, is a dominant mobile player in the Indian market. As the part of its global strategy to cater to the world’s largest emerging telecom market, Samsung has set up a mobile phone manufacturing unit at Haryana, India. Being Samsung’s fourth overseas handset manufacturing facility in the world after China and Brazil, this unit is catering the demands of local markets and acting as the manufacturing hub for other Asian and Middle East countries.

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