Price Range: $279.00 to $292.00

Gold Glamour

Samsung’s SGH-E830 is a fashionable slim slide-up that is in a class of its own. The attractive gold tone shimmers with glamour and sophistication for mobility that looks as good as it functions.

The Samsung E830 is a GSM/GPRS/EDGE (900/1800/1900MHz) handset and has been outfitted with a 2.0” (176×220) TFT display. There is also the all important camera and this one has a resolution of 2 megpixels. Measuring 100 x 50.5 x 14.9 mm, the slider phone includes exclusive features like; uGo / uMenu / uTrack / uSearch. Users will also dig the fact that it supports SOS Message and has an Offline Mode too.

The Samsung SGH-570 is a smart phone with a very sensible design as there is no fancy keypad layout or senseless décor. The design of the phone has the thickness of 23.9mm. It has a 1.8 TFT LCD screen, which able to display 65,000 colors with the resolution of 176 × 220 pixels.

The volume is controlled by buttons on the left side while the press-and-hold action on the button on the right activates the camera. It seems there is no any trouble for the battery compartment to come off, as it takes a slip of a fingernail to slide the compartment open. The phone has a black strip on its cover that houses an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display that tells user the time and incoming call information. The camera lens is also part of this strip.

Key Features:
Tri-Band(900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) / EDGE / GPRS Class10
2 Mega pixel Camera (¡¿4 Digital Zoom)
2.0″ 176×220 260K Color TFT Screen
Music Player (MP3 / AAC / AAC+)
FM Radio
Video Player (MPEG4 / H.263) and video messaging
Bluetooth 2.0/ USB 1.1
uPlus Interface/ SOS Message
Offline Mode / Black & White GUI
MMS / JAVA / WAP 2.0
End User Memory : 29MB / External Memory : micro SD
100 x 50.5 x 14.9mm, 89.9g
Battery Time(800mAh)
Talk time: 3.2h
Standby time: min 280h

Camera:
2 Mega pixel Camera (4x Digital Zoom)

Other Features:
MMS / JAVA / WAP 2.0
FM Radio
uPlus Interface/ SOS Message
Offline Mode / Black & White GUI

Price Range: $275.50 to $399.00

Beauty and Utility in One

A sleekly modular handset features a clean dual-sided bar form with superior 3.0 Megapixel camera functions and multi-format music player plus FM radio. Exquisitely realized, yet extraordinarily useable – beauty and utility in one.

E590 comes bundled with an extended set of accessories including a Bagpod that enables the handset to be fixed on almost any surface. The holder is designed similarly to a piece of plastic matter plugged into the handset via an interface slot. That’s one of the first attempts at bundling a camera phone with a tripod. By the way, the Ukrainian version of E590 isn’t bundled with this accessory resulting in a lower price.

The overall handset design is rather typical, being somewhat close to the D900 but in the candy bar form factor - an answer of sorts to the Sony Ericsson K790i. The model is based on the Suwon hardware platform (developed by Sysol research center) and is equipped with a 3.0 Mpix camera, making a difference between it and the recent U600. A fine bundling, a familiar set of features and an eye candy design multiplied by a clever marketing strategy can end up in a bestseller phone.

Samsung’s E590 design is the result of the cooperation between the Korean company and Jasper Morrison, a leading industrial designer. Through this partnership with Jasper Morrison, well known for his talents in various areas of industrial design, the E590 is designed to touch customers. While there is no resemblance with the slim U100 model, I can definitely say that this time Samsung worked hard on the height and width of the phone. The measures of the phone 94 x 42 x 13.5 mm make it one of the smallest phones on the market. So, it’s not about slimness after all. Moreover, with only 65 grams (including battery) weight, the handset is almost “imperceptible” in your pocket. The bar form factor decisively contributes to the exquisite design of the phone and recommends the phone to both sexes: white color for women and black color for men.

Key Features:
Tri-band (900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)
GPRS Class 10 / EDGE
262144 Color TFT Screen (220×220 pixels, 1.79”)
3.0 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with Half Shutter
Music Player (MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / e-AAC+ / wma)
Voice streaming & Messaging / Video Recording
Intuitive Camera UI / Panorama Shot
Viewfinder Contrast Augmentation
Video clip Capture & Printing
External memory direct recording
SOS Message / Auto Time Setting
Black GUI/ JM GUI / My Menu
Mobile Tracker
Bluetooth 2.0 / USB 2.0
Voice Memo / Voice Mail / MMS
User Memory: 90MB
94 x 42 x 13.5mm, 66g
Battery Time
Talk time: 240 Minutes
Standby time: 200 Hours

Camera:
3.0 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with Half Shutter
Voice streaming & Messaging / Video Recording

Other Features:
Intuitive Camera UI / Panorama Shot
Viewfinder Contrast Augmentation
Video clip Capture and Printing
SOS Message / Auto Time Setting
Black GUI/ JM GUI / My Menu
Mobile Tracker
External memory direct recording
Voice Memo / Voice Mail / MMS