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» Samsung SGH-X830 / Samsung Blush
(October 2006)
It may have come out of
the Samsung factory with a very dull name - the Samsung SGH-X830
- but this is probably one of the most interesting phones that
we've seen this year.
It's a very distinctive handset to look at, measuring just
84x30x20mm and coming in at 72 grams. Then there's the Samsung
X830's unusual 128x220 pixel display and a distinctive circular
control pad (more of which later).
It's a rotator phone - the Samsung X830 has a narrow numeric
keypad hidden behind it's narrow fascia, so it's much more
conventional than the Nokia 7380. It also comes with a 1.3
megapixel camera and Bluetooth, and of course there's a
multimedia player capable of playing MP3, AAC and WMA media
formats. The SGH-X830 comes in a variety of colours - black,
white, orange and pink. The pink version will be the first in
many markets.
Internal memory is a huge 1Gb although there's no expansion
slot, however 1Gb is probably enough for almost everyone. The
Samsung X830 has a USB 2.0 connection, so this means that data
can be transferred quickly enough to make it viable to transfer
large amounts of data. Samsung say that up to 330 tracks (at 3Mb
per file), although in our experience MP3 tracks are about 4Mb
each and it's best to allow 64Mb per album, but even with our
figures the Samsung X830 will hold 250 tracks or 15 albums.
The Samsung SGH-X830 has EDGE data support but as you'd expect
it's just too tiny a phone for 3G or WiFi. There are all the
usual features you'd expect to find too, such as PC
synchronisation, Java and some PIM tools.
Let's look a little more deeply at that circular control pad -
at first glance, it appears to be a rotator control (as with the
iPod), but in fact it actually seems to be a conventional
selector pad. The screenshots in Samsung's publicity photos
indicate that the SGH-X830 is pretty conventional here, using
screen prompts to guide the user to the relevant selector pad
functions.
It does appear that Samsung have a winner with the SGH-X830.
Although we've seen similar elements to the X830 in other
handsets, this is the first time we've seen a such a stylish,
compact and powerful multimedia device with all of these
features.
Although it does look a little like the iPod, it really isn't
quite the same as the long-rumoured "Apple iPhone", although
Apple are probably kicking themselves now that the iPhone has
taken so long to develop.
One last note about names - although this is officially the
Samsung SGH-X830 device, the pink version of this handset will
be sold in some markets as the "Samsung Blush" which is a much
more memorable name and probably a smart move - after all,
no-one tends to call the LG KG800 anything other than the
"Chocolate".
Sources say that the Samsung X830 should be available from
October 2006 in certain markets.
Reference: mobilegazette
