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In Ukraine, the local Samsung team held a press conference for the new line of Samsung mobile phone models. The others were already well-known to the world at large but the F490 and P720 weren't -- most especially the latter

The Samsung F490 should rock a 5 megapixel camera with a gorgeously huge 3.2 inch touchscreen display. The 432 x 240 resolution screen should also complement all that touchy goodness with some tactile feedback (presumably that pseudo-haptic, click-based feedback that we saw on the Samsung F700 Croix). Details are slim at the moment, but we do know that this little beauty will be packing an HSDPA data connection (that’s right, it’s 3G). It’s probably not too much to believe that Bluetooth, external storage, and WiFi are in the cards for this handset either. Expect a price tag of around $600.

The lower-end Samsung P720 should check in around the same time as the F490, and seems to be a variant of the Samsung P520 Armani phone. With a 3 megapixel camera, 2.6 inch touchscreen (also with tactile feedback), and dual SIM card support, the Samsung P720 is lower-end, but not exactly low-end. Bluetooth? Check. MicroSD card? Yup. Price-point? Something like $500, maybe lower.


The two phones are slated for a Q1/Q2 2008 release, so they aren’t too far off on the horizon. And, we’ll most likely be seeing more of these two new touchscreen handsets with tactile feedback at CES 2008 in a couple weeks. Keep checking back for more details!

[Via: Unwired View]

Labels: Samsung

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