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How to select the right Samsung phone



Style

Unique design, trendy and eye-catching

I am... someone who wants a fashionable phone to match my outgoing lifestyle, but the handset mustn't be too skimpy on features, either.


Handsets that fall into this category have a certain unique design or feature that makes it stand out from the competition. One of the most successful series was the Ultra Edition line which had a total of three updates. The first batch of Ultra Edition models were runaway successes with their ultraslim profiles. The second generation didn't have as much impact as the first. But the final installation, Soul, carried on the sleek tradition with a customizable thematic user interface. The latest in this series are the Ultra Touch, Ultra b and Ultra s that were announced at the Mobile World Congress in 2009.

On the style front, Samsung has also collaborated with names like Bang & Olufsen and Giorgio Armani, which spun off the Serene and Serenata for the fomer and the Giorgio-Armani models for the latter. Taking cues from the fashion house, the SGH-F480 touts a full touchscreen display in a simple candybar form factor. It is also the first model that uses Samsung's own TouchWiz user interface which features a drag-and-drop widget platform.

In this category:





Soul

The final installation of the Ultra Edition series, this is dubbed the "Spirit of Ultra". The 12.9mm-thin phone features a customizable thematic user interface. For slightly less features in a candy bar, users can turn to the Soulb with a similar design language.

SGH-F480

The first handset that uses Samsung's own TouchWiz system which features a drag-and-drop widget user interface. Design-wise, it took a lot of cues from the Giorgio Armani-Samsung collaboration, but has a slightly different target market with a better feature set.

Giorgio Armani-Samsung

The petite touchscreen handset looks attractive. That's perhaps the most important criteria for a stylish phone and it's really just that. Users looking for a feature phone will have to look elsewhere.



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rigelstuff says...
What's the logic behind Samsung's letter designations, if there is any at all?

I mean, is there an inherent difference between the B-series versus the i-series, versus the Z-series, etc?

 
 
jake2011 says...
Surely, this article is promotional in nature. In terms of maturity in the mobile phone business, Samsung is almost 'there.'

It has mobile phones to cater almost all demographics and does not miss out on the design (most of the time). It's safe to say that 9 out of 10 Samsung mobiles are beautifully crafted.

With separate R&Ds, the result is a mixed bag of phones ready to be consumed by the mass market.

I agree with rigelstuff that Samsing has to improve its indexing. Nokia, is probably the best when it comes to this category.

"You know what it does when you hear the model number..." This is perhaps Nokia's maxim in labeling its products. The N-Series are geared for Multimedia, the E-Series are geared towards professionals on the go, 5XXX phones are either ruggedized and sporty or geared towards music. 6XXX are mid-level business phones, etc.

At the rate Samsung is going, they are still on the right track.

 
 
iolo003 says...
Im clearly done with Samsung Phones
I bought one before and found out how vurnerable their device are. It broke with the least reason you can think of, a short fall of an inched.
I believe Samsung cheat its consumers by putting low grade materials and parts.
What a shame, a wicked business strategy that consumer carries after buying their product.

 
 
rigelstuff says...
It seems unfair of you to write off a brand after having a bad experience with just one unit (am I right?).

Most (if not all) products will have their share of bad production runs (or bad product line in general or a model in particular).

I had an i600, and its build quality blows away that of the Nokia N95 which a friend has. The N95 is so plasticky and feels cheap (like a toy) compared to the i600.

And I recently got my wife a D900i, and its build quality is pretty good, too (not as good as the i600's though).

That said, don't diss a company because of just one bad experience.

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sbfalex says...
didn't this article just answered your question before you even asked?

 
 
rigelstuff says...
So you're saying the SGH-i600 is an "Infotainment" device and not a business device? (this article says otherwise)

According to the article the new designations would (supposedly) apply to devices relased after the Mobile World Congress in Feb this year. I am pertaining to Samsung handsets prior to this announcement.

For example, the article doesn't say what category the Z-series falls under. Unless there will be no new phones with a "Z" designation (or "D" or "F" or "W"...). You get the point. I hope.

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skyflakes says...
what an ugly table in the introduction.

 
 
gadgetgeek says...
i don't like samsung either. features-wise, my samsung omnia (and others' omnias too, of course) got plenty of it. functionality-wise, the unit sucks. big time. i wanna go back to nokia soon.

 
 
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