Samsung's Ultra Editions just got slimmer

Reuben Lee | Jan 25, 2007

If you thought the Ultra Edition 6.9 was flimsily anorexic, you ain't seen nothing yet. The Korean giant has shaved off yet another 1mm, producing a candy bar that's 5.9mm thin. Not good enough? Well, there's its Ultra Edition 12.9 slider which, according to various reports on the Web, will emerge 2mm trimmer after a nip-and-tuck.

The Ultra Edition 5.9 may well be the slimmest candy-bar phone in the world, but it doesn't skim on the feature set. It will apparently come with a 3.2-megapixel camera, onboard music and video player, Bluetooth connectivity and 80MB of internal memory. From the images posted on the Internet, the 5.9 does not have a camera on the screen side. Thus, it's unlikely to have 3G or HSDPA onboard.

The Ultra Edition 10.9, on the other hand, takes the crown for being one of the slimmest sliders out there. Again, small doesn’t mean less here. It packs a 3.2-megapixel camera, 80MB internal memory, a music and video player, and a microSD memory card slot. Like the 5.9, the 10.9 seems to be a non-3G/HSDPA unit.

While Samsung Asia was unable to respond to our query on availability of the new phones in Asia, we do know the Ultra Edition 5.9, at least, will launch in Europe come March. Going by Samsung's usual practice of rolling out its Ultra Editions in a trio, we can expect to see a clamshell model announced before 3GSM next month, to complete the new series. An Ultra Edition 8.9 clamshell perhaps?

Note: The image shown on the left is the Ultra Edition 6.9, not the new Ultra Editions, as official images have not been released.

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