Cell Phone Blog

Company Profile

Samsung was established as a company in 1969. In 1986, they started cell phone production. And, in 2003, Samsung is said to be World's 2nd largest maker of mobile handsets, in sales revenue (according to Samsung press release). In general, Samsung cell phones hold a good repute in world market and they're going at par with the newest technologies.

Overview of Samsung Cell Phones

A brief overview on Samsung cell phones depict that Samsung has done a lot of work in fun / fashion features and also developed new standards with time. The company mostly concentrated on clamshell (flip) cell phones and is number one in this feature. But, there are also many famous cell phones by Samsung that are not in clamshell form factor. The screen and polyphonic tones of their cell phones are considered to be top class in the market. Samsung has also released some PDA phones and smartphones.

Samsung Future Strategy

Latest announces and releases show that Samsung is taking the technologies a step further. Now, 262k color TFT screens are introduced instead of today's common 65k, 60 polyphonic tones are also there instead of 40, megapixel cameras with flash are embedded in cell phones instead of VGA camera.
Cell phones with sliding form factor are also introduced to get user response. Slider cell phones were introduced previously by Nokia (7650) and Siemens (SL55) but they haven't got a lot of possitive response. But this time Samsung took the chance and these slider phones Samsung are more elegant in look and feel like other Samsung cell phones.

Latest Cell Phones

Samsung d410 is the slider phone from Samsung. It is the first of its kind by Samsung. The phone is not yet released officially and there are chances that instead of this handset, an update of it will be released in the market. But, it is interesting to have a look at the phone and the new technologies introduced in it.

External Look

If you hold the phone for the first time, Samsung d410 seems a little big and heavy too. The slider function is very impressive and user friendly. You can open and close the phone with one hand without any irritation. And, you can also receive call without the slider being open. According to Samsung, the phone will be available in three colors i.e. metallic silver, mirror gray and indigo blue. The camera on top provides 180 degree rotation which is also present in other Samsung phones.