Samsung X610 (SGH-X610)
Discontinued 30th August 2004
The Samsung SGH-X610 is the replacement
for the Samsung X600.
Although most Samsung phones tend to look alike, the
old X600 looked radically different from other handsets
in the range. With the X610, Samsung have brought the
design back into line with their house style.
This isn't just a makeover though, the
most noticeable thing about the X610 is how slim it
is, measuring just 11.8mm thick - compared this with
the X600's 20mm and you'll see that Samsung have managed
an impressive feat here. Also improved over the X600
is the screen quality, and the X600 now has an internal
antenna and camera flash.
Overall the SGH-X610 measures 111x46x11.8mm
and weighs just 80 grams. The screen is a 128x128 pixel
unit in 65,000 colours, and the camera is a 640x480
pixel swivelling unit, more commonly seen in high-end
videophones.
The SGH-X610 is a dual-band GSM phone
with GPRS data, a WAP 2.0 browser, Java, polyphonics,
MMS messaging, T9 predictive text input and the usual
set of applications you'd expect in this kind of phone.
There's no Bluetooth, an option missing from all Samsung
phones.
In the looks department the Samsung
X610 not a hugely attractive phone, being the typical
Samsung silver colour and with a very square looking
design. In fact, the prototype phones were even squarer,
replacing the round navigation key with a square one
and lining up the rest of the keys (it seems) with a
rule and set square. Presumably Samsung took some feedback
on the design and softened it somewhat.
All-in-all, the Samsung X610 packs a
lot of features into a tiny handset, and at only 11.8mm
thick is probably the thinnest handset announced so
far.
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Samsung
X610 (SGH-X610) at a glance
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Available:
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Q3/Q4
2004
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Network:
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Dual-band
GSM
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Data:
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GPRS
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Screen:
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128x128
pixels, 65,000 colours
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Camera:
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640x480
pixels, swivelling
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Size:
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Slimline
candy-bar 111x46x12mm
/ 80 grams
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Bluetooth:
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No
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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