We haven't heard many peeps out of Samsung about their QWERTY "Q killer"
SGH-i320 ever since we noticed
its FCC approval a couple of months ago. Well, now it looks like they're ready to bust this thing out, and they're starting off with a launch in EDGE-friendly France. The EDGE smartphone isn't as wide or tall as the
Motorola Q, but the phones both share that thinner-than-a-RAZR 11.5mm thickness. There's 120MB of included memory, along with a microSD slot, so Windows Mobile 5.0 should have plenty of room to play, but the QVGA display is a mere 2.2-inches, so some squinting might be in order. The phone includes Bluetooth, dual-speakers and push-email support, but we're still without a clue as to the actual launch date or specific carrier. We're also curious if Samsung can manage to compete with the Q at that $200 (with subsidies) price point, but we guess we'll find out soon.
posted Jun 14th 2006 11:53AM
i need one of these!! come to canada!! or come unlocked gsm :)
is it too early to decide if the Q is worthy of a Q-Killer?
Verizon Wireless should have gone with this (if there even is a CDMA version) instead of the Q. The Samsung i730 such a great phone, I bet this rocks.
Interesting. After 11 days with the Q, I FedEx'ed it back to Verizon this morning. The form factor was great, voice quality and reception were excellent, but menu lag and wonky software prevented this from being a keeper. I'm afraid that heavy marketing still won't produce the dramatic sales Verizon had hoped for. Having used four Pocket PCs in the past, I still have hope that Windows Mobile can be implemented properly in one of these slim QWERTY devices; I hope Samsung does it right.