Samsung's SGH-G800: another 5 megapixel slider?

For better or worse, it seems 5 megapixel sensors may be on the cusp of supplanting smaller units on high-end featurephones, and naturally, Samsung's on the forefront of the trend. Hot on the heels of the G600, the rumored G800 slider is said to feature a tri-band GSM radio with HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD expansion, a lovely 2.4 inch QVGA OLED display, xenon flash, and a sliding lens cover (a la K800) to protect that mighty cam. We've no idea when or where this thing might launch, but without that critical fourth band, the US seems like a long shot.

[Via phoneArena]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 30th 2007 3:38PM]

Very Sony-fied!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 30th 2007 4:36PM]

sony-fied or not..i feel this is a good thing having a great camera is nice instead of the craptastic 1.3 or even 2mp cameras that don't cut it.I'd rather have a kick ass camera on my phone than some mp3 player that i don't use or even shitty internet that isn't up to snuff..IMO

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 30th 2007 8:19PM]

I'm on t-mobile and I never roam in the 850 area so I wont miss that fourth band everyone else worries about. Samsung g800 here I come! (whenever it comes out)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 1st 2007 10:51AM]

If you read the text near the lens it AF 5.8-17.4, so it's got 3x optical zoom, something SE hasn't got.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2007 4:47PM]

WHY is Sammy crippling their phones by not including GSM 850 is beyond me. I understand that not everyone needs the "lower frequency" bands (Owen V) but I can not imagine that the price difference between 3 vs 4 band gsm chip would be that high...and Sammy would gain a bigger market. Even if this phone would be released in the US, Samsung has a tendency to cripple their phones in lieu of North American or European marked (US tri-band 1900/850/1800 or EU tri-band 1800/900/1900). Personally i think it's a stupid move but who am I to say anything... I'm only the end-user so Samsung doesn't have to listen to me. (I guess that means that I will not be Sammy's client until they make Quads. Nokia doesn't even stoop to tri-bands on their higher end phones anymore as they see the potential of quads (lower production cost and higher market coverage)