Samsung SGH-i620 smart slider gets official

Though we think we prefer it in white, Samsung's follow-on to the i600 and its variants -- the compact SGH-i620 slider -- is now official. Taking the wraps off at Berlin's IFA show this week, Samsung is calling attention to the unit's small size (just 95 x 59 x 16mm closed), jog dial navigation, HSDPA, and inclusion of Windows Mobile 6 out of the box. No word on a stateside release, but like its immediate predecessor, Samsung would have to craft a new version with the right bands anyhow since this one's rocking out with triband GSM and UMTS 2100. Expect a release in Germany, presumably on Vodafone, in September.

[Via the::unwired]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 30th 2007 7:28PM]

I'd like sliders better if the form factor didn't cause 'em to be thick here in this newly thin world of ours.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 31st 2007 9:16AM]

This one looks like it is maybe as thick as the blackjack with the extendend battery. That would be totally livable.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 8th 2007 6:38PM]

Someone please help me change my phone from dutch to english....