The Samsung SGH-i620 Smartphone
The Samsung SGH-i620 Smartphone has a compact slider form factor, with a slide down QWERTY keyboard. When the i620 is opened, the phone measures 5? long. Use the 5-way navigation keypad to access applications quickly. For prolonged use, like replying to emails, the keyboard is there for easy input. Weighing just 105g, this light weight smartphone has great communication options and runs Windows Mobile Standard (WM6). It boasts a 2 Mega Pixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 and a Micro SD slot.
The sliding and locking action on the phone?s slider keeps the top half from popping down on the user while keying. The natural shelf formed by the back half of the device, situated behind the raised front, is a comfortable place for the user to rest their fingers while using both thumbs to type.
The i620 measures exactly 3.73? long x 2.34? wide x 0.69? thick (with extended battery installed) or 0.66? (with standard battery in place). On the front upper right, there is a video camera for those who live in HDSPA enabled areas. The 320 x 240 screen measures approximately 2.1? diagonally, and underneath is a different button cluster than we have seen before. Instead of typical buttons, these only activate when the phone is opened. They are backlit, and touch-sensitive; when your fingertip touches them, there is a sound response in the form of a ?snap?, and its hard to describe, because it almost seems as if you can feel the snap; although I am almost positive that is just my imagination. Going clockwise, directly under the screen are two soft buttons, a back button, the hangup button, call button, and Home button. Bear in mind, I am using the term ?button? very loosely – as they are not actual buttons, more like ?areas?. In the center is a wheel that at first glance operates very similarly to the one on an Ipod, but closer examination reveals that it is instead an actual revolving surface that moves with the user?s finger; there is a select button in its center. The case is composed of glossy black plastic rimmed with chrome covered plastic; all in all, this is one shiny fingerprint magnet – make no mistake about it.
The last thing I want to mention the memory. The i620 is listed as having 128MB ROM and 64MB RAM, but when I looked at the memory management screen on a wiped device, it only showed 46.3 RAM / 22.1MB available and 33.9 ROM / 11.8MB available. Is it just me, or does that seem really low?
Key Features of Samsung SGH-i620:
- Network: HSDPA / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
- OS: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard Edition
- Display – Type TFT, 65K colors; Size 320 x 240 pixels
- Memory – 46.3 RAM / 22.1MB available, and 33.9 ROM / 11.8MB available; Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall; Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls; Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
- Data – GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps; HSCSD: No; EDGE: Yes; 3G: HSDPA, 1.8 Mbps; Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP; Infrared port:No; USB:Yes, v1.1 miniUSB
- Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
- Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
- Camera: 2 MP, 1600?1200 pixels, video, flash; secondary VGA videocall camera
- Additional Features – Java MIDP 2.0; WMV/3GP/H.263/MPEG4 player; WMA/MP3/AAC/AAC+/OGG/ASF player; Organiser; Document viewer (MS Word, Excel, PPT, PDF); Built-in handsfree
