Samsung i450 and i550 Smartphones Announced

Samsung announced its two new S60-based 3G smartphones today, the SGH-i450 dual music slider and the GPS-enabled SGH-i550. These devices will be showcased at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London on October 16 and 17, 2007.

Both handsets operate on Symbian OS™ v9.2 and S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1, and support 3G HSDPA (3.6Mbps) connectivity.

Other features include:

Samsung i450:

• Ergonomic touch navigation half-wheel
• Stereo speakers
• 35MB internal memory + microSD slot (up to 4GB)
• 2.4” LCD screen
• Media player with dedicated music interface
• 2Mpix primary camera with flash
• VGA camera for video calling

Samsung i550:

• Trackball navigation
• GPS navigator
• 128MB RAM
• 150MB of internal memory + microSD slot
• 2.6” optimized LCD
• Web 2.0
• 3.2Mpix camera with video editing functionality
• FM radio