World’s Worldest World Phone from Samsung hits China’s stores
Posted March 26th, 2007 in Mobile Phones
Samsung SCH-W579 also known as the world phone has hit mainland China and other Asian markets, the phone offers world roaming as it supports Quad band GSM 800 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 as well as dual band CDMA 800 / 1900. It has a 2.6 inch internal touch screen display supporting 240 x 320 pixels and 260k colors, the internal display is 1.1 inches wide supporting 65k colors. It has 40Mb of internal memory and a Micro SD card. The SCH-W579 has a 2 Megapixel camera with LED flash and a 180 degree rotating lens. The handwriting recognition and OCR feature supports Traditional Chinese text only. Other features include Bluetooth, Media player and world clock.
The Samsung SCH-W579 is 95 x 54 x 21 mm and weighs in at 133 grams. It is available in select Asian markets for 35599 TWD ($ 1050).