Samsung has just launch a new phone with an unusually high resolution whereby it has a new AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) display that gives the phone a great 3D resolution.

It fact, few companies have been working on AMOLED screens and it turns out that Samsung has taken the lead by announcing the start of its mass production of AMOLED display equipped phones for KDDI in Japan. This step by Samsung will definitely trigger other companies to follow suit in attempts to release their own AMOLED screen equipped handsets.

4 new Samsung AMOLED KDDI models will be delivered at first with the photo renderings afer the jump. So far, there has not been much information provided on the specifications, capabilities or features of the new phone from either Samsung or KDDI.

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As an attempt to commemorate the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Samsung has introduced its 18K Golden Edition E848 that features an 18K golden reflective surface with the official logo imprinted at the back of the handset. Other than that, it comes with a 2.2-inch 320 x 240 resolution LCD, integrated media player, support for H.263 / MP3 / AAC / WMA / MPEG4 formats, quad-band connectivity, 70MB of internal memory, a microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP, USB 2.0 and a talk time of around five hours. The actual release date has not be confirmed but it has been estimated to cost about USD359.00 (HK2,780.00). 2 more pictures after the jump.

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The Samsung Brix is indeed an impressive concept phone that is presented by the Samsung Art and Design Institute. It is a modular that comes with a full touch screen display whereby users are allowed to add additional brick modules to its original platform. This is useful especially, say for example, when the user finds the screen too small to enjoy a good movie therefore adds more bricks to have a bigger display.

Although the Samsung Brix is merely a concept phone by an outsider designer team, in fact, Samsung has been exploring similar ideas to make such a concept phone come to life.

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Focusing on sound quality and lifestyle sophistication, Samsung and Bang & Olufsen introduce their combined efforts, the Serenata to enable its users enjoy the best possible music experience at the same time bring about a more sophisticated lifestyle.

The Sereneta features a built-in stereo speaker system and outstanding bass system, delivering high quality sound so that its users are able to enjoy various kinds of music. It comes in a sophisticated organic rounded design that resembles the shape of nicely rounded stones. Not only does the Sereneta bring about unique sound quality or elegant design but also delivers the ease of use with its click wheel navigation giving its users hassle-free control of music functions.

1 more picture of the Samsung Serenata after the jump.

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On our first look at the Samsung SGH-G800, known to be introduced in Q4 this year 2007, this handset targets users who are into mobile imaging by featuring its 5 megapixel with 3x optical zoom autofocus digital camera and is sufficiently equipped with microSD card slot or better yet, the microSDHC flash memory supporting up to 4GB of storage space. It also comes with an internal processing software, image processor, pixel quality, sensitive range and noise and effective flash range.

It has a digicam-like metallic design at the same time looking stylish enough for its users to have a fashion touch.

The specifications of the Samsung SGH-G800 are as follows:
- Form Factor: Slide
- Color Availability: Black
- Phone Network: EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA (3G)
- Bluetooth and USB connectivity
- MicroSD, microSDHC
- 5.0 megapixel camera w/ second camera in front

1 more official pictures of Samsung SGH-G800 after the jump.

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The Samsung DuoS D880 allows two SIM cards to work with the phone although phones that allow more than one sim card to work is not anything new. This time, Samsung is planning to bring the dual sim card phone into Europe. Sim cards from two different mobile operators will work or two phone numbers from the same operator. The calls, sms messages, email profiles can easily be switched by selected which will be the primary card to use.

The specs of the Samsung DuoS D880 are as follows:

- Dimensions: 104mm × 51mm x 18.9mm
- 2.3 QVGA Display
- 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
- FM Radio
- Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP, USB 2.0
- 1200 mAh battery
- GSM 900/1800/1900 EDGE connectivity

The Samsung D880 DuoS will cost around $700 and would most probably appeal to those heavy mobile phone usage users. It will be available this November.

1 more pic of the Samsung DuoS D880 after the jump.

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The Samsung SGH-i780 has been recently spotted in Dubai after having received its Bluetooth approval beginning of the month.

Measuring 115.9 x 61.3 x 13.3mm, this device runs in a Windows Mobile 6 Professional and features triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz as well as singleband UMTS/HSDPA at 2100 MHz. It also features Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, Wi-Fi, GPS, and is the first Windows Mobile Smart Phone with a new screen resolution of 2.5″ 320 x 320 pixel touch screen

In addition, SGH-i780 features a QWERTY thumb keyboard, an optical mouse, 3.2 megapixel camera plus an additional front camera for video calls, has built-in GPS with Navigation client and microSD memory.

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Samsung has teamed up with fashion label Giorgio Armani to reveal their first mobile phone together in Milan. A touch screen phone (Luxury iPhone?) that has a 2.6 inch 320 x 240 screen in 26k color and a 3 megapixel camera which carries the Giorgio Armani label. Small and tiny it only measures 87.5 x 54.5 x 10.5 mm (weighs 85 grams) while comparing that to the iPhone that measures 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm. The Samsung Giorgio Armani phone is a triband 900/1800/1900 GSM device and does not have 3G nor WiFi while supporting EDGE data and GPRS. It will be available in Europe and priced around $920 (650 Euro). 1 more pic of the Samsung Giorgio Armani luxury phone after the jump.

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