Samsung SGH-P310 – The Credit Card Slim Phone Is Here

by Darren

Samsung has released the new SGH-P310 CardPhone today. The phone is good looking, and loaded with features:

Samsung’s P310 offers superior portability with its slim and wide form factor. Designers and engineers managed to trim the Card Phone II to a mere 8.5mm in thickness. The P310 shed the P300’s retro look and wrapped itself in an elegant black color. Resembling a simple and clean credit card, the P310’s modern design is sure to attract the fashion-conscious and working professionals. The exquisitely designed P310 is the perfect companion for business users who desire a stylish premium feather-light mobile to serve their needs anytime, anywhere.

Samsung has been accused of having flat-styling in the past, but this phone exceeds others in that department. It’s sort of “cool” really.

Check out this extremely impressive list of extras:

• Music Player
• Video Player
• 3.2 Megapixel Camera
• The phone stores and saves your favorite tunes on the embedded 80MB card

The company is quite pleased with the phone, as evidenced here:

Kitae Lee, President of the Telecommunication Network Business at Samsung Electronics, says “Samsung’s new Card Phone II is loaded with the latest multimedia features with a unique iconic design. Its mini compact size with essential multimedia features meets our highest standard of quality.” He adds, “Samsung mobiles have come a long way in mobile design and technology. We will strive to deliver the right balance of cutting-edge technology and superiorly designed mobiles to the market,” added Kitae Lee.

Releases are scheduled for the following markets:

1) September: Europe
2) October: Southeast Asia

I actually think Samsung will do well with this phone. The small size and feature list are impressive.

No word on the price. Full set of specs:

- Standard: EDGE, GPRS Class 10 (900 / 1800/ 1900 MHz)
- Camera: 2.0 Megapixel Camera (Flash, 4x Zoom)
- Display: 1.9-inch 262K-Color QVGA TFT LCD
- Features: Video Recording and Messaging (MPEG4, H.263)
- MP3 / AAC / AAC+
- Bluetooth 1.2 / USB 1.1
- BT Printing / PictBridge / Stereo BT Headset
- TV out / Email Sync (Outlook)
- Memory: 80MB Embedded / External: MicroSD
- Size: 86 x 54 x 8.5 mm
- Weight: 75 g