CeBIT 2008: Hands-On with Samsung's G810 Flagship Slider

Samsung G810 was first announced and presented during MWC 2008 in Barcelona, Spain (11 - 14 February). The handset was and still is seen as a direct competitor to Nokia's N95 and the unreleased yet N96, and that's because its features, target and form factor are kind of similar to the ones of the N-Series phones.

Now Samsung showcases the mighty G810 at CeBIT 2008 in Hanover, Germany (4 - 9 March), along with its other phones announced recently, and of course we made some hands-on pictures with it.

The handset has a minimalist, metallic appearance and, overall, it looks really nice. Unfortunately, G810 seemed a bit bulky and kind of unfriendly, although its dimensions are acceptable (103 x 52.9 x 17.9 mm). Of course, this it's just our impression, so other users might find the phone perfect - it's all about how you expect the device to "interact" with you.

When it comes to technical specs, Samsung G810 has about everything any user might need. The handset runs on Symbian OS 9.2 S60 3rd Edition and is powered by an ARM1136 330 MHz CPU with TI OMAP 2430 chipset. Furthermore, it comes with tri-band GSM and UMTS2100 connectivity, as well as GPRS, EDGE and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g.

G810 packs a 2.6 inch TFT display (256K colors, 240 x 320 pixels) and a 5 Megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, VGA video recording, autofocus and xenon flash, to provide a picture quality that few other mobile phone cameras can. Other great features include GPS navigation software (Navigon), geo-tagging capabilities, camera face detection, music and video player, TV out, Stereo FM radio, 3.5mm audio output jack, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0, document viewer, Java MIDP 2.0, Google search integration, RSS reader, email capabilities and so on.

Samsung G810 should be available in the next weeks/months, for an undisclosed yet (high) retail price.

Enjoy the live photos:



Live report by Bogdan Popa and Cosmin Vasile from CeBIT 2008 Hanover, Germany.