14 DAY TRIAL // Looks like Samsung is preparing for a major release in the near future, as leaked details about a new phone produced by the South Korean company recently appeared. Samsung G810 is the name of the new handset and it should come to succeed the G800 model and also to show Nokia's N95 that high-end multimedia phones are made better in Korea than in Finland.
Samsung G810 resembles G800 in terms of design and comes in the same slider form factor but with improved features and a larger display (a 2.6 inch one). G810 is a GSM / UMTS handset with HSDPA connectivity for data transfer speeds of up to 3.6 Mb/s and runs on Symbian 9.2 S60 3.1. It offers Wi-Fi, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, USB 2.0, a 1200 mAh battery, 150 MB of internal memory and microSD card support. Measuring 104 x 53 x 18, the new Samsung handset packs a 5 Megapixel camera with Auto focus, Macro mode, anti-shake, face recognition and 3x optical zoom.
Although not really slim, Samsung G810 is not thicker than Nokia N95 (21 mm), so that's a plus for the South Korean handset. We don't have Carl Zeiss optics in the built-in camera, but there's 3x optical zoom which can really make the difference. It may look like I'm already seeing Samsung G810 as better than Nokia N95, but of course I can't do this, first of all because all the info about it is only rumors. Also, the Nseries phone is already launched for some time now, so comparing G810 with it is not really fair, as Nokia is surely working on new handsets that will most probably come with even more advanced features than N95.
The Czech website that first spread the rumor about Samsung G810 mentions something about "15,000 korun", probably saying the phone will be available for this retail price. 15,000 CZK is the equivalent of about $860 or 585 Euro, which means the new Samsung will be quite expensive, even when compared to Nokia N95.
Samsung G810 is said to be showcased next week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (11 - 14 February), when we should be able to see if it's indeed the super-phone that we want it to be.