Samsung Launches S5230 and S5600 as Star and Preston

Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced recently the launch of its new Samsung Star (S5230) and Samsung Preston (S5600) on the global market. The two handsets include compact design and intuitive usability and come to users as full-touch phones that feature affordable prices.

The new handsets come to the company's full-touch product portfolio with support for 2.5G networks (Star) and 3G networks (Preston), and the phone maker also says that they have already seen interest on the market, though not released yet. It seems that the Samsung Star has registered great demand already, as more than 2 Million units are reported to have been pre-ordered until now.

“Samsung Star and Samsung Preston are significant additions to our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, featuring all the essential functions in one single device,” said JK Shin, executive vice president and head of Mobile Communications division at Samsung Electronics. “I am pretty confident that the products will be one of our historical best selling mobiles. Focusing on our consumer-oriented strategy, Samsung will deliver various full touch products for every lifestyle,” he added.

The new Samsung Star (S5230) includes a wide range of multimedia features, while sporting a slim design, measuring only 11.9mm. It comes with a 3.0-inch WQVGA full-touch screen and boasts the company's TouchWiz User Interface with Mobile Widgets, offering users the possibility to enjoy what their phone has to offer in an easy and intuitive manner.

Among the features of the phone we can count a 3.2-megapixel photo snapper with video recording capabilities, music recognition capabilities via Shazam’s “Find Music” service, 50MB of memory space coupled with a memory card slot with support for up to 8GB of additional storage space, along with full Internet browsing, accelerometer, support for a QWERTY soft keyboard, as well as “Gesture Lock” and handwriting features.

The Samsung Preston (S5600) comes in a slim and compact design, featuring support for full Internet browsing, 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity and accelerometer. It also includes a 2.8-inch QVGA full-touch screen and the TouchWiz UI, as well as a 3.2-megapixel camera, music recognition using Shazam’s “Find Music” service and an 80MB internal memory coupled with a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 8GB of additional storage space.

The Samsung Star will come to the market in Europe, Middle East Africa, South East Asia, South West Asia and Latin America in various color options, including Soft pink and Snow white, and is already available for purchase, the company says. Samsung Preston will become available in Europe and Asia in Sweet pink, Snow white, and Charcoal grey.