14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung's Soul U900 handset is undoubtedly a huge commercial success for the South Korean company. This is why the Asian manufacturer thought of coming up with another phone of this kind, namely the Samsung S7330.
The S7330 keeps the slider form factor of the already famous U900, adds some slightly different design elements and lowers its performances a bit. These aspects will make the new phone more affordable than the Soul, which can only have positive consequences for end users.
Samsung S7330 comes with the same Magical Touch navigation pad that is packed in the Soul U900, as well as with a similar display: a 2.2 inch TFT with 16 million colors and 240 x 320 pixels.
Furthermore, according to Czech website Mobil.iDNES, the S7330 also brings: quad-band GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, HSDPA connectivity (2100 MHz), a 3.2 Megapixel camera with auto focus, LED flash and video recording, Music player (supporting MP3, AMR, WMA, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+) Video player (MPEG4, H.263 and WMV), FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Web and email capabilities, 30MB of built-in memory and microSD card slot .
The S7330 weighs 110 grams and, when closed, it measures 105 x 49.5 x 14 millimeters. As you can see, the S7330 is thicker than the U900 Soul, but only by 1.5 millimeters; hence, it can still be considered a pretty slim slider. The handset packs an 880 mAh battery that should be able to provide up to seven hours of talk-time or up to 14 days of stand-by time.
What's interesting is that the S7330 appeared not long after other two new advanced Samsung phones were unveiled: the 8 Megapixel Innov8 Symbian smartphone and the 5 Megapixel i7110 candybar. This means that Samsung's line-up of high-end devices is quickly growing, which is definitely a good thing.
No news yet about the commercial availability of Samsung S7330, but the slider will probably hit the market sometime during the upcoming autumn.
