Vodafone has brought some pleasant surprises with the announcing of its Christmas lineup of mobile phones. It brought up some devices that many people have been waiting for a ling time, but also a few less taunted, but also interesting, such as Samsung i560v.

The slider phone looks just like many other ones in Samsung's line of handsets. It has the elegant lines and smooth design that this producer has gotten us used to seeing in most of its mobile phones. The i560v model has the same round navigation key and easy to press buttons. The straight lines, with almost no curves, make it suitable for a wide audience type, being both business and personal, both feminine and sharp at the same time.

Specifications, although scant at this time, prove that Samsung i560v is no mobile phone to overlook. The device manages to pack some pretty impressive performances that place it among the most evolved handsets out there. Its small and stylish lines may be deceiving, as the device is more powerful than it appears to be at first sight.

Samsung i560v runs on Symbian (S60) operating system, one feature that some people might get excited over. The 3.2 megapixel camera on the phone is supposed to take care of the user's need for best quality images and has high chances of doing this excellently. There is also 3G HSDPA technology, which makes it possible to transfer data at speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps.

One more impressive feature that Samsung i560v manages to pack is that of GPS services. The technology seemed to take quite a strong leap at a certain time, but few from the most recently unveiled devices included it. Even Nokia, that was so keen of it at a certain time, seems to have forgotten all about it.

Samsung i560v will be out on the market, at Vodafone, sometime by the end of the year, although a specific release date and price have not been revealed by the producer.