14 DAY TRIAL // Most people will most likely remember the X830 music phone by Samsung mainly because it manages to bring an innovative design while to a certain extent looking similar to the iPod.
Now that the phone has been released for a while, Samsung thought it appropriate to release an upgrade, the F200 music phone that sports a similar form factor and looks just as good or better than the X830.
While there are differences in design, those are by far less important than the differences between the features. Compared to the X830 that comes with 1GB internal memory (since it's a music phone, the manufacturer might as well provide enough storage space for the user to fit some files on), the F200 comes with only 5MB internal memory.
So users that are considering getting this one will only be able to store their music on a MicroSD memory card, since the phone's built-in memory barely provides enough for 1, maybe 2 MP3's. The iPod-like click wheel one could find on the X830 has also been replaced with a standard squarish 5-way navigation lay placed just below the mobile phone's screen. The F200's built-in media player supports several file formats including MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC+, OGG. DCF and SMP and it also includes Bluetooth with A2DP profile for a wireless music listening experience.
Due to the fact that taking pictures with the X830 was somewhat uncomfortable, the F200 comes without a camera. Although the mobile phone wasn't officially announced, it was showcased at CeBIT 2007 in Hannover, Germany, so one might assume that an official release is bound to happen very soon.
More images and sepcifications for the Samsung F200 stick phone can be found here.