Samsung announced yesterday in Korea a new 3g full touchscreen mobile phone called HAPTIC AMOLED. The Haptic does have the new high resolution WVGA 800x480 pixel 3.5 inch AMOLED Display from Samsung Mobile

Unlike LCD the AMOLED has 180-degree viewing angle, and the power consumption can be reduced by up to 66 %.

The Haptic AMOLED phone will be sold via Korea's three mobile operators - SK Telecom, KT and LG Telecom for about 700 Dollars.

Shin Jong-kyun, executive vice president of Samsung, said at the launch that AM-OLED display will create new demand... Driven by demand, price issues will be soon overcome!

The Haptic features DivX, and supports supports high-quality video formats such as H.264, MPEG4, and AC-3. Adopting Haptic UI 2.0 version, it features 'One-finger Zoom' function, T-DMB, a 5M camera, Bluetooth, navigation support and more.

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