Samsung's AMOLED-packin' SCH-W690 clamshell heads for South Korea

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 18th 2008 at 7:20PM

If our hunches are correct, Samsung's snazzy little SCH-W690 flip phone is actually destined for arrival in the US as well, but at least for now, we're forced to be content with a South Korean debut. Reportedly, the handset packs a swank 2.6-inch AMOLED display (320 x 240) underneath the classic black (or silver) exterior, and it also touts GSM / HSDPA connectivity, GPS, a 1.5-inch external OLED, multimedia player, Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera and an 800mAh battery. There's no mention of price just yet, but we'd expect to pay a small premium for the pixels.

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung

Tags: AMOLED, anycall, clamshell, flip phone, FlipPhone, korea, s690, samsung, SCH-W690, SK Telecom, SkTelecom, south korea, SouthKorea

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Jack @ Dec 18th 2008 8:12PM

What is so special about AMOLED? Can somebody explain to me?

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ran @ Dec 18th 2008 8:23PM

Cheap to make, can be very large in size, low power requirements, flexible, and durable.

This means you can have it for low power TVs or as here cell phones. As many people know, the screen and backlight on any device consumes a big chunk of the batteries. Well with AMOLED, that power consumption is greatly reduced.

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