Samsung W960 AMOLED 3D Mobile Phone Review
Introducing the first 3D mobile phone: The Samsung W960 AMOLED 3D
Background Information & Look n’ Feel
Samsung have just announced the launch of the Samsung W960 AMOLED 3D (SCH-W960) which heralds the beginning of a new generation of 3D mobile phones. Thankfully you don’t need special glasses to view the 3D display. The phone is a basic candy bar design with no outstanding features to comment about. The phone weighs 119g and measures 113.9 x 53.9 x 13.9 mm.
Hardware – Display, Keyboard, Battery, Communications, Memory, Connectors
The Samsung W960 has a 3.3” AMOLED capacitive touch display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. The screen uses gesture based interactions, an accelerometer for auto-rotate and the Touch Wiz 2.0 user interface. Whilst these specifications are not bad you can find similar technology in other phones on the market.
What is special about the Samsung W960 is the 3D effect of the display. As previously mentioned, you will not need to wear glasses to view the 3D effect. Another plus is that you can switch between 3D and 2D at the press of a button.
The phone has a 3.2 MP built-in camera with a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels. It has autofocus and video but no built-in flash.
Connectivity wise this mobile phone supports both 3G (HSDPA 2100) and 2G networks (with the quad band GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900). The Samsung W960 also has GPRS, Edge, USB v2.0, and Bluetooth 2.1. Unfortunately there is no Wi-Fi with this phone.
The phone’s other useful features include: a document viewer, for looking at Microsoft Office documents; voice memo; an organiser; and DMBTV. The phone can play both MP3 and MP4 media files.
Availability & Pricing
The w960 will initially be launching in South Korea probably in June or July. A European release date has yet to be confirmed. No information on price is available but based on the specification of this phone it is likely to be aimed at the lower to middle range of the market.
Samsung W960 3D Video Review
General
| Status | Coming soon |
| Announced | April 2010 |
| Network (2G) | GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 |
| Network (3G) | HSDPA 2100 |
| Form factor | Block |
| Antenna type | Internal |
Size
| Weight | 119.0 g (with battery) |
| Dimensions | 113.9 x 53.9 x 13.9 mm |
Display
| Type | Graphical |
| Coloured | Yes, AMOLED 3D capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 3.20 inch |
| Resolution | 240 x 400 pixels |
| - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Gesture control - Touch Wiz 2.0 UI |
Memory
| Numbers in phone | 1000 |
| - Photocall - microSD |
Ringtones
| Polyphonic ringtones | Yes |
| Ringtone profiles | Yes |
| - MP3, WAV ringtones |
Networking
| HSDPA speed | 7.2 Mbps |
| GPRS | Yes, Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps |
| EDGE | Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps |
| USB | Yes, 2.0 microUSB |
| Bluetooth | Yes, 2.1 with A2DP |
| WAP | Yes |
| Browser | Yes, HTML |
| Email client | Yes |
| - HSUPA |
Features
| Vibration | Yes |
| SMS | Send / Receive |
| MMS | Send / Receive |
| Camera | Builtin, 3.2 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, video |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
| Games | Yes, (changeable) |
| Clock | Yes |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Calculator | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Voice memo | Yes |
| T9 | Yes |
| Multiple numbers / contact | Yes |
| - DMB TV - MP4/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) |
Standard Battery
| Type | Li-Ion |