Samsung has officially announced their latest high-end phone, the Samsung S8300 Platinum Red UltraTOUCH. The fully touch-operated slider has decided to avoid the crowd at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and appear a week earlier.

The key features naturally include the 2.8″ OLED scratch-resistant touchscreen display with WQVGA resolution (240 x 400 pixels). Unlike most other touchscreen devices the Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH  Platinum Reda.k.a. Samsung Tocco Ultra uses the capacitive technology

Dressed to impress with a slim 12.7 mm body and a finely brushed metal frame, the S8300 Platinum Red UltraTOUCH also has the features to do so. The handset comes with an 8MP autofocus camera with dual-LED flash that can capture videos up to VGA resolution at 30fps. Next are the built-in GPS with A-GPS support, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, microUSB and the microSD memory card slot. FM radio with RDS is also on board, making Wi-Fi the only major abscence here.

SPECIFICATIONS:

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100

Size Dimensions 110 x 51.5 x 12.7 mm

Weight

Display Type OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 240 x 400 pixels, 2.8 inches

- Accelerometer sensor

- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

- Scratch-resistant surface

Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones

Speakerphone Yes

Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call, Photo Contact

Call records Yes

Internal 80 MB

Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB

Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

HSCSD Yes

EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps

WLAN No

Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, v2.0, microUSB

Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, image stabilization, wide dynamic range

Video Yes, WVGA@30fps

Secondary Videocall camera

Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email

Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS

Games Yes + downloadable

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; optional navigation software

Java Yes, MIDP 2.0

- DviX/ XviD/ MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ WMV9 player

- MP3/AAC/WMA player

- Organizer

- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

- Voice memo/dial

- T9

NOTE 2: All of our Unlocked GSM Phones come from around the globe. As such, most carry an "International" warranty from the Manufacturer, which will be detailed within your product packaging, if appropriate. Only DOA (Dead on Arrival) Exchanges will be made for this product through the GSM Support Center. No returns are allowed otherwise. There are no exceptions. All of our unlocked cellular phones are only designed to work on GSM networks such as Cingular and T-Mobile. These phones are NOT compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint. If your intended service provider is not among those four major carriers, please contact that provider to determine GSM compatibility.

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