| The Korean mobile phone giant Samsung is | | | | You get a capable 2.8-inch resistive TFT LCD |
| officially releasing a new line of distinctly styled | | | | touchscreen display with QVGA resolution (240 x |
| mobile phones aimed at spicing the drab handset | | | | 320 pixels) and supporting 16 million colors and the |
| for the trendy fashion-conscious ladies looking for | | | | usual accelerometer for auto-rate viewing |
| a touchscreen without breaking the bank. Even | | | | orientation according to handset tilt. Its |
| the default TouchWiz user interface is customized | | | | accelerometer also supports face-down muting |
| and called Feminine - demolishing any doubt about | | | | and gesture locking.. |
| its target audience. This is the Samsung S7070 | | | | Its imaging is likewise modest with a 3 megapixel |
| Diva sporting a unique 3D quilted texture at the | | | | fixed focus camera. But you get smile and face |
| back that not only feels great in your hands but | | | | recognition as well as blink detection. Your shots |
| makes it a stand-out among fashion phones in the | | | | can benefit from what Samsung calls Beauty |
| market. | | | | effect - a unique technology found on its digital |
| At A Glance | | | | cameras which automatically beautifies portrait |
| As an entry level budget mobile phone, the S7070 | | | | shots. It also has a Lomo effect which is a |
| takes out many of the features we've come to | | | | take-off from old-style lomo cameras |
| associate with mid-priced handsets in this form | | | | Its multimedia function gets the usual media |
| factor. There's no 3G and no WiFi so you can't do | | | | players for your favourite playback of music and |
| high speed internet surfing while on the road. While | | | | video files in the popular codecs. It also has an FM |
| it has instant access to instant messaging and | | | | radio with RDS that supports broadcast recording, |
| your favourite social networking sites like | | | | DNSe sound effect and Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP |
| Facebook, Twitter and MySpace right from the | | | | support for wireless stereo earphones when |
| homescreen, you have to go through it at the | | | | listening to your music files. |
| less speedy GPRS/EDGE data connectivity | | | | There's a modest 40 MB memory typical of |
| speeds. Not bad as it gets the job done with | | | | budget phones but you get a non-hot-swappable |
| pop-up SNS notification from these sites. But you | | | | microSD card expansion slot for up to 8GB. Its |
| do get Bluetooth 2.1 for high speed data | | | | 960 mAh lithium-ion battery delivers a generous |
| synchronization between your handset and a | | | | 10 hours of talk time and 13 days in standby. |
| desktop or laptop PC, | | | | Availability |
| This is your basic tri band GSM 900/1800/1900 | | | | The new Samsung S5150 Diva is expected to |
| with GPRS/EDGE class 12 housed in a monoblock | | | | become widely available in Europe starting January |
| touchscreen form factor measuring a compact | | | | next year, though it will launch in Russia, the |
| 101.0 x 54.8 x 13.4 mm and weighs a very | | | | Ukraine and the Netherlands before reaching other |
| handbag-friendly 94 grams. It's a bit thick | | | | parts of Europe. No prices have yet been |
| compared with other touchscreens but its | | | | announced by Samsung but as a budget entry |
| compact size and a diamond-textured back | | | | level touchscreen, this should come free on a |
| makes it feel solid to the hands. | | | | contract from any network carriers. |