Samsung V200 : Samsung's first phone with an integrated digital camera

Also known as Samsung v205 (North America).

The V200 was Samsung's first phone with an integrated digital camera. The camera could rotate a full 180° and uses a digital zoom. There was storage capability for around 100 pictures. You could send photos using MMS, or save them as wallpaper. Picture quality was excellent compared with other mobile phones at the time.

The Samsung SGH-V200 addresses user convenience above all else. Equipped with a superior MMS functionality and 180-degree rotating camera, is tri-band-enabled allowing users to stay connected to mobile communication systems globally. The new integrated digital camera wipes out stereotypes typically associated with a fixed camera lens. Samsung's design and technology underscore its status as a mobile phone innovator, which has the distinction of launching the world's first 180-degree rotating lens camera phone.

The Samsung V200 had some great features including a crisp 65,000 colour display, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), GPRS (fast, always-on internet access) and triband (global roaming). MMS meant that you could send and receive multimedia messages containing text, MIDI audio files, and graphics or animations. You could send MMS messages to another MMS capable phone or to an e-mail address.

General            2G Network     GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900

Announced       1Q, 2003

Status   Discontinued

Size      Dimensions       91 x 47 x 23 mm

Weight             96 g

Display             Type    TFD, 65K colors

Size      128 x 160 pixels, 7 lines

            - Second external display (blue lighting)

- Four way navigation keys

- Downloadable pictures and animations

Sound Alert types        Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones

Speakerphone No

Memory           Phonebook       500 x 10 fields, 10

Call records      10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls

Card slot          No

            - 100 photos storage

- Message templates

- 50 short messages

Data     GPRS Class 8 (4+1 slots), 32 - 40 kbps

EDGE No

3G       No

WLAN            No

Bluetooth          No

Infrared port     Yes

USB      

Camera            Primary            CIF, 352 x 288 pixels

Video   No

Secondary        No

Features           Messaging        SMS, EMS, MMS

Browser           WAP 1.2.1

Radio   No

Clock   Yes

Alarm   Yes

Games 3

Colors  

GPS     No

Java     No

            - Picture manager

- T9

- Organizer

- Speed dial

- Menu shortcuts

- Nokia smart messaging

Battery                         Standard battery, Li-Ion 720 mAh

Stand-by          Up to 120 h - 140 h

Talk time          2 h 30 min - 4 h

            Extended battery, Li-Ion 900 mAh

Stand-by          Up to 120 h - 140 h

Talk time          3 h - 5 h

(old handphone - www.old-handphone.blogspot.com)