Samsung hides advanced handsets @ CES

The selection included many Korean models which The INQ had never heard of. For example, did you know that Samsung already sells a cameraphone capable of 5 megapixels, the SCH-250, in the Korean market? Yet here in the US, its best cameraphones, like the SPH-A800, are only capable of 2 megapixels. The A800 can also be used as a business card reader.

Another handset The INQ didn't know existed was the SCH-S230 which has a 3.2 megapixel camera. The unusual point about this is the fact that it has an optical (ie mechanical) 3 x zoom facility. Such mechanisms were generally regarded as too fragile for use in mobile phones.

Also hidden away in the glass case was the SCH-A795. It's the next generation up from the A795 (replacing the A790 which is shipping). The major difference between the two is the A795 doesn't have a camera.

Funnily enough we did manage to get a pic of the A795.

Others in the glass case included the Windows Mobile based SCH-i730 and the very clever swivel screen cameraphone the SCH-V600. Again the V600 is currently only available in Korea.

Overall, Samsung has some pretty neat new technologies which will certainly make Nokia sweat.µ