Future Samsung Phone Plans Leaked

djgil writes "Looks like Samsung needs to be more careful what they do with their powerpoints. A number of prototype Samsung phones have appeared online including three that used Windows Mobile. One phone uses a 500Mhz processor and other had a 3Gbyte Hard Drive for music."

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Mirror

[Anonymous Coward]

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Missing Old Cell Phones/Plans

[Khomar]

I long for the days when I used to be able to get a simple cell phone with a simple interface, contact phone book, and good reception -- for less than $25 dollars a month! Cell phones are getting so ridiculous that I finally gave up on them. You have to pay at least $45 a month (after taxes...), and for what? Internet access that I don't use. Games that I don't play. Instant text that costs me even more.

I wonder if a bare-bones plan with simple, easy to use phones (not glorified PDA's/cameras/gaming consoles) would actually do quite well in today's market for people like me that don't need all of the frills. I know people have talked about this before, but why aren't the cell phone companies listening?

Re:It was only a matter of time

[Lev13than]

It was only a matter of time until phones and ipod style mp3 players converged.

Ah, but this isn't the case - the 3gb hard drive is just there to hold even longer, more annoying ring tones. The factory default will use bluetooth to sense when the owner is nowhere near the phone and then launch into a 4-hour midi retrospective of Nelly: the early years.

Re:oh great [redundant post.... redundant comment]

[Bertie]

It's like those old Vidal Sassoon adverts. "Take two bottles into the shower? Not me. Now I have a crappy shampoo and a crappy conditioner in one! Just watch me flick my shiny hair from side to side, and imagine I haven't spent the last two hours in a stylist's chair!"

If you really want to cart around a phone, an MP3 player and a camera at all times, go ahead. Right now your phone might not be able to do a job as good as all three, but it's good enough for some, and by the looks of what Samsung are up to, it won't be long before they're good enough for a lot of people. I mean, Casio have a phone out in Japan with autofocus.

It wasn't so long ago that you'd have needed a room full of all sorts of equipment to play music, watch videos, play games, etc. Now all you need is a decent PC. That's progress.

More features == More things to break

[alc6379]

A few years ago, I got a little Nokia phone, I forget the model number of it. It was a little gray number, and it worked with my PDA through IrDA. And it made phone calls. It was one piece, no flippy-foldy parts, and it worked great for me. I even ran it over with a truck in the mud, and left it out in the snow for 3 days. The only way I found it was because somebody was calling me, and I heard it ringing out in the yard.

Where's my phone that I can just throw in my pocket, rough it up, and still have it work right? With all of these flip-phones, slide phones and their touch screens, camera lenses and hard drives, they don't seem like they're going to hold up to being bumped, jarred, or just tossed into a cargo pocket for a quick bike ride down to the convenience store. I love little gadgets as much as anyone else, but I'm not always going to be able to attach the device to a belt clip, and I don't always care to, anyways.

Can't they work on a good old phone that I could accidentally mistake for a hockey puck, and still have it work right?