Europe’s first ever 8 megapixel camera Smartphone, the Samsung i8510 8GB came into the market in September ’08. Much praise has also been sung about the outstanding 8GB internal memory capacity of the Samsung i8510 8GB.

The phone uses the Symbian 9.3 v3.2 operating system and Series60 User Interface technology. Network and Data platform is supported by GPRS, EDGE and 3G. While latter provides for a Dualband, the GPRS and EDGE make the device a Quadband. The phone is a WAP 12/WAP 2.0 browsers enabled for better internet access.

A slim device at only 17.2 mm and weighing 136 g, the Samsung i8510 8GB is a slider form phone equipped with a number keypad for data input. It has a QVGA resolution, TFT display screen measuring 2.8 inches across and supporting 16 million colours. The battery is a Li-Ion type, with a standard talk-time capacity of 5hrs on 3G and 8.5 hrs on 2.5G while the standby time is an impressive 330 hrs (3G) and 310 hrs on 2.5G.

The handset’s 8 GB worth of memory space can easily accommodate a few full-length films or even over two thousand MP3 songs. If that were not enough, the phone’s memory is expandable up to 16 GB using a miscroSD card!

The 8 MP, auto-focus camera is its most unique feature. It comes integrated with Professional Imaging Applications and offers up to 9x digital zoom. Shot modes and photo effects offered by the Samsung i8510 8GB are various while Smile and blink detection is provided as internal auto-function. The Video player records in MPEG4 format and is capable of playing back in DivX. Samsung i8510 8GB offers a dual LED flash and 3D surround sound system as well.