U.S Cellular launches the Samsung Trill, Samsung Caliber

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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Sammies

Further proving that they can blast out feature phones at a rate faster than any other manufacturer in the world, Samsung has just launched not one, but two new pieces for U.S. Cellular.

U.S Cellular isn’t exactly a maven of the cutting edge, so there’s nothing too exciting here. The Samsung Trill (SCH-R520) is your run-of-the-mill slider, while the Samsung Caliber (SCH-R850) is a touchscreen handset running on Samsung’s TouchWiz OS (read: Just TouchWiz – not TouchWiz on top of WinMo or another platform.) The Trill and Caliber will set you back $89.95 and $99.95 respectively, after 2-year contracts and $50 mail-in rebates.

Samsung Trill Specs:

Key features of the Samsung Trill include:

* Sound Technology by Bang & Olufsen ICEpower
* Music Player with One-Touch Music Access
* 1.3 Megapixel Camera with Camcorder
* Stereo Bluetooth® Enabled
* One-Touch Speakerphone
* U.S. Cellular’s easyedgeSM Service
* Expandable Memory up to 32GB
* 1GB of Phone Memory
* Dimensions: 1.96”x 3.97” x .57”
* 2.2” QCIF 262K TFT
* Retail price – $219.95

Samsung Caliber Specs:

* Advanced touchscreen with Samsung’s TouchWiz™ user interface
* Widget support for quick access to social networking applications, etc.
* U.S. Cellular’s easyedgeSM services: Downloadable Ringtones, Wallpapers, Games and Business Applications
* Full HTML Web browser
* Stereo Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
* Speakerphone

* 3.0 Megapixel Camera and Camcorder
* Built-In Video and Music Player

* Dimensions: 4.55” x 2.23” x .47”; 3.59 ounces
* Display: 262K, 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2”
* Standard rechargeable Lithium Ion battery: up to 5 hours talk time
* Retail price – $319.95

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