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Samsung Launches HSUPA Handset for South Korea
Samsung Electronics has launched its first HSUPA capable handset for the South Korean market. The Samsung SCH-M470 comes with all the usual mobile phone features, although the camera is restricted to just 2 megapixels. The OS is Windows Mobile 6.
Samsung says that the data upload speed has been increased five-fold. In a demo, the handset was able to upload 5 average length MP3 files in just one minute.
The phone is expected to sell for between US$615-715 from SK Telecom.
A report from the GSA earlier this week said that he number of HSUPA-capable devices (mainly laptop modems) has doubled in 6 months. Today 66 devices support HSUPA operation, with the majority delivering up to 2.1 Mbps (peak) on the uplink, and 12 HSUPA products supporting or upgradeable for 5.76 Mbps (peak).
Posted to the site on 8th April 2008