iPhone competition? (nope), If only we got actual good phones in the U.S. Options

[theIncredibleEdi...]

The Samsung SGH-F520.......slidey up, slidey over! Screen is a touch screen also. I know I am nuts, but I am getting an iPhone. It's coming out right when I get my upgrade (even though that takes NO MONEY off).

Just when you think you're too jaded to get excited by a new cell phone design, someone comes along and slaps you in the face with innovation. This morning, Samsung slapped me hard with the SGH-F520. It's the little(?) brother of the kickass SGH-F700 that we showed you last week, but in my opinion it's way cooler.

The sweetest thing is obviously the dual-sliding design. Slide the face up, and a number pad and directional pad appear. Slide it to the side, and you get a full QWERTY keyboard. Oh, and the screen is a touchscreen, if you want a third way to control it. It's innovative yet simple and immediately intuitive. That's why it sucks extra hard this time to learn that this is heading straight for Korea, with no plans to release it stateside. Why do you torture us so, Samsung? — Adam Frucci

Via Gizmodo

[Spectatrix]

Looks like sliding the one direction gives you access to the number pad, dpad, and call buttons, whereas the other direction gives you access to the qwerty keypad. It probably changes whether the number pad is keyed to numbers or letters.

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Feb 15 2007, 05:45 PM