Samsung T509 May 9th, 2006 | by Vince Veneziani

Performance

Unfortunately, the T509 is not a great phone. It's a fashion phone, with design trumping features. Compared to other fashion phones—such as the Samsung A900, Samsung BLADE, Motorola RAZR, and Motorola SLVR—this phone falls short and does not outperform any of the aforementioned phones. The candy bar design is too long and needs to be shortened by about an inch. A music player feature and the ability to upgrade the memory would make this a better phone than the SLVR. The camera is absolutely atrocious and should be redone completely before going out to the general public.

Creating a very thin phone with minimal features can be done right; Nokia's 7380 is a perfect example of combining few features with good looks to make an excellent phone. The T509 is a great idea and the thinnest phone yet, but it's not executed properly. Things need to be changed to make this phone worth the money, and since no price has been announced yet, we hope it comes in low.

Below are some sample images from the T509 and some video samples:

Click here for video sample 1 (Quicktime must be installed)