The
Samsung
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SGH-P520 is a
smartphone
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created by
Samsung Electronics
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, announced on September 24, 2007, at a
Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani (; born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer and a billionaire. He first gained renown working for Cerruti 1881. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, which eventually expanded into music, sport, and luxury hotels. By 200 ...
fashion show in
Milan
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in a partnership between the two companies.
It is the successor to the Samsung P310 (and the P300 before that), classified by Samsung as a "
credit card-phone". Originally retailing at 750 euros ($1100), it has a 2.6-inch touchscreen with
haptic feedback similar to that of the
LG Viewty
The LG KU990 or LG KE990 (known and marketed as the LG Viewty) is a 3.5G touchscreen smartphone by LG Electronics, announced on August 23, 2007 and then released in Europe and Asia. A high-end model at the time of its release, the Viewty had a r ...
and a 3-megapixel camera. It uses Samsung's "Croix" user interface.
The Samsung Giorgio Armani's design would heavily influence the
Samsung Tocco
The Samsung SGH-F480, marketed and branded as Tocco in many English-spoken countries or as Player Style in France, is a touchscreen mobile phone announced in February 2008 and released in May 2008 by Samsung Mobile. Taking design cues from its A ...
handset in 2008.
Reception
''Mobile-review.com'' praised the screen quality as being among the best, but the reviewer found texting on it "fiddly". ''TechRadar'' liked the slim and stylish design along with the haptic display, but criticised the user interface and lack of 3G or Wi-Fi. ''
Softpedia
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History
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'' called it a 'copycat' of
LG's
Prada
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handset.
See also
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LG Prada
The PRADA Phone by LG (KE850), better known as the LG Prada, is a touchscreen mobile phone made by LG Electronics, created in collaboration with Italian luxury designer Prada. It was first announced on 12 December 2006 and was made official in ...
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Samsung G800
The SGH-G800 is a slider mobile phone part of the Samsung G-series. It features a 5-megapixel camera with xenon flash as well as 3x optical zoom, a very rare feature for a camera phone. It was introduced in October 2007 and released in November.
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Samsung M7500 Emporio Armani
Samsung GT-M7500 (known as Samsung Emporio Armani "Night Effect") is a candybar phone that was announced in January 2009. One of the key selling points of the handset was the user-selectable lighting effects that it came with, plus prominent Emp ...
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Samsung Ultra Smart F700
The SGH-F700, marketed as the Ultra Smart F700, is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung. Using Vodafone as its network provider, the phone was first introduced at the 3GSM World Congress that was held in February 2007. Sales to the European marke ...
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Samsung F480 Tocco
The Samsung SGH-F480, marketed and branded as Tocco in many English-spoken countries or as Player Style in France, is a touchscreen mobile phone announced in February 2008 and released in May 2008 by Samsung Mobile. Taking design cues from its A ...
References
P520
Mobile phones introduced in 2007
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