T he new Samsung X820 is 6.9 mm thick, 113mm long and 50mm wide. A while ago, hardly anyone produced slim telephones, but a lot more manufacturers have started doing so recently. If we think about slim phones, we mostly think of Motorola's Razr series that started the trend (13.9 mm) and was followed first by the successful Motorola SLVR (11.5 mm) and Motorola L6 (10.9mm), and then by the BenQ Siemens whose S68 model was only 13.2 mm thick. Samsung had already made an extremely slim model, the Samsung SGH-P300, which at a mere 9 mm thick, looks more like a calculator than a phone. The Samsung P300 was both innovative and successful, but now Samsung has now gone a step further and taken the lead with the Samsung SGH-X820, which at 6.9 mm is the slimmest phone in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if other manufacturers go down this path and manage to spur Samsung on to even greater achievements. You cannot believe how thin the Samsung X820 is until you have held it. I tried the Samsung SGH-X820 out for a while and will discuss its functions and characteristics in the following review.

Camera integration & Keys

Samsung SGH-X820 - Camera & Keys

Today's mobile phones are getter more and more complicated, smaller and innovative. One thing is sure: Samsung has played a vital role in these developments. All currently available technology can be found in Samsung's mobile phones. 3G networks, Quad band networks, mobile television or pressure sensitive keys - you name it and Samsung is sure to have made a phone that has it. With the Samsung X820, Samsung has once more come up with something new: an ultra thin phone with a 2 Megapixel digital camera. Motorola had already decided that it was impossible to integrate a digital camera into an appliance this size, but Samsung has solved this problem by making a small bulge on the top of the Samsung SGH-X820