As part of the growing trend for fashion labels to launch mobile phones, Samsung has officially announced that it is to team up with Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani to launch a range of gadgets around the world.
In the Milan Fashion week, the 2 firms plan to jointly develop a range of mobile phones, flat screen TV’s - and other electronic products.Nothing goes out of fashion as quickly as high fashion. In the mobile phone market, handsets full with multimedia features, yet fashionable and colorful always the attractive to all younger generation. Designed by Giorgio Armani and realised by Samsung Electronics, the Giorgio Armani-Samsung Mobile will aim to offer customers yet another alternative to the multitude of fashion phones already on the market or planned from the likes of Prada, Ted Baker, Mandarina Duck and Levi.
The Tri-band Giorgio Armani-Samsung Mobile(GASM) will feature a 2.6-inch QVGA TFT LCD touchscreen that gives a vibration when they touch icons on the display. GASM comes with a 2.6″ 320×240 pixel display in 262,000 colours.
GASM will come with a 3-megapixel camera, a music player and microSD memory slot. It will also come with a Bluetooth stereo headset and a Giorgio Armani leather carrying case. This is not a 3G device, nor does it have WiFi. It does support EDGE data in addition to GPRS. It’s a tri-band 900/1800/1900 GSM device.