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Samsung announced a new 3G phone Solstice SGH-A887. Solstice SGH-A887 has a 3-inch 240X400 pixels resistive touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard. The phone supports 3G, GPS and Bluetooth. It also has a 2 megapixel camera and a memory card slot.

Samsung Solstice SGH-A887 Features:

• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G/HSDPA 850 / 1900
• 3-inch 240X400 pixels resistive touchscreen
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 189MB internal memory and a microSD card slot
• EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
• GPS/A-GPS
• MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
• H.263/H.264/MPEG4 player
• 109 x 53 x 12.7 mm

Apple is going to release its second generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G. Like the previous version, the iPhone 3G comes with  a 3.5-inch multi touch display, and WiFi connectivity.

In addition to EDGE, the 3G iPhone now supports 3G UMTS and HSDPA high speed network. You can also find AGPS navigation.

The new iPhone is a little bit thicker than the old version and is available in 8GB and 16GB. It will be launched in 11 July in 22 countries.

The iPhone is now more affordable as the price is reduced to $199 USD for 8GB and $299 for 16GB. However, buyer must buy from Apple retail store or AT&T store and activated in the store.

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Kent German from CNET has got a hands-on with Motorola Z9, which is available from AT&T and posted a review on the phone. Motorola Z9 is a 3G slider phone with a 2.4-inch LCD display, a 2 megapixel camera, support for A-GPS, Bluetooth and 51MB internal memory. Z9 supports also microSD card up to 8GB.

CNET’s comments:

The good: The Motorola Z9 has a sharp design, a generous feature set, and satisfying music and video quality. But most of all, its call quality is outstanding.

The bad: The Z9’s 3G performance was variable. Also, its photo quality wasn’t as sharp as it could be.

The bottom line: The Z9 may not offer anything new but it’s a fine cell phone in all regards. It offers an attractive design, a great feature set, and superb call quality.