Samsung India has launched the WinMo powered Giorgio Armani phone to please the classy business users. Coming in the same gold and black accent, the phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 and offers rich connectivity options like high-speed HSDPA and HSUPA, Wi-Fi and quadband GSM support.

Amongst other features, the phone boasts a big 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a slider QWERTY keyboard that tilts 30 degrees, 5MP camera, Bluetooth, music player, GPS, 8GB internal memory and microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB.

The phone is expected to reach retail stores sometime next week with a price hovering around Rs. 30,000 mark.

Samsung has pitched its Omnia devices couple of times to woo the millionaires and now the Korean giant will sell two more devices that will try to find a place in the hands of the uber rich crowd. At the Millionaire Fair 2009 in Netherlands, Samsung unveiled the S9110 watch phone limited edition that will have only 100 units up for sale. Specs-wise, it remains unchanged but the user will get a numbered unit, a bluetooth headset and handmade watch box. The limited edition will sell for 999 euros.

Another phone unveiled is the Giorgio Armani smartphone. This too, remains the same on the specifications front but it’s the Giorgio Armani association what will lure the heavy spenders. It is priced at 549 euros.

S9110 Watch Phone Features
Giorgio Armani Smartphone Features

Samsung Giorgio Armani (B7620) has already made its way out in the international market and now the non-QWERTY slider specifically meant for Samsung’s home market has also been given the official treatment. The W820/W8200 Giorgio Armani will be released later this month but Samsung has started taking pre-orders with stores like New World Department Store offering special prizes.

As mentioned above, the phone does away with the QWERTY to adopt a normal alphanumeric keypad and features 3.1-inch WVGA touchscreen, Armani UI, sapphire glass, 5MP auto focus camera and T-DMB.

The exact price is unknown at the moment but expect it to sell for more than a million Korean won (US$850).

Remember the Giorgio Armani phone that was supposed to be announced way back in June? Yes, it got official today. Samsung and Giorgio Armani showed off the device in Milan, Italy in the presence of Steve Ballmer (wearing a tie signed by Armani!) and Giorgio Armani himself.

The phone is strikingly similar to W820/W8200 with gold and black accents but unlike the Korean counterpart, this version sports a nicely spaced out QWERTY keyboard and a screen that tilts 30 degrees (like Nokia N97).

As for the features, the phone is powered by WinMo 6.5, loaded with Armani applications, 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, GPS, 5MP camera, 8GB internal storage and more.

Samsung plans to sell this phone for around 700 Euros ($1032).

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Want to see more of Giorgio Armani phone that was leaked last month? Well, a Korean website has published some high quality pictures along with detailed explanation of the design, UI and other functions. Unfortunately for us, the explanation is in Korean but pictures are worth ogling.

The specs jibe with what we uncovered last time. The W820/W8200 features 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, DMB, 5MP Camera, HSDPA, Bluetooth, microSD card slot supporting up to 16GB.

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[Thanks, Jeon!]

UPDATE: New info has emerged – The phone is set for a release this month and will have out-of-the-box DivX functionality and Sapphire Glass to act as a scratch deterrent.

Giorgio Armani till date has only two phones in the market and another one is under construction. However, word from Korea comes is that Giorgio Armani–Samsung have another device ready – SCH-W820/SPH-W8200. As we can see, it’s a slider phone and packs most of the features to lure Korean cellphone users like gold plated side, 3.1-inch AMOLED WVGA (800×480) touchscreen display with 16m color support, HSDPA, Bluetooth, 5MP camera, front camera for video conferencing and T-DMB.

The release date and pricing is unknown at the moment but I think the official announcement won’t be far away.

[Source Thanks, coolboy!]