Not a touch screen person? Well Samsung has made a new device for those who prefer a keyboard compared to touch screen. Hit the jump to check it out.
Even with much of the focus on the gargantuan 4.8-inch Galaxy S3, Samsung has shown it’s still prepared to cater for all breeds of smartphone fanciers by announcing the Galaxy Chat handset.
The new non-sliding QWERTY candybar handset brings Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a focus on social with Samsung’s cross-platform ChatON messaging app bundled in.
It features a dedicated launch key for the BBM-alike ChatOn service and, naturally, the familiar TouchWiz UI.
The budget Galaxy Chat, which will be rolled-out across Europe following an initial launch in Spain this month, boasts a 3.0-inch QVGA screen and will arrive with “a competitive price point.”
US version also on the way?
At 11.7mm thick, the device comes with 4GB of on-board storage expandable to 36GB through a microSD slot, Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11n Wi-Fi and a 2-megapixel camera.
The Galaxy Chat will also become available in Latin America, Middle East, China, Southeast Asia, and Southwest Asia.
At present there’s no mention of a US launch at present, but interestingly the company mentions that an LTE version is on the way.
