Samsung announced today its new music phone line-up. With the launch of its newest line-up of music dedicated phones, the SGH-i450, SGH-F330 and SGH-F210. With the launch of music dedicated phones such as the SGH-F300, Samsung has developed a new Physical User Interface (PUI), a mechanism ideal for music lovers. With an optimal PUI, Samsung offers its users the opportunity to enjoy its music player as if it were an MP3 player, even when the mobile phone is turned off.

Samsung delivers a better sound quality to its users by providing ICEpower amplifier developed by Bang & Olufsen. Users are able to listen to their music alone or with company via the speakers using ICEpower amplifier developed by Bang & Olufsen with superior audio fidelity. Also, ICEpower developed by Bang & Olufsen is said to have enhanced battery life by saving power consumption.

As music dedicated devices, Samsung music phones allow the users to play various types of music files including MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, WMDRM and store additional music through the external memory slot. To support various formats including WMDRM, Samsung brings seamless compatibility with files purchased from online sites.

Samsung SGH-i450 - 'Dual Slider with Touch Wheel Music Navigation'

The Samsung i450 brings both attractive design and various multimedia features to the table. The dual slider design enables the users to enjoy unique mobile experiences, as the two way slide form factor enhances the usability to control music and mobile phone functions.

When you slide up, the mobile phone supports powerful smartphone features with Symbian S60 OS. Running the Symbian S60 3rd Edition operating system, the i450 provides advanced download application and multitasking features in fast speed through HSDPA connectivity at 3.6 Mbps. By adopting S60 software, the i450 brings perfect extensibility for easy use of music download and transfer. Also, users can enjoy the great browsing experiences with S60 that makes the devices easy and logical to use.

When you slide down, the phone activates as a music player with touch wheel navigation which enables the users to control the multimedia menus easily. Moreover, metallic speakers supporting ICEpower amplifier developed by Bang & Olufsen offer superb sound quality to music phone users. For its advanced music features, the i450 supports a unique music UI and multi codec music files. Also, the i450 offers 35MB internal memory and microSD slot up to 4GB to store more music.

The i450 is available in Italy from the end of October and will be available in other European countries shortly. The price is around 360 Euro without subsidy.