While the Samsung Galaxy S and u820 may be all the rage right now (maybe more so for the former), that’s not stopping Samsung from continuing on their goal of mobile phone market domination. We’re of the mind that the company believes they can accomplish this with sheer numbers. Though, we really don’t mind, because it just gives us more phones to look at. And, if we can be completely honest for a moment here, the Metro 3G, also known as the Shark in other parts of the world, looks awesome. In a more retro, stylized kind of way. And we’re all about the retro.
Available today, the Shark, which has been re-branded the Metro 3G for its launch in India, is super-thin. Measuring in at only 11.9 millimeters thin, we can only imagine that the device is light as a feather, too. At least, we’re hoping so. Of course, keeping in the social networking trend, the Metro 3G gives you quick access to sites like Facebook, Picasa, and MySpace. The display is a 2.2-inch QVGA, it obviously has 3G connectivity (hence the name), and it’s rocking a Digital Natural Sound Engine. It’s also got a stereo FM radio with RDS, 3.2MP camera with smile shot, built-in Instant Messaging with Google Talk and AIM, and 100MB of built-in storage. If that’s not enough for you, there’s also a MicroSD card slot.
As we mentioned above, the Metro 3G should be available starting now, so if you’re in India, you should check it out. Retailers should be selling the handset somewhere in the area of 8,250 INR (which is about $182). If you’re somewhere else where this Shark treads water and you’ve happened to pick one up, let us know how it works for you.
[via Samsung Hub]
