Samsung has announced its new Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch phone that sports 8MP camera with full Touch Screen function. S8300 is packed with the latest technology right from the mobile Touch screen to the connectivity options like 3G, EDGE, HSDPA, and GPRS. Also featuring a VGA camera for video chat, Media player, FM Radio, Bluetooth and GPS. S8300 is ready to use on any of the GSM quad-band that includes GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks.

Samsung S8300 features 2.8-inch display that is capable of displaying 16 million colors and uses AMOLED technology that enables the pixels to turn on and off up to 3 times quicker than normal conventional screens. This means you can have a full HD  image quality and Video playback and see the pictures and videos in true colors in detail. The touch screen technology is also superior as there are no other means of input devices all the input have to be done using the touch screen itself. The screen is coated with special oxide layer that reacts quickly to your finger touches enabling smooth and easy work on the screen. This type of screen do not react to any Sharpe objects like the touch screen pointer which makes some of the tasks like typing SMS and other typing functions bit difficult. The user interface is user friendly and a common user can easily understand all the features of the phone.

S8300 features a wide range of connectivity options for easy and fast data transfer. The 3G connectivity options enables faster data transfer but with 3G HSDPA functionality data transfer speeds can reach up to 7.2 mbps enabling downloading songs and data sheets faster than any other conventional 3G technology. Sharing high-resolution photos and bulk attachments is no more a big deal with this kind of connectivity. It also features Class 12 EDGE connectivity with speeds up to 236.8 kbps comes in rescue in the areas where the network does not support 3G connection browsing and viewing attachments is ok with this option. In addition, there this device is GPRS enabled with Class 12 that allows speeds up to 48 kbps. The In-built Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP allows listening to music on any Bluetooth enabled wireless headset and can be use to communicate with other Bluetooth enabled devices for faster synchronizing and data transfer.

The built in Media player supports many audio and video file formats gives a complete multimedia experience. On the 2.8-inch screen, viewing videos in HD quality is amazing and the audio quality is the very best. With 80 MB of internal memory and supports microSD card up to 16 GB can have tons of space to save songs and movies. The FM radio offers access to favorite radio channels with recording function and it is capable of playing streaming video in 3GPP format only. With a decent Phone book that can hold up to 500 contacts and the call register holds 30 received, dialed and missed calls information.

The 8MP camera is the most attractive feature in this handset with 5.70 mm focal length captures images in detail and offers resolution as high as 3264 x 2448 pixels. Sports advanced features like Auto focus, 16 x digital zoom, anti blur image technology and other essential features for fun and professional shooting experience. It is capable of recording live video with sound at 120 frames per second in QCIF resolution giving high quality videos and also records video at 30 frames per second in WVGA resolution, supports various kinds of video formats like MPEG4, 3GPP, DviX, XivD, etc., formats. Also features GPS with A-GPS functionality that links to both the network and GPS satellites to point location and navigation. Using this feature images can be tagged with GPS information about its location and share with family and friends.

Samsung S8300 comes with many additional features and applications that are very useful in daily use. It comes with Advanced Mobile Tracker technology and other applications that include Alarm clock, Calendar, Organizer, Currency Converter and many more. Sports with Document viewer application that enables viewing Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint documents, PDF files also can be viewed on the device. Comes with a Li-ion battery that can power the phone up to 350 hours in the standby mode or up to 4.5 hours of continuous talk time when fully charged. Currently this model is priced at Rs. 27,500. Weight and dimensions of S8300 are weighing about 105g and the dimensions are 110 x 51.5 x 12.7 mm.