Need a music phone with a price that's music to your ears? Try the Samsung Trill, a stylish, well-built handset sporting a music player with Bang & Olufsen technology.

Physically, it features slim lines and a curvaceous design. We don't know if you'll love the look (you can judge for yourself in the pic), though I find it a bit too cheap-looking for my tastes. Do note we're talking about the one with the gray and blue color scheme, though - the black version actually looks much better. Overall aesthetic is very similar to the Samsung Trance.

It comes with a 2.1-inch screen, with a 176 x 229 resolution. While small, the display is great with gorgeous-looking color. The slider keypad is a little flat to the touch, but it's well-spaced and comfortable.

As a phone, the Trill manages impressive call quality, with clear calls that are completely void of static. Speakerphone was decent, although voices didn't sound very natural. On the other end, callers reported a slight distortion, but generally good quality. Battery life lasts for around 4 hours of non-stop calls.

Highly-deserving of being called a music phone, it leverages Bang & Olufsen's ICEPower technology to produce exceptional audio quality. With a strong bass and stellar surround sound, it's a worthy replacement for a dedicated MP3 player. The music player is a notch above what you can find in regular handsets, with handy controls, equalizer options, 3D sound and an attractive appearance.

The rest of the feature set is mostly low- to mid-range. There's a 1,000-entry phonebook, basic messaging (SMS and MMS; no email), stereo Bluetooth and GPS. It also comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera module that produces average shots.

Overall, the Samsung Trill is an excellent music phone. If you're looking for a replacement to a dedicated MP3 player and don't mind working with mostly basic features, it can prove to be a great value. US Cellular has it for only $19.99 on contract.

Fashion phones usually come with a premium.  Not the "catwalk-ready" Samsung S7070 Diva, a female-friendly, style-centric touchscreen device that has just been announced for the UK market.

While it fancies itself a "fashion mobile," the phone's general design actually doesn't veer far from Samsung's normal touch candybar aesthetic.  In fact, the shape and layout are pretty much identifiable with the company's roster, with only the pearl white front panel, jewel-like center button and the 3D quilted back setting it apart.

Details of the Samsung Diva include a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen (with 320 x 240 resolution), a 3.2 megapixel camera (with a couple of arty effects, such as beauty shot and lomo), stereo Bluetooth, built-in DNSe, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (no 3G or WiFi) and microSD card expansion up to 8GB.  It runs the standard TouchWiz UI, features social networking integration (Facebook, Twitter and MySpace) and comes with an HTML browser.

Carphone Warehouse will be distributing the handset in the UK and are bundling a limited amount of gift bags for early customers.   Each bonus bundle will come with various cosmetic products from Benefit, including portable concealer kits and cream-to-powder finish foundations.

The Samsung S7070 Diva will be available for free from both T-Mobile and Orange, provided you agree to a two-year service contract.  You can also get it for only £130 with no contract.

[Carphone Warehouse]

LG Telecom has just introduced the follow up to the LG Arena.  Originally rumored to be the Arena Max LU9400, the touchscreen feature phone has dropped the Arena branding and will simply be known as the LG Maxx LG9400.

While not a smartphone, the company has seen fit to equip the device with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 CPU (which, by the way, is different from the chip that the Nexus One and the LG eXpo are using, which is a QSD8250).  Yes, a high-end processor for a handset that's not running a full-blown OS.  We're not sure why they did it, but you should expect speedy performance from the top to bottom of the feature set with something this powerful.

Details of the LG Maxx include a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 5.0 megapixel camera module, a finger-touch mouse control, aGPS, Wi-Fi and mobile TV (T-DMB).  It's running what appears to be an updated version of LG’s S-Class 3D UI.  Other features include DivX support, HD video decoding and, presumably, an HDMI out (where else would you watch 720p movies, after all).  By the way, the QSD8650 comes in CDMA and GSM flavors, so it should be safe to assume we're bound to see this outside South Korea as well.

The LG Maxx LG9400 should be available within the first quarter, although pricing details remain sketchy.  It will come out under the fledgling LG Telecoms first (presumably to drive a few new customers to the country's smallest carrier), before being picked up by both SK Telecom and KT.

[via Telecoms Korea]

A new flip phone just went up on Samsung's South Korean website under the ever-growing Corby line.  Called the Samsung CorbyF (the F stands for Folder), the handset bundles a fun, playful design, along with smooth, curvy lines.

Intended for mid-range to low-end markets, the device borrows the youthful style available from previous cellphones in the series, making it a bit more attractive than the form you usually find on flip-style phones.  Otherwise, it seems like a conventional clamshell, with regular, non-touchscreen displays.

The 15.9mm-thick Samsung CorbyF features a 2.6-inch internal LCD (QVGA resolution), an external LED display (unspecified size), a 3.0 megapixel camera module, a video-calling front camera, DMB TV, SOS calling, subway maps and microSD card extension (up to 16GB).  It supports HSDPA 3.6Mbps (for SK Telecom and KT, not sure for non-Korean versions).

From the looks of it, this will be running Samsung's default non-touch interface, which isn't really anything special, despite being quite easy to use.   The device will come in Candy Pink, Lime Green and Blue Black colors.

There's no exact pricing nor availability date, but Samsung says the CorbyF should come to South Korea soon.  Since it's coming out with the the usually-affordable Corby branding, expect it to be generally inexpensive.

[via Samsung Hub]