Samsung SGH-A707

The Samsung SGH-A707 is a mobile phone, introduced on November 7, 2006 by AT&T Mobility, and branded as the Samsung SYNC. The phone marks the first HSDPA flip phone to be offered by the wireless carrier, and has been marketed at those who seek "music on the go", seeking to capture some of the market held by the Motorola RAZR flip phone as well.

Features

Coming in at just under 0.75" thick, the A707 is slim, and is 2.0" wide. Samsung claims a talk time of up to four hours on a full charge, and approximately 10 days of standby time. In keeping with its music phone image, the A707 software has an MP3-capable multimedia player and supports stereo Bluetooth headphones. It also has a MicroSD memory card slot that adds storage for music, applications and user data if a MicroSD is inserted. Other multimedia features include a 2 megapixel camera (without flash) and an external speakerphone. An outside LCD allows viewing of Caller ID data, as well as a clock and media player functions. The A707 comes equipped with capacitive external media controls to allow music playing without opening the phone. It also uses the Yamaha MA-5 to play MMF and MIDI files.

Samsung

Samsung (Hangul: 삼성; hanja: 三星; Korean pronunciation: [sʰamsʰʌŋ]) is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol (business conglomerate).

Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades, the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into four business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group. Since 1990s, Samsung has increasingly globalized its activities and electronics, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors, have become its most important source of income.