Samsung Launches Ego GT-S9402 ‘Luxury’ Cell Phone [Fails To Impress, Lacks 3G & Originality]

Samsung have officially announced their Ego GT-S9402 cell phone which
Samsung bill as being a 'luxury' phone in sporting a Calltech developed
'liquidmental' composite alloy shell which is billed as being '3 times
stronger, can withstand 1.8 times the pressure, is 1.6 time more
flexible, has 3 times better vibration absorption andย 100% lower
thermal conductivity thenย titanium' though, with a design that
patently lacks originality and specifications that markedly fail to
impress we suggest that Samsung's definition of 'luxury' is far removed
from our own.

Sporting a 2' 262K color AMOLED QVGA resolution display, the Samsung Ego
GT-S9402 - which, as Engadget points out, bears more than a striking
similarity to Vertu Ferrari Ascent Ti (see below) - is a tri-band GSM
device offering GPRS/EDGE connectivity and comes with a 5MP camera
(let's not mention the Pixon here), 1GB of integrated storage capacity
which can be supplemented with microSDHC memory cards up to a total of
8GB, Bluetooth and a built in FM tuner with RDS and will set you back
around $1,200 (or $1,513).

Yes, you read that right - $1,513 for a phone that isn't even 3G.

Come, come Samsung. We love you, we do - but you'll excuse us for
pretending that the Ego GT-S9402 simply doesn't exist much in the same
way that sometimes its best to put an argument with one's partner aside
so one can live on happily ever after (hey, nobody's perfect - not even
Samsung).

Let's move on, quickly.