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The author of this article needs to wake up and realize that rest of the world could care less for a technological crap like the iphone. If it was so great, like the author mentioned it would occupy more than one percent of the global cell phone market. As for a universal cell phone charger, at least it is a start towards some standard. In Korea all cell phone are required by law to be universal. Samsung, LG, Motorola, Nokia, etc. are share the same type of connector. It is so nice to be able to charge your phone if your battery runs low while visiting someone because their cell phone charger will work with your phone no matter the brand. Recently, a new type of connector has been introduced into the Korean market, but this is not a problem because the new phones with a different type of connector comes with an adapter than will let you use the old style connector.

The Samsung W7900 is actually about $800.00 without a contract in Korea. I am currently in Korea on business and I just purchased one and I signed up for a two year contract with a plan of 450 minutes a month for W50,000 ($38.50 using a conversion rate of W1,300 to $1.00) and the cost of the phone is $25,000 ($19.25) per month for two years. The phone is currently locked to the KTF carrier for use in Korea only. It does use a SIM chip and is capable of working on a WCDMA and GSM system. I was told I could use the phone in the US via roaming but I could not register it with a US carrier (USA SIM chip). I am looking into trying to get the phone unlocked so that I can register the phone in the US. I can say the phone is soooo cool! It is light weight, compact, and the features are awesome. Of course my favorite is the built in projector but the digital TV tuner is also fantastic. It gets great reception with a crystal clear picture. The video conferencing feature is great too but this service in only available in Korea. The phone supports two GUI languages, Korean and English. I have change my GUI to English and found some features are not supported in English - mainly the voice dialing function is only available in Korean. The other minor functions not supported in English are not important (such as a map of the Seoul subway system). Overall excellent product....I can't wait to see the next generation of this phone.