Samsung Omnia II starts shipping this weekend. In Singapore
Europe may get the Samsung Omnia II i8000 only in August, but users in Singapore will be able to buy it starting this week-end (18-19 July).
The Omnia II will be available for 898 Singapore dollars ($618) unlocked, which is actually a pretty good price.
As you probably already know, Samsung Omnia II is a Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone (upgradeable to WM 6.5) that features the following: a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels, TouchWiz 2.0 3D UI, HSDPA/HSUPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP autofocus camera with DVD-like video recording, and so on.
After the Omnia II, Samsung will launch the Symbian-powered i8910 Omnia HD in Singapore.
Singaporean customers will be able to buy the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD starting August 1, for 1,098 SGD ($756).
