Samsung launches phone powered by Windows 7.5

NEW DELHI: Samsung Electronics is now heavily banking upon offering multiple smartphone platforms to the consumer - at a launch event on Monday, Samsung executives announced that they were the first to officially launch a phone in India powered by Windows Phone 7.5 (the latest version of the OS, code named Mango). Also, on display was the Wave III, powered by the latest version of Samsung's own Bada operating system and the Galaxy Y, a youth-oriented, low-cost Android smartphone.

The Omnia W has a 3.7-inch super amoled display, 1.4 Ghz processor, 5 megapixel camera, 8GB storage and Windows Mobile 7.5 preloaded. It is priced at 19,990. The Wave III has a 4-inch super amoled display, 1.4 Ghz processor, 5 megapixel camera and is preloaded with the Bada 2.0 operating system. It is priced at 19,600.

Finally, the Galaxy Y with a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen, 832 Mhz processor, 2 megapixel camera and Android 2.3, is priced at 7,830. Samsung will also be shortly announcing the Galaxy R and Galaxy Note for the Indian market - both high-end Android phones with large touchscreens (4.2 inch and 5.3 inch respectively). Including today's new launches, Samsung now has a smartphone portfolio of 12 devices, priced between 6,710 and 32,890.