Samsung launches slimmest mobile

New Delhi, July 19: Samsung Telecommunications India today unveiled the slimmest mobile phone with the launch of 'The Ultra Edition Series'.

''The Ultra Edition 6.9, is the world's slimmest bar phone with just 6.9mm thickness, 2-megapixel camera, MP3 player, direct TV Out Function, 80MB memory features,'' Samsung Senior Vice President Ihn-Chul Chung told reporters here.

The other two models in this series- The Ultra Edition 9.9 and The Ultra Edition 12.9- will be launched next month.

''The Ultra Edition series illustrates Samsung's sensitivity to consumer needs by delivering mobile phones with deceptively discreet but stylish exteriors while embeddig world leading technology features inside,'' Mr Chung added.

The handset is priced at Rs 16,499 with its weight 66 grams.

Samsung Telecommunications Managing Director Ryu Hyun Chul also told UNI that the company will invest more in its Haryana-based mobile manufacturing unit, but denied to divulge further details.

The unit, company's fourth overseas handset manufacturing facility, was set up with an investment of 15 million dollar.

UNI