The world has turned in to a virtual battlefield for the mobile manufacturing companies. These companies have launched different aesthetically sound handsets in different styles - candybars, clamshells and sliders. Samsung, one of the prime contestants in these segments boasts of some of the most sophisticated handsets. Even though Samsung has shown its expertise in making all these types of handsets, in fact, it's the sliders where the best of Samsung can be seen. In the last couple of years we have seen some spectacular slider phones from Samsung with a plethora of features. Samsung U-Series completely proves Samsung's worth as a leading manufacturer of high end mobile devices. We will discuss the features of Samsung U600 and Samsung U700 here.

The Quad Band Samsung U600 measures 103.5 x 49.3 x 10.9 mm and weighs 81 grams. The handset has got a bright and clear 2.2 inch 262k colour TFT display which supports a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. There is a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash attached in the phone for capturing still and videos. Enjoy non-stop music with the phone's built-in music player which supports multiple formats like MP3, WMA, AAC and eAAC. FM radio is another cool music feature. Connectivity options are also good - Bluetooth, USB, GPRS and EDGE. Internet can be accessed through WAP 2.0 and XHTML. The phone is equipped with 60MB shared memory and it also supports memory expansion through MicroSD memory card.

Now come to its big brother, the Samsung U700. It's a Tri Band phone with 3G HSDPA connectivity. The handset measures 102.5 x 50 x 12.1 mm and weighs 86 grams. Features are numerous - 3 megapixel autofocus camera with flash, VGA camera, MPEG4 and H263 video playback, Video calling, photo callerID, music player, WAP 2.0, XHTML, HTML NetFront 3.4, Bluetooth, USB, EDGE, GPRS, 20MB internal memory, MicroSD TransFlash memory card support and so on.

In fine, it can be said that Samsung has made both the handsets with the power to handle present day demand. If you want 3G connectivity, then you need to be resort on the Samsung U700, otherwise features are almost similar.