CELL PHONE: Samsung SCH-A630

Samsung SCH-A630

Released for Verizon Wireless, the Samsung SCH-A630 gives consumers a solid phone. Featuring stylish and useful technology, the SCH-A630 contains a brilliant 65K-color display, a built-in speakerphone and voice activated dialing. And personalization options include downloadable games, ringtones and wallpapers. With text and picture messaging, the small SCH-A630 gives users all the functionality without the size.Samsung made its first foray into the global market in 1996, when it exported its PCS phones to Sprint, an American CDMA carrier. Sprint signed $600 million contract with Samsung, under which Samsung would provide its PCS phones to Sprint for three years under the co-branded name Sprint-Samsung.