Samsung SGH-U900[Soul]

Samsung's new SGH-U900 Soul gets its name from Samsung calling the device the "Soul Of ULtra", a fitting name for what the company says is the last handset in its original Ultra line of thin profile feature phones. The Soul has a lot of high-tech goodies packed into its metal shell, including a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and a new OLED backed morphing touchpad controller where the d-pad would normally be. So what's the catch, you ask? Well, the Soul lacks 3G support for North America, and doesn't even work on the 850MHz GSM/EDGE frequency band that is so common on this side of the Atlantic. But while this beauty of a phone might best suit the European market, it still is worth taking an in-depth look at.

Physical Aspects

As the last member of Samsung's Ultra lineup of handsets, the SGH-U900 Soul has a fairly thin profile of only 13.5mm (.5"). The truth is that the rest of the phone is equally compact, considering all the technology it possesses. At 107mm x 49.5mm (4.2" x 1.9") in size when closed, the Soul fits comfortably in the hand as it does the back pocket of a pair of jeans. Of course you wouldn't want to put just any phone in your back pocket - not, at least, if you didn't want to break it. For its part, the Soul feels extremely solidly built thanks to a fair amount of metal in its construction. Solidness comes at the expense of some weight, though. 113g (4.0oz) is far from heavy, but there are many other devices on the market today that are far lighter. But that is OK because few of them can offer what the Soul can.