This phone is part of Samsung’s ‘Ultra Edition’ range along with the D830 and D900. The 6.9 refers to the phone’s thickness, although at the camera end the phone is closer to 9.8 mm thick. A very similar phone to this has been released by T-Mobile in the US and is called the ‘Trace’ (t519). It only has a 1.3 megapixel camera, but it’s a quad-band handset and has a microSD™ external memory card slot which this phone does not. A picture of that phone is shown below right.

D820 Phone Features

Music ringtones (MP3)
Polyphonic ringtones
Java™ games
Display skins (black or white)
Wallpaper
Landscape oriented display
Integrated 2 megapixel camera
Video download / playback / recording / streaming
Full screen image view and video playback
Photo album and image editor
Music Player (AMR, ACC, ACC+, e-AAC+, MP3, M4A. No ID3 support)
Background mode, playlist and shuffle support
Equaliser
3D sound
Tri-band
EDGE
GPRS
WAP 2.0
DRM (digital rights management)
SMS (Short Message Service)
3D SMS message view mode (if message is a single page)
Storage for 200 SMS messages
EMS (Enhanced Message Service)
MMS (Multimedia Message Service)
Email client (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4. With attachment support)
T9 predictive text input
Message templates
Text zoom
Unified inbox (excludes E-mail which has separate inbox)
80 MB shared user memory
4 MB memory for Java™
Bluetooth®
TV-output
USB
4-way navigation key with ‘OK’ button (accesses internet)
Camera key
Left and right soft-keys
Shortcuts
Volume keys
White keypad backlight
Alarm clock (With snooze. Works when phone is off)
Calculator
Calendar (day, week and month view)
Countdown timer
Currency / unit converter
My files (file manager)
Picsel Viewer™ (PDF, HTML, JEPG, GIF + power zoom)
Scheduler (up to 400 events)
Stopwatch
To-do list
vCalendar
vCard
Voice recorder (up to 1 hour)
Worldtime (auto update feature supported)
Auto power on
Flight mode
Internal antenna
Keypad lock
Phone lick
Privacy lock (call logs, phonebook, messages, files)
SIM lock
Candy bar form factor

Alerts / Ringtones

MP3 ringtones
64 voice polyphonic ringtones
Indicative tone (beep on window popup)
Keypad tone
Low battery warning tone
Message tones
Power on / off tone
Shutter tone
Vibrating alert (vibrate and ring NOT supported)
Downloadable ringtones

Games *

Pre-installed games
Java™ MIDP 2/0 / CLDC 1.1
Downloadable Java™ games

Display

TFT LCD
262,144 colours
220 x 176 pixels
1.9 inches
Adjustable backlight duration
Adjustable brightness
Adjustable font for numbers during dialling
Mobile Flash UI

Camera

CMOS
2.0 megapixels
4x digital zoom
Brightness adjustment (with adjustment sound)
Camera key
Contrast adjustment
Effects (Antique, Emboss, Fog, Grey scale, Moonlight, Negative, Sepia, Sketch)
Frames, images or notes can be added to a photo
Image flip / mirror
ISO adjustment
JPEG photo format
Mosaic shot (2×2 and 3×3 tiles)
Multi-shot (6, 9 or 15 shots at 320×240 pixels)
Night mode (auto)
Quality options: Low, Normal, Fine, Super Fine
Resolutions: 240×180, 240×320, 320×240, 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 and 1600×1200 pixels
Self-timer / Selfshot
Shutter sound
White balance adjustment
Zoom tone (can be turned off)
Video capture
Photo album and image editor

Video Recording

Duration: MMS/CallerID mode (3GP) or up to memory limit (MP4)
Formats: MPEG4, H.263, AMR
Quality options: Low, Normal, Fine, Super Fine
Resolutions: QVGA (320×240 pixels), CIF (355×288 pixels)
Brightness adjustment (with adjustment sound)
Effects (Antique, Emboss, Fog, Grey scale, Moonlight, Negative, Sepia, Sketch)
Image mirror and flip
White balance adjustment
Zoom sound (can be turned off)
Record with or without sound

Call Management

Any key answer
Auto redial (10 attempts)
Call barring
Call costs / duration
Call divert
Call hold
Call registers (dialled, missed, received)
Call wait
Caller groups
Caller ID (hide your number from people you call)
Closed user group (restrict calls to selected user group)
Conference call (up to 5 participants)
Fixed Dialling Mode (allow calls only to predefined numbers)
Integrated hands-free
Minute minder
My namecard (create name card to send to people)
Own Number (store your own separate number list in the phone)
Phonebook (up to 1,000 multi-field entries)
Phonebook supports ‘Simple Search’ multi-character search function
Photo, video and ringtone caller ID
Private call (talk privately to member of conference call)
Speed dial (keys 2-9)
Voice mail

Connectivity

Bluetooth® v1.2 (supports A2DP and Bluetooth® printing)
TV-output
USB v1.1
PC synchronisation

Network

Tri-band 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
GPRS / EDGE class 10
Manual and automatic network selection

Colours / Finish *

Matte Black (at release)
Silver chrome top edging
Large raised keypad
Robust fiber-glass infused plastic body
At the time of writing Korea has the same phone released as the SPH-V9900 and it comes in blue, grey and white as well as the black seen here. Expect to see colours such as gold or pink appear some time during the handset’s life-cycle.
The Samsung Trace (t519) comes in a light grey colour with white keypad.

Standard Package *

Standard X820 handset
630 mAh Li-Ion battery
Stereo wired headset
Travel adapter
CD-ROM
User guide

Dimensions

113 x 50 x 6.9 (9.8 at camera) mm

Weight

63 g

Power Management **

Battery: Li-Ion, 630 mAh

Talk-time: up to 2.5 hrs
Standby time: up to 260 hrs
Charge time: 2.0 hrs

* May vary by region and/or operator
** Subject to local and network conditions