Samsung SGH-T100

The Samsung SGH-T100 is a tri-band GSM feature phone developed and manufactured by South Korean company Samsung Electronics,^[1] introduced at the CeBIT fair in 2002. It is a flip phone with a color display, and is an upgraded version of the SGH-A800 which had a monochrome internal LCD screen instead.^[2]

ManufacturerSamsung

Series

Samsung SGH-TXXX series

Availability by region

April 2002

Predecessor Samsung SGH-A800

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Samsung SGH-T100

Manufacturer	Samsung
Series	Samsung SGH-TXXX series
Availability by region	April 2002
Predecessor	Samsung SGH-A800
Successor	Samsung SGH-T200
Compatible networks	GSM 900/1800/1900 (tri-band)
Form factor	clamshell
Dimensions	89×46×23 mm (3.50×1.81×0.91 in)
Weight	3.24 oz (92 g)
Operating system	Proprietary
Memory	128-256 KB
Storage	128-256 KB
Battery	Lithium Ion 750-900 mAh
Rear camera	None
Front camera	None
Display	160 x 128 TFT LCD
External display	80 × 48, monochrome

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The Samsung SGH-T100 was the first mobile phone to use a thin-film transistor active matrix LCD; prior to the release of the SGH-T100 all phones had used passive matrix display technology.^[3] It was also the first GSM phone displaying 4096 shades of colours - previous colour phones like Ericsson T68 could only do 256 colours.^[4]

The T100 became popular for its stylish looks, display and polyphonic ringtones, and was credited for bringing typically Japanese technologies to GSM markets like Europe.^[5] By 2003, the T100 had sold over 10 million units worldwide, becoming Samsung's first to reach this milestone.^[1] The T100 was succeeded by Samsung SGH-T200.

Above the T100, Samsung offered in 2002 the SGH-S100, a handset aimed more at professionals that has many extra features like GPRS and support for Java apps. The top model, SGH-V100, had GPRS capability as well as the possibility to view short video clips in MPEG-4 format.^[6]