Vodafone UK have begun selling Samsung’s SGH-i640 slider smartphone, despite the fact that the handset is yet to appear on Samsung’s own site (showing up in searches, the i640 page redirects to the full model list).� Priced from free with a new 18-month contract, the Windows Mobile 6 phone is triband (900/1800/1900) with 3G and a 2-megapixel camera with some sort of expandable memory (likely microSD).

It’s predecessor, the i620, had�a 320 x 240 display similar to that of the BlackJack, and it’s�likely that Samsung will continue to use that panel.� Battery life is quoted at�6hrs�talktime or 380hrs standby.�

[via Reg Hardware]