Samsung Anycall
Anycall (Korean: 애니콜) was a South Korean mobile phone brand established by Samsung Electronics in 1993. It was once the most popular mobile phone brand in the country, having been the leader since 1995.[1] Samsung mobile phones were sold through the Anycall brand in South Korea and the greater China region prior to 2011. The brand was eventually retired during the 2010s when it only remained in use for feature phones.
Like other mobile phone brands in South Korea, they provided technology such as cameras, internet access, and digital TV through Digital Multimedia Broadcasting.
Spokeswoman
[edit]Lee Hyori was spokeswoman for Anycall from 2003 During this period, she starred in Anycall produced music videos such as "Anymotion", which features Anycall SCH-V600 by Lee Hyori Phone. In 2005, Hyori Lee starred in "Anyclub", a follow-up to the smash hit "Anymotion". In December 2006, she starred in a third installment, labeled "Anystar". The first music video starred Lee Hyori along with Eric Mun, while the second and third installment starred Kwon Sang-woo and Lee Joon-gi respectively.
Since the expiration of Hyori's contract with Samsung in November 2007, K-pop stars such as BoA, Kim Junsu, Tablo, and Jin Bora collaborated to produce "Anyband", which featured three combined music videos for songs "Talk, Play Love", "Promise U", and "Day Dream" in a seven-minute commercial. The temporary band also held concerts for fans.
In 2008 k-pop groups DBSK & Girls' Generation collaborated from one music video to promote Samsung Anycall Haptic.
In 2009 Shinee released digital single "Bodyguard" to promote the cell phone. The music video and CF for the song featured the popular on-screen couple So Yi-jung (Kim Bum) and Chu Ga-eul (Kim So-eun) from the popular KBS romantic drama series Boys Over Flowers. The same year Son Dam-bi and girl group After School teamed up for the digital single Amoled. After School will soon replace Son Dambi as the new spokes models for the brand.
A South Korean girl group Miss A released in 2010 their song "Love Again", whose music video promoted the Samsung Beat Festival. The video also prominently featured an Anycall phone.
In 2011 IU (kpop singer) became the spokeswoman.
Spokespersons
[edit]- Lee Hyori (longest full year exclusive contract model)
- Kim Hyun-joong
- Go Ara
- Jung Il-woo
- Lee Joon-gi
- Jun Ji-hyun
- Lee Seo-jin
- Lee Seaou-loung
- Yoon So-yi
- Cha Tae-hyun
- Jang Hyuk
- Lee Na-young
- Moon Geun-young (licensed by KTF)
- Ahn Sung-ki (licensed by KTF)
- Park Jung-ah
- Choi Soo-young
- Seven (licensed by LG Telecom)
- Eric, member of Shinhwa)
- Han Sang-woo Mindy's own
- Kwon Sang-woo
- Anyband (formed by Samsung Anycall itself): BoA, Kim Junsu of TVXQ, Tablo of Epik High and jazz pianist Jin Bora
- Rain
- Victoria Song
- TVXQ and Girls' Generation (Haptic Motion CF)
- Kim Bum, Kim So-eun, and SHINee (Bodyguard CF)
- Kim Joon
- Kim Hyun-joong
- Son Dam-bi and After School (Amoled CF)
- Lee Min-ho
- UEE of After School
- Yuna Kim (Yuna's Haptic)
- 4Tomorrow (Tomorrow CF)
- 2PM (Corby and NORi F CF)
- 2NE1(Corby F and NORi CF)
- Narsha (Anycall Live CF)
- Kim Tae-woo (Anycall Live CF)
- Jung So-min (Playful Kiss)
- IU (singer)
User Interface
[edit]outline
[edit]This document summarizes the UI for each product of Anycall prior to TouchWiz. SHW-A305D, SHW-A301S, SM-B510, and SM-B520SL, which were released after the Anycall brand was abolished, are also included in the description. Anycall's UI is divided into different UIs before skin phones were appeared in 2006, Black GUI that changed after skin phones appeared, White GUI that only changed colors from Black GUI in 2008, and Personal UX that changed its design radically.
menu structure
[edit]carrier service screen sound message multimedia phone book diary content locker user settings From 2006, the design composition shown in the table above was established. The 'communication company service' has a different name depending on the communication company. SKT changed its name from SKT Service to T Service, and KT changed its name to Goodtime KTF[2] and NESPOT Swing[3] It was this SHOW[4] and then changed to olleh. LG U+ was LGT mobile and ez-i service in the 2G era, but changed to U+ mobile after launching the U+ brand in 2012. 'Multimedia' is different depending on the time. Except for SCH-W690 and SCH-W910, all Black GUI/White GUI equipped devices are 'Exciting Anycall', all Personal UX equipped devices except Samsung Master and SCH-W690/SCH-W910 are 'Anycall function', SM-B510 and later Ro is different from 'product function'. carrier service sound screen content locker multimedia diary message phone book User environment setting SKT series products and Samsung Master released since 2007 # Only the SKT series has a different design, and although it is in the SKT-related documents, SKT tends to interfere a lot with the product UI, no matter how much it gets criticized, such as the integrated message box . Even in some devices that use the left menu right view method, unlike the KT model where the SHOW button cannot be used for both confirmation, both the Nate button and the OK button can be used, making it easy to adapt even if you come from another manufacturer, and the W590 has arrow keys that function as arrow keys. There is an OK button on the touch screen that does not exist on the W5900. Some KT and LG U+ devices can also use the SHOW or ez button as a confirmation button, and starting with Personal UX, the middle button is changed to a confirmation button like other phones, so it is meaningless. Actually, this is convenient in some ways, but the problem is that there is an integrated message box.[5] carrier service phone book multimedia memo message Wake-up call/alarm camera album schedule Anycall function content box Preferences 2009 Personal UX 3X4 layout menu
Window UI
[edit]It has been applied to models supporting CDMA2000 1xRTT since 2000 , and was first applied to SCH-X100 and SPH-X1000 . The existing black and white UI has been changed to a method that opens a notification window, and this method continues to the White GUI. The notification window interface is also connected to the late-type Color GUI when the user-set notification window is combined. Power On/Off was also in the form of an animation and a phone number before that, but like feature phones that came out after that, the Anycall logo appeared and the power-on animation appeared.
In 2001, 16 chords were applied from SCH-X130 and SPH-X1300, and Color Window UI, which is the basis of Color GUI, was installed from Anycall Color Chord .
The Color GUI that came out after that was also made based on the Window UI.
Color GUI
[edit]Used from 2001 to 2005[6] This is the interface that has been applied for the longest time. It is based on a 256-color bitmap. As in the picture above, when the screen is in standby mode, only a part except for the indicator part can be designated as a wallpaper.[7][8] Also, in the locked state, the background screen is changed to a background screen with a lock drawn on it.[9] At that time, there were 13 menus instead of 9. The start menu includes the 'My Mobile Phone' menu, and you can designate the menu by registering your own shortcuts and changing the icon. The home menu does not include the 'My Phone' menu, and 7 menus were available, but KTF and LGT were able to use 8 menus, including magicⓝ and ez services, respectively.
Until 2002, the interface was based on the Window UI applied from Anycall CDMA2000 in 2000 , so there were many reviews that the typeface or menu design was clunky compared to UIs of other companies.[10][11] SCH-W110 with a new UI in November 2003 and SCH - X850 in March 2004 were released, but the old UI was adopted again . The design has changed quite nicely, and in terms of design, it has changed quite similar to the Flash GUI, and the SCH-S260 paid a lot of attention to the submenus, but it was a transitional UI because it was still based on a bitmap, and this UI design was the basis for the future Flash GUI design. becomes However, although this attempt was made to overturn it, it was used in parallel with the existing old UI for several months after the release of the X850, or in the early days of the GUI, the AP performance was only 33 MHz, so the design was good, but the optimization was poor. The optimization problem is then solved by the MSM 6100, a 146MHz class AP.[12] , 6200[13] 6500[14] This was resolved with the introduction of Lastly, the device equipped with Color GUI is the old UI, SCH-E580.[15] , the new UI is SPH-S1100.
On some devices, the notification tone of the clear tone set is the mysterious tone of the Flash GUI. The S250 has a black GUI glass bead sound among slide sounds, and the E470 has a full version of Flash GUI's fun sound among folder sounds. In addition, the E560 has a full version of Flash GUI's fun sound during the booting sound. As an aside, the overseas release model, SCH-V122, differs from other overseas versions of the product in that it ate the color GUI's cyber theme, ringtones and sound effects as it is, and the game also contains a new version of Bomb Link QCIF, and only the brand was changed from Anycall to Samsung. Among the color GUI equipped devices, the SCH-S250 has the same ringtone composition as that of Flash GUI.
Based on the old UI, the typical fairy village UI[16] and underwater scenery UI[17] and cybertic UI[18] There is, but the underwater scenery UI has been applied to the most models, so it has been nicknamed "Seafood Party".
As an aside, the old UI of Color GUI was extremely reddened.[
Flash GUI
[edit]This interface was used from November 2004 to August 2009.[22] The initial stage of Flash GUI is a UI created by reflecting the design and interface of a new UI created by transforming the late color GUI (2nd generation). MSM6100/6500 or higher chipsets are installed, and as shown in the overview, the UI was different for each product before being integrated into the Black GUI . Of course, there was a time when the same menu was available for a certain period of time. The first device with Flash GUI was SPH-S1300, and the last device with Flash GUI was SCH-S540.[23] am.
The Any Dial function was also added at this time. It consisted of an ink pen and a memo board, and this composition continued to the White GUI. However, LED was added from the Black GUI, and in the SCH-S540, the ink pen, memo board, and LED that existed until the existing White GUI were deleted and replaced with marine boy, ink, and stamp among the any dials of the Personal GUI.
From the beginning, there is a service search animation limited to 2G phones or less that appears after the booting screen. Unlike the Color GUI, the type is one of idling. The important thing is that this was included in almost all models in the case of Color GUI, but it was loaded with luck in Flash GUI. If there is a difference from Color GUI, only the search animation repeats infinitely if communication is not caught in Color. For SKT and U+ products, the animation appears and ends after a certain period of time, but for KT, it repeats until the button is pressed. However, after Flash, whether or not it is caught, the phone number is displayed and booted only for KT and U+. Even if it is the same model, it may be different depending on the carrier. It is mainly used for KT, and the reason is not particularly known.[24] Only a few devices that entered the Black GUI had an idle rotation animation, and since then, more 3G devices than 2G devices have naturally changed to USIM-recognized animations.
Related companies
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Anycall brand evolving". The Korea Herald. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
External links
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- Samsung Electronics Homepage of Anycall Division Archived 11 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Anycall Homepage Archived 7 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- Samsung Mobilephone Global Homepages
- Samsungs Brand New Innovation
- Samsung Mobile Hong Kong Homepage Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Samsung Mobile Taiwan Homepage(Traditional Chinese) Archived 17 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Samsung Mobile China Homepage (Simplified Chinese)