Samsung is taking their role to heart as the official cell phone provider for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A few months back they have already released the Samsung P318+ Gold handset to serve as a sign for the commemorative phone for the said event. But now they have another phone under their sleeve, the Samsung Anycall 18K Gold Edition E848.

I must say that the design is much more improved than the 318+Gold. This Samsung Anycall 18K Gold Edition E848 features a much bigger screen and it’s made in a glossy slider design. When you turn it over you’ll see the Olympic logo clearly embossed at the back. The display is a 2.2-inch QVGA with 320 x 240 resolution LCD screen. For storage the E848 features 70MB of built-in memory that can be used for media playback. It also has microSD expansion slot for more storage. You can connect via quad-band and Bluetooth 2.0. This also supports different formats like P3, AAC, WMA and MPEG4. Aside from being having a media player, this new Samsung phone has GSM radio to keep you entertained.

In the spirit of the upcoming Beijing Olympics it would be great to have this phone. But if you want this one you’ll have to prepare $359 so that when it finally gets released you can immediately grab one.