Samsung unleashed a lot of wows last week. First we started CeBit 2006 with the Samsung SGH i310, blowing everything out of the water, and positioning itself as a credible threat to the Ipod.

The Samsung SGH i310, not only has an 8 GB hard drive but the Bluetooth enable phone also contained a 2 megapixel camera, has a TV-Out and will operate on Windows mobile 5.0.

As if that weren’t enough, Samsung later in the week rocked the boat again with the Samsung SCH B600.

The SCH B600, from Samsung in case you haven’t heard is the phone with an amazing 10 megapixel camera.

Initially it was reported that the phone would only see the light of day in Asian markets, later is was announced the phone will be used as a gateway to spur growth in other territories.

One can take that to mean the SCH B600 will be available in other countries. The thing we’d all like to know is when and where.

Now the question that brings this about; Will these releases have any affect on the mobile market or will they been seen purely as gimmicks and ways to grab media attention?

It’s no doubt in my mind these phones both will have hefty price tags, considerably more than the price of the Motorola RAZR when it first debuted.

Then again since so much has changed since even then, will these phones when released to the masses enter in a similar price range?

This then brings about another question; Are consumers cutting the profits from mobile or are the manufacturers doing it to themselves, through the battle to gain our attention and money through megapixels and megabytes?