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T-Mobile USA may be the carrier destined to launch Samsung's first Android phone--the I7500, also known as the Galaxy--according to FCC documents highlighted by Brighthand. Neither Samsung nor T-Mobile has made any official indications about the device's U.S. destinations.
The device approved was labeled the I5700, but it has the same shape as the Galaxy, according to Brighthand. However, there have been recent rumblings that a Samsung Android phone may land at T-Mobile. In addition to HTC, the carrier has said it will add two Android handset partners by the end of the year. T-Mobile is widely believed to be one of the carriers that will launch one of Motorola's first Android phones.
Additionally, when Samsung spoke about its Android plans at the International CTIA Wireless 2009 show in Las Vegas in April, Dr. Hong Won-pyo, Samsung's executive vice president of global product strategy for mobile phones, said the company would offer two Android phones in the U.S. in the second half of the year. The two U.S. devices would be "totally different" from one another due to carrier preferences, Hong said at the time. Currently, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile are the only two U.S. carriers to join Google's Open Handset Alliance.
Samsung's previously announced I7500 features tri-band 7.2 Mbps HSDPA (in the 900 MHz, 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz bands), WiFi, a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera and 8 GB of internal storage (with a microSD slot capable of holding up to an additional 32 GB). It also has Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and a 3.5 mm headset jack. The phone does not have a physical keyboard.
For more:
- see this Brighthand post
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Comments
Posted by mikeeeee | August 27, 2009 - 12:08pm
10 seconds after it's confirmed it has UMA, my g-1 gets listed on ebay.
Posted by Tyrant King | August 28, 2009 - 5:27pm
This sucker coming to T-Mobile is the only thing keeping me tethered to TMO. If they announce this phone is going somewhere else, I'll be a free agent. You see, I like TMO, a lot, but I want a smart phone. A good one. I'm unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary to own a G-1 or myTouch. I want iPhone functionality without gawdawful AT&T. This phone is my last remaining hope.
Posted by k.o | August 31, 2009 - 1:04pm
I was considering an HTC MyTouch, but then I realized it didn't have a standard headphone jack. Who does this in 2009? I like T-Mobile, but the patience is wearing thin. It worries me that there is no concrete information about when the Galaxy is going to be released.
Posted by Anonymous | August 31, 2009 - 7:54pm
i want this phone sooo bad iv bein waiting for a month now to c when it might come here to the usa it already passed fcc so its going to come most likely to tmo i just cant wait but i dont think it will come out this year maybe next tho in the begining since iv bein looking up this phone i kno it shouldnt come out this year and the htc hero is a good phone too comming out sometime in wither sprint or tmo but it can suck my n*ts i want this one. my touch seems ok for a low end htc hero
Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2009 - 1:00am
nvm about what i said lol thos phone is either coming in octtober or nov. or atleast be anounced at thar time i read somewhere where it said the person called tmo and they said it was coming out by oct. they didnt put it out with the my touch cuz it wouldve eatin away at the my touch sales and tmo cant have that -_-" this phone needs to be out lol i hope tmo spices up the phone before it comes out like giving it some stuff like flash 10 (i can only dream(I ENVIE YOU HERO)) lol
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