For the last few days the Samsung Vibrant has been the worst kept secrets in the T-Mobile world. In light of all the hoopla these past few days, T-Mobile has posted a mini FAQ on their forums which sheds a little light on the phones and raises one major concern. The third bullet point highlights that the Vibrant is not going to be an HSPA+ device, ummm why not? Was this a Samsung decision or a T-Mobile one? Considering Samsung’s Behold 2 history, we’ll just a finger in their direction until we get more details. Seriously though, that’s a likely deal killer for many as T-Mobile hypes up their HSPA+ network and a future premiere device won’t be able to readily take advantage of it. Yes, we know that having the network itself helps the phone’s data speeds, but not to be able to take advantage of the peak speeds offered across the network brings a real sad face. Either way, check the details below and see if anything else interests you!
Hardware
- The Vibrant offers a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor which is optimized for superior media viewing and game play.
- The Vibrant has a 4.0-inch Super AMOLED touch screen display that gives you a bright, vivid viewing experience.
- The Vibrant benefits from enhanced speeds with T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network, but it’s not an HSPA+ device.
- The Vibrant is one of the slimmest smartphones on the market. The dimensions are 4.82” x 2.54” x 0.39”; weighs 4.16 oz.
- The Vibrant’s 5 MP camera is equipped with digital zoom and autofocus. Comes with an HD video recorder too!
Entertainment/Apps
- The Vibrant is ideal for consumers who are entertainment enthusiasts and want to combine entertainment and communication in one device. The Vibrant offers a ton of entertainment options. We’ll have more to share on this front when the countdown reaches zero.
Software/OS
- The Samsung Vibrant is powered by Android 2.1 software.
- The Vibrant supports personal and corp. e-mail, including MS Exchange, Gmail and most other POP3 and IMAP e-mail services.
I’m saying tmobile is in the right direction..you will always say that yull leave magenta but always stick around for the next big phone too save money don’t worry they will have something else thats very competitive like the vibrant soon enough..
once again here’s another SETTLER and his NEXT PHONE talk..smfh..how long have we been saying that and it never comes true.You also sound like an angry TMO employee who hopes TMO doesn’t lose their US life and put you out of a job cause if they were heading in the right direction then why would they be 4th in the race since they have came into the picture and has gotten no closer but has gotten further to the point the company is struggling and almost went bankrupt in the UK and is now rumored to be gone from the US next in the near future?TMO is full of it cause they say things like “we will release multiple smart phones this year” and you idiots believe em with your tunnel vision of android and haven’t notice..A smart phone isn’t only android so yea the said they would and did and how successful have those phones been..They dropped the HD2 which was ok,The MT Slide which is lame,The soon to be Vibrant which is lame again and wait the Nokia Nuron hahaha what a bunch of Failures.Yes the Nuron is under smart phones on their site so you see they brought you a lot of them but cuzz you guys have tunnel vision on greatness which TMO has never been you haven’t noticed their list is a Dual Core Failure away from being complete.
So when are you leaving to go to sprint Mailman?
so what the hell is that suppose to mean.. it benefits from HSPA+ BUT… isnt a HSPA+ device…? huh
meaning it maxes out at 7.2HSPA (like most of T-Mo’s smartphones), instead of 1-3.6mbps.. get it? the only 21HSPA+ device in the USB datastick “Rocket”.. but yea, 7.2mbps is fast anyways so there’s no reason to complain.
Could be that it runs at 10mbps like the N900 does.
N900 is not carried by T-Mo.. but it has AWS and maxes out @ 10.2mbps.. check out the spec @ http://gsmarena.com
naw they clowning im done! tmobile should be out with a crazy ill phone right now! im getting a phone off expansys and thats that. tmobile needs to tightn up foreal. i wonder if they also took out the DLNA from the device. i guess i have to wait until Tuesday to find out huh?
ok i have thought long and hard about some of the things everybody has been saying and this is whats on my mind. i dont think we are going to see a hspa+ phone for a few more months its called marketing but with that in mind we should be seeing these phones by nov. by latest. see here is whats up yeah they have the fastest network but they wanna roll it out so they can play t.v. ads the nations fastes data network coving over 185 mil americans only on t-mobile and i hope and pray they have at least 3 of these phone one prob that htc another from moto and prob the iphone becuase they already said we would get it by years end beging of next and guess they will rub hopefully the big 3s faces about being able to usa ffc’s on there phones without wifi because of the fastest network then if they do all that we will be wating in long lines and pre ording phones becuase those big 3 which are only big after buying like 3 or 4 companys out hint buying there customers not earning. will lose so many cust. that they will feel it and companys wont be able to make enough phones for the spike i just hope when that happens they beef there network up more for the extra load those r my 2cents i hope something happens by the end of the year better phones and better network coverage cuz if not i will leave tmobile for a few years and comeback when things get better lol this is my 2nd time back
Im excited about the release and I will persue the phone but will this version have the front face camera (secondary camera)? It seems the i9000 Galaxy S has the secondary front camera. Whats up TMO?????
no it won’t dude go on their site and type in Vibrant and the pic is already up saying coming soon and there is no front camera
@all you TMO lovers
Another thing you guys fail to realize is TMO is probably still the only company of the Big 4 that doesn’t support talk and data at the same time.I know Sprint and ATT does but not sure bout Verizon.Thats another major Failure cause when im in a call sometimes i need my data and i can’t use it till im of the phone unless i have a WIFI connection.So LAME
Verizon cannot talk and surf at the same time, don’t you watch TV? T-Mobile you CAN talk and surf at the same time on 3g or WIFI. Will not work on Edge/GPRS.
Oh and Sprint it only works when you’re on 4g if you have a 4g phone.
Im on 3G in NYC with their so called HSPA+ and i get to surf sometimes but rarely on my G1.for the most part it doesn’t allow so i guess your lucky.If im just unlucky then they suck still cause i know people who have the same issues which means they can’t officially say you can talk n surk since every1 doesn’t get it.With the Evo my cousin literally get to surf while talking every time and my home girl is the same with her iphone 4 and 3Gs.
Don’t forget that you can’t talk and surf at the same time with ATT if you are on Edge network also.
mailman are u serious!? only GSM carriers WITH 3G can talk-n-surf at the same time (with the exception of CDMA carrier Sprint that has WiMax which can talk-n-surf).. so in the US that means T-Mobile 3G and AT&T 3G.. i was JUST talking-and-surfing 3 minutes ago on my 7.2HSPA TP2.. if u can’t do that, then something must be wrong with your phone.
@mailman13877 and @underdog378, both you are sort of right. Android phones on tmobile do not support data and talking at the same time. Windows and Blackberry os does support it, and only over 3g
I can talk, email or text; talk and surf on my slow and laggy MT3G [Android] at the same time. I do it a lot when I have to access information for someone.
I talk and surf all day on my Nexus. Not sure which T mobile you are talking about…
i guess you failed to realize that you can talk and use data at the same time not on old phones but the newer ones you can so your must be using an old phone or are too stupid to know how to do it.
It does have a secondary ffc as per gsmarenas review of it.
NO FFC ! They removed this feature thats why the last 50 messages have either been complaints or people saying they dont care that its gone. FFC is definitely not on this device(samnsung vibrant)/. they took off the dlna also ,most likely. dlna is wireless connection from phone to stream media like videos on to your tv.the evo has a hdmi output. this device may have neither. thats why this device before its fully out is already a disaster.
Is it possible to activate a HTC EVO on TMO?
no it isn’t to my knowledge an if it was it would cost you more than half a thousand dollars to buy it and unlock it which isn’t worth it.Plus it’s a 4G phone so i doubt it seeing TMO has only 3G.
nope! because the EVO is cdma device which does not have a sim card slot, so it’s a no go.. but if it was a world phone, then yes you could get it to work on tmo..
iphones don’t have sim cards in them, and you can use it on t-mobiles network [edge]…so you should be able to do the same with evo except for you will not be able to use full capabilities of the phone since it’ll be on edge over tmobile’s network. i think it’s possible – just not worth it.
@soon2TMO iPhones DO have SIM cards.
Excuse me, I meant @NiiDiddy not @soon2TMO
mailman.. do you know if they removed the dlna also?
@mandingo
doesn’t state it on the TMO site..when you click on the details tab it has no available details yet.
i don’t think they did.. the captivate on att does have DLNA and they are both similar devices basically so , i dont think they’d take it off. FFC is the only thing they removed afaik..
Lol i watch TV in Perfect quality over TMO 3G connection but i can’t even compliment them cause it’s all thanks to my SlingBox.Smh TMO can’t even buy a compliment from me right now.
I think a lot of people here are tired of your annoying, worthless posts. If you really hate T-Mobile so much, then I think I’m also speaking for many other readers here by saying that you should leave. Don’t you have something better to do with your life on a Saturday than sit on a news site all day long for a cell phone company you hate and respond to every single persons comment and saying that T-Mobile sucks?
will you please do us all a big favor, cancel your Tmo contract and go sign up with somebody else and go and bitch about how much you hate that company on another blog
Its hard for him to cancel his contract when he’s on his parents family plan!
LMAO look at you settlers..Hating on me now.Sorry but i don’t do family plans nor am i a teen to need that kinda thing.I can and will hate on them cuzz they have done nothing to please me since the G1
No talk and data at the same time? What?! I was on my way home from work and was talking to my wife and looked up movie times to discuss which movie and what time we were going to, didn’t have any issues with that…oh and my GPS from google was running in the background and continued to speak into my headset. TMO was the first company to have WI-FI calling, @home calling, and get android phones. This company has been willing to help with the cost and investment into new research and development of lots of new technology that has benefitted many different sectors of electronics/communications worldwide.
I DONT REALLY CARE BECAUSE IM BEEN WAITIN ON THE HTC VISION WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KINDA SO THIS HOLIDAY TMO WILL HAVE THE BEST HTC FONE ONCE AGAIN
4.3″ SCREEN
DUAL PROCESSOR
ANDROID 3.0 (GINGERBREAD)
8MEGA PIXEL (FLASH)
FFC
THATS BETTER THE DROID X, DROID 2, AND THE EVO THE VIBRANT TO ME IS JUST THEM TEASING US UNTIL THEN
You’re joking right? Please tell me you are joking. You honestly believe that by this years end, Tmobile will be the only carrier with a Dual Core 4.3 in HTc Device? You’re Dreaming!!! By this years end, At&t, Sprint and Verizon will have (Not Probably, they WILL) Dual core 4.3 devices that will be better than this one. At this time, I’m more interested in the Tmo version of the Dell Streak.
There is also rumor that there will be 2GHz phones by the end of the year and I’m guessing that Tmobile will not be on the forefront of that market.
How are you going to introduce HTC and Android to the Mass Market (I know HTC was out before the G1 but Tmobile made them popular with the Huge G1 release) yet you get shafted by the same people you helped become who they are and now you have the crappiest selection of their hardware and software that they give?
Ummm. I’m here to admit something people..I happened to be one of the disgruntled t-mo posters who posted some negative views on the t-mo galaxy s version without the FFC yesterday. I pondered jumping to sprint for the EVO or AT&T for the iphone 4,but after spending time with both devices today I have to admit, they are not really that great guys.The EVo first off looks exactly like my HD2,without the FFC camera and android(which by the way only works with videocalling and not taking self portraits.) The IPHONE 4g is tiny and just really is not impressive like everyone says it is. The screen looks good but it really isnt that eyepopping when compared to a iphone 3gs side by side. Honestly I was kind of disapointed to be totally real.I tried the FFC on the IPHONE 4g and yeah it looks good but you can only use it over wifi?. The camera on the EVO didn’t even look as good as my HD2!! .I don’t know whats up with the camera but, it really was underwhelming.I didn’t get too much of a chance to take a picture with the IPHONE 4g. Finishing this conversation about why the samsung vibrant wont be as good as blah,blah,blah ,is really senseless. Let me tell you as one of the haters of this phone at first I can tell you ,I will be selling my HD2 to get this phone..This phone will compete fine with the other phones guys. Trust me I’ve tried the latest and greatest out right now. No FFC or flash or not, this will still be a helluva phone..trust me.
hmmm…very interesting, wojax2. thanks for sharing. i know i am going for the vibrant, and i was actually been behind the vibrant despite the lack of ffc and led flash. i also played with Evo and iPhone4 because I have a friend who owns both and trying to decide which one to keep. we were actually doing a bunch of comparisons only this morning. the Evo sucked in video play back [esp sound] and taking quality pics compared to the iPhone4. also tried calling skype with fring on Evo using the ffc and wifi – video feedback was terrible [we did it over home wifi]. outside of the screen display on the ip4 for me, i really wasn’t feeling it. besides, we were able to recreate every flaw/bug that has so far been reports with the ip4; especially with the antenna issue, you have to have like a hard protective case around it for the bars not to drop.
all in all, after so many tests and comparisons, my friend will keep the ip4 though small, heavy and high sar. but for me, it was an eye opener…they are all not that perfect. i will get the vibrant.
Sorry Wojax but your argument against the Evo is Weak. I agree with you about the iPhone 4 though.
Why would you want to take a self portrait with the possibly 1.3MP front facing camera when you have a 8MP camera on the back that takes WAAAAAYYYYYY better quality shots?
Now I also slightly agree that the vibrant is a decent phone but you can’t just overlook not having a FFC and Flash when you complain about not being able to take a self portrait on the 1.3MP FFC. You can’t overlook a bigger problem with the vibrant and complain about a smaller one to belittle the competition.
UMM, have you actually had time to use the device?….I have.
yes I have and it’s alot better than this buggy HD2 I’m stuck with even with the screen problems. I can say, seeing as how I’m on my 3rd HD2 since launch for hardware and software problems, that the Evo is waaayyy better than you’re trying to make it sound. And seriously, your argument about taking pictures with the ffc is weak. Why would you want to take pics with the crappy ffc when you have a 8mp camera on the back that takes great pics? The ffc is not for taking snapshots, its sole purpose is to do video calls. Sorry Wojax but until you can give a valid reason as to why the Evo sucks then you don’t have a good argument against it. I agree that the iphone 4 sucks though.
umm 7.2 mbs is actually HSPA+, it’s just that this phone wont be pushing 21 mbs which is the fastest max speed of hspa+..
as the spec says above, it will benefit from HSPA+ but it’s not a HSPA device that can push 21 mbs..
and if 7.2 mbs is faster than sprints 4G and the evo having video calls via qik , then tmo’s 7.2 mbs should be able to handle video calls easily..
so why do they have to take it off for?
and also , i think it was TMO who requested to take that feature off from the phone.. probably because they didn’t want to go all out with this device since this is their first high-end android, but will pamper the customers this x-mas with all these nice features on their next high-end devices.. that would be a nice gift to ourselves.. LOL
i cant decide its either the EVO or the Vibrant both look good and the plans are good on both comps. and hellz no on the att iphone 20 dollars extra for tethering
Simple, get the EVO. I’ve demoed it and it’s Great and it’s cheaper in the plans too. Sprint $69 for unlimited (Cell to Cell, Text and Web) against Tmo’s $80+ for the same thing.
I know most people will try to argue that Sprints is only for Cell Phone to Cell Phone and that you only get 450 min Landline talk, well first, most people don’t call landlines that much anymore anyway, secondly, if you must call landlines, get Google Voice and you can call the landline from that for guess what FREE and Send Text for guess what FREE so your argument there is moot anyone that tries to argue that point.
+plus $10 to lease your hardware on Sprint with an EVO or any new 4g enabled smartphone. So Sprint EVO plans start at $79. Check explainthefee.com
and if that’s the case, guess what you can do the same thing on T-mo. use Google voice and it will be Free so you just argued for Tmo too
Also i just did some research and i hate to burst your bubble but the calls from google voice do apply to your Airtime charges. When you choose to call from google voice, it calls a number that forwards your call and displays your google voice number. Same as when people call your Google voice number.
@stephan
Sorry the bubble you tried to burst has burst protection insurance. Google Voice does not use any carrier airtime minutes. If so, I wouldn’t know people that use it daily and get charged nothing for it so your point is moot. I’ve even used it a few times to make long distance calls and guess what, I got charged nothing along with my minutes stayed the same.
Wilma. Other than android and a front facing camera, what is the difference between this and the HD2? I also own one of those and had to exchange it twice. The issues are software related not hardware. The EVO basically has the same hardware as the HD2. And dont use the 4g argument. T-mo’s 3g is just as fast.the screen=same the internals =almost exact…
@wojax..
i agree, the hd2 and evo are practically the similar phones except for the software differences, but hardware wise they are the identical..
another difference is that the evo only has more features.. that’s all..
Most likely the camera was taken off due to site capacity reasons. A video call will suck a lot of throughput. All the throughput is shared on a cell site among all users. So you have a few video calls up and it will take away from that user tethering or trying to use apps. This is the biggest problem with data sticks as well. They use much more data then than phones because you are pulling more content over the computer compared to a handset. Also HSPA+ is not officially launched. T-Mobile may want to get the HSPA+ coverage footprint bigger before it starts advertising it so customer satisfaction will be as promised. Also about “Surfing and Talking” This is a feature of Wideband CDMA (WCDMA/UMTS) T-Mobile and ATT are the only true 3G networks that support this called MutiRAB. Not available on EDGE/2G. On EDGE the data session will stop while on a voice call and resume once the call has ended. So surf and talk away while on T-Mobile’s true 3G network.
I was told my a T-Mobile rep. the Vibrant would be available Wednesday June 30th.
I hope that’s true.
I wish.
i wish toooo!!!
i wish too..
Complete and utter fail..
Tmo is clearly run by people who are out of touch with today’s market.
@mailman your the Idiot that say tmobiles network can’t talk and surf at the same time…i do it all the time on 3g you don’t seem to know alot on how to work your phone and sorry I don’t work for tmobile I have friends that work for them…if you can’t wait to get another phone just leave or maybe your gone already your just now angry cuz your paying an arm and leg for your hard working money..this phone will do just fine most peoples will luke just the fact that its big and finally has a 1ghz..my my touch slide is already fast for doing what i need…i don’t need to have sll that extra stuff..im kinda sad that they don’t have flash thats all..but I’m fine..you all didn’t ask for this ffc and stuff before now you see that the evo iphone 4 has it and you wan’t it to be on this phone too..what do you want next in a phone? an home surround theater system with dts? Lmao..it’s technology…if you can’t settle for this phone just leave and don’t come back and bash it..
i can’t decide!!!!!! I am going to get a mytouch slide no contract, my contract ends October, but i really want to stick to he mytouch phones, i love the fact that there are a lo of gel skins, etc. and that HTC made it, but the Vibrant, has SUPER AMOLED,plays .avi formats which i have like 40 something movies on my ps3 that are .avi formats. I’ll probably just go with the Vibrant, and see if a super mytouch comes out, sucks though no FFC, im not really disapointed in it not having flash, because it was never promised, although what is the point of have a 720p 5mp camera with no flash?
has anyone realized if you go to tmobile.com, and search vibrant it comes out saying coming soon, but when you click details it redirects you where the other phones are.
T-mobile NEEDS to give MORE attention to customers commentaries…
Samsung Vibrant comming soon
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/650/picture5xe.png
So it will come with 16 GB of memory, that answers another question
how you find that?..I went on the site..nada..but its good to know it will have 16gb, like I said before, the ffc may have been sacrificed for 16gb memory and to keep the price down
Yea lol if so, I’ll take it!
There is a search box on Tmobile.com, just type vibrant and it will come up, or type in samsung. Either option brings it up, but when you click on details it takes you to the phones they are selling right now and there is no other info.
Hah, good find. Can’t wait for pricing info.
What I do like about this phone is how thin it is,9.9 mm and how light it is, I mean I have the evo right now, 30 day trial, and love it, but, it is kind of big, and heavy, I am curious to see what will happen on this event on the 29th, and what peoples impressions will be of the vibrant, yeah it may be plasticky, but, the specs are pretty good, except for a few things, if anything, I am curious to see it in action
i also have the evo and love it i have about maybe 26 days left to return it
the battery dies fast though have to figure out the problem with that -_-
So what does everyone think will be revealed on the countdown? Seems like a very odd time to have a countdown end. I’m hoping they atleast give us the release date. It’s going to suck if the release date is another month away, come on already. Other carriers will probably have several new phones out by then…
there is no ffc camera and its supposedly being released on the 30th i just called tmo
Argh. This trend of removing trackpads from phones when they hit the US market sucks. Stupid iPhone, it’s your fault.
oops my mistake. looks like there was no trackpad to being with.
being=begin
If this comes out on the the 30th (of June, not July) I’m on board. My G1 is getting on its last legs and I was just given a loyalty plan, so I’m saving a tiny bit monthly by staying.
Having said that, if I gotta wait another month, then the Evo is where I’m going. Sprints plan is the same price as Tmo’s with the their Simply Everything plan and it’s a pretty solid device. Also glossed over is just how great the Family Plan pricing is for Sprint. They’re family plans got 30 dollars less a month than Tmo, with pretty much unlimited everything, with the free mobile to mobile being the most important difference. The only thing Tmo has over Sprint right now as far as I’m concerned is their customer service, which is not an insignificant advantage.
There is a lot of Tmobile hate and love on this board that I think is a little bizarre. I like Tmo enough to have had them for 6 years now, but some of the points brought up by the “haters” are valid regardless of how eloquent their posts are. And you can’t blame them for having a problem with this device not being HSPA+ when the speed of it is what’s cited by any Tmo rep you call when you bring up 4g potential to them.
An easy solution for Tmo would be to offer the Nexus One at a good price. It’s still a great phone and would probably fit the needs of a lot of hardcore gadget geeks and be a good solution for the people out there looking for a replacement for their G1’s. If only they could get Google on board it could solve a lot of Tmo and Googles issues with the Nexus One, and pull what many consider a “dead” device back into relevance.
I’m in the same boat. Nexus is around the corner, but I really think the Vibrant is a much better phone. As far as the evo goes, battery live alone is reason enough to get the Vibrant instead.
I really like this phone and was seriously considering buying it. I just bought the HTC HD2 a few months back and love it. I really want an Android phone and thought this was it. I really like the specs and the design of the phone. I guess what’s throwing me off is that they took the front camera off. I know some may say this is silly but it’s that one little extra thing that would have put it over a number of new smart phones who don’t have it.
Sucks
Just wondering is something special suppose to happen when the countdown hits zero?
Imho Judging by the posts on this board It seems that 4 a small few of u the lack of ffc, flash, or hspa+ is a dealbreaker but the majority say they will buy it anyway.. and this is probably the exact conclusion the big wigs @tmo came 2 after studying the data from numerous focus groups.. although ffc’s r in the grass roots stage(here n the u.s. anyway) it will def become standard in the next 2-3yrs.. tmo mightve been forced 2 hunker down make some tough decisions that might hurt now but pay off ltr I.e. investing billions n2 there hspa+ network.. tho some of u techies n die hard android fans might feel offended.. the fact is u don’t represent the base of tmo u.s.a’s customers.. their base is the teenie boppers addicted 2 texting and social networking so much so they work min wage jobs or beg their parents 2 buy em every new sidekick that comes out if even its disguised under a diff name er uh mytouch slide lol.. also tmo appeals 2 ppl who have moderate 2 bad credit and choose tmo strictly 4 that reason regardless of their phone line-up.. so its obvious that the vibrant isn’t tmo’s new flagship phone(I mean its jus a variant of the galaxy which is available on other networks) this makes me believe that the vibrant is merely a stop gap measure geared 2 hold off potential ip4 defectors all the while offering jus enuff features Samoled, hummingbird etc 4 u g1ers 2 use as an acceptable upgrade bcuz admit it or not the vibrant is a upgrade from the g1.. I’m lookn 4ward 2 seeing tmo do big things n the 4th qtr of this yr.. finally offering a new exclusive flagship phone that’s appeals 2 all their customers and may b enuff 2 attract new customers plus subscribers of other networks.. gingerbread cookies any1 lol.. so htc vision u say?! Hmmm might b enuff 2 break my addiction 2 unlocked iphone’s on tmobile(sad but true smh).. oh yeah @mailboy I’m curious what network r u switching 2 after ur contract ends? .. or r u gonna start ur own bcuz obviously ur a phone guru who’ll make a fantastic ceo one day dws(dripping with sarcasm)
J… great comments, but you need to press the “enter” key to separate new thoughts. Some of your best points are difficult to see because they are contained in one looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong paragraph.
Yeah, I am a little disappointed to see this is not a HSPA+ phone, but we have to remember that our T-Mobile handsets are still plenty fast. (Besides, speed tests statistics have shown that all carriers average connections LESS THAN 1 kbps!)
Here’s a composite I made of test results I ran last month:
http://www.rantuniverse.com/speedHD2testresults.jpg
And as “J” says above, this is not a T-Mobile flagship superphone. Those will come out for the Holidays 2010. (Further evidence of this is that the phone is debuting 1) during the summer; 2) without a lot of media hype; 3) near the iPhone 4 launch; and most significant 5) T-Mobile does not have the exclusive.
Think about the non-exclusive aspect of all this. Why would T-Mobile trumpet the SGS if all carriers are getting it. I don’t know about you, but I would not treat the Samsung Galaxy S as that big a deal if all my competitors and the whole friggin world is gonna have it (Samsung said it plans on making the phone available in 145 countries, or something like that.)
Yes, currently it will be the hottest and nicest Android-based touchscreen only smartphone in T-Mobile’s lineup, and that’s a good thing.
Me? I am getting this phone because its specs are outstanding for an Android-based phone (IMHO it’s the best Android-based phone currently on the market, mainly because of the processor and SAMOLED screen), I need that Super AMOLED screen, so I can see the damn thing in the bright sun (I do a lot of walking here in San Francisco) and because it’s a great phone to tide me over until the holidays.
So calm down folks. Yeah, if you want something that will be your phone for two year, I’d pass on it. No way this phone will be “current” after this holiday’s offerings debut. If you get this phone expecting to keep it until 2012, you will be depressed, probably as soon as November 2010!
But those of you who have more than one line and/or are like me (I get new phones every four to six months, sell my “old ones” on eBay for near to what I paid) then buy the SGS when it debuts.
My decision won’t be on whether to get the SGS since I plan to. I have to decide if I will sell my HD2, which I love (Windows 6.5 is extremely versatile, customizable, and there’s millions in the support community) or if I should keep it simply because it will always be a nice phone. Heck, just using it as a min-computer, video player and PDA makes it worth the price.
I just bought a red Slide for my GF (because that’s a great phone for her) and if I buy the SGS, well… that’s too much money to have tied up in phones. So the HD2 may have to go on the auction block, literally.
Sidenote: No LED flash, no FFC, no, no, no…. Yes, the list of “No’s” can get pretty long. I can understand people feeling upset about the SGS. But it is what it is and simply wait to get something else. I guarantee you that you will be super impressed with T-Mobile’s holiday offerings.
And remember, we can find something wrong with any phone on the market (as recent as the iPhone’s yellow banding, dead pixels, and what has not been dubbed the “grip of death” antenna issue.
Or look at the Evo. One could easily look at the Evo and say “What, it does not have a SAMOLED display? What, no 4G service here in San Francisco, but I still have to pay for it? What, it does not have physical keys on the front? ‘What’s with this “light leakage?’”
http://tinyurl.com/EvoLightLeakage
Dont forget, Iphone4 are fairly fragile little units…so a case is almost a MUST for them (I have a case regardless, but some people dont like them).
Dude, NO phone will last a couple of months before better ones come out. Case in point: Evo 4G. That phone sure was a killer, for a short while that is.
No need to be sad that better phones are coming out, because in 2 years you’ll get one that is A LOT better than the one you have, so the upgrade is very much so worth it.
why did my avatar changed??? i liked my old avatar.. LOL it’s easier to find my posts with those teeth! LOL
sorry for the off topic..
Will the vibrant be able to receive updates?
@Medic
The vibrant should be able to get updates but based on the Samsung Behold 2 Sammy promised 2.0 and the phone can’t take it so now they are being taking to court or some thing like that..Engadget had a story on it recently.That’s why i wouldn’t mess with the Vibrant if i was you unless you know for sure.Im not telling you don’t get it but be cautious first.
SMFH..look at some of you TMO lovers..You guys live in and imaginary world thinking TMO will do this and that but they wont.Dude posted b4 that there dual core will have FFC, flash and many features like he tells the future.Who told you that??The only thing TMO is bringing you is the wack MOTO Charm and i bet you guys are happy again..SETTLERS..how come MOTO never gives TMO the good phones like they do with Verizon??Cuzz TMO is to cheap to pay for em.What the hell is the Charm supposed to help em do for uping their image?
New site is up http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/.
There it is… http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/
Guess what NO SURPRISES… July 21st.. Oh well..
Tmo never fails to disappoint… Still getting it.
And no new information? BS, when is it getting released? How much is it unsubsidized? Just release it already!!!
I think we should note that many of the rumors posted on this Site prove to be accurate. Some things were talked about over a month ago.
And people did well on the Twitter clues too (the ones who guessed that the SGS would be coming with the Sims 3 on it.
Sidenote: And I think it’s friggin awesome that T-Mobile is giving full length movies with the phones. What other carrier does that!
The SGS will come with Avatar, that’s noteworthy in itself.
Had I known that I would not have bought the DVD for $17 (albeit the DVD looks fantastic on my HDTV.)
Yippee i get to wait another month before i can get the Vibrant! Just release the phone already…
That’s only three weeks. I don’t know about you, but that’s like tomorrow for me. I have one major task that will keep me super busy until July 9, after that it’s 12 days to SGS time.
And until that time I am going to have fun playing with my GF’s new Slide, that I am not going to give her until I am good and ready. LOL. She does not even know I got it and she is fine with the G1 anyway.
Guess next week I’ll sell the HD2 on eBay. I can’t have $1350 tied up in phones. (Slide $344; HD2 $500 – inc. tax; SGS probably another $500) That’s insane. After all these are cell phones.
Then again, smartphones and electronics are my heroin. I can’t help myself. Maybe I need an intervention.
I digress, forgive me.
Found a bit more info on the Tmobile website.
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?cell-phone=Samsung-Vibrant&Wt.z_searchCategory=Site+Search+Summary&Wt.z_searchZone=Products&WT.z_searchTerm=vibrant&WT.z_searchProduct=Vibrant
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/28/samsungs-epic-4g-for-sprint-seems-to-live-up-to-its-name/
Not sure if I want to laugh or cry. Here is the Sprint version of the Pro, QWERTY, Flash, FFC and ……4G.
Wow… good find. Well we knew that was coming to Sprint. But since no one is getting the exclusive on the SGS, maybe T-Mobile too will be getting the Pro.
Interesting, that now becomes the hottest Android handset with a physical keyboard. IMHO.
And now that Verizon is getting the “Fascinate” that makes the SGS debut complete. (And U. S. Cellular is also getting it.)
Guess Samsung was true to its word, everyone and their mothers’ uncle is getting the SGS.
Sidenote: I wonder if Samsung is naming these. Kind of corny names. I’m gonna name em better.
T-Mobile = Vibrant = Vibrator
AT&T = Captivate = Constipate
Sprint = Epic = Eunich
Verizon = Fascinate = Fornicate
They just posted some new info about the Samsung Vibrant:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsung-Vibrant/Samsung-Vibrant-An-Early-FAQ/td-p/402865
and they just tweeted the official date of July 21st like everybody didn’t know it already lol:
http://twitter.com/TMobile_USA/status/17225562733
Not sure if this was posted yet, but here’s a link to T-Mobile’s Vibrant page.
$199!!!
http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/
Also, here is the official press release.
http://www.bullpooper.com/T-MobileVibrantPressRelease.pdf
This stupid site is doing that moderation thing again, where some of my posts with links don’t get posted. So here it is again. Just insert the dot com.
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Not sure if this was posted yet, but here’s a link to T-Mobile’s Vibrant page.
$199!!!
galaxy-s.t-mobile(dot)com
Also, here is the official press release.
bullpooper(dot)(com)/T-MobileVibrantPressRelease.pdf
Here is what the T-Mobile page says, if you can’t get to the links:
Entertainment never looked better
The Samsung Vibrant™ is a sleek Android™-powered smartphone with a stunning 4″ Super AMOLED screen that makes everything you experience more beautiful.
Preloaded with T-Mobile® exclusive The Sims™ 3 Collector’s Edition from EA
Preloaded with James Cameron’s Avatar™
Watch live and on-demand TV with MobiTV™
Read the most popular books with Kindle® for Android
Access to GoGo® Inflight Internet and Slacker Radio®
Access to thousands of apps on Android Market™
The Samsung Vibrant, a Galaxy S Phone, Exclusively from T-Mobile,
– Get your hands on it July 21st –
Sorry, did not see all the other posts. My page was stuck in my browser’s cache so your posts did not show up. Oh well.
Nicee! How much is MobiTV? I just went on there site and saw nothing about any pricing programs. I’ve got an iphone 3gs that I absolutely HATE and I just put in on craigslist. It feels good to be going back to android. I miss my G1 though R.I.P.
It’s too bad they did not opt for the QWERTY version, the Galaxy S Pro (which is available on Sprint). So much for offering choices…
everyone arguing about the front facing camera issue, its actually not that important right now video quality sucks with video chat services on android namely Fring i tried this with my mytouch (yes you can video chat with it) against my friends backflip (which worked wonderful for videochat as the camera slides out backwards making the camera and screen accessible at the same time) and call/video quality was horrid. we tried on wifi as well and the results were about the same even making a test call on fring’s servers was bad the audio and video suck. I cant really speak for qik though as i havent really tried it but i just want to tell everyone that video chat imo is hugely overated at this point in order to make a video call all the stars have to be aligned just right, they technology in the US is highly premature. Trust me if you did have the feature it would rarely get used. Maybe in a couple years the technology will prove itself useful but not right now. Just a thought to the people dismissing devices without a front facing camera, because the vibrant really does seem like a nice device.
thx i feel a lot more relieved hearing that from a hands on user. I was on the fence bcz of the FFC but I’ve moved passed it and its SGV FTW!
The real question is..do I get this phone or wait till November\December for the “HTC Emerald” secret…but not secret phone.
Dual Core,Droid 3.0,etc…..
I’m getting a phone…it’s just a question of should I wait?
at $450(anticipated price) I’m buying the SGV now and use my upgrade for the HSPA+ beast Crhistmas time.
I’m thinking of doing the same thing “mu”. I’ll go in and play with the Vibrant whenit comes out and decide for sure then.
mailman13877… You are a moron! First tmo is coming out with mass new android phones this year… the mytouch 3, another in the g line, a new tmo version of the nexus one, all in addition to the Vibrant… And if you can’t surf and talk at the same time, maybe it’s cause you don’t know how to use a phone and quit your complaining. A friggin tmo blackberry can surf the web and talk on the phone at the same time. Yesterday I was on the phone and downloading a facebook pic so i could then text it to someone while being on the phone with them all on the mytouch slide… which by the way, I’ve tested against the evo4g on download speeds. The slide beat it down. A lil’ better on download speed, twice as fast on upload, and twice as fast on latency… Same results I expected based off of the unbiased phonescoop testing they did in philly. Check their site, the results are posted. The tmo network blows att’s and sprints outta the water. Now just battling to get Verizon like network quality (on coverage, already twice as fast downloads with the hspa+). Oh and if you think the evo is cool, check out the info on the hd3… Not running winmo anymore sir… HD3 w/android w/HSPA+ (which is faster than sprint4g) = better than evo… You sir, are a MORON
Have a nice day
youre a moron. the hd3 “leaked” specs are fake.