Samsung's SGH-i900 comes clean in new photos, looks expensive

We've seen this puppy in awful renders and blurry spy shots, but now we've finally got a chance to view Samsung's SGH-i900 as intended. The latest entry in the touchscreen phone game doesn't look too shabby when it comes to specs (240 x 400 display, 5-megapixel camera, 16GB of onboard memory, HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0), but we get the feeling a lot of people will be springing for this for its looks. Fashion plates, start your engines.

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[Das Boot @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:36AM]

woohoo first post. it looks like the iphones bastard child. not that i am an apple geek bc i have a blackberry curve which beats iphone by a million miles. it looks neat though.

[EricR @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:39AM]

The iPhone and what is the question

[Das Boot @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:44AM]

I dont know, inbreeding amongst iphones....

[Rik @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:44AM]

@EricR

A block of polished stainless steel?

[iEye @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:50AM]

:)

[EricR @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:49AM]

Isn't it funny, iEye doesn't even have to say anything to get annoying.

[KEROLiUKAS @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:09AM]

@ Das Boot ,
You fail at making a post if iEye replies with a smilie face to your post.

[annoia @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:24AM]

Fail! It looks like the Nokia 6300 made touchscreen to me. Is the iPhone then the 6300 bastard child?

Please stop comparing everything to the iPhone!

[Zak @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:37AM]

Hard not to compare this to the iPhone when it looks almost exactly like an iPhone. Chrome trim around the whole thing and everything. It's like Samsung isn't even trying any more.

[Das Boot @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:48AM]

I agree, so i guess I succeed in making a post after all, dont i? its the basterdized child of the iphone and stainless steel as someone said.

[Wii60Warrior @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:49PM]

It does look like an iPhone but unlike other iPhone wannabes it actually looks pretty DECENT.

Heck the specs along make it very interesting to me.

[john @ Jun 5th 2008 1:57AM]

inbreed, lol

[Wiigee @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:39AM]

Looks pretty sweet! ill take it! youre paying right?

[Rik @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:43AM]

Niiiiiiiice.... but what does it run on? I hope not some proprietary software or WinMo I hope?

[Kyle Smith @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:45AM]

It runs on Android of course! (I wish)

[Rich @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:46AM]

WinMo.

[OnlyShawn @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:49AM]

now, all kidding aside...how likely will it be to change your phone's firmware to android? As in...could people program ways to make android run on my, say, treo...sorta like rockbox does with the archox/ipod/etc.?

[Vidit Bhargava @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:00AM]

read the link...it explicitly says Windows Mobile 6.1

[kjb434 @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:47AM]

If it's a WinMo phone, I might pic this up.

HTC needs a little more competition in the WinMo market.

[Coy @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:55AM]

Sexy indeed! Coming state side?

[Vidit Bhargava @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:59AM]

wow...thats sexy
more or less the standard specs on a good smartphone...wonder what the UI will be like...will it beat the X1 or HTC Diamond or iPhone?

[Can @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:02AM]

Well, the specs are really good, and nice to see these specs on a Samsung. Now there can be a competitor against Nokia. (Please, I don't want iPhone fanboys' replies)

If only it ran on Symbian... it could be superior, but at least it's not Samsung's "default" platform (I dont know the name)

[rawhead @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:25AM]

Because clearly, the iPhone isn't a Nokia competitor.

[Engadgetluvsappl @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:32AM]

No, the iPhone isn't a competitor to Nokia. Infact, Nokia's Nseries sales have continued to grow with the release of the iPhone.

[rawhead @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:23PM]

@Engadgetluvsappl

And since when has that been the definition of a competitor?

If Apple took just 1 customer away from a potential Nokia N-series (or whatever phone for that matter), then Apple is a Nokia competitor, period.

[Sean @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:04AM]

Look, iEye is smiling, what a cute iTroller. Shall we smile back? :)

[TheCow5 @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:12AM]

looks great, nice specs. Whats the price?
Please don't say 700$ or more.

[etechshop @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:20AM]

under $500 and I'm sold. :)

[Abhishek @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:24AM]

With specs like : 240 x 400 display, 5-megapixel camera, 16GB of onboard memory, HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, this will surely sell above $500.00, at least!

Which sux =( ...below that, and I'm buying one!! If it does come to the US on at&t.

[prashanthsharma @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:44PM]

You forgot to mention this does have an accelerometer too.

Yes, I have played with it for a few minutes. It was very comfortable to hold and the video was reasonable decent.

[jason51873 @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:25AM]

Shouldn't this post be called "Keppin Real Fake Part XXHHGGWW"

The onslaught of the iPhone Clones will never stop.

Funny how any other design would have been labeled "New Phone has great specs but is UGLY" BUT because it looks 95% like an iPhone "we get the feeling a lot of people will be springing for this for its looks. Fashion plates, start your engines."

I would like to see some innovative designs rather then every mfg's version of the iPhone.

[Engadgetluvsappl @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:34AM]

How many ways can you make a phone where the majority of the body is occupied by a screen WITHOUT it looking like a LG Prada? I'm sure Apple can't answer that.

[Zak @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:43AM]

The iPhone was in development for three years before it was released, and that's a long time before the Prada was available. However, there are plenty of ways to make it not look like an iPhone. See the rounded edges and the chrome trim? Why does it *have* to look like that? There are plenty of ways to change it so it doesn't look almost exactly like an iPhone.

[JackMontana @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:49AM]

The Diamond does a good job of being a touchscreen phone that doesn't look like the iPhone

[Jon @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:48AM]

240 x 400? Why can't we get some phones with real resolutions? Dell put a VGA screen in it's x50v PDA 4 years ago, so it can't be too hard. Let's get with the times here!

[Ricardo @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:48AM]

Yay, one more low resolution phone, let's celebrate!

[Neil @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:51AM]

A link to an English site would have been appreciated!! ;-)

[David @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:05PM]

It seems very strange, with all the included high end specs(quickly becoming standard specs) that they included such a poor screen.
Glofiish has had VGA for a couple generations now,
Both the HTC Raphael and the Diamond have VGA (640x 480),
XPERIA has WVGA (480x 800)

Loooks like its still the EXPERIA for me.

[Chris Washington @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:16PM]

Bear with me if this is not up to someone's standards, it is my first rant on here:

So, you silly fanboys, what should it look like?

No chrome trim, I'm guessing? We don't want ANYONE else to have chrome trim on their phones, let alone the people who did it 60 years ago:


(Looks like Apple has a secret use for Time Machine, eh?)

I want my phone trimmed in sandpaper! Yeah...that's how I like it.

What else? No rounded rectangular form factor? I FORGOT! I like all of my phones shaped like a 'Z'. Talk about ergonomics!

And absolutely NO touchscreen! How on earth am I gonna give my phone instructions? I'm thinking maybe punch cards?

There you have it, Samsung's Z-shaped, sandpaper trimmed, punch-card utilizing phone!

Suffice it to say, I hate most of you. I'm at a loss for why you troll a BLOG, not a news site, but a BLOG and complain about every non-Apple matter. It's a shame too, because the closest most of you will ever get to touching tits is scrolling the pr0n on your iPhone. (BTW, notice that I used the real name of the IPhone, not some stupid fucking knockoff name. Do you guys melt if you touch the M-I-C-R-O-S-O-F-T keys in sequential order or don't start a word with a lowercase 'i' or something?)

Ok, I'm done.

[Chris Washington @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:18PM]

here's that website that was mysteriously cut out: http://www.oldphoneworks.com/antique-phones/stromberg-carlson/phone.asp?currency=USD&Phone=309_6

[chillycat @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:24PM]

Couldn't agree with you more.

The majority of comments here undoubtably come from 12-15 year old boys. Playin' on the puter while Mommie scrubs the skid-marks outta their shorts.

[happy_penguin @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:42PM]

I hate Microsoft so much that I removed the M,I,C,R,O,S,O,F and T keys from my keyboard, which make it pretty hard to explain how I typed this comment.

[John @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:39PM]

LOL INTERNET DRAMA!

If you're in all honesty trying to say that that phone pictured above looks nothing like an iPhone, then you need to get your eyes checked. In addition, if you think that there's no other way that a touchscreen phone can be designed, then I hope you'll enjoy your cubicle job for the rest of your life, since you obviously lack the creativity, the drive, and the risk-taking ability needed for a higher-paying leadership position.

[Brendan Sheehan @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:47PM]

I don't know why you're taking this so personally. If I ran a mobile phone company and my team came in and showed me this I'd throw it back at them. I own an iPhone, and if I was making a phone I'd deliberately make it not look like an iPhone. Say what you will but I'd bet my life saving the reason this phone looks this way it because of the iPhone. I'd go for a unique shape and probably all black, with possible a glass rim. Something "totally different" to the iPhone. If it's anyway similar it's going to be compared to it which would be bad for business.

"That's like an iPhone I'd rather have the real thing."

Like or not this looks like the iPhone, deal with it. We're not fanboys for noticing this. A relation of mine just looked over my shoulder while I was looking at that image and a relation of mine said "that looks a bit like the iPhone doesn't it?" I said yes. Like it or not it does.

[Matt @ Jun 3rd 2008 4:24PM]

I am not sure about everyone else, but I only have 1 O key on my keyboard. Did i get screwed?

[rip @ Jun 3rd 2008 4:45PM]

personally, I ranked you higher for the hissy fit rant.

[Dana @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:09PM]

You ASSUME it will be expensive and ASSUME that people will spring for its looks? Yet, there was none of this sarcasm for a $600 phone last year that has no ToDo list or copy/paste function? All we need is the facts.

[kurt.tappe @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:09PM]

The other funny thing is that people are now acting as if there is no other way to create a smartphone without it looking like the iPhone. But it sure is interesting that Apple, way late to the phone game, was the first to make a phone that looked anything like the iPhone. If the iPhone design is so "natural" as some of you Apple haters are claiming, then why did nobody make one like it before Apple? And now why are they all suddenly making them like that? It will be interesting to hear what "But Apple stills sucks" reason you come up with.

[rDub @ Jun 11th 2008 12:24PM]

It seems people have lost any sense of objectivity ... ok so you have a phone, a device that has to fit in a hand to be easy to use, and since people like large screens you make the entire surface a screen ... viola you have what everyone will now call an iPhone clone.

Back in the day before cell phones every damn phone pretty much looked the same ... its an object that serves a specific purpose, different manufacturers are going to end up with items that look similar what’s the big deal with that why do we have to hear all these iPhone rants every single time???

Granted there are some designs where the items steal the aesthetics from a previous product (read obvious Chinese rip-offs) but those products will reap what they deserve in the long run

[starchild @ Jun 3rd 2008 4:11PM]

Choosing my next phone will be a dilemma: i900, the next-gen iPhone, or the Touch Diamond.