Samsung rumors aplenty surface in advance of MWC

We've already seen some Samsung rumors start to crop up in advance of Mobile World Congress, and it looks like the flood gates have now fully opened up, with a slew of new leaks and rumors of varying veracity now making their way across the internet. Leading the way is word from Dutch site GSM Helpdesk, which has apparently confirmed that Samsung will indeed be introducing both a 12 megapixel phone (in Photoshop form above) and an 8 megapixel handset at MWC, the latter of which will supposedly be a successor to the Innov8 and run the Symbian S60 OS, while the 12 megapixel phone will apparently be an all new handset of some sort and run Samsung's own OS. In other news, GSM Helpdesk is also reporting that Samsung will be announcing its very first Android phone within the next two weeks, which just so happens to line up nicely with MWC, although it unsurprisingly doesn't have any more details than that.

Update: Sorry for the confusion about the 16GB Omnia. Turns out it's not new at all.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 2nd 2009 8:48PM]

TMN (Portugal) have Samsung Omnia (i900) 16GB for sale already(2 months ago) -.-

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 2nd 2009 10:56PM]

This Omnia, equipped with a 5 MP camera, is almost the equivalent of an iPhone. But not quite there yet. Why? Because this fine piece of hardware is stuck running WinMo 6 which drags the quality, way, way down. What a damn shame. Samsung almost had a chance of catching up to the iPhone, but it's too late now. iPhone 3.0 is just around the corner and that will leave the rest of the handset business gasping for air.

[Johnny Tremaine Posted Feb 3rd 2009 12:00AM]

It seems like a decent phone. I played around with one at a Verizon kiosk at my local Costco; it lagged a bit and the user interface was a bit bland but I'm sure it has its pluses. I don't know, I just didn't feel like signing over my firstborn to Verizon Wireless (all their fees and the data plan will bleed you dry).

I ended up getting a nifty, basic flip phone; the Nokia 6650 on At&t. *Shrugs* It's not flashy but I just needed it to make, reliable, basic calls and have a GPS maps function.

Besides, the way the economy is tanking, and my company/job seems shaky, I don't want to get locked in to a list of monthly fees. I'm sure many consumers are already beginning to think along the same lines.

[matt merritt Posted Feb 3rd 2009 12:07AM]

I was looking at picking one of these up because as much as I want an iPhone, I really really really really really really really don't EVER want to go back to AT&T. Ever.

Also: Exactly how many user names does this Shugg person use?

[CJ Posted Feb 3rd 2009 1:05AM]

Well... Technially 32Gig, if you count the 16GB MicroSD slot

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 4th 2009 10:18AM]

My friend have a 16gig Omnia. Is it out or is he special?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2009 2:41AM]

screw omnia. im intersted in when this new samsung android phone is coming out!! finally APPS will be comming to our samsung handsets!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2009 2:33PM]

The Samsung Omnia is the best choice for us Verizon customers. The iPhone is nice, but it's connected to a crappy network.