If there's a single phone that could steal even a sliver of spotlight from the
GSM Pre,
Windows Mobile 6.5, and a barrage of
Android announcements, this beaut could be it. We've
already seen the Acme's hardware, but now we have the first shots of Samsung's lovely new slate with the screen on -- and guess what? It's not going to be a WinMo 6.5 launch device, because it just so happens to be running
S60 5th Edition. Not only does that make us forget the
5800 ever existed, it seriously puts our pending love for the
N97 in jeopardy -- especially when you take into account the alleged 8 megapixel cam, frickin' HDMI support, and a display that would put our own HDTVs to shame. More on this little gem at
MWC, we presume.
posted Feb 6th 2009 3:21PM
Mmm... sexy.
Mind you, I have a 5800 and it's pretty good too.
I was thinking of buying 5800 (our $/national currency exchange rate went up some 60% so its totally unaffordable now) but after I've seen this I changed my mind.
Yep, more info on MWC.
hdmi?! drool...
HD 720P video recording might be worth mentioning in the post...that's actually a worlds-first, which Samsung will no doubt highlight a couple of times in the PR material.
...speechless....i feel like this is some awesome dream that i can't wake out of...
Wow, this surely looks like a winner! Hope to see a full review soon and also hope not priced hopelessly high!
HDMI...
In a phone.......
That seems nice...
O_O
Can't type much more, busy drooling.
You should have been drolling over and over for a year now, Nvidia promised 12mp camera, 1080p playback, 720p encoding and HDMI out a year ago with their mobile Tegra platform.
Yeah, play back Blu-Ray-quality movie from a cell phone without the need of a blu-ray player.
Not a single device is out yet, but I have hopes to see something on MWC.
This is going to be an interesting year...
WOW! I want one!
Some competition is always good, let's see what Nokia's answer will be :D
lol, you'll have to wait 2 years for Nokia's answer! Forget Nokia, they're old news in high-end now. They're well past their glory days.
Well i'm happy i'm not like the Apple fanboys then. I don't really care about Nokia, as long as i get my Symbian phones.
I would like to see Apple's answer to this! Something needs to change fast, although it might be too early...
That has to be a 3.5" screen.
It makes the Storm 3" screen look small.
Hope the resolution is around 800x480.
Almost a perfect phone.
Why HDMI? Why do you want it so much?
Will you just randomly attach your phone in random HDTV of your random friends just to show off?
Come on, be real ...
It would be better to have sliding hardware keyboard, it is more useful !!!
Hardly. With more and more hotels featuring HD-ready televisions, in Europe anyway, it will be a great feature for travellers who want to carry HD movies with them.
I've never been a Samsung fan (mostly because of its cell phones' inconsistent quality and a few other truly annoying things), but I have to say this guy looks pretty good. The build quality seems to be more than decent and of course, Symbian would be THE major selling point for me. Good job on this one, Samsung.
I would like to see Apple's answer to this! Something needs to change fast, although it might be too early...
LED flash = fail
So close to perfect
Ohh Nice phone
but too expensive :(
Dini Videolar,Dini Bilgiler,Dini Resimler,
Lol, forget about the 5800? Don't think so guys, this is direct competition to the N97, not the 5800.
So much hate against Nokia again...
Makes us forget the 5800? I wonder how this thing is priced... Probably not as cheap as the 5800.
Maybe a competitor to the N97, but yet again, it remains to be seen.
Symbian S60 v5 is a great system anyway.
The innov8 currently costs $600. We should expect this to cost $800 or more.
Having owned at least 8 S60 phones, so I'm not an Apple fanboy at all, I can say the 5800 is pretty weak. It attempts to copy the iPhone UI in many ways while coming so short in many areas. Scrolling on it is a real bitch for one, and double tapping is a band-aid for the fact that its resistive screen is too stupid to discern a swipe from a tap. The browser is definitely worse than the iPhone's browser. The portrait mode on screen keyboard is seriously a joke compared to the iPhone's.
They would have done far better by NOT copying the iPhone's buttonless form factor and adding touch input to a standard S60v3 button complement. At least had they left a D-pad on there, the UI would have been excellent. As it stands, S60v5 tries too hard to match the iPhone's form factor and it sucks in the process. Even the way it scrolls with that side bar showing up is a copy of the iPhone while the scrolling is slow and cumbersome. Scrolling through contacts is a real bitch, and the only way to find someone is by clicking on that text entry box and using the on screen T9, because onscreen portrait QWERTY blows chunks. Very poor iPhone imitation that is justifiably priced at half the iPhone's unlocked price.
Either the UI needed a complete revamp for touch UI or they should have kept the buttons and added touch as an auxiliary input.
Wow this is so uber cool, price is the only scary factor now.
AWWW! I guess right now its just the waiting game. I prefer tactile buttons so i'm pulling more towards the Innov8 BUT the current firmware is crap and there isnt any sign of an update in sight so i guess ill be pulling more towards the new ACME BUT what if samsung screws us again and has issues with the s60 5th and makes us wait forever with no sign of update for the ACME firmware too?! I want s60 but Nokia's build quality just isnt up to snuff so I guess We'll just have to wait for what comes out first and proves its quality and value.
I want new phone!
There hasn't been any pics released of the back of this device.. For all we know it could have a Xenon..
A pimp can dream can't he?
Check the read link... LED Flash
Wow.... my Canon 30D professional camera is only 8.2 megapixels. That is crazy - a phone with a camera that can shoot 8x10 photos.
I'm never excited about S60. Anyway, I believe the excitement here will fade once everyone finds out it's resistive screen. YES SIR.
Well, I seriously hope this is not resistive touch! Its nice to see how new phones are shaping up, capacitative touch should definitely make it much better!
Source says that it has hardened glass screen, in other words it's capacitive.
I find it's so much easier to type on a virtual keyboard with a resistive touch screen.
When I type on my Omnia, I can keep my thumbs on the screen while I type, meaning I can type with my thumbs much more naturally, especially when I need to double-tap a letter, or when I'm using the suretype style keyboard.
On the iPod touch's (and the iPhone's, I presume) keyboard, I have to physically lift my thumb each time I want to type a letter, and it strains my hands a lot more.
Click The Big picture above or goto http://dailymobile.se/2009/02/06/samsung-acme-i8910-high-quality-pictures/
there you see all images also backside of the phone
Judging from the back I can't tell if it has inner optical zoom..
Nokia maps? [Samsung G810 didn't have any mapping software on it, and I was stuck trying to install crap that didn't work]
I'd rather stick with my £200 5800, being a Nokia it comes with all the good Nokia-only software which this won't get and Samsung's wifi set-up's a pain. Video and (less so) photo's on a phone are still pretty much a convenience thing as opposed to a serious resource and I would rather they got them to take half decent pictures at 3.2MP before they create shite 5,8,or 12MP ones.
I'll need to see some seriously new features introduced before I ever place £400+ on the table for any phone, even if it looks as svelte as this one.
Other than adding a live DVB TV receiver I can't actually think of any more features i'd want in the near future, I just want all the one's currently available to work properly out of the box and for my software to update itself.
I agree with your point but the 5800XM takes crap pictures as well.
@Zane
I agree with you indoors and in poor light but outside it's fine.
Is this a capacitive touchscreen?
Man, it's been no fun at all these past couple weeks being a CDMA service user.
Wider screen = easier to grip and type in landscape!
Nice one Samsung.
every time i see the phone name i read it as "acne"
Sorry for the double post, pls ignore!
oh my gawd. this is the greatest phone ever! finally an iphone killer is born!!