Samsung A877 with AMOLED touchscreen coming to AT&T this month?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Mar 10th 2009 4:27PM
posted Mar 10th 2009 4:27PM
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Here's to hoping the interface isn't slower than the I-10 at 5pm.
It doesn't appear to be running Windows Mobile, so it's probably going to be just fine.
I'm interested, Samsung! How much? My upgrade time is next month!
I'd love to see some decent competition added to the market for improved screens.
It is so amusing to see Smogsung take so many shots to dethrone the iPhone
Sort or like watching a rat go through a maze for a piece of cheese... but the time they get to it the cheese is stale and there is a new maze to get to the fresh cheese again..
AHAHAHAH!
@iHenchman#1
Must be one hell of a maze Apple is going through to find Copy and Paste.
Looks like any random HTC.
Even though I know it is a render still the AT&T branding on everything makes me sick.Unfortunately, it is probably not too far from what reality will be...
Yeah, those three letters, ampersand and Death Star logo just destroy the touchscreen slider form factor. It could have been a great looking phone, but 1/8-inch tall lettering dominates everything about it.
Get real.
AT&T always had the best phones. forget this piece of crap. Get an iPhone like the rest of us intelligent, sophisticated, sleek and stylish cellphone owners.
There's iPhone and then there's everything else.
and there's fanbois, and then there's everyone else.
There are people who will judge a phone on it's merits and choose one that suits their needs which sometimes comes up as an iPhone - I don't mind those people and am friends with quite a few of them.
You on the other hand...
AT&T has always had the WORST phones until the iPhone. While I am getting an iPhone (Upgrade day May 24th baby!), I really hope I don't turn into Flashpoint up there. Just another fanboy.
There are people who buy the iPhone just to appear "intelligent, sophisticated, sleek and stylish" like Flashpoint, and then there are people who buy the iPhone and don't end up like Flashpoint.
In my experience AT&T has had awful phones in the past, and has just recently been getting better since the iPhone helped them see what customers really want. Now, I use the iPhone too and like it, but there are lots of other phones out there that are damn nice too.
there are stuck up, self important douchebags, and then there is everybody else
Let's see, buy a iphone that costs $200 with a 2 year contract, and pay $30 a month for internet. Or get the eternity, or this phone, and get the phone free (it's free if you buy from some 3rd party web sites) and pay $15 for internet. Yea the Iphone has some neat apps, but how many apps do you actually use on a daily bases?
i think it looks good. I like the way it looks. not too fond of touchwiz though. And looking like a random htc isn't a bad thing to me. Hell if the G1 looked like this I'd own one and likely wouldn't even be interested in what new phones come out for two years from whenever i'd have been locked into my contract. Man At&T get's like 20 phones for every 1 Tmobile gets. Still probably getting a pre though.
Hmmmmm could be pretty good. How about some TouchWiz atop of S60 5th edition? :P (I doubt this phone would be that, but would be nice if we got something like that.)
is it windows mobile or symbian? If it's symbian like the Omnia HD, then I'd consider it.
Probably neither, targeted at non-smart/feature-phone market.
This is a Samsung Impression. Basically an Eternity with a tangible keyboard.
anybody knows the price? and will u be needing an internet plan with it in order to pick one up?
Hotness!
Currently have an iPhone 3G but I would definitely consider this if the interface was fast enough...
Honestly, my current ideal phone is the OmniaHD for obvious reasons. While I certainly prefer the iPhone OS and everything, this is just a case where the software doesn't outweigh the hardware. If the new iPhone has an OLED screen and a better camera, I'll consider it... But if it has a model with a physical keyboard, game over, haha.
Point being: iPhone = good. This = potential to be great. Random ramblings about next gen iPhone = uninteresting.
Could care less about the phone. Let's talk about the AMOLED technology. So what are the benefits of this going to be? Presumably brighter and lower power consumption? Both good things. Presumably this is a sign that AMOLED will start rolling over the entire cell phone industry...
Black levels as black as when the screen is off (best displayed with aspect ratio bars). Almost 0ms response time. Viewable from any angle. And colors as good as the best IPS panels.
That sounds great if this was an HDTV. But for a phone? What are the benefits for it as a phone? When I'm not watching movies on that tiny little screen?
that's just it though. you have all those benefits in a package that is, eventually, much cheaper to manufacture. you have the aspects that would be desirable in a tv while taking up significantly less power. this is some great new technology.
I can't stand samsung any longer! I want to buy an omnia HD but the fact that samsung keeps coming out with 4 phones every month keeps me away from them.. I mean FFS Sake, since MWC, 4 new samsung phones came out! You can only own a flagship sammy device for less than 2 months.
It's so annoying.
* to correct my own comment, all of the 4 announced devices are not flagship phones, but that's not to say, all of these phones coming out take the limelight away from the real devices.. and on top of that, am I the only one who gets the impression that sammy just produces phones and abandons them? ( talking about symbian based phones here) I have nothing against sammy, but does sammy actually issue firmware updates to their phones? At least nokia has less phones coming out, and a couple of firmware updates for each s60 phone..
Be careful with your choice 'cause the touch response of this phone may be laggy
Samsung does what iDon't!
Bottom line!!!!!!
Unless a smartphone $49 or free on att, y wouldn't u just get iPhone for$99???!?!?
Ok.,.seriously. If this is $149, what idiot would buy over iPhone???!!!
What idiot would buy the iphone with the Pre coming soon?
I fixed that for you, as I think your keyboard was adding characters to the stream:
Ok,.seriously, I is idiot!!!
The "what idiot would buy over iX" theme is quite old and tired. Let it rest in peace.
I'll tell ya what idiot doesn't buy an iphone, it's the one that doesn't have $30 a month for roaming youtube, I can wait till I get home (or a wifi spot) for my internets.
YAY!! Someone pinch me. Samsung has finally released a phone for AT&T that is similar to that of Verizon's Glyde and Sprint's Rant.
That looks like it'd be a fine phone ... with Android on it.
Not to change the subject but when will Net10/Tracphone get some newer/more attractive phones?
See, I'm such a light cell phone user that Net10 is just fine for my needs. But the LG phone I got with the plan is so *ucking stupid in it's programming!! For instance: when a call comes in or you missed a call the screen display intensity is dimmed to 1/2!! What the...!!
I'd love to know if some other phones such as this one can be switched to work with Net10.
Terry Thomas...
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Atlanta, Georgia USA
www.TerryThomasPhotos.com
No matter if you like/hate AT&T, Samsung or swear by the iPhone, they are all pretty much behind the curve to what other countries offer in the way of cell technology. Based on a recent business trip to Japan, the cell technology they have made my co-worker want to throw his 3G iPhone against the wall. Their cell phones can act as credit/debit cards, utilize finger print security to access the phone, and even have cool features where you can hold you phone up to any speaker, dial a certain number and your phone will display the title, artist and album within seconds. Many of them allowed you to tune into your favorite TV or radio station and even automatically dial the police and send GPS location when theft or finger print bypasses are attempted. Many even came with a pedometer for the health conscience.
Wow! That's cool! I've always known Japan has always had the lead in technology.
It kinda has some meh to it.
Looks like the LG Xenon has some competion
SAMWRONG
Man i just hope it has mobile tv...otherwise it will be a hard choice for me between the eternity or this. Mobile tv is soo cool but not many phones have it for AT&t
MmMmMmMmMmM...looks yummy
the impression is the eternity with qwerty keyboard like the htc fuze or the lg xenon.