It's here, folks. We'll naturally have more impressions in the near future, but for now feast your eyes on the
Samsung Moment and one of the least eventful unboxings of all time -- Sprint sure isn't packaging this like a premium handset, but at $179 we suppose it isn't really pricing it like one either. The hardware itself might tell a different story, with a solid, hefty feel to it and great screen. So far our editors are divided on the keyboard, with
Chris not being sure it meets up to the
CLIQ's standards, while this writer feels it's far superior -- not tiresome to press, but super clicky and very touch type-able. While we sort out this astonishing bit of intra-office drama, check out the unboxing shots in the gallery below. The phone goes on sale November 1st.
posted Oct 21st 2009 10:35AM
How cute spacebar
Engadget,
could you please ask Samsung what they're thinking about updates. Galaxy is still on Cupcake, and Moment won't come with Donut either in the same time when Motorola is showing Eclair.
http://androidandme.com/2009/10/uncategorized/hands-on-sprint-samsung-moment-android-phone/
If I'm correct, this makes this the first phone running Android to come out that isn't for T-Mobile and isn't made by HTC.
Anyways, go Samsung! I'm excited to hear more about your impressions of this phone.
Looks like the perfect phone for me, I wonder when I can get one in the UK...
well, this is a CDMA phone, and I don't think Europe has any CDMA networks, so most likely never, unless they turn this to GSM
intraoffice?
intra-office = within the office
The prefix intra- means within, while inter- means between
To which the Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax said, "Read a bloody dictionary," and plunged back into the fray.
Android?
Yes.
Eagerly awaiting your impressions. My Motorola Q9c couldn't meet the business end of a hammer soon enough - $150 upgrade is on 11/1, and between this and the HTC Hero, I've got decisions. My brother is tempted to wait for the 4G phones, but I don't have the patience.
Between this and the Hero? I don't see the decision, Moment seems to be a altogether superior phone. The better processor alone is enough to drive a stake in the Hero for me.
HTC Hero build quality, thickness (or lack there of), and Sense UI. That's what makes it different and why many people will pick it over the Moment. Agree about processor, the Hero is a little laggy, and hte Sense UI doesn't help that. I'll be curious how the Moment does with battery life. I believe it's an overclocked ARM11 processor (800 MHz instead of the 523 on the Hero) which means more power is needed. Does anyone know how big the battery is? With how thick this is I would hope it's a 1600 mAh.
@ Eric B
It's 1440mAh.
Does AT&T not like Android phones? Or are they still too in love with the iPhone?
No, yes.
They're presumably paying a hefty premium for their iPhone exclusivity; they don't want to introduce new phones that compete with it.
Would've been great if it had Andriod 2.0
I'm hoping for an update to it sometime after launch. Shakes fists at Samsung!
is the screen glass like the hero or soft like the g1 & myTouch?
the hero and mt3g are glass screens just like the hero. in a matter of fact i think all capacitive screens are glass and android only runs on capacitive screens so question answered.
The Pre is capacitive and isn't a glass screen, it's most definitely plastic. Capacitive doesn't need glass to work.
Just to confirm, the G1 is definitely plastic capacative. And pretty terrible in comparison to GLASS.
Android doesn't require a capacitive screen. The HTC Tattoo uses a resistive screen and runs Android.
The myTouch is soft... ohh wait..
At that "Moment" I looked at my phone and said "What is this POS and why can't I have an iphone!?!?!!"
Well, you CAN have an iPhone. No one's telling you to get this phone. Freedom of choice =D
iPhone fanboys don't believe in freedom of choice.... Don't you know? :P
This thing just seems boring to me. The keyboard looks like it came off a $2 calculator.
What the f*** are you talking about? I have had this phone since it came out (2 days ago) and it is awesome! It has a premium feel, is very very quick, has tons of options for everything, the camera is the best I've seen (BETTER THAN THE iPHONE). The keyboard looks great with it's blue and white lighting. You iphone fanboys need to get a life. I like the iphone just fine, but there are other phones that do things better than it.
No Chin!
its not a HTC device!
This one looks nice, would grab this over the vzw "droid" in a heartbeat.
I really wish this phone came with HTC Sense UI. I have the HTC HERO for Sprint right now and it's a really great phone. My main complaint is the lack of physcial keyboard. The software is great for on screen keyboard the HERO has, but it just can't replace a physical keyboard. HTC Sense UI, makes Andorid look and feel so much better, if there's a way to load Sense UI on this puppy, I may be making a switch.
Well it would have to be an HTC phone to get their UI on it from the factory.
Just root it and go to xda man
Use compact query when in portrait mode - I'm flying through typing this way, with t9 turned on.
looks like good simple design. an upgrade on the G1 but it doesn't really leave it behind.
still waiting on a liquid or x3
Definitely some unfortunate design choices - covers for the headphone and charging ports, you cannot charge and get audio in or out via one cable (useful for those of us who use our devices in the car). And it looks really thick, but I guess that's standard for a slider.
Looks nice. I want that CPU and camera flash in an HTC non-slider.
"you cannot charge and get audio in or out via one cable (useful for those of us who use our devices in the car)"
I'm confused. You have the 3.5mm headset jack that works with the provided headset and you can charge at the same time while in the car. Wasn't having to use the same port for charge and audio what we have been complaining about for years on HTC devices?
Current HTC devices like the Hero have both. There's a 3.5mm jack for a standard set of headphones, which is great. However, they also have a special port on the bottom.
This HTC port works with standard mini-USB for charging and data. However, it adds extra pins for audio out and microphone in. I get in my car, put the Hero in the car holder, and hook up one wire to it. This one wire both charges the device and patches the sound into my car stereo. With the Moment, it's much more complex: I'd have to plug a 3.5mm jack for audio, open the micro-USB cover, and plug in a micro-USB cable for the same functionality.
iPods are the same way - there's a headphone jack, but the charging port on the bottom also has audio in/out functions, so you can charge and get audio out via one cable. I use my iPod this way too - put it in the car holster, plug in the one plug on the bottom, and it charges as well as plays through my car stereo.
All smartphones should be this way IMO. Having to use two separate cables for charging and audio is ridiculous. HTC and Apple have figured it out - why not Samsung or Motorola or Palm?
Why not use Bluetooth...?
Because my stereo doesn't have stereo Bluetooth audio functionality and I'm not interested in spending several hundred dollars to get an equivalent one that does.
Jon-
Which cable and how do you play your HTC Hero through your car?
Can you comment on the CPU since everyone still thinks it's the 800 mhz one? What's the model number on it?
Its an ARM11 cpu so it is still not as powerful as the Cortex A8 in the 3GS, Pre and Droid even if the Moment is a faster CPU
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a6410&c=samsung_s3c6410
It's the same one that's in the Omnia II.
I believe this is phone uses arm1176 processor which has clock speed of 800mhz with dedicated graphics. If that is the case, this will be a decent improvement over the qualcomm7xxx processor in all the other android phones. However, this still uses OLD arm11 architecture, which is way behind cortex a8, snapdragon, or tegra.
@JXCgunrunna Why does the link you posted say Armv6?
Looks Good! Had me thinking of getting it but then I saw that it had Android and I'm just not a Google fan. If I got that there would be no way to get rid of Google-Ware. If you like Android and Google i say go for it. It's Priced nicely. Samsungs makes pretty solid phones.