Samsung Galaxy S hits the FCC with AT&T bands onboard

It wasn't even a week ago that we deduced the eventual launch of Samsung's Galaxy S Android phone on AT&T, and now here we are looking at FCC documents confirming Ma Bell's favorite frequencies. So much for intrigue and mystery. Of course, Samsung could have just filed the testing paperwork to cover devices headed to Canada and Mexico, so this doesn't mean it's a lock -- especially since this phone is labeled as the i9000, not the SGH-i867 number we were sort of expecting. Either way, it looks like the rabid Samsung fanboys out there will be able to get their TouchWiz all up on Stateside 3G at some point -- and isn't that all you can expect from this world?

[tkrow21 Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:32PM]

I hate waiting for phones to come out.

[tekdemon Posted Apr 11th 2010 7:14PM]

@tkrow21 You know, I read the S and "hits" together the first time and thought to myself "man I know AT&T service is bad but Engadget is being pretty bold"

[indeed Posted Apr 11th 2010 7:24PM]

@tkrow21
oh i'm hoping the one with keyboard wasn't just a rumor, android would have another user right here

[TikiTeko Posted Apr 11th 2010 7:59PM]

@tekdemon LOLOLOL!!!! WOW... yeah.. if you read it straight.... Samsung Galaxy Shits

Awesome PUN Engadget - even if unintended

[tkrow21 Posted Apr 11th 2010 8:01PM]

@tekdemon LOL, nice catch!

[TrumanHW Posted Apr 12th 2010 5:16AM]

@tkrow21

Subsidized landscape of Android phones by carrier/manufacturer. Notice a trend?

Verizon gets the Droid, Tmobile gets the Cliq
ATT gets the Galaxy-S, Tmobile gets Behols
Sprint gets the Evo, Tmobile gets the MyTouch

Infuriating. T-mobile customers are who VALIDATED the 'proof-of-concept' device's viability, and market response. And we're rewarded with a suite of 528MHz processors, laden with apps I don't want, and taunted by the awesome devices that T-mobile keeps ignoring. THANKS TMOBILE! You really did us a 'solid' getting that WinMo (scheduled obsolescence) HD2. BRILLIANT people at the helm estimating the size of responsiveness to devices.. And they WONDER why their floundering in 4th place. It's OBVIOUS. Poor handsets, and a gaff of a revision to their service plans... their 'Even More' deal was actually MORE expensive than my current plan. Who fucking decides these things? I'm trying to think... hang on, how could I make WORSE choices than Tmo? Focusing on 21mb instead of addressing their coverage area for 3g? Raising the cost of plans... to get more customers? Carrying the WORST choices of phones, in ALL categories except one (WinMo), which is ultimately IRRELEVANT.

[emanas Posted Apr 12th 2010 5:45AM]

@tkrow21

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/14348388/Samsung-I9000-Galaxy-S-Android-2-1-Sim-Free-Unlocked-Mobile-Phone/Product.html

Above link at Play.com in the UK has listed this device to be sold for £399.99 unlocked and SIM free, I think this is in line with the Samsung wave's price of £339.99, I can't see the price at Play.com but Google still displays it, must be a cached version as the price is no longer visible at play.com, but you get the point ;)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Samsung+Galaxy+S&meta=&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

[Ren021 Posted Apr 12th 2010 8:05AM]

@tkrow21 no flash on camera

[fak Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:32PM]

Lets Hope it survives.

[Proverb Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:34PM]

I got a bad feeling we're going to end up with another crippled Android device for AT&T customers.

[MrHashbrown Posted Apr 12th 2010 6:09AM]

NO.

I refuse for AT&T to gimp this utterly sexy phone. Super AMOLED, DivX playback, 2.1, and a pretty elegant skin.

If AT&T ruins any of those things I....I would lose faith in humanity.

[Waltah Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:34PM]

This will help level the Android playing field for AT&T as long as they don't go all batshit with the firmware.

[satish Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:35PM]

Hey Nilay! wats up. Alone in the office today ?

[TheLondonExchange Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:37PM]

Like it will even do remotely well sales wise.

However I'm interested to see if it will be the "full android" experience that people keep claiming AT&T is robbing them off.

[Mike Vick Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:42PM]

I have a Samsung phone and I will be the first to say that the layout is complete garbage! I hate samsung phones now and my advice is to avoid this phone if it does not offer a full Android experience. Enough with the motoblur, crapware etc! I have at&t and there are no worthy phones other than an iphone (ugh!)... I am sure this phone will not be any good

dont downrank me :( just stating my opinion

[psychoticgrape Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:45PM]

@Mike Vick I agree with you, AT&T don't have a great offering of phones (other then the iPhone) but you won't find motoblur on this Samsung. Instead that other crappy UI.

[SlaterGS Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:56PM]

@Mike Vick
I would agree with you that most of the Samsung phones that I have experienced have been sub-par, but the statement
"I am sure this phone will not be any good" seems to me like jumping to conclusions. I would rather give them the benefit of the doubt and hope that they can pull through with something decent. You may be right and it may end up being junk, but lets pull for them as competition is good!

[Mike Vick Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:03PM]

@SlaterGS

When I used flip phones I loved Samsung. But anything other than a phone meant for calling is usually a crappy device! The UI on all of their devices is terrible. I hate their phones because they just flat out suck. I will never be a samsung phone again

[SlaterGS Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:07PM]

@Mike Vick
Fair enough. Everyone can have their own opinion and I agree with most, if not all of what you said. They do need a UI overhaul. I just want to hope that they can/do better. In the end it will be better for us as consumers.

[guitarkid Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:16PM]

@Mike Vick
So true. TouchWiz (Samsung's) UI makes me sick and totally ruins Android, and any other OS for that matter.

[shogunmaster Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:42PM]

There are Samsung fanboys now? How did that happen? And does anyone wanna buy my Omnia II?

[geekthree Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:59PM]

@shogunmaster Heh, I was about to comment on that, I supposed if there's users there's fanboys...

But yeah, I dunno if sammy have that much of a hardcore following (maybe there a little more reserved than the Microsoft/apple/droid fanboys)

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 11th 2010 8:50PM]

@shogunmaster I'm a fanboy. But I'm a fan because of what they are doing if you read their financials and the like, their mission and how far they came in each market that they've touched (my first TV I bought with my own money was Samsung and it was kind of junk. Then when they got to HDTV and played for real, they got sick quick. First HDTV was a Samsung DLP, loved that.) Same with many areas they are. These days they have the money to compete in this field and I think (and moreso, hope) they are coming to win...as they say.

[shogunmaster Posted Apr 11th 2010 9:14PM]

@juanvaldez
Well, from that point of view, sure. I have a Samsung monitor that I love. But as far as cell phones and the bastardizing they do to them, can't see too many fans there.

That said, I have an Omnia 2 for sale. Great phone from a great company; you need this phone!!

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 11th 2010 9:38PM]

@shogunmaster i live in korea where importing phones vosts roughly $400, and again, I'm optimistic about the future...not looking at their past. It is a little sad that OMNIA II is maybe their best smartphone to date.

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 11th 2010 11:00PM]

@shogunmaster Speaking of fanboys, entering new markets and not doing great in the beginning. I expect the Samsung tablet to have the best specs and be a big let down in the OS, I assume they'll use Android and skin it with touchwizz/bada, people will hate it, I'll be luke warm on it, but generation 2 it will have the potential to take the cake.

I look forward to generation 2 out of Samsung's tablet more than the Apple one, even though Apple obviously has a lot of things they held back for their annual refresh.

[made2last Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:47PM]

Hmmm. Interesting. If there is no HTC android phone, I may be looking into this. Let's hope the Desire makes it.

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:51PM]

This has to be the worst SpaceShip I have ever seen

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:33PM]

Wait, this is a phone? Why the hell is it called Galaxy? and why is AT&T onboard it?

[Eternity Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:53PM]

@Lord Vader

Actually it is a new state of the art ship landing into the AT&T Deathstar. It has frickin Snapdragon laser beams and will aid in AT&T's conquest of the Galaxy.

[Spaces Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:58PM]

Stopped reading at TouchWiz...well I kept reading but lost all interest in this phone.

*waits for Super AMOLED to go mainstream*

[Waltah Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:01PM]

HTC is supposed to have 2 AT&T Android phones by June. I'm also hoping the Desire makes it in there.

[njbianco96 Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:03PM]

only if they could just release it without out touchwiz

[Prevacator Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:06PM]

I want at least one Android Super AMOLED smartphone to come out on Verizon. :(

[Eternity Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:13PM]

Clearly the one with the slide out keyboard will be the i9001. You know what that means!?

I'm going to buy it because its power level is beyond any other querty smart phone out there! I just wish it had HDMI out. Now I know why... this has American carrier written ALL OVER IT.

[tkrow21 Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:18PM]

@cherryboom Google doesn't create all Android powered phones. Apple does create all iPhone OS powered phones. Does your statement become clearer now?

[JaylanPHNX Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:32PM]

I was really pulling for this to come out for T-mobile (touchwiz or not). TMo really needs some top-end phones in its line-up. As for Touchwiz, I say we give this new iteration a chance. It's always possible Samsung has learned from its mistakes. From the one video demo I saw, it looked as though you could switch to a more tradition Android look.

[mton Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:36PM]

Anyone else read the post as "Samsung Galaxy shits FCC..."?

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[Taknarosh Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:57PM]

Maybe it will be a situation like the HTC Hero with AT&T Bands. http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/htc-hero-hits-fcc-with-us-3g/

That HTC Hero ended up going to Telus.

[Hazdaz Posted Apr 11th 2010 7:34PM]

Enough with AT&T.

Get some good stuff out for a network with some actual coverage already, like Verizon.

.

[Einlander Posted Apr 11th 2010 7:34PM]

Samsung needs to S hit on other carriers too

[clayschluter Posted Apr 11th 2010 7:57PM]

Anyone on AT&T looking for a touch screen smartphone would have already got an iPhone, and Amy diehard android users would have already got a nexus one so why bother launching on AT&T?

[Waltah Posted Apr 11th 2010 8:05PM]

@clayschluter
If that's the case then I guess the iPhone and N1 should have been the last two phones ever produced. I may still choose the N1 over this because I'm not a fan of the UI, but I'll take a Mini 5 over all of the above.

[Schmich Posted Apr 11th 2010 9:31PM]

Give the camera some flash, get the phone a FM tuner and insert some HDMI-out and the phone would be a complete one.

[mateo124 Posted Apr 11th 2010 10:45PM]

I'm slightly confused... I thought everyone was saying the Aero wasnn't going to support Android apps making it pointless to have an Android phone without the marketplace... but looking at this link, it says otherwise. Sorry for being slightly off topic.

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-sales/promotion/ces.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-0031F2-0-1&WT.svl=calltoaction

[Evangelion Posted Apr 11th 2010 11:15PM]

Am I the only one who read the title as, "Samsung Galaxy SHITS the FCC with AT&T bands onboard"?

[MoloOno Posted Apr 12th 2010 2:52AM]

I call T-Mobile on this one ($100). Swipe is pretty cool. The engadget guys have it all wrong on this one.

[MoloOno Posted Apr 12th 2010 2:57AM]

It's coming out on T-Mobile ($100). The engadget guys have it all wrong!

[TrumanHW Posted Apr 12th 2010 5:04AM]

@MoloOno

Wheres the FCC document bubba? This one CLEARLY specs ATT bands.