http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
CDMA Rev. O?

LOLWUT?]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/You mean you need phones that can function like phones.]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
How is this Sprint's fault? Samsung is the one who decided to put Rev. O instead of Rev. A in the phone, aren't they?]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
Sprint and Samsung should be ashamed of themselves for releasing this phone with a EvDO Rev. 0 radio. That is unconscionable.]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
This phone is NOT for the power user. This phone will be more for the teenage kids that want a cheaper plan but still have Android, the new "cool" OS to have. I say, good move Sprint. ]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
What are you talking about? They already have the iphone don't they? That one sucks enough doesn't it?!?!?!?!?!]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
I agree. The pink color kind of shows that Sprint is targeting the non-power user.]]>Jul 7th 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 8th 2010 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/You should perhaps find a dictionary and look up the word irony.]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
where's the irony?

are you sure you haven't mixed up the words 'ironic' and 'coincidence' together?]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
Too manly for ya?

:O ]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
Good, I thought I was the only other one who noticed that the second I looked at the picture...]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
Actually, it looks more like the arrangement of the keyboard is crooked...look at the bottom row along the edge]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
It looks like the keyboard is crooked. Weird.]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
It is an optical illusion due to the phone tapering from top to bottom.]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
Speaking of keyboards, I'm really itching to know more about the Samsung Epic -- most notably when it's going to be released! Now there's a phone with a keyboard that is full of win.]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
This phone is for those that thought the Moment was slightly too high end for them. Although the Intercept is slower, the Touchwiz interface is easier to use. Think of the Intercept as the Moment's baby brother.]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/And on top of that they require an Everything Data plan on Sprint's "3G" network? That's odd.]]>Jul 7th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Makes me wonder how this can be considered the moment 2. There is no word on the inner details, but speculation is that it is still running at 800 MHz. Also, they took away flash. So, lets tally features add vs features lost:
Added:
Android 2.2 upgrade (Eventually... Samsung is known for requiring that you buy their new hardware in order to get their software updates even if the hardware is very similar, look at the Instinct series).
Better Screen

Lost:
Flash
EVDO Rev. A

The rest is rumored to be exactly the same, so remind me why you would pay exactly the same as a Moment is currently for a phone that IMO is slightly worse.]]>Jul 7th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
Some people have gone crazy and just plain refuse to pay the $10 fee with the EVO and Epic 4G.

That's why they would choose this.

I am not one of those people!!
EVO rules!!]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Like SCB pointed out of the EVO and Epic both cost $240 more over a 2 year contract plus are $100 more up front. A $340 difference is nothing to scoff at, extra especially if you are on a family plan and just want to add a cheap sort of capable phone for mom or a child.
That said I own an EVO.]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
good question!]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/
Heck, I'm pretty sure that the Moment (the predecessor to this phone) has rA, but I'd have to check with my Moment-toting friend to confirm this.]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/samsung-intercept-for-sprint-now-totally-official-july-11-for/Jul 7th 2010 6:50PM