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Grab your wallets, Samsung A717 now on AT&T's site
It's just a formality in light of the recent announcement, but we thought we'd send out a friendly reminder to everyone that the lovely A717 from Samsung is now available for purchase directly from AT&T. The $150 on-contract price buys you a flip weighing in at just 12.9mm thick with a 2 megapixel cam, stereo Bluetooth, microSD expansion, and HSDPA data (Video Share support is apparently "coming soon"). Needless to say, we've pushed the SYNC out of our minds completely.[Thanks, anonymous tipster]
Samsung's Ultra A717 and A727 get a date with AT&T
Hey Cingular subscribers, get ready to get your thin AT&T on. Samsung just announced the prices and availability of their SGH-A717 and SFH-A727 slimsters. Sure, those model numbers aren't overly appealing until you remember that these are members of Samsung's 3G Ultra lineup for Stateside consumption: the 12.9-mm thin A717 clamshell and 9.9-mm A727 candybar. So we're talking quad-band GSM, dual-band 850MHz/1900MHz HSDPA data, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD, and MobiTV and MobiRadio. Sure we've run those specs before but it just feels so good we can't help but repeat. Expect the A717 to hit on June 4th for $150 with the A727 to follow in the "coming weeks" (June 16th judging by the date in those pictures) for $100 -- after 2 year contract and $50 mail-in rebate of course, which you'll probably forget to send in. Anybody else feeling a touch nostalgic at seeing the AT&T logo on an all black phone?
The Boy Genius Report: AT&T's Samsung A717 gets User Guided
Field tidbits from Engadget's mobile insider, The Boy Genius.We've been pining after AT&T's pair of 3G-compatible Ultra Editions, the A717 and A727, since we first peeped them at CES this year. Don't get too excited -- they're not out yet -- but when the A717's quick start guide starts getting circulated, you know that has to be a good sign. The guide doesn't reveal anything unexpected, though data appears to top out with UMTS (no HSDPA here) and we see on page 1 that Video Share is in the cards, as is the usual AT&T Music and Cellular Video support. No word on the A727 yet, but we'll keep everyone updated. Click through for page 2 of the guide!
Samsung A717 and A727 in AT&T trim
We knew the A717 and A727 Ultra-esque handsets from Samsung were destined for AT&T, but since we saw them at CES, it appears that no new phones are going be released with Jack silkscreened on the front -- so they've gone back to the shop for rebranding. These here are the first "official" leaked shots of the newly AT&T-branded models, providing some comforting reassurance that the super-slim models are still destined for our 3G airwaves. As a refresher, the A717 does HSDPA, Video Share (presumably), an external OLED display, A2DP, microSD expansion, and a 2 megapixel cam all in a flip form factor, while the A727 packs a 1.3 megapixel camera, A2DP, microSD, HSDPA (at CES we were hearing UMTS only, but hey, who are we to complain?), and a 220 x 176 landscape display into a svelte 8.9mm candybar shell. No word on a release date, but we'll go with "not soon enough."
The Samsung SGH-A717 for Cingular
The A717, an Ultra Edition clamshell from Samsung, really took us by surprise; it's not mentioned in Samsung's press materials, so there's not a heck of a lot we can say about it beyond the specifications we found and the conspicuous orange splat on the OK button. Thanks to a rotating 2 megapixel cam and tri-band HSDPA, this device should be positioned to fortify Cingular's clamshell video share lineup alongside the LG CU500v. Other specs include an external 96 x 32 OLED, A2DP, and microSD expansion. Click through for more pics.
