Wow. That Samsung's Dick Tracy phone seems too fantastic to be true.
Here I am trying to converge a PDA with a phone. But in about a couple of years, I will be able to get rid of my phone/pda forever and just stick with a watch/pda/phone. That would be totally awsome!!!
On the upper right hand corner, go to "Press Room"--> "Press Release"--> scroll down and click on the 2nd to last link.
I believed you... thanks for the link though BUT... I did notice that you rounded the thickness down from 26.9mm to 26mm... you thought you could slip that one by me, huh? (that's dangerously close to the thickness of the 7135! 1.065" vs. 1.2" ).
I have to say though, if there is a CDMA version coming to the US, it will definitely be on my list of smartphones to consider. But, by then Kyocera may have surpassed Samsung once again :p
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Originally posted by Robert K. I have to say though, if there is a CDMA version coming to the US, it will definitely be on my list of smartphones to consider. But, by then Kyocera may have surpassed Samsung once again :p
I guess the thing is Kyocera seems to be bound to CDMA, being its smartphone division was previously a part of Qualcomm. Samsung seems to have much more resource at hand for different product direction (different models, different OSes, CDMA, GSM, etc...) And Kyocera has been having such a problem with 7135 that even Verizon hasn't "endorsed" it yet.
Anyway, I am a CDMA person, and I am sorry to see such a nice spec on a GSM phone, but I guess Europe deserves some Samsung/Palm love that they've been shut out before. I just hope that the similar model (SPH-I550??? :p) will be available eventually in the U.S. early next year...
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Forgive me for asking a naive question... Why is CMDA better than GSM?
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Originally posted by Tony_ensemble Forgive me for asking a naive question... Why is CMDA better than GSM?
IMO, it's good only from the supplier's perspective a.k.a. the wireless carrier. It sorts out data much more efficiently and requires relatively little investment in upgrading the infrastructure when future needs arise. However, I doubt it has any major advantages from a consumer perspective(the one we care most). There are debates about which technologies' voice clarity is better but I think thats just subjective. One major advantage about GSM is the ability to swap SIM cards(little memory cards that all GSM phones have in order to store information about the user) from one phone to the next without having to purchase seperate mobile plans for different phones. So in the end, you might have 20 - 30 different phones in your drawer but pay only one wireless plan, whatever that might be, to operate all of them. The only added cost to the consumer is the price of the new phones that they purchase. I think this is one of the key factor that made GSM so popular in the world, especially in Europe.
All in all, technologically speaking, IMO, CDMA owns the crown. But superior technologies doesnt necessarily mean superior market share and ultimately broad acceptance by the consumer. The fate of the Betamax is one good example. Do you even hear that word nowadays? I'm not saying that CDMA will be obsolete like the Betamax, but until it adopts the R-UIM standards, it wont be as widely spread as GSM. I dont want to start a CDMA vs GSM war here again. So lets just stay away from this subject. It's been beaten to death a gazillion times.
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Thanks for the answer. Enough about that topic then. Except that GSM rules and CDMA sucks!!
Just kidding.
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Ok... I'm just trying to keep you "thin is in" Samsung guys honest
Well in that case add another eigth of an inch for the extended battery, necessary for all Samsung products just to get you through the day.
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this is the best phone-pda ive seen to date. I'm gonna buy it instead of tungsten-W.
thx for the info.
btw, theres a sgh-400 phone fr samsung, is it similar to the sgh-500?
GSM rules.
Well now that the cat's out of the bag, the
SGH-i500 is obviously a newer model compared
to the SPH-i500, so it does have better specs.
Notice the LCD resolution is a bit confusing? I'll
keep you guessing about this one...
Anyway, by all logic, whatever comes after
SPH-i500 for the CDMA market will definitely
be at least the equal of this GSM phone. Of course,
that product is due much later then SPH/SGH-i500s.
The last phone I purchased, I only enjoyed for a month before it became obsolete. This time I didn't even get to purchase the dang thing and its already old hat. I should've bought Macs test phone last weeek for two grand then at least I would have gotten a couple of days.
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Originally posted by rave Well now that the cat's out of the bag, the
SGH-i500 is obviously a newer model compared
to the SPH-i500, so it does have better specs.
Notice the LCD resolution is a bit confusing? I'll
keep you guessing about this one...
Anyway, by all logic, whatever comes after
SPH-i500 for the CDMA market will definitely
be at least the equal of this GSM phone. Of course,
that product is due much later then SPH/SGH-i500s.
That's great Rave! Well, now I know what phone I'll buy after the SPH-I500....... Any idea when a CDMA model will be out? Happen to have any other pics?
I love the 320x320 high res screen (with some extra for the side and top phone bar. I have to say, this SGH will be the baddest of all the smartphones....
Originally posted by ConceptVBS One major advantage about GSM is the ability to swap SIM cards(little memory cards that all GSM phones have in order to store information about the user) from one phone to the next without having to purchase seperate mobile plans for different phones.
That's not particular to GSM. The CDMA standard allows SIM cards, too. The Samsung A809 I had when in China was a CDMA phone with a SIM card.
The lack of SIM cards in the CDMA market in the US is particular to the carriers (Verizon, Sprint) that wish to prevent you from easily switching to competitors.
Originally posted by Japorms I'm gonna buy it instead of tungsten-W.
You're kidding right??? Please say yes... This phone appears on the internet a whopping one time & you plan on holding out for it? Give it at least a year to appear...
Originally posted by jayzee When is it suppposed to be due out? I thought Samsung wasn't going to make Palm OS units anymore.
That was one person's speculation, not a fact! Long live the Palm OS smartphone! Much better, in my opinion, than the PocketPC varieties...... and I've tried both.
Originally posted by jayzee When is it suppposed to be due out? I thought Samsung wasn't going to make Palm OS units anymore.
According to the Samsung press release, SGH-I500 is to be released in Europe in the middle of this year. That PR also mentioned SGH-I700, which seems to be a GSM version of the SPH-I700, a PPC phone (for the end of this year).
Samsung is OS-agnostic. They will do PalmOS, PPC, Smartphone, Symbian, or whatever. They have enough resources to pursue all the various routes till the market settles down. The current smartphone market is too small and volatile for them to pursue just one OS.
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contact as samsug says this thing is slated for a spring release 2004. cingular wil be the first provider. couldnt tell me more because this thing is not even in final developement yet. the pictures posted here a digital enhancements of a proto type drawn on a computer......
BLAHH
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my i500 is more obsolete than your ti-99 or apple IIe
This phone has got it all. Hi res, 32mb ram, sd slot, camera, mp3, all in the same package as the sph i500. This is by far the most promising smartphone to date.
), you can check out the Samsung's press release. 
BUT... I did notice that you rounded the thickness down from 26.9mm to 26mm... you thought you could slip that one by me, huh? 
(that's dangerously close to the thickness of the 7135! 1.065" vs. 1.2" 
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