The Samsung Moment is pretty much your only Android choice on Sprint if you’re the type who digs a full qwerty *physical* keyboard. Overall, it’s a pretty sweet phone (and I actually prefer it’s styling to the DROID’s I might add). Though, being stuck on Android 1.6 is certainly a party killer. Thankfully Android 2.1 is slated to make it’s way to the Moment in the near future.
That phone is barely 6-months old (debuting in September 2009) and already a leaked image of a new replacement — the Samsung Moment 2 — is fresh out of the blurry cam factory. For now, there isn’t really anything to go by spec-wise save for physical observations. In that case, the keyboard looks like it got a tick bigger which should make typing a tad more pleasant. Two things we do “know” however are that TouchWiz 3.0 will come as the standard skin atop Android and that the super sexy Super-AMOLED display won’t be coming to the Moment 2. A bit disheartening but not something I’d call a deal breaker myself.
If this is the type of thing that gets your inner geek all hot and bothered, best stick around as we’ll follow up this post once we get some more solid information on the core specs that every Android nut cares so deeply for.
Looking forward to the Samsung Moment 2?
Unwired > WeRAndroid
- November 13, 2009 6:43 am
If you’re in the Market for an Android device, you’ve got quite the selection this holiday season. But if you’re a bleeding edge nerd who wants the top of the line, you really only have a couple choices. Sprint’s HTC Hero or Samsung Moment and Verizon’s Droid Eris or DROID Droid are really the top models for the time being. But another option is coming quick in the form of the Samsung Behold II. This new device from Samsung will be the first Android device to feature Samsung’s “TouchWiz” custom interface that among other things, allows nifty page flip actions resembling a spinning cube. The device had been rumored for quite some time at the $199 price point. Unfortunately Cnet has confirmed that it will be in fact a $229 price tag.
Now looking at the Android field right now, we have the DROID Droid, Sprint Hero, and Samsung Moment. In my mind, those are the three top of the line Android phones you can get. Besides the amazing AMOLED display on the Behold II, it’s a rather standard affair complete with outdated Android 1.5. Does it really compete with the other contenders mentioned above? Also a sticking point is the TouchWiz interface. I know this is purely subjective, but the Samsung notification bar mod looks terrible. It looks the same as every other low-end phone Samsung puts out. The flipping cube effect is a novel idea and does have me slightly envious. However according to Cnet’s review, such effects cause Android to run slower than “un-Touched” versions. And, Android can already be laggy at times in it’s native form. Adding more wait to the mix….?
With that in mind, do you really feel the $229 price tag is justified or is T-Mo reaching too high? Personally now that Android 2.0 is out (at least for one exclusive carrier), there’s no reason the latest devices shouldn’t ship with at least Android 1.6. The substandard software and only so-so nature of the UI seem like they’d more appropriately fit in around $159. Heck, Verizon’s DROID Eris is a much better phone and while it even packs 1.5 by default is much nicer and smoother running. Did T-Mobile drop the ball regarding pricing on this one?
What would you do?
Android Central
- February 15, 2009 8:10 pm
One would think that an 8mp camera phone being hyped for it’s camera would be impeccable in every way, however, according to Mobile Crunch the Memoir falters just a tad in that area. In a hands-on review, Mobile Crunch praised the Memoir for it’s high MP count, though low light pictures proved tricky as the phone displayed ”surprisingly blurry, blue and noisy.” Not a good feature to have if your phone is being marketed and hyped for it’s camera taking abilities. Mobile photographers who were looking to replace their trust point and shoot with the memoir might want to try it out for a little while before tossing their old camera in the ‘ol trash bin. On a lighter note, in normal and high light photos the picture quality was “superb” so if you are afraid of the dark or just don’t do much picture taking when the sun goes down you should be A OK. One other gripe that was mentioned was the lack of email support. That is a shame seeing as how you won’t be able to email pictures to anyone…a sure feature that would have been used with an 8mp camera phone. Other than those two gripes the phone was basically raved about for it’s slick TouchWiz interface and sleek design. Potential buyers will definitely want to try it out in store first before making the marriage permanent.
Source: Mobile Crunch
