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Samsung Moment, The Samsung’s First U.S. Android Phone for Sprint (Unboxing Video)

AMOLED technology doesn’t require a backlight therefore it become low-power and low-cost large size screen.Samsung boasts AMOLED produce superior brightness means you can read it in sunlight - no more looking for a shady spot to see your screen.

Even using 3.7″ QHD AM-OLED in Samsung HD Icon, you can record high definition (720p) video through it’s built-in 8MP camera and playback in 720p also.

According to Displaybank , Samsung has a 90% share of AMOLED shipments for Q2 2008. Displaybank predicts that LG, CMEL, Sony and especially Samsung will lead the AM-OLED market for 2008. Displaybank forecasts that 3 million units per month will be shipped from early 2009 as more companies enter the AMOLED market.

No wonder that all the latest Samsung smartphone whether Symbian, Windows Mobile or Android-based equipped with AMOLED display.Currently Samsung’s largest AMOLED display fit onto 3.7 inches (9.3 cm) smartphone screen.

Samsung recently announced its SPH-M8400 as the world’s largest 3.7″ in WiMAX/WiFi/WCDMA AMOLED Touch-screen smartphone for KT-Wibro in Korea.

The No.1  mobile phone provider in the US, Sprint , recently announced  the upcoming availability of Samsung Moment, Samsung’s first U.S. handset integrating the open and innovative Android Platform with the high-speed connectivity of America’s most dependable 3G network (EVDO Rev. A.) and the best value in wireless with Any Mobile, AnytimeSM calling feature.

Here’s Samsung Moment Detail Specification :

Software Environment

  • Operating System : Google Android 1.6
  • Kernel : Linux 2.6.29

Microprocessor Chipset

  • CPU Clock : 800 MHz
  • CPU : Samsung S3C6410
  • Width of Machine Word : 32 bit
  • CPU Core : ARM1176JZF-S

Memory,Storage capacity

  • RAM type : SDRAM
  • RAM capacity : 256 MiB
  • ROM type : Flash EEPROM
  • ROM capacity : 512 MiB

Graphical subsystem

  • Display Type : Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) Touch-screen
  • Display Color Depth : 24 bit/pixel (16777216 scales)
  • Display Diagonal : 3.2 ” (81 millimetres)
  • Display Resolution : 360 x 640 (230400 pixels)
  • Viewable Display Size : 1.56 ” x 2.78 ” (39.71 x 70.6 millimetres)

Audio Subsystem

  • Audio Channel (s) : stereo sound
  • Analog/Digital Converter (Recording) : 16 bit nominal quantization 44100 Hz sampling frequency
  • Digital/Analog Converter (Playing) : 16 bit resolution 44100 Hz holding frequency
  • Microphone(s) : mono sound
  • Loudspeaker(s) : stereo sound
  • Audio Output : 3.5mm plug

Cellular Phone

  • Cellular Networks : CDMA800, CDMA1900
  • Cellular Data Links : cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1xRTT, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A

Control Peripherals

  • Positioning Device : Touchscreen & TouchPad
  • Primary Keyboard : Slide-out QWERTY-type keyboard, 47 keys Automatic keyboard backlight (upon press of any key)
  • Directional Pad : Four-way (without action button)

Interfaces

  • Expansion Interfaces : microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, SDIO                                                                 Supports High Capacity (SD 2.0/HC) memory cards with capacity of up to 32GB
  • USB : USB 2.0 client, Full-Speed (12Mbit/s) USB Series Micro-B (Micro-USB) connector
  • Bluetooth (802.15) : Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate, Internal antenna
  • Wireless LAN/Wi-Fi+(802.11) : IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, 54 Mbit/s Internal antenna

Multimedia Broadcast

  • Analog Radio : FM radio (87.5-108MHz) with RDS radio receiver. Proprietary headset as antenna

Satellite Navigation

  • Built-in GPS module : Supported
  • GPS Protocol : NMEA 0183
  • GPS Antenna : Internal antenna
  • Complementary GPS Services : Assisted GPS

Built-in Digital Camera

  • Sensor Type : CMOS sensor
  • Resolution : 2048 x1536 pixels (3.15MP)
  • Autofocus (AF) : Supported
  • Optical Zoom :  1 x
  • Macro Mode : Supported
  • Built-in Flash : mobile light (LED)
  • Camcorder : 320×240 pixels
  • Recordable Image Formats : JPG
  • Recordable Video Formats : 3GP, 3G2, MJPG

Power Supply

  • Battery Technology : Lithium-ion battery

Additional Details

  • Built-in-accelerometer : Supported

Additional Features

  • GPRS Class 10
  • EDGE Class 10
  • HSDPA 7.2
  • HSUPA 2.0
  • Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP)
  • Sprint Navigation
  • Sprint TV
  • Google Search
  • Google Maps
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Talk

Starting Nov 1, customers can purchase Samsung Moment through all Sprint channels including Web (www.sprint.com), Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and our national retail partners for $179.99 (excluding taxes) after a $50 instant savings and a $100 mail-in-rebate with a two-year service agreement. Pre-registration for this phone now available at www.sprint.com/moment.

Even tough Samsung Moment available from Nov 1, but now you can enjoy Sprint’s Samsung Moment Unboxing Video.

But if you can’t wait Samsung Moment on Nov 1, you can try another Samsung 3.2inch AMOLED Android Phone, the Samsung I7500 Android Phone with 5MP camera, WiFi,8GB Memory on sale for $799.00 $629.53.

Press Release


Author: Androidinius
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[...] Sprint will add another Android-based Smartphone in its portfolio. Start from HTC Hero, Samsung Moment and soon the HTC A9292 [...]

[...] I wonder why HTC didn’t equipped AMOLED screen for EVO 4G just like HTC done for Google Nexus One or Sprint’s Samsung Moment. [...]

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