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DALLAS, USA - The much-hyped Samsung Galaxy S, one of the most advanced smartphones in market, will be heading to US carrier AT&T as the Samsung Captivate.
Previously rumoured as the AT&T i897, the device has now been confirmed by AT&T, who gave it a July 18th release date. Customers will have to put up US$199.99 upfront, on a contract that lasts two years.
In the North American country, the Galaxy S features quite a different design, although the specifications continue as powerful as ever: a 4" Super AMOLED touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording capability, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi connectivity, a microSD memory card slot, GPS, 16GB internal memory, all powered by a 1GHz processor.
When releasing around the world in its original model name, Samsung claimed that it would be made available by more than one hundred operators around the world, providing it quite a strong presence for any smartphone in the market.
Curiously, the most powerful handset in Samsung's portfolio does not run on the brand new Bada operating system, but on Google Android 2.1 - even though Android 2.2 Froyo should be somewhat ready for a market launch.
Thanks for the nice article, I’m eagerly awaiting my Samsung Captivate through T-Mobile once they officially confirm that they’re carrying it. I was in my neighborhood shop today and experienced a hold of their dummy device. It looks and feels much better than I thought. This is actually going to be the phone to get. Never mind the iPhone 4g, the Galaxy S is where it’s at. As for me, I’m upgrading from a Samsung Pixon after an 18 month contract and am glad to have ultimately settled on the Galaxy S. The decision process was fraught with many, many hours of investigation on the internet. I was close to an HTC Desire and actually closer to an Xperia X10 but then, from out of nowhere, I came across the GSMArena.com review of the Galaxy S and it just does everything so well.