Samsung i7500 (Android)

Christo · 13 Jun 2009 at 13:35

This phone looks rather good - its a relatively thin Android phone with a 5mp camera with LED flash, 3.5mm jack, OLED screen and out on 27th July on O2. A tempting Android phone at last..

Samsung-Launching-Sexy-I7500-Google-Android-Phone-Destined-For-T-Mobile-With-OLED-Screen.jpg

Software: http://www.theunwired.net/?item=videoview-samsung-gt-i7500-galaxy-software-hands-on
Hardware: http://www.theunwired.net/?item=videoview-samsung-gt-i7500-galaxy-hardware-hands-on

Yas786 · 13 Jun 2009 at 13:38

Shame about that d-pad...one thing i absolutely loathe about Sammy phones...looks like a nice phone though...but ill stick with my Magic which i think looks just as nice.

Christo · 13 Jun 2009 at 13:40

Spawn said:
Shame about that d-pad...one thing i absolutely loathe about Sammy phones...looks like a nice phone though...but ill stick with my Magic which i think looks just as nice.

yeah its a bit ugly actually, the camera makes it worthwhile for me (I tried the G1 camera which was dire). I actually prefer a d pad to a scroll wheel, a d pad will make it better for games Id guess.

V4NT0M · 13 Jun 2009 at 13:47

I wouldn't worry about the d-pad too much with android it's not going to be used a lot. Though tbh it's a little better for some games. I like the look of it and 5mp camera sounds good. I would have got one but I'm addicted to full physical qwerty keyboards.

McDaniel · 14 Jun 2009 at 05:43

Just seen this and quite interested after using a friends android phone (magic) - this seems to be the nicest of the current/future android phones.

Anyone know if o2 are likely to receive these, my contract ends July 3rd.

Galaxy · 14 Jun 2009 at 10:14

McDaniel said:
Anyone know if o2 are likely to receive these, my contract ends July 3rd.

Apparently O2 Germany will have these sometime this month... so it's quite likely O2 UK will too?

smids · 14 Jun 2009 at 11:17

Galaxy said:
Apparently O2 Germany will have these sometime this month... so it's quite likely O2 UK will too?

Not really. Vodafone Italy have the iPhone for example. It's all kept very much separate. We won't really know until released. Haing said that, O2 UK do have an affinity for Samsung phones....

Christo · 14 Jun 2009 at 11:41

From what I have read o2 seem likely to carry it with tmobile following later. But that could be pure speculation..

York · 14 Jun 2009 at 15:39

At the moment I'm tempted to go for this phone or the iPhone 3gs since my contracts up. Just hope it gets released soon!

Smit · 14 Jun 2009 at 16:52

Looks very nice

I'm due a nice new phone soon!

jr1104 · 14 Jun 2009 at 17:54

Will this be a capacative touch screen? If so, very tempting, as Android seems to be the best mobile phone software going at the moment.

Azza · 14 Jun 2009 at 18:30

Magic looks better, a lot better

chewyuk · 14 Jun 2009 at 22:30

The 3.5mm jack and the larger memory could swing me to this handset instead of the Magic.

I just wonder which network this will be out on?

Christo · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:50

jr1104 said:
Will this be a capacative touch screen? If so, very tempting, as Android seems to be the best mobile phone software going at the moment.

yep capacitive.

Azza said:
Magic looks better, a lot better

In terms of looks I think both are fairly fugly imo! The fact that its thinner and has better specs makes it (in my eyes anyway).

Bobmunkhouse · 15 Jun 2009 at 12:42

The Samsung may seem to have better spec's but if you check the Magic has twice the ram which is pretty inportant for a smart phone.....thats why I went for the Magic....

DanH84 · 15 Jun 2009 at 13:09

To be honest, this is probably the phone that will start to really bring Android to the mass market. For all that HTC does right, it doesn't have the same brand appeal as Samsung, I know that if most of my friends walked into a shop and were offered a choice between a HTC and a samsung they'd pick the latter option rightly or wrongly.

I'm hoping that we see an android handset with slightly newer tech at some point this year, both in terms of a semi decent camera and also processing power and hopefully a real decent screen resolution.

V4NT0M · 15 Jun 2009 at 13:19

It's even tempting me and I love my G1's QWERTY keyboard, I am guessing a lot of people will get it though.

Christo · 15 Jun 2009 at 13:20

DanH84 said:
To be honest, this is probably the phone that will start to really bring Android to the mass market. For all that HTC does right, it doesn't have the same brand appeal as Samsung, I know that if most of my friends walked into a shop and were offered a choice between a HTC and a samsung they'd pick the latter option rightly or wrongly.

I'm hoping that we see an android handset with slightly newer tech at some point this year, both in terms of a semi decent camera and also processing power and hopefully a real decent screen resolution.

HTC's just seem a little plasticy for my liking, also their cameras leave much to be desired, hence another manufacturer is required imo - enter Samsung.

This 'looks' nice:
http://www.slashgear.com/huawei-android-devices-hitting-t-mobile-in-q3-2009-2335365/

York · 15 Jun 2009 at 14:02

Quick question for those of you running android. Are any of you syncing with exchange servers? How well is it working for you if you are?

DanH84 · 15 Jun 2009 at 23:50

York said:
Quick question for those of you running android. Are any of you syncing with exchange servers? How well is it working for you if you are?

I'm sure it's working with a lot of the roms now. in fact:

http://www.simonwalkerphotos.com/android/android_build_information.asp

it's detailed there for you.

I was wondering today if people think we might see HTC start to use the Android platform in some of their more powerful units soon? for instance the touch hd, touch pro2, diamond 2 all far outstrip their android equivalents hardwarewise, it'd be nice to see the next gen launch with at least one android option.