Sprint's pipeline gets clearer; T-Mobile along for the ride

Quick: what's the diff between the two flips on the left? Very good, one's branded T-Mobile and the other wears a Sprint badge. The SPH-M500 for Sprint (pictured left) and SGH-T619 for T-Mob (center) are virtual dead ringers for one another, the only obvious difference being that the T619 sports GSM with EDGE data, while the M500 is a CDMA piece with EV-DO. Other notable specs include dual color displays, 1.3-megapixel shooter ("notable" might be a stretch there), and a microSD slot. Moving to moderately more interesting Sprint equipment, we told ya about the A720 a while back -- and thanks to our pals at the FCC, we no longer need to go cross-eyed looking at shoddy cameraphone pics of this thing. The squarish clamshell is clearly music-oriented thanks to external controls (touch-sensitive, no less) and A2DP -- a viable alternative for folks turned off by the name of LG's Fusic.

Read - SGH-T619 for T-Mobile and SPH-M500 for Sprint
Read - SPH-A720 for Sprint

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2006 7:02PM]

Also second mobile phone is turned off :)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2006 8:18PM]

The Samsung T619 is supposed to come out pretty soon...I think the tmobile rep i talked to said Aug 14th

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2006 4:13PM]

wow, this is interestingly like the whole dodge dakota- mitsubishi raider relationship.
it's called platform sharing. it makes stuff cheaper to produce and therefore, buy.
i like it!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2006 6:53PM]

Any word on release dates or pricing? I'm looking at getting a new phone and I'm on Sprint, so anything coming out soon would be nice to know.