Samsung I7500 with OLED touchscreen powered by Android, dreams

Anticipated for months, Samsung's first Android phone is finally a (paper) reality after being flushed through the rumor mill just hours ago. Launching "in major European countries from June," the 11.9-mm slim quad-band GSM, tri-band 7.2Mbps HSDPA (900/1700/2100MHz) candybar packs a 3.2-inch, 320 x 480 pixel AMOLED touchscreen, WiFi, GPS, 5 megapixel camera with Power LED, 1,500mAh battery, 8GB of storage (plus MicroSD expansion for up to 32GB more), and a standard 3.5mm headset jack. Step aside HTC, you had your chance, let's all welcome Samsung to the Android party. Another picture and full press release after the break.

P.S. Although no US announcements have been made, that 1700MHz HSPA frequency could make T-Mobile USA customers very happy.

April 27, 2009, Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.

"Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Android mobile phone," said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics. "With Samsung's accumulated technology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to our consumers" he added.

The Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edge smartphone, featuring a 3.2" AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google™ Mobile services and full web browsing at blazing speeds.

The Samsung I7500 offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Calendar™, and Google Talk™. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available in Android Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide, allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.

Based on Samsung's proven product leadership, Samsung I7500 comes with latest multimedia features. The large and vivid 3.2"AMOLED display ensures the brilliant representation of multimedia content and enjoyable full touch mobile experience. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats, the I7500 also provides a long enough battery life (1500mAh) and generous memory capacity up to 40GB (Internal memory: 8GB, External memory: Up to 32GB) to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. The phone also boasts its slim and compact design with mere 11.9mm thickness.

The Samsung I7500 will be available in major European countries from June, 2009.

HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (900 / 1700/ 2100MHz)
EDGE / GPRS (850/ 900/1800/1900)
OS
Android
Display
3.2" HVGA(320x480) AMOLED
Camera
5 MP Camera (Auto Focus), Power LED
Video / Audio
Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, RA
Value Added
Features
Full Web Browser Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Android Market
Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0, USB 2.0, WiFi, MicroUSB, 3.5mm ear jack
Memory
Internal memory: 8GB
External memory: Micro SD (Up to 32GB)
Battery
1500 mAh
Size
115 x 56 x 11.9mm

* Google, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Talk are trademarks of Google Inc.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 6:21AM]

I wanna cry, this comes out right in time for my upgrade, its all i could ever ask for... :O)

*cries tears of joy*

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 7:15AM]

Wow Tmo Steping up ( if it comes to tmo) and i would love to see that AMOLED touchscreen hott

[216 Posted Apr 27th 2009 7:45AM]

This isn't coming to the US?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 9:02AM]

Yes... This is really what we've been waiting for, only other thing i could have asked for was a xenon flash. But other than that, this hand set is on point.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 6:16PM]

DO WANT

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 12:01PM]

1700 band?
Are you serious?
I'll take three...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 12:01PM]

1700 band?
Are you serious?
I'll take three...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 6:15PM]

No second cam for video calling, why ?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 6:46PM]

Wow. Gimme now

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 7:56PM]

WHAT!#$%^% NO CHIN! ARE U KIDDING ME!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 8:52PM]

Please T-Mobile. Please.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 9:55PM]

Tmo better get this one!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 11:44PM]

Canada, pretty pretty pleaseeee ??

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2009 4:03AM]

Hey Engadget what is the deal with this "coming soon" HTC phone I came across? Looks like the Touch HD but they say it's a slider and it's definitely not the Magic, Pro2.

http://www.puremobile.ca/HTC/HTC-G2-Black-GSM-Phone-/

"Works With: Cingular, T-Mobile, Fido, Rogers and other GSM Carriers in United States and Canada"

And the Samsung looks pretty nice too :)

Peace!