Samsung launch new Android phone at MWC2010

carthesis · February 15th, 2010, 05:08 AM

Samsung are launching their newest phone for the Android platform - the Samsung Beam (codenamed the Halo):

Samsung i8520 'Halo' Android 2.1 phone with 3.7-inch Super AMOLED and pico projector (updated) -- Engadget

Android 2.1, 3.7" screen, 8MP camera, front-facing VGA camera, 720p 30fps camcorder, in-built mini-DLP projector? No word on CPU/RAM.

Will anyone be buying one? I certainly will not after my Galaxy experience....

KlaymenDK · February 15th, 2010, 05:48 AM

[Moved thread from "Samsung Galaxy" to "Android News".]

Bomberman · February 15th, 2010, 10:50 AM

Sounds good, but hell no.

alamoe · February 15th, 2010, 11:00 AM

Gotta see some hands on vids of touchwiz 3.0 first. Besides that it sounds like a BEAST

carthesis · February 15th, 2010, 11:04 AM

TBH, after my i7500 experience, I doubt I'll ever be buying ANYTHING from Samsung ever again, given any choice in the matter.

I'll pay the extra money and get a Panasonic TV, or a Sony, rather than give any more money to supporting such a woeful level of service and product testing.

mi_canuck · February 15th, 2010, 12:44 PM

too thick...

carthesis · February 16th, 2010, 06:13 AM

Good God.

It's a brick.

Well, frankly, Samsung can suck my balls. I wouldn't have bought it anyway after the Galaxy debacle. Certainly not when the thing is taller than my car!

vido.ardes · February 16th, 2010, 06:18 AM

That pic is deceiving, look at it next to an iPhone...

Samsung Beam hands-on - Engadget Galleries

Also, check the outdoors view of their super AMOLED screen

Samsung Wave shows what's Super about its AMOLED display by going outdoors (video) -- Engadget

carthesis · February 16th, 2010, 06:28 AM

Fair point.

Samsung can still get f[Censored]ed if they think I'm buying more of their hardware though. They could release the greatest phone in the world that'd bring me tea, toast and Tyra Banks in bed and I wouldn't buy it after owning a Galaxy for 6 months.

The screen is nice and all, but they'll soon start selling it to HTC to use in other devices. And the projector is a gimmick, and doesn't work that well. You'd need to be in a sealed room, at midnight, 200 feet underground during a power cut to get the room dark enough to make it worth it, and I bet you my house the projector drains the battery in about 20 minutes.