New Samsung L870 Details Emerge
Last month we all got a nice taste of Samsung leak love when some initial details about the L870 made the rounds. To refresh your memory, it looks hot. A Symbian slider running the latest version of S60 with a metal face, 3 megapixel camera and a quad band GSM radio (or so we thought). We also knew that this puppy was going to be nice and fit, sporting dimensions of 102 × 50 x 13.55 mm. Now it’s looking like the L870 will also be home to an interactive directional pad, a front-facing secondary camera and some more goodies although the quad band radio looks like it will now be tri band alongside 2100 UMTS. Some more specs:
- Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900), 2100 UMTS, 3.6Mbs HSDPA connectivity
- Symbian 9.3 S60 3.2 OS
- 2.3″ 260K color QVGA 240 × 320 pixel display
- 3 megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera for video calls
- FM radio with RDS
- USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0
- microSDHC support
Typical Samsung. Take the juicy handsets and make sure that GSM 850 and US-compatible UMTS is omitted. Other regions can expect to see this Soul-like smartphone announced next month at Communic Asia or even sooner. For the rest of us here in the US it looks like it pretty much doesn’t matter anymore.
Tags: L870, Samsung, Smartphone, Symbian
On May 19, 2008 @ 2:52 pm, randy Said:
This is what Samsung does, if they can not get AT&T or T-Mobile to carry one of their phones they won’t make it with the 850MHz band or 1900MHz 3G. They know that the market for unlocked phones in the US is tiny compared to provider-sold phones and they are not going to compromise their relationship with AT&T or T-Mobile by offering unlocked versions of phones they are not carrying or even phones they are carrying. From a business standpoint I can’t blame them, hey, why bite the hand that feeds you. From a consumer standpoint, however, it sucks big time.
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On May 19, 2008 @ 3:53 pm, TrueDis Said:
I cannot understand how Samsung can still in this day and age make triband phones. What about for US roaming, if nothing else?!?
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On May 20, 2008 @ 8:18 am, sachin Said:
This seems to be a big daddy of flops.
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On May 20, 2008 @ 10:24 am, randy Said:
TrueDis,
I agree, leaving out US 3G frequencies is somewhat understandable, if disappointing for a device you are not marketing in the US. However, leaving out the 850 band for GSM/EDGE, does seem to be an odd choice, considering how many Europeans travel here on business.
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