Samsung u450 Intensity gets pictured; Verizon launch imminent?
Nothing like a blurry photograph showing off a printed picture of a crappy handset to get your motor running, right? We scooped a pending in-stock date of August 23rd at Best Buy stores for the u450 Intensity so it makes sense that we would see this little guy start to pop up. There’s still nothing official from Verizon or Samsung but we’re guessing that after the following sentence, you won’t really care: Rumored specs include dual keypads, a 1.3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth. Exciting, we know. There is good news in all this, however. Increasing leaks typically mean an announcement or launch is getting close and there are a few handsets on that Best Buy list we’re definitely interested in. If we can firm up a launch around the end of August for the Intensity, it could mean that some of the sexier handsets on our inventory screenshot will fall into place as well. Chocolate Touch? Omnia 2? Yes, please.
phone arena = lame-O
this phone will probably sell for like $20.00 if that!
TP2 release date?
1.3 camera? Really?!?! Thats LAAAAME! It could at least be 2 megs.
Granted this phone is not for me but only two posts below Zach talks of Tmobile’s new Great Texters light phone and then turns around and says basically the same phone on Verizon is crappy… Whew I guess haters are everywhere, but come on Zach you are supposed gives us the latest scoop not your hate for Verizon… FYI BGR love what you started but things like this is why I don’t visit your site everyday like I used to…..
It looks a lot like the LG Rumor. Should be cheap as bum coffee.
I don’t want to hear Verizon release one more phone unless it has Android. What is the freakin’ holdup?
Amongst technofetishists and fanbois and the like it is easy to get jaded about phones, particularly cheap and cheerful units like this one which bring good texting capability without the hassle and confusion that a smartphone can bring to the party. That said, this phone does something that even some very powerful devices like the iPhone cannot do – FOTA. Yep, this phone can be updated over the air, no wires, cables, iTunes or desktop needed, just the phone.
Here is a press release for those interested: http://www.innopath.com/news/press_releases/2009/2009_12_09_fota.shtml