Samsung S8000 is a Gphone ?

[living_sword]

Thanks to over enthusiastic Russian retailer Euroset, who put S8000 for sale before an official launch, loads of details have emerged about Samsung's first Gphone - Cubic.

Cubic is speculated to be running Android with Samsung's TouchWiz UI with 3D thrown in for good. Phone is loaded with a 3.1" AMOLED display at 480x800 includes 5MP auto-focus camera with face-detection and plays DivX and XVid videos.

The phone will probably see a June release in Europe. It was up for pre-ordering at $630 but the listing since has been taken down, so expect the unlocked price to be around that.


Detailed Specs:

3.1" AMOLED WVGA display

12mm thin

Dual band UMTS (900/2100 MHz)

Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

5MP camera with auto-focus, flash

Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1

2GB internal memory, microSDHC slot

3.5mm headphone jack

FM radio with RDS

DivX and Xvid video capable

Li-Ion 1100 mAh battery


[Via iDNES.cz]

[Christopher3712]

The specs are pretty awesome on the phone, even w/o knowing what chip's pushing it. I'm not, however, impressed with the battery. Either way, I wonder when I can get my hands on one stateside!

[paul100]

There is no Official announcement from Samsung so far in this regard. So let us patiently wait & see if its a rumour or fact.

Paul

[TAP]

I have to agree with paul100. This is all based on a misinterpretation of the original Russian text which was in turn picked up by a Czech site which essentially said that this 'could have been' Samsung's first Android phone. GSMArena then spread the story saying that it was an Android phone. Until such time as we get official confirmation from Samsung, the S8000 is not an Anrdroid phone.