Samsung Exhibit 4G officially announced for T-Mobile

By George Wong on 06/02/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

Samsung Exhibit 4G officially announced for T Mobile The Samsung Exhibit 4G that was previously leaked in a screenshot of some internal T-Mobile documents has been officially announced by the carrier. The curtains have been drawn open for this new budget 4G Android device from Samsung.

The Samsung Exhibit 4G will be a fully-touchscreen device powered by a 1GHz processor, with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and will support T-Mobile’s 4G HSPA+ network (21Mbps download speeds). It will feature a rear 3-megapixel camera as well as a front facing VGA camera for video chatting purposes.

The phone will also come preloaded with T-Mobile TV for users to catch up with their TV habits on the go, Samsung Media Hub for renting or purchasing their favorite movies and TV shows, and some premium apps such as Bejeweled 2, Hasbro SCRABBLE, and Doodle Jump. No specific price was mentioned but it’s said to cost less than $100 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a 2-year contract, but it’s been rumored to carry a $79.99 price tag. Not a bad for choice for people looking to give 4G Android phones a go without breaking the bank. If the previously leaked date is accurate, we should be seeing the phone in stores on June 8. Any takers?

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Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

HSPA+: is also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access. It is a mobile broadband protocol that was defined by the 3GPP standard, release 7. In Theory, the HSPA+ data rate can go up to 84 Mbps (Megabits per second) downstream (to the mobile), and 22Mbps upstream (back to the tower). These numbers are achieved by using multiple streams, so they should be considered theoretical and peak performance numbers. The HSPA+ specifications support up to 168Mbps of theoretical peak rate. Although many HSPA+ carriers call it 4G, it is very different from 4G LTE.

Samsung: Samsung is a South-Korean conglomerate which counts many subsidiaries like Samsung Electronics, which you probably know very well, but also Samsung Heavy Industries which builds ships, or Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities and many more. Samsung is responsible for an amazing 20% of South Korea's exports. In the consumer electronics world, Samsung has gone from being a company with a reputation for cheap products to becoming one of the most respected companies in the world.

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