Samsung shows A517 for AT&T, T639 for T-Mobile -- both sans 3G

by Chris Ziegler, posted Oct 10th 2007 at 11:07AM

The A127 is about the least exciting reveal Samsung could've possibly undertook, but it turns out they loosed a couple others at the same time with a little more meat to 'em. The SGH-T639 for T-Mobile looks like a fitting big sib to the Stripe, offering Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 220 x 176 primary display, changeable faceplates, and microSD expansion with 30MB on board -- all curiously without any mention of that beloved AWS band WCDMA we (and the FCC) heard this phone would rock. The SGH-A517 for AT&T looks like yet another 3G offering from Samsung for the carrier -- but appearance is as far as it goes. It's actually just a quadband EDGE handset (despite what we'd previously heard) with a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a 220 x 176 display -- pretty much the same spec sheet as the T639, in fact. It's available now in Radio Shack stores for $50 on a two-year contract with availability directly from AT&T in the coming weeks.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE

Tags: a517, att, clamshell, flip, samsung, sgh-a517, sgh-t639, t-mobile, t639

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Nando @ Oct 10th 2007 1:55PM

Dammit, T-Mobile! Put out something really good for a change!!

Uhm...pretty please?!

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Seve @ Oct 10th 2007 2:16PM

Umm... while there is no 3G data on the t639 it does in fact support UMTS. This is to provide better voice coverage, capacity, and quality which is understandable. As T-Mobile lays down its 3G network the phones will automatically decide which network is "better."

Don't expect to see any 3G data until late Q3 2008 at the earliest, since T-Mobile is going to focus on its voice network first.

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