Well, we knew it was coming, and we'd heard several conflicting rumors, but Japan's NTT docomo just dropped a big ol' leak in the form of a marketing poster. It confirms essentially all of BGR's initial leaked specs.
The juicy details include a 1.2GHz dual-core OMAP4460 processor (which is still very surprising, considering Samsung has never got with TI chips before), a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display (which we can't wait to see), Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and a 5.1 megapixel primary camera (not the 8MP we were hoping for). We kinda liked our other rumored specs better, but this still sounds like a pretty sweet device. Again, the real star of the show here is going to be Ice Cream Sandwich, which is still somewhat mysterious.
*$13 for 48 AA, $12 for 48 AAA, $8 for 20 AAA, $8 for four 9V batteries
The poster says it will be available in November for NTT docomo, which jives with the rumor U.S. release timeframe. There's still a lot we don't know. It's rumored to be a Verizon exclusive in the U.S. and it may or may not have 4G LTE, or GSM radios to make it a world phone. All this, and more, we hope to find out at 10pm EST tonight. We'll be live-blogging as details are revealed, so make sure you check back. [Google Pad via SlashGear via This Is My Next]
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DISCUSSION
This is a huge disappointment. I was expecting specs that would beat the iPhone 4S and I am only seeing something that matches in most respects, exceeds in a couple and definitely falls short on a big one and that is the camera.
I seriously was looking at this phone to replace my Nexus One. I do not see anything here that is a compelling reason to spend $600.00 for a device that my current one will do 85% of everything listed here. Perhaps I will get this for my wife, but honestly, I think she would be much happier with the iPhone 4S compared to this.
Really disappointed. (sigh)
No need to stay up late tonight.