Samsung Infuse 4G Snappy Phone with Android

Samsung Infuse 4G Snappy Phone

Samsung Infuse 4G Snappy Phone with Android. Redefining the premium multimedia experience via the thinnest, biggest, and brightest smartphone yet from Samsung, the Infuse 4G connects to AT&T's ultra-fast 4G mobile broadband network and features a brilliant 4.5-inch screen with next-generation Super AMOLED Plus technology. Powered by a 1.2 GHz processor and the Android 2.2 platform, the Infuse 4G also comes pre-loaded with a version of Angry Birds with an exclusive hidden level plus a $25 credit to download movie content from Samsung Media Hub (available to the first 500,000 Infuse 4G units sold).

You are going to hear a lot of opinions on how this phone isn't dual core, isn't the Galaxy S II, too big, blah blah blah. Unless you simply must have the "next generation" phone this fall, if you are looking for the BEST AT&T Android phone, the Samsung Infuse is it.

On paper, I didn't upgrade by much...I already had the pretty good Samsung Captivate. But after a few minutes with the Infuse, I could already tell this was a great phone. The performance is so snappy and quick. I don't have official benchmarks but for instance, I am a heavy Google Reader user. On the Captivate, when I would choose "Mark All Previous Read", it would take, on average, 10 seconds. Now, it is about 1 second. This is on both Wi-Fi and "4G". App loading and closing is also much faster. I did have my home menu in a long "spinning symbol" after running some apps and I even rebooted but it has since not returned.

The screen is absolutely beautiful. Bight, big and sharp. The screen size was the selling point for me and it feels good in your hand. Slightly larger feeling but I expected it to feel much bigger.

Multimedia is also a joy to use on this phone. The front facing camera is a nice addition and I like having the flash on the 8MP camera on the back. We did try a Tango video call and never could get it to work right. If we weren't sideways, then it wasn't displaying correctly. Someone needs to make a definitive video chat client for Android.

To me, this phone is ready for the future. Even with dual core processors out there, this phone should do you for at least the terms of a 2 year contract, if not longer. If you simply can't wait for the fall lineup of phones, this is an excellent choice.

Manufacturer	Samsung
Compatible networks	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Availability	Available. Released 2011, May
Form factor	Bar
Dimensions	132 x 71 x 9 mm
Weight	139 g
Operating system	Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
CPU	ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz processor
Memory	Internal 16 GB storage, microSD, up to 32GB,
Data inputs	Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Gorilla Glass display, TouchWiz 3.0 UI Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Display	480 x 800 pixels, 4.5 inches
Rear camera	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 2nd :Yes, 1.3 MP
GPRS	Class 32
EDGE	Class 32
3G	HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 3.6 Mbps
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA
Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Others	- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS - HTML - A-GPS support - Social networking integration - Digital compass - MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Flash support - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype) - Standard battery, Li-Ion 1750 mAh