Samsung Vibrant confirmed to launch on July 15

11 July, 2010

T-Mobile has just officially confirmed that they will launch the Samsung Vibrant on July 15. That way they will be able to beat AT&T, who scheduled the launch of the Samsung Captivate for July 18 and will become the first carrier in the US to offer a customized version of the Galaxy S.

Previous rumors suggested that the Vibrant will only hit the T-Mobile shelves on July 21, but obviously the carrier managed to get the devices a week earlier and will be using this to their advantage. That way everyone that really wants to be among the first in the US with a Galaxy S, should be in a T-Mobile store come Thursday.

A slightly refreshed design and support for the T-Mobile 3G band is all that sets the Vibrant apart from the European I9000 Galaxy S. You can learn more about it in our review.

T-Mobile will be offering the Galaxy S for a cent under 200 US dollars with a qualifying voice and data plan on a two-year agreement. There is no mention of a SIM-free version of the Vibrant, but since it wouldn’t work on any of the other US carriers’ 3G networks purchasing it without a contract wouldn’t make much sense anyway.

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setzer715
13 Jul 2010
4Yy

This front facing camera seems to be a big deal to everyone but the fact is, NO US carriers support video conferencing and even if they did, NONE of them have the Uplink bandwidth (as of now) for it to even work. As far as I know, T-Mobile is the on...

xman
12 Jul 2010
DIx

required carrier subsidies are not a great deal. a) being stuck with a single device for 2 years b) paying a premium for talk and data charges c) dealing with arrogant customer service rates existing customers as unimportant d) early te...