There’s been a lot of inaccurate speculation across the web about the upcoming Samsung H2 handset for the Vodafone 360 service. I’ve been briefed directly by Vodafone and I’m pleased to correct the speculation with these official specifications:
Height: 125mm
Width: 60.8mm
Depth: 11.7mm (smaller than the H1)
Weight: 137g
Memory: 16GB internal, MicroSD for another 32GB supported
Data speeds/Support: HSDPA 7.2/HSUPA 5.76/UMTS/GSM Quad/WiFi 802.11n/Bluetooth 3.0
Screen: 3.7″ widescreen, multi-touch Super AMOLED WVGA (800X480)
Video supported: H.263, H.264, MPEG4, DivX, WMV, and AC3
Sensors: Geo-magnetic, Proximity, Accelerometer, Light
Camera: 8MP Autofocus and Image Stabilizer camera with 4X digital zoom and LED flash – 720p HD video recording
Chipse: QCOM MSM 6290 and SEC S5PC111 (1GHz) app proc – hardware support for 2D and 3D graphics acceleration
Browser: Opera 10 with Flash, Webkit 3.2 Widget Engine and IBM4 J9 Java with multitasking support
Linux3 developer SDK available for native apps on LiMo
I’ve had hands-on with the phone for about 30 minutes and I can tell you that the device itself is an absolute delight. It’s modern, rounded, sleek, very zippy and it makes excellent use of the fast chipset and the graphics acceleration. Swapping between applications and services is smooth and fast. The Vodafone 360 proprietary social tools (the little profile squares, if you remember them) run really, really nicely. Plus the touchscreen is much more reliable.
And what about some pictures?
And did you say video?
I am a lot happier with the Samsung H2 than I was with the H1 — it really is a super flagship device for the 360 range — but I’m most impressed at the changes the 360 team have obviously been working on. But more on that soon.
Note: Expect to hear more news about the Samsung H2 as we get further into Q3.
