As had been rumored, Verizon this week announced availability of the Samsung Fascinate, its handset from Samsung's Galaxy S series of Android-based smartphones. The Fascinate will be available online as of September 8, with in-store availability beginning on September 9.
Verizon is charging $199.99 (after a $100 mail-in rebate) for the Fascinate; that price is the same as what AT&T and T-Mobile charge for their Galaxy S phones, the Captivate and Vibrant, respectively. Sprint, however, charges $249.99 for its Galaxy S phone, the Epic 4G, which is the only one of the bunch to offer both 4G support and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
Like all of its Galaxy S siblings, the Fascinate features version 2.1 of the Android OS, as well as a 4-inch Super AMOLED touch-screen. Stay tuned for a full review.
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Just to put these number in perspective, Apple sells 8M iPhones a quarter. If Samsung really manages to sell 10M Galaxy S by the end of the year, it’ll sell around 30% as many Androids as Apple sells iPhones. Now, apple might increase the iPhone sales rate, but we need to remember that the Galaxy only came out in the second quarter.
Very impressive achievement for Samsung.