The Samsung Moment is Samsung’s second Android phone, after the Galaxy, aka i7500, which despite all of Samsung Malaysia’s efforts, never made it to market in Malaysia. While it’s nice that Samsung is releasing its fair share of Android phones in the Galaxy, Moment, and the soon-to-be Galaxy Lite, I feel that Samsung has to invest a lot more effort to brand its Android phones to differentiate them from the competition which are already adorned with their respective user interface enhancements.
And engadget’s conclusion on the Moment?
Thing is, the Moment still feels like a first-generation device — and for a platform that launched commercially a solid year ago, that’s not really acceptable. We would’ve liked to have seen Samsung come to the table with a phone that was sleeker, prettier, more thought-out, and — if nothing else — ran the latest and greatest version of Android that Google and the OHA have to offer.
The market is getting crowded. Every other major manufacturer is branding their devices accordingly for differentation. It’s time Samsung did the same for their Android phones, or perhaps just forget about this segment of the market altogether, because there’s nothing to stop a China based manufacturer coming out with a bare-bones phone, loaded with the free Android operating system, and selling it at a fraction of the Moment’s asking price.
I haven’t come across word that a GSM version of the Moment is in the works, or that it may be released in Malaysia. It could well be that it is exclusive to Sprint, although I can’t see a reason for that.
