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can someone tell me the difference between the samsung captivate and samsung i9000?
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phonescoop didn't have a i9000 out yet, it has fcc approval though. You should probably post this on a samsung forum, perhaps the company. Unless I'm mistaken the (i) usually is for windows phones and the captivate is android.
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i9000 is android.. well im tryin to get that phone but i want to know the specs and user ratings too anyway thanks!!! 😁
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Almost none. The i9000 is better known as the Galaxy S for the "rest of world" (not the US.) Here in the US, there is a unique Galaxy S for each carrier, each with a name. The Captivate is AT&T's Galaxy S.
The T-Mobile Vibrant is the US model that looks most like the Euro Galaxy S (the i9000.) However that's just looks.
In terms of specs and features, the Captivate, Vibrant, and Galaxy S (i9000) are identical. Each simply supports the appropriate 3G bands for that network.
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check it out on Wikipedia. it looks like we (in the US) got gipped. Ive read that it boast a front facing camera, 2 processors (the standard 1ghz, plus another one just to run the display) and the Brazilian released one has a digital tv tuner too!! I believe there were other additional features i dont remember. 😡
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US GSM/WCDMA networks have never supported 3G video calling. Europe deployed 3G first - a long time ago - and video calling along with it. It was a flop. So the US networks have never supported it. Therefore all US versions of WCDMA phones omit the front-facing camera, because you can't do anything with it. There's nothing special about the Galaxy S not having a front camera in its US version. It's about the 150th example of that happening.
Only extremely recently - since Apple debuted FaceTime - has there been any interest in that feature in the US.
But anyway, you can't blame Samsung - or really the US carriers - for leaving out the front-facing camera. Data from Europe showed people almost never used that feature when they had it.
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also added to the moble tv note a lot of time depending on what internatinal place your in a lot ofhe tv signals for the phones are still in analog while all tv and phones in the us are in digital
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