Samsung and AT&T jointly announced the messaging-centric Flight II (A927) and the touchscreen Eternity II today. The specifications for the Flight II, successor to the original Flight, were outed by Samsung last week and include:
- Full horizontal sliding QWERTY keyboard
- Touchscreen display
- TouchWiz UI with three customizable menu screens with drag-n-drop widgets
- Full HTML browser
- 2MP camera with camcorder
- Enhanced social networking with PicDial, Star Tweets and WHERE
- Full messaging capabilities including Mobile Email, MS, MMS, Video Messaging and Instant Messaging
- Support for the AT&T-specific apps including AppCenter, Music, Address Book, Video Share and Mobile Video and AT&T Navigator
- Built-in music player
- Expandable memory up to 16GB
- Tri-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM
The Flight II is available now exclusively at Radio Shack locations for $49.99 with a new two-year customer agreement or for $299 without a contract.
While the Flight II is targeted for the texters amongst us, the Eternity II is designed for those who prefer a touchscreen-only device. The Eternity II is the next generation of the almost two-year old Eternity and shares many of the same core features of it predecessor. The AT&T Eternity II will include:
- 3.0-inch touchscreen
- 2MP camera & camcorder
- Full HTML browser
- Smart Gestures
- AT&T Mobile TV
- Enhanced social networking with PicDial, Star Tweets and WHERE
- Full messaging capabilities including Mobile Email, MS, MMS, Video Messaging and Instant Messaging
- Support for the AT&T-specific apps including AppCenter, Music, Address Book, Video Share and Mobile Video and AT&T Navigator
- Enhanced GPS Functionality, such as Fitness Tracking
- Music Player with Mobile Music and Videos
- Expandable Memory up to 32GB
- Triband 3G connectivity and quadband GSM
The Eternity II will launch August 15th online and at AT&T retail locations nationwide. Pricing is yet to be announced. Anyone interested in either of these handsets for a teen or tween in your family or perhaps as a back-up to an iPhone?
[Via Samsung]