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Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate dummy phones start arriving, still no launch date

By on September 29, 2010 at 4:29pm in Rogers Wireless News


The Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate dummy phones have officially started to arrive at Rogers locations. The launch date for this Android 2.1 device is rumoured for mid-October with the pricing on a 3-year is $149.99… the other price plans are still unknown. Specs of the Captivate have it coming with a 4-inch Super AMOLED display (480 x 800 resolution), 5 megapixel camera, records 720p HD videos, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5 mm audio jack, holds up to 32GB with a microSD.

More soon!
Source: The Cellular Guru

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Discussion

20 comments for “Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate dummy phones start arriving, still no launch date”

  1. Rogers will be surprised when this thing won’t sell well because many of its customers already got Vibrant from Bell. Captivate will be already outdated by the time it’s released on Rogers. I wish that one of the Canadian carriers will get HTC Desire Z – the ultimate Android phone.

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    Posted by TomatoGuy | September 29, 2010, 4:40 pm
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    • “HTC Desire Z – the ultimate Android phone”

      Until the next one six months later…

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      Posted by Falzo | September 29, 2010, 4:51 pm

    • the Desire Z is underpowered compared to other Android phones in the market.

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      Posted by siv | September 29, 2010, 6:37 pm

    • how is it outdated if the ultimate phone u mentioned has a slower processor??

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      Posted by jnrbshp | September 29, 2010, 7:16 pm

    • I think you meant “Desire HD”

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      Posted by jimbo | September 29, 2010, 10:07 pm

    • Well, if the Captivate pre-order announcement on the Redboard site is anything to go by, there is still a LOT of interest in this phone from Rogers customers. The thing is, most people are locked into 3 year contracts, and eligible for a hardware upgrade after 2 years, so they want a new phone while still being a year away from contract expiry. That’s an extra $240 to cancel out the contract and move over to Bell for the Vibrant. And Bell doesn’t have an EDGE network to fall back on if you’re outside of 3G coverage areas.

      And PUHLEASE – why even bother talking about the Desire Z? Any just-announced phone (outside of the Apple world) is generally about 6 months, MINIMUM, from a Canadian launch. Example: the Desire… Announced in February, launched here in… What, August?

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      Posted by Ryan Waddell | October 1, 2010, 9:26 am

  2. Finally!!

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    Posted by Dipol | September 29, 2010, 4:41 pm
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  3. I hate dummy phones. How are you supposed to know what the phone will be like if all every single store has is rows and rows of dummy phones.

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    Posted by KC | September 29, 2010, 4:52 pm
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  4. the pricing seems high on this compared to Bell’s version and Telus’ HTC Desire.

    @KC – dummy phones are about the only economical way to sell phones. There’s way to much breakage and theft otherwise. Each handset is going to cost ~$500 for the store/carrier. But that said, on a phone where the display is much of the selling point I think a dummy is a poor way to go. Do any of the multi-carrier stores have the Vibrant on display the way the Bell branded and TSCC stores do?

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    Posted by ursa | September 29, 2010, 5:21 pm
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  5. Looking forward to this one!

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    Posted by Aaron | September 29, 2010, 5:35 pm
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  6. at&t captivate users got a update the was suppose to fix the gps/lag issues with the phone. hopfully the update is baked into the rogers handsets

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    Posted by andy c | September 29, 2010, 6:09 pm
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  7. @siv: I wouldn’t call smartphone that boots up in 4 seconds underpowered. “New HTC Fast Boot demo” -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6droPt2v8o

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    Posted by TomatoGuy | September 29, 2010, 7:15 pm
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  8. @jnrbshp: HTC Desire Z uses 2nd generation 1GHz Snapdragon CPU that is underclocked to 800MHz in order to extend battery life. Clock speed is not the only measure of performance. Physical QWERTY keyboard and strong support of HTC hacking community are the main selling points of this device for me.

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    Posted by TomatoGuy | September 29, 2010, 9:31 pm
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  9. Hey cool an outdated phone is coming to Rogers in the near future maybe? Awesome! Not. Love the phone…… Back in august maybe

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    Posted by Kdawg | September 29, 2010, 10:09 pm
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  10. For those of you that didn’t pick up the Bell Vibrant and unlock it already, and waited PATIENTLY (so so patiently!!) for this phone, I can tell you that it is a BEAST! This whole Galaxy S lineup is killer. Amazing screen, awesome processor, awesome media capabilities, very nice built in music player, the list goes on and on. Samsung has recently released fixes for the GPS (although mine never had any and locked on bullet-quick), as well as the 3-button recovery mode on the Vibrant. What does that mean? They’re actually supporting their phones now!! So rest assured, Froyo 2.2 will be coming soon, as promised :)

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    Posted by LastEmperor7 | September 30, 2010, 10:55 am
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  11. how is it that this phone is “rumored” to come out mid – october??? They already gave the release date like a week ago??? Is there another malfunction delay happening?

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    Posted by mainland_newfie | September 30, 2010, 8:08 pm
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    • They didn’t actually give a release date. They said “coming Mid-October” which isn’t an actual date. The same way that the phone was coming “in the coming weeks” at the beginning of August. Sure, they’ve narrowed it down to October now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s delayed again. Rumours are that Samsung is having SERIOUS Super AMOLED shortages.

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      Posted by Ryan Waddell | October 1, 2010, 9:19 am

  12. I think it is ‘rumored’ to come out mid-october because Rogers’ credibility has gone out the window when it comes to release dates. There HAVE been problems and there MAY continue to be problems. Until they start selling them in stores it’s all one big rumor.

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    Posted by Aro2220.com | September 30, 2010, 9:47 pm
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  13. with all the ridiculousness out of rogers the past couple months, if i get this phone, i’m going to root it the day i get it and drop in Froyo 2.2

    no sense in waiting for rogers to release the updates since they clearly don’t give a sh*t about their customers.

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    Posted by mj | October 1, 2010, 7:23 pm
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  14. 2.2 just came out today did a search on google

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    Posted by Nathan | October 3, 2010, 11:02 pm
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