Verizon's Infocenter reveals an illusion-the Samsung Illusion, to be precise

posted by Alan F. / Nov 09, 2011, 10:02 PM

Verizon's Infocenter reveals an illusion-the Samsung Illusion, to be precise

After some high-end devices were pulled out of Verizon's hat-like the Motorola DROID RAZR, the HTC Rezound and the Samsung GALAXY Nexus, one of the next handsets expected to be introduced by Big Red is the low to mid-end Samsung Illusion. The device now shows up on Verizon's Infocenter and details some of the specs that sets this device apart from the trio of high-end devices coming out of Verizon, starting with the Motorola DROID RAZR on November 11th, continuing with the HTC Rezound on November 14th and the Samsung GALAXY Nexus November 21st (?).

The specs expected for the Samsung Illusion are certainly nowhere what we see for the trio of high-end phones, starting with the 3.5 inch screen with resolution of 320 x 480. A single-core 1GHz Hummingbird processor is under the hood with 512MB of RAM aboard. There is 2GB of internal storage and the phone comes with a 2GB microSD card. A 3MP camera is on back and Android 2.3 is pre-installed.

While pricing hasn't been disclosed, a source tells Android Central that the phone should be launched sometime this month. And that, good friends, is not an illusion.

source: AndroidCentral

Verizon is about to pull the Samsung Illusion out of its hat

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17 Comments

1. The_Miz

Posts: 1496; Member since: Apr 06, 2011

First. Wow, so they're pulling Android phones out the magic hat now? No wonder the market is becoming saturated left and right and why Android phones have a lower resale value than the iPhone.

posted on Nov 09, 2011, 10:13 PM 2

4. iankellogg

Posts: 155; Member since: Jun 15, 2011

It really depends on the handset. Phones like the Nexus S still have a very large resell value. Hell even the Nexus one has a better resell value than the iPhone 3GS

posted on Nov 09, 2011, 10:25 PM 6

2. maxkobi

Posts: 30; Member since: Jun 17, 2011

dude...wtf...why even bother haha the current free phones are better

posted on Nov 09, 2011, 10:13 PM 4

3. biophone

Posts: 1994; Member since: Jun 15, 2011

Lte? Hows the bat life if so

posted on Nov 09, 2011, 10:17 PM 0

5. KingKurogiii

Posts: 5713; Member since: Oct 23, 2011

that's too low-end. it would've been nice if it was a candy bar version of the Captivate Glyde.

posted on Nov 09, 2011, 10:37 PM 0

6. rockstarlive

Posts: 307; Member since: Oct 19, 2011

The phone is probably gonna Free to $50 on contract.

posted on Nov 09, 2011, 10:51 PM 2

11. Scuba_Steve

Posts: 79; Member since: Oct 16, 2011

Exactly, apparently people don't get that. This is pretty much the poor mans smartphone. It's similar to the Vortex but with better specs. The Vortex/ Gem/ Ally were all s**tty free or close to free phones. There's a lot of people who still expect free phones with their upgrades or new acts. So this is what they get.

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 5:04 AM 0

7. Joshing4fun

Posts: 1245; Member since: Aug 13, 2010

How many Galaxy-S-like phone does Verizon need? This is like their 5th all with very small differences. The only difference here is the smaller crappy screen.

posted on Nov 09, 2011, 11:05 PM 2

12. BuckeyeCadet86

Posts: 78; Member since: Oct 26, 2011

They don't currently sell 5 Galaxy S-like phones. The Fascinate and Contiuum have been discontinued and are only available as refurbs and in agent stores that need to unload them. There is only the Stratosphere (an actual Galaxy S phone) the Droid Charge and this one. The Droid Charge is under the Droid Brand so really just this one and the Stratosphere, they passed on the GSII, remember?

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 5:48 AM 0

8. KingKurogiii

this might be a prepaid smartphone.

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 12:30 AM 0

10. Tmachaveli

Posts: 425; Member since: Apr 01, 2011

Well its a a okay phone

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 1:31 AM 0

13. refrigerate_me

Posts: 22; Member since: Nov 09, 2011

kudos to VZW.. a lot of strong phones and mid range ones that are scheduled to be released as well for att.. but for the yellow now .. after the devils fruit release still nothing to match the competition... shame shame

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 8:19 AM 3

14. username

Posts: 25; Member since: Nov 05, 2011

its a samsung sratosphere with no qwerty keyboard.

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 11:25 AM 0

16. KingKurogiii

with a lower resolution screen and no SA. probably a badder camera too.

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 12:08 PM 0

15. corporateJP

Posts: 2458; Member since: Nov 28, 2009

I don\'t think it\'s 4G. They need a better entry-level LTE phone than the Pantech Breakout.

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 11:36 AM 0

17. roldefol

Posts: 4744; Member since: Jan 28, 2011

Pretty soon the Bionic will be their entry-level LTE phone. Seriously though, I don't expect any of the big 3 manufacturers to offer a new sub-$200 LTE phone on Verizon. They'll make more profit keeping older models like the Tbolt and Charge as their entry/midrange.

posted on Nov 10, 2011, 12:56 PM 1

18. KingKurogiii

the Bionic will be high-end as long as the Razr, Nexus & Rezound will be. the Bionic is more powerful than the Rezound, the Nexus and the Razr are only a smidgen more powerful than the Bionic.