Well, this is an interesting piece of information. We definitely weren’t expecting to start our Irish morning in such a way, but it looks like it’s happening nonetheless. When the story broke of a third existing handset running the upcoming mobile Operating System from Microsoft, SlashGear was the first with images. And while we stared at the images all starry-eyed, we realized that something looked ridiculously familiar about the handset. Specifically, we couldn’t shake the feeling that we had seen it before.
And sure enough, that seems to be the case. It doesn’t look like Samsung had any connection with the Samsung device shown off at MIX10 on Monday. In fact, it seems that the company is just as surprised as everyone else. Because, according to TechRadar, the device is an i8910HD, and nothing more. So, what does that mean exactly? It means that the device, unless it’s some kind of super-upgraded version that no one has heard about, does not have a 1GHz processor, or even the WVGA screen. According to a Samsung representative, Microsoft used the i8910HD to demo Windows Phone 7 Series, but the launch was from strictly Microsoft, and not Samsung. Furthermore, Samsung is unaware of any plans to upgrade the current version of the i8910HD.
Of course, that would seem a little difficult, considering the original model doesn’t have the three hardware buttons needed to upgrade, let alone the other minimum specifications the handset is missing. So, what does all of this mean? Well, we can officially say that Samsung hasn’t announced a Windows Phone 7 Series device, but other than that, we’re just as confused as everyone else.
[via TechRadar]
