Here is out of left field, but bear with us — all of it is smart, in a creepy, business-y form of way. First, the facts: a Samsung SGH-T959P just got FCC approval with 3G support at the 850 and 1900MHz bands (it could also support 2100MHz, but we will’t tell from the documents we’ve skimmed within the filing — and because it’s not a US band, the FCC doesn’t really care anyway). T-Mobile’s original Samsung Vibrant was the SGH-T959, and the Galaxy S 4G was the SGH-T959V — so that you can imagine that that is another device within the same vein. Samsung SGH product codes that start with “T” and end with “9″ are T-Mobile devices… but when that is for T-Mobile, where’s the AWS 3G support?
So here’s our wild theory: T-Mobile and AT&T could have fast-tracked a T-Mobile-branded device — therefore, an offshoot of the Galaxy S 4G — with HSPA+ for AT&T’s bands. AT&T has mentioned this week that some of the first fruits of its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA shall be a roaming agreement that enables T-Mobile customers to exploit AT&T’s network, and of course, that may require devices that support AT&T’s spectrum; interestingly, this roaming agreement goes into effect whether the purchase completes or not, so these guys should care for it. We’d doubt that either of those carriers could be a fan of releasing another variant of the unique Galaxy S as we move toward mid-2011 here, but it surely’s entirely possible that T-Mobile and AT&T employees should be getting these to check the network integration over the process the year. Crazy, yes… but just crazy enough to be plausible.
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just a thought you may not have considered, the current vibrant already supports ATT bands, and unlocked/ custom rom phones currently allow for 3g on att. An update for existing handsets makes more sense