Samsung Forte is the SCH-R910, brings TouchWiz LTE action to MetroPCS (video)

Look familiar? You’ve actually seen it twice before, once as a QWERTY slider and once as an unidentified LTE smartphone . Well, it just so happens that a new batch of eighteen pictures have surfaced, and the two phones are are actually one — this is the Samsung Forte for MetroPCS, which is presently running a recent build of Android 2.2.1. While we still don’t know if it’s got the 1GHz processor and 5 megapixel camera that lovingly accompanied the original rumor , it appears to have Samsung’s custom TouchWiz UI on board, lending extra credence to the possibility that the handset might receive Galaxy S branding when it materializes in stores. We’ve got just one last note here, and that’s this whole reveal feels rather… planted to us. Watch the video after the break to see what we mean, and find plenty more pictures at the link below. Continue reading Samsung Forte is the SCH-R910, brings TouchWiz LTE action to MetroPCS (video) Samsung Forte is the SCH-R910, brings TouchWiz LTE action to MetroPCS (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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