FCC filings usually make us reach into far-reaching bouts of speculation, but we think a Samsung phone model is making news. A Samsung phone with model number GT-i9023 recently passed the FCC with AWS 3G — T-Mobile’s band. We presume the outline of the device should resemble Nexus S, which happens to have a suspiciously similar model number of GT-i9020.
A German site just reported a video of a Nexus S claimed to be running the rumored Android 2.4 release, and the baseband version in the About screen included the text “i9023.” This new model number also very recently received both Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG certification, and a number of European retailers are listing the i9023 as a “Black Silver” Nexus S, so it’s possible that this will simply be a new color scheme.
It’s also conceivable that Samsung is taking the occasion of 2.4′s release as an opportunity to tweak the Nexus S a bit, maybe add HSPA+ for T-Mobile, but at this point, it’s pure speculation on our part. Feel free to drop your conspiracy theories in comments.
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