Samsung Vibrant 4G Pictured With Stock Gingerbread + Front Facing Camera?
What’s that you say? The Samsung Vibrant 4G was caught in another round of photos, but with a functional operating system running? BGR nabbed some new pictures of the Vibrant 4G, and up until now we haven’t seen it running software in any capacity. We just figured if it were running in all those leaks, it’d be with TouchWiz 3.0 on top of Android 2.2.
But BGR’s leak shows stock Android 2.3. No – Samsung has not caved in to consumer demand and offered up a Galaxy S phone with stock Android. It’s just a placeholder as they continue to port TouchWiz to Android 2.3. This in itself is odd considering all of the leaks until now mention it’ll be launching with the “NEW!” Android 2.2. Oh, and it has that front facing camera that non-MyTouch fans were piping for.
And I’m sure this won’t sit well of a certain bunch of Vibrant owners who are still waiting to be taken up to Froyo. (Let’s face it, it’s hard not to revisit that story every time the opportunity presents itself.) We’re still treating this as a rumor, but it’s hard to deny the evidence here. What are you guys’ thoughts?
PS: Am I the only Galaxy S owner wondering why it’s so easy to run stock Android on a Vibrant 4G suddenly? Not really surprised, but I’m kind of wishing it were that easy for those of us who tend to frequent XDA. Let’s hope Cyanogen can deliver us from this mess sooner rather than later.
[Update]: I should just note that the reason we elected to post this story is due to BGR’s belief that their source is credible, citing past leaks that have eventually turned out to be true. We’re not outright saying we believe this to be true considering the ease in which you can install Cyanogen onto a Vibrant (no matter how unstable it may be) and the ability to cut your own camera hole inside the front of the thing. Take this as you will.