Take note, Verizon customers: A new Samsung handset has passed through the FCC and looks to be bound for Big Red's shelves. The device features the model number SCH-I200 and includes support for CDMA/EV-DO as well as LTE Band 13, which happens to be Verizon's preferred flavor of 4G LTE. The SCH-I200's FCC listing doesn't reveal much else about the device, but according to a benchmark previously dug up by Pocketnow that purportedly belongs to the I200, the phone may be codenamed "Jasper" and could feature a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, an 800x480 screen resolution and Android 4.0.
We'll have to wait for the SCH-I200 to be made official before we get its full spec rundown, but so far the device sounds like a bit of a mixed bag. While the potential inclusion of a dual-core S4 chip, Ice Cream Sandwich and LTE are all nice to see, the I200's 800x480 display resolution is a bit lower than the 720p screens that folks are becoming accustomed to seeing on higher-end phones. There's no word yet on when the SCH-I200 might be introduced by Samsung and Verizon, but now that it's passed through the FCC, it's at least one step closer to that debut.
Via Pocketnow (1), (2), GLBenchmark, FCC