THE SKYROCKET features a matte, slightly textured back panel, black glossy plastic sides. It measures 5.15 by 2.75 by 0.37 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.65 ounces. At least, that's what Samsung and AT&T both claim. But if you lay the Skyrocket flat on a table and place a ruler next to it like I did, you'll find it's actually about 0.42 inches deep. It sticks up noticeably higher than an iPhone 4 I had nearby (which rings in exactly at its quoted 0.37 inch figure). The Skyrocket is still thinner than other LTE devices we've tested, though, and it's certainly lighter in weight.

THE SKYROCKET features a matte, slightly textured back panel, black glossy plastic sides. It measures 5.15 by 2.75 by 0.37 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.65 ounces. At least, that's what Samsung and AT&T both claim. But if you lay the Skyrocket flat on a table and place a ruler next to it like I did, you'll find it's actually about 0.42 inches deep. It sticks up noticeably higher than an iPhone 4 I had nearby (which rings in exactly at its quoted 0.37 inch figure). The Skyrocket is still thinner than other LTE devices we've tested, though, and it's certainly lighter in weight.

SPECIFICATIONS:

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

4G Network LTE 700

LTE 1700 / 2100

Body Dimensions 129.8 x 68.8 x 9.5 mm

Weight 130.5 g

- Touch-sensitive controls

Display Type Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.5 inches (~207 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch Yes

Protection Corning Gorilla Glass

- TouchWiz UI v4.0

Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker Yes

3.5mm jack Yes

Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32GB

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

Data GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth Yes, v3.0+HS

NFC Yes

USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization

Video Yes, 1080p@30fps

Secondary Yes, 2 MP

Features OS Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)

Chipset Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon

CPU Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion

GPU Adreno 220

Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash

Radio No

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors Black, White

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

- SNS integration

- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player

- Organizer

- Image/video editor

- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration

- Voice memo/dial/commands

- Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1850 mAh

Stand-by Up to 256 h

Talk time Up to 7 h

Misc SAR US 0.30 W/kg (head) 0.85 W/kg (body)