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hey guys it's brandon minimun from pocketnow.com and today we're going to unbox a phone that i know a lot of people have been waiting for it's the samsung epix on the AT&T network it's a very similar phone to the palm treo pro so a lot of people were waiting for this to come out to make the decision on which one to buy so let's get started with the unboxing Wi-Fi GPS email camera see what else we have around the box nothing terribly interesting some specifications alright looks like we have a quick start guide some software the unboxing is very similar to that of the blackjack two if you have that device I'll put the epics to the side for now see what else we get inside the box looks like we have a audio converter for the Samsung proprietary Jack this doesn't use mini USB or micro USB unfortunately we've got here a sinking cable a wall charger again using that proprietary jack and finally the massive 1800 milliamp hour battery this thing is huge and hopefully this means that the epics has fantastic battery life well at least that's what my expectation is alright so let's take a look at the de bus you know it's it feels just like a blackjack two in fact here is the blackjack two they have very similar keyboards in fact they're they're probably identical and the thickness is about the same the epics is a little bit thicker and just all around it feels like a blackjack two but of course it has the touch screen and a larger screen of that and it also has this optical mouse cursor here kind of like the samsung omnia it's the same same kind of deal here so let's take off the screen protector if i can find that ok here it is it's a really slick device I like the finish on it it's kind of like a gray metallic finish it's kind of hard to tell in the video but it's really nice it's really unique it is it does feel thicken in the hand for some reason even though it's not that thick I don't know why that is we'll have to we'll have to look into that some more but let's compare it to some other devices right so here we have the palm treo pro and again I know a lot of people are comparing these two devices it's actually a little little bit thinner than the palm treo pro you really can't tell here but it's one millimeter thinner and it's also taller and wider the screen size is exactly the same it also has the same screen resolution of course the the epics has a much more generous keyboard than does the palm treo pro and i think a lot of people will really appreciate that next to the old motorola q 9h which has a great keyboard we see that the the keyboard is still pretty big on the epics although it's not as large it as it is on the q 9h and just because i know a lot of people have this device or up seeing that here's the 18t tilt of course the epics is significantly thinner than the AT&T tilt so all in all I think the epics is going to be a good device I like the flush touch screen I'm excited to use this optical cursor to see if it works like it does on the omnia because that was a big help in one-handed usability we've got a lot more content coming up we're going to compare this head-to-head with the palm treo pro we're going to cover hardware we're going to cover software and everything so that if you're considering buying this device you'll have a pretty good idea of whether it's for you by the end of our coverage now if you want to follow us be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel pocketnow video and we're also on twitter twitter.com slash pocket now tweets that way you can keep abreast of when we post new content about the samsung epix so a lot more to come on this device