UPDATE: Confirmed. It’s InstinctQ and will be available from November 1 for $179.99 on 2-year contract after $50 instant savings and $100 mail-in-rebate. Pre-registrations begin from today.

Samsung’s to be announced phone has been official outed as the Moment. It’s not confirmed but given the phone’s description, it should be the long rumored InstinctQ. Running Android along with fleet of Google services, Moment is the first Sprint phone to sport a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen. Other features include a sliding QWERTY keyboard, EVDO Rev. A, 800MHz CPU, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2MP camera, Bluetooth and microSD card slot up to 32GB.

We’ll update the post with pics and more details as Samsung unveils it at the press conference later today.

Pre-register here.

[Thanks, Raz!]

Samsung USA has given the official nod to Instinct S30 phone. Just like its predecessor, this will be Sprint exclusive and will retail for $130 after a 2 year contract and $100 mail-in rebate.

The Instinct S30 has a 3.2-inch touchscreen supporting TouchWiz UI and haptic feedback, Opera 4.2 browser, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 2 megapixel camera, microSD card support and EVDO for data.

For the developers, the phone is more open than the original Instinct with access to core APIs for camera, messaging, Bluetooth and contacts.

It will start retailing from April 19. You can preregister for the device over here.

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