Samsung and Sprint announced the latest Android offering from both companies, the Samsung Moment. Available November 1st for $179.99 on a two year contract, undercutting Samsung’s latest offering from T-Mobile, the Behold 2, by $20. This is the device previously thought to be called the InstinctQ, but obviously they wanted to differentiate it from the Instinct lineup. Featuring a 3.2-inch AMOLED touch screen, slideout 4-row QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3.5MP camera with a flash, proximity sensor and accelerometer. But one of the most important specs is the 800Mhz processor, which makes this one of the best spec’d Android handsets to date. At least until the rumored 1Ghz HTC Dragon or the Sony Xperia X3 come onto the scene.

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So far, little is known about the Samsung InstinctQ, but the guys over at Phandroid got their hands on some pictures. We know it is rumored to be coming to Sprint on or around October 11th, the same rumored release date of the HTC Hero on Sprint. The looks are more like the Instinct S30 or S50 than the original Instinct but with the addition of a D-pad and the Home and End keys found on other Android hardware. And we’re guessing the Q stands for that 4-row QWERTY sliding keyboard underneath. Overall thickness doesn’t seem to be too much greater, but it’s hard to tell from the pictures. Unless by some odd chance, the Motorola Morrison comes out first, this would be the second Android phone with a full QWERTY since the T-Mobile G1 was released. Now that the spy pictures are out, it’s only a matter of time before the specs start surfacing.

[via Phandroid]