Samsung's Galaxy S Android phone for Sprint, the Epic 4G, lands ...

Samsung’s map out to invade U.S. cellphone carriers with its Galaxy S profession of Android phones continues with the unloosing of the Epic 4G on Sprint. The carter announced today that the phone will opening on Aug. 31 for $249.99 (after $150 minute and $100 dispatch-in rebates). It will set out compelling reservations this Friday.

All of the Galaxy S phones apportionment the same fundamental specifications — including a 1 gigahertz Hummingbird Samsung processor, a 4-inch Wonderful AMOLED riddle, 5 megapixel camera, and Android 2.1 with Samsung’s TouchWiz husk — but each have their own devices and software customizations for their special to transmitter. In the Epic 4G’s covering, it’s the only one with a drop-out doc keyboard, as well as a front-fa camera for video conferencing.

Seemly for its name, it’s also the only Galaxy S instrument with fund for 4G. Now Sprint users will have another Android phone to bear in mind, in additionally to the HTC Evo 4G,  if they requirement a 4G seal. To hands dodge ambiguity, Sprint has put together a video comparing the two phones (see below).

In my testing of the “Ensorcell” Galaxy S cadency mark, the Wonderful AMOLED camouflage certainly lives up to Samsung’s hype. It was incredibly outstanding, and the retinue says it will put up outstrip in sunlight than other OLED displays. It was also one of the fastest Android phones I’ve second-hand — touchscreen interaction like swiping and pinching was loosely and silken, applications in the chips immediately, and there was none of the sloth I’ve seen when testing the Evo 4G....

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