The Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G is exclusive to the Sprint WiMAX 4G wireless broadband network, and currently retails for $99 at select Sprint authorized retailers with a standard two-year activation. The Epic Touch 4G is the first Samsung Galaxy S II to make it to US shores after its successful run in Asia and Europe. When Samsung was working on contractual obligations with the major US wireless carriers, many of those carriers wanted to differentiate their handset from the many other overseas and US versions. Sprint had Samsung make several physical changes, and those changes seem to have paid off.Buy the Samsung Epic Touch 4G starting at only $99, and in addition, if you activate your mobile hotspot service at the time of purchase, you will receive a free $100 Amazon gift card.
The Epic Touch 4G was recently awarded Best New Mobile Device of 2011 in Chicago at the 4G World Conference which is the largest Expo in the world dedicated specifically to 4G technology. And the Epic Touch 4G’s popularity has helped Samsung moved ahead of Apple as the worldwide leader in smartphone units shipped. Though Sprint did have several physical changes made to the handset, they wisely kept the display technology, camera set, and other hardware specs that have led to sales of over 30 million units for the Samsung Galaxy S II global.
Android’s 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system is present out-of-the-box, and the Samsung Epic Touch 4Gmeasures 5.11 x 2.74 x 0.38 inches (130 x 70 x 10 mm) and weighs 4.60 ounces (130 g), both about average for a 4G handset. The display on board is a 4.52 inch capacitive multitouch screen that gives the Epic Touch 4G one of the larger displays for a smartphone. The above-mentioned Super AMOLED Plus display technology is on board, and delivers 16 million color rendering and 480 x 800 pixel resolution. Standard light and proximity sensors are built into the display.
Talk time from a single charge of the 1800 mAh battery runs 8.70 hours, and standby time is 11 days in the hardware package. As mentioned above, Sprint also decided to keep with those hardware components that were evidenced in the original. The Epic Touch 4G contains an Exynos chip set, a dual core 1.2 GHz processor paired with a Mali 400MP GPU. 16 GB of onboard storage is present, and 1.0 GB of RAM memory rounds out the hardware set. A microSD slot is built in to allow for storage expansion.
Buy the Samsung Epic Touch 4G starting at only $99 and since this is a hotspot ready smartphone, you will be eligible to participate in the ‘Stay Connected’ promotion that offers a free $100 Amazon gift card as a gift with purchase.
The dual camera set is a familiar combo for the Epic Touch 4G, employing a rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder and front facing 2.0 megapixel chat cam. That rear snapper contains an LED flash and video light, and offers autofocus, panorama and smile detection features, capturing video in 1080P HD resolution. That front facing chat cam can also place video calls, and records video in 720P HD. Learn more in our detailed
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