Samsung Epic 4G lands on Aug 31 at $250
The second 4G phone by carrier Sprint, the Samsung Epic, is all set to release in U.S. on August 31. The Android run phone will be available at $250 after a rebate of $100.
In addition to that, the Epic has the latest version of Samsung's TouchWiz skin and is preloaded with Swype and Qik apps. The phone can act as 3G/4G hotspot and incorporates Samsung's AllShare and Social Hub features. It has a six-axis motion sensor and a 16 GB microSD card is included.
The Epic weighs 155 grams and is 124.8 X 64.6 X 14.2 mm in size. It has a standard removable 1500 mAh Lithium battery and a memory of 1GB ROM and 512MB RAM. The connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB, and a 3.5 mm jack.
Sprint earlier released the world's first 4G phone, the HTC EVO 4G. Sprint now has two 4G phones under its belt. However, competitors Verizon and AT&T are also gearing up and likely to roll out 4G services from next year.
4G Set To Overtake 3G In India
LTE standardised by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has emerged as the next generation wireless technology that will lead the growth of mobile broadband services later in this decade.
Its adoption by service providers around the world has the potential to generate economies of scale unprecedented by any previous generation of wireless networking technology as it becomes the universal 4G mobile platform used by both GSM and CDMA service providers, the technology experts claimed today at India’s first conference on LTE, LTE INDIA 2010
Pass over 3G, the Fourth Generation mobile phone technology, better known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) is already here. “It is not why LTE, but when and how?” says Telecom Additional Secretary Subodh Kumar .
