News Update: Sprint Nextel Corp. Releases Samsung Epic 4G Smart Phone (S,VZ,GOOG,AAPL)
Hot on the heels of the release of its HTC Evo 4G, Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) unveiled its Samsung Epic 4G smart phone Monday, featuring a slide-out keyboard and four-inch touchscreen.
Sprint’s Epic boasts push email for business-minded buyers, an integrated calendar and Exchange ActiveSync corporate email.
Epic will operate on the Android 2.1 operating system, with the ability to upgrade to the more secure, enterprise-ready Android 2.2, or Froyo, soon, according to Sprint officials.
Sprint officials said the company plans to offer Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Mobile Services, but have not disclosed details on upgraded security features, better device management, pricing or delivery information.
The Epic is Samsung’s first 4G Android smart phone, which works on 4G and 3G CDMA networks.
The smart phone is entering the market at a tough time in terms of competition; Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) also launched a rival Samsung phone Monday called the Fascinate, reports ComputerWorld, and Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 4 has already sold 1.7 million units in its first three days on tech shelves since its Thursday, June 24th launch.
Shares of Sprint are trading up 5.36% Monday afternoon at $4.43.
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@canadia8x I’m …
@canadia8x I’m pretty sure it will since it has the requirements for it
@ufcgsp08 yeah true …
@ufcgsp08 yeah true but i wanted a phone wit a keyboard and at the time i didnt know that sprint was coming out with a 4g qwerty phone…i might get the epic this summer hopefully they have the 200 dollar plan at bestbuy
@snowman2149 …
@snowman2149 dickhead i didnt know the epic was coming out so off i wouldve waited…and why do u care so much about what i buy?
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The question is: …
The question is: will this get gingerbread?
that sucks the evo …
that sucks the evo is wayyyyyyyyy better than the moment
@murcielagodog …
@murcielagodog RETARD. sucks for u
@murcielagodog ur …
@murcielagodog ur the dumass who bought the phone and didnt wait for the evo or the epic, the evo was announced like 5 months ago and if u didnt know then suscks for you
I hate HTC and …
I hate HTC and Samsung becuase they both brought out 4g phones a month after my bday when i got the not so bad samsung moment (800mhz)
@SepirothsTwinn88 …
@SepirothsTwinn88 Yeah I know with the Samsung [random model name] they had hardware issues and couldn’t update to the newest Android OS. But Sprint and Samsung have both said the Epic4G will get 2.2 when it comes out. I frankly don’t care what OS it has as long as power management isn’t crap.
What’s the big deal with Samsung’s overlay TouchWiz3.0?
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@BlackKnightSkye As …
@BlackKnightSkye As of now.. No. But the good news is , is that HTC pushed out a OTA update for the EVO this morning and it has improved battery life TREMENDOUSLY. I had decent life but now I have seen major improvement. But this thing is a beast as well. I’m just really leery wen it comes to Samsung updating their phones….
Just saw an article …
Just saw an article for this three hours ago. I’m getting this over the Evo just for the keyboard.
Any news on battery life and release date?
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