Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint on Aug 31st

Samsung Epic 4G will be available beginning Tuesday, Aug. 31, in all Sprint retail channels, including Sprint.com, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and national retail partners, RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart, with Sprint Stores opening at 8 a.m. local time. It will cost $249.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade, two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in rebate (taxes excluded).

Samsung Epic 4G, a Galaxy S smartphone, is the second 4G capable handset from Sprint, a Galaxy S smartphone and Samsung Mobile’s first 4G Android-powered device. Powered by the Android 2.1 platform, Samsung Epic 4G’s user interface also supports a series of advanced touchscreen gestures, including multi-touch pinch, long tap and zoom and vertical and horizontal swiping.

Sprint Samsung Epic 4G features Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor, a 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive display with pinch-to-zoom, Google full HTML browser, dual camera: 5 megapixel camera/camcorder with autofocus, power LED flash and 4x digital zoom for photos and HD video (720p) recording for capture and playback on an HD television, as well as a front facing VGA camera for video chat and more.

Samsung Epic 4G also comes with media player with 3.5mm stereo headset jack, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP Stereo and EDR, built-in WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA output, digital compass, six-axis motion sensor, proximity sensor, light sensor, GPS, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM, standard removable 1500mAh Lithium (Li-on) battery, expandable memory: 16 GB microSD card included; supports up to 32 GB.

Coming with 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot capability it can connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices. Also supports 4G data speeds (WiMAX) – peak download speeds of more than 10 Mbps; peak upload speeds of 1 Mbps; average download speeds of 3-6 Mbps. 3G data speeds (EVDO Rev A.) – peak download speeds of up to 3.1 Mbps; peak upload speeds of 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds of 600 kbps-1.4 Mbps.

As for the size, Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint measures 4.9 inches x 2.54 inches x 0.56 inches (124.8 mm x 64.6 mm x 14.2 mm) (LxWxT) and weighs 5.46 ounces (155 grams).