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 Samsung Epic 4G Coming to Sprint 8/31, Order Yours Now!

Sprint's second 4G-capable phone, the Samsung Epic, will be hitting the market on August 31. Like the HTC EVO, there is a lot of excitement surrounding the Epic - and a lot of people clamouring to be one of the first to get their hands on the first 4G phone with a slideout keyboard! If you want to make sure you can get one at launch before retailers inevitably sell out, make sure to pre-order the Epic at 3Gstore. All customers who pre-order the Epic from 3Gstore will also be given a FREE car charger and free replacement battery for the Epic! The Epic wlil be $249.99 after rebate with new Sprint service or eligible upgrade.

The Epic has a number of enticing features (see below), including the mobile hotspot feature that helped make the HTC EVO so popular (for $29.99/month, you can turn the Epic into a WiFi hotspot that provides unlimited 3G and 4G access for up to 5 WiFi-enabled devices). It also features both a physical QWERTY keyboard as well as a virtual one, which is sure to please folks who rely on their phone for emailing and texting. 

More about the Epic:

• Pre-order the Epic at 3Gstore
  
• Read the Epic FAQ
  
• Read Sprint's Epic announcement 
• Read the Epic fact sheet
• Discuss the Epic on the EVDO Forums
  

Key Epic Features:

• 3G/4G capability
• Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor
• 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive display with pinch-to-zoom
• Google full HTML browser - bandwidth and quality that rival that of netbooks
• Android 2.1, with access to more than 50,000 apps on Android Market™
• Simultaneous voice and data capability in 4G and Wi-Fi coverage areas, enabling Web surfing and more while talking
• Google™ mobile services including Google Search™, Google Maps™, Google Talk™, Gmail™, YouTube™ , and syncs with Google Calendar™
• Visual voicemail
• Messaging - personal and business email and text messaging, as well as IM through a downloadable Android Market app
• 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot capability - connects up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to UNLIMITED 3G and 4G for $29.99/mo
• Dual camera: 5 MP camera/camcorder with autofocus, Power LED flash and 3x digital zoom for HD video (720p) recording for capture and playback on an HD television and front facing VGA camera for video chat and more
• High-quality video streaming and downloads at 3G and 4G data speeds
• Media player with 3.5mm stereo headset jack
• Sprint applications including Sprint Football Live, Sprint Navigation Sprint TV®, and NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
• Bluetooth® 2.1 with A2DP Stereo and EDR
• Built-in WiFi®: 802.11 b/g/n
• Expandable memory: 16 GB microSD card included; supports up to 32 GB