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Epic 4G Touch down to $99 at Wal-Mart

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 10 Sep 2011 4:46 User comments (1)

Epic 4G Touch down to $99 at Wal-Mart The highly anticipated smartphone is selling on the cheap.
Wal-Mart will sell Sprint's version of the Samsung Galaxy S II for $99 with two year contract, cheaper than its $199 price tag on other carriers.

Samsung's new "superphone" has a 4.27-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen, Android 2.3.4, a 1.2GHz Samsung dual-core processor, an 8.49mm thin chassis (at lowest), an 8MP camera with autofocus and 1080p recording, NFC support, 4G, a 2MP front-side camera and HSPA+, WiFi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0+HS.

Furthermore, the device will run on Samsung's updated TouchWiz UI and weighs just 4 ounces with access to Sprint's 4G Wi-Max.



The device will hit T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint on September 16th.

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112.9.2011 12:46

That's the unadulterated SGSII in the pic isn't it? Epic 4G Touch has 4 soft-buttons instead of 2 and the trackpad.

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