Samsung Sprint Epic 4G Unboxing - The Good and The Bad

Written By Drakor on Monday, August 16, 2010 | 2:32 PM

Sprint's Epic 4G, the Epic hangs on to a couple of the Galaxy line's most important characteristics -- namely the 1GHz Hummingbird processor and the 4-inch Super AMOLED display -- but adds in a sliding landscape QWERTY keyboard, support for the wickedly fast WiMAX network that Sprint shares with partner Clearwire, and a handful of other notable one-off customizations.

Epic 4G The Good
Amazing display
Fast -- both the processor and the data
Solid camera performance

Epic 4G The Badd
Keyboard could be better
Samsung's UI customizations are an annoyance
$50 more than EVO is a tough sell

Samsung Sprint Epic 4G Demo

Samsung Sprint Epic 4G Specification

General	2G Network	CDMA 800 / 1900
	3G Network	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
	Announced	2010, June
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, August
Size	Dimensions	124 x 65 x 14 mm
Size	Weight	155 g
Display	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
		- QWERTY keyboard
		- TouchWiz 3.0 UI
		- Multi-touch input method
		- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
		- Touch-sensitive controls
		- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
		- Swype text input
Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Speakerphone	Yes
		- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB
Data	GPRS	No
	EDGE	No
	3G	Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; WiMAX
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection
	Video	Yes, 720p@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, VGA
Features	OS	Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
	CPU	ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Via third party application
		- Social networking integration
		- Digital compass
		- MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
		- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
		- Organizer
		- Image/video editor
		- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
		- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
		YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
		- Flash Lite v3.1
		- Voice memo/dial/commands
Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

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