Samsung introduced the Samsung 4G Epic. which became the mainstay is the 4G network features and keypad slide-out qwerty shaped. With the addition of some bulk to the phone, and 4G support the increase in price, but both are welcome additions.
Price and Availability

Epic Samsung 4G will be available from Sprint for $ 249.99 starting August 31. That price, which factors in a $ 100 mail-in rebate, more than what you would pay for smartphone competition. Vibrant T-Mobile offers the Samsung for $ 199.99, the same price that AT & T costs to attract Samsung and Apple iPhone 16GB 4. This is also what Verizon is charging for Motorola Droid X.
Epic 4G price is also $ 50 more than what the current cost to other phones Sprint 4G-capable, which HTC EVO 4G. And like the EVO 4G, Samsung Epic 4G comes at an additional cost per month: Sprint requires you to subscribe / Device PDA Smart plan services, such as $ 69.99 per month Data Everything master plan, and that you are paying $ 10-per-month Premium Data add-on for the 4G services. Please note that add-on plan is required if you live in areas with 4G coverage or not.
High-Speed Wireless 4G
Sprint’s 4G network said that could provide download speeds are ten times faster than 3G connectivity, and Epic 4G 4G phones only the second to hit the stores. Sprint’s new 4G network was born, also called WiMAX wireless, not yet available in the Boston area, where I tested the Epic 4G, although Sprint says should be available soon.
For more information about the 4G network, please read What is 4G Wireless and Sprint 4G Network Where available?.
Design
Unlike the sleek and sexy sister, the Vibrant Samsung, Epic 4G is a bit on the large side. The size is 4.9 inches high by 2.5 inches wide 0.6 inches and weighs 5.5 ounces, I was placed next to the Apple iPhone 4, and Epic makes viewing the iPhone 4G small positive.
But the tradeoff for the size of 4G Epic is a good hardware keyboard QWERT, which slides out from the left side of the screen. At first glance, I think the key will be too flat for comfortable typing, but I was quickly proven wrong. Although the buttons are flat, they simply press to make typing easier. I also appreciate the spacious layout of a single button.
Like all phones Samsung S Galaxy, Super Epic 4G AMOLED touch-screen feature, which is just beautiful. Colors pop off the screen, and, with 800 by 480 resolution, ranging from images to text looks sharp and clear. The touch screen is nicely responsive, too.
4-inch screen diagonal size, was greater than 3.5-inch screen found on the Apple iPhone, but smaller than the giant 4.3-inch screen found on the HTC EVO X Droid and 4G. The screen was so relieved when using the phone, and especially wide when composing a message on the keyboard hardware.
Making Calls
Call quality is very good in my test calls, made via the Sprint network. The voice came through loud and clear on both ends of the line, though I sometimes see a little echo.
Software
Epic Samsung 4G ship with Android 2.1, which is no longer the latest version of OS Android. Android since been updated to version 2.2, which is already available on Google Nexus One and will ship in two Droid.
Android has come far from the initial version, and although not the latest version of version 2.1, this fixes that offer less than the previous version. Pass many OS choices that have been easier, and 4G Epic done well when I was racing on the phone, checking his many options. Please note, that Android is still a bit geeky enough overwhelm some beginners. For more details about Android, read my full review of the mobile OS.
In the Android OS, 4G Epic Samsung TouchWiz interface features, both have been updated. When I tested the Samsung Behold II, I found that did not mesh well with TouchWiz OS Android, so many features already offered by Android that just feels excessive. But the new version of a mixture of good Android TouchWiz to the environment, offers a new, more useful widgets. I love the “Feed and Updates” widget, which offers easy access to various social networks.
Web browsing
The Epic 4G, as already mentioned, it supports Sprint’s 4G network super fast, but if you do not live in areas with 4G coverage, the phone will connect to high speed 3G network carriers. It also supports Wi-Fi wireless networking, so you have lots of options for quick browsing. In my tests of the 4G Epic in and around the Boston area, Sprint’s 3G network delivered more quickly and download pages.
I also like the browser in the Samsung 4G Epic. In the past, the Android browser that prompted you to dig through menus to access simple functions (such as the address bar or the back button). That does not seem to be a player in the latest batch of Android phones. Like X-Droid and Vibrant Samsung 4G Epic features of the browser just makes sense. Address bar is just where you expect to find it, and you can use the back button at the bottom of the screen handy for moving back through Web pages. 4-inch screen felt very relieved when I was browsing the Web, too, and I liked that you can pinch and spread the screen to zoom in and out as needed.
What you will not find on 4G Epic – yet – is support for Adobe Flash technology. You will get this support, which will allow you to view multimedia Web pages as you would on a desktop computer, when the phone is updated to the next version of Android. version 2.2.
Epic 4G can also be used as a mobile hotspot, which you can connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled device. To use a mobile hotspot service, you must pay an additional $ 29.99 per month, though.
Camera
Epic 4G features 5-megapixel camera with LED flash (which lost a brother like Vibrant Samsung). It also offers 4X digital zoom, autofocus, and record HD video. You also get a front facing camera for video conferencing.
The camera is an obvious step would be from that found on Samsung Vibrant. Picture looks shelves and bright, and overall image quality is improved.
Multimedia
Epic Games 4G features including YouTube application and various Sprint services, including Sprint TV, which offers a combination of live channel (displaying the same content you’ll see on your TV) and content that has been specially packaged to look at your mobile phone. I watch a baseball game on ESPN and see the occasional stuttering and buffering. But I was impressed with the level of detail I could see on the screen four inches.
What is 4G Epic – like all Android phone – gone is kind of linked eco-system that offers the Apple iPhone and iTunes. iTunes allows you to easily buy or rent a movie to see on your phone, offer a simple way to download music, and allows you to easily transfer content between your iPhone and your computer. Currently, the Android phone to offer access to Amazon MP3 store to purchase music downloads, but experience does not extend more than that. That should change later this year when Samsung launched a Media Hub, which will allow users to purchase music and video. The Media Hub will be a certain advantage for Samsung cell phone, provided that they offer enough content.
Bottom Line
With an attractive design, the screen star, and impressive multimedia offerings, the Samsung 4G Epic is a top-notch smartphone. This package of features sufficient to offset the price, and to gain a place on the list of best Android phone today and I now list the best smartphone.