Sprint Epic 4G review: The Samsung Galaxy S grows a keyboard

We review the Sprint Epic 4G to find out if it’s worthy of its name

 

If you put the word "Epic" in the name of your phone, it darn well better be epic. And with the Sprint Epic 4G Android smartphone, that’s mostly the case.

The Epic 4G is the latest Samsung’s Galaxy S line to be released in the United States, alongside the AT&T Captivate and T-Mobile Vibrant. But the Epic stands out from its cousins in a number of ways. First, there’s the addition of a 4G radio, meaning you can take advantage of Sprint’s Wimax network for faster data speeds. Then there’s the horizontal sliding keyboard, and a camera flash, a front-facing camera, and other bells and whistles. OK, that’s a lot of differences.

But the real question is this: Is the Epic 4G epic enough (you’re going to have to excuse a few puns here) to unseat the HTC Evo 4G is the phone to beat? We’ll find out, after the break.

Posted originally at Android Central

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