What’s New With The Samsung Epic 4G
The Samsung Epic 4G is the highly anticipated Galaxy S smartphone released for Sprint on August 31, 2010. The Samsung Galaxy S phone series includes the Captivate for AT&T, the Vibrant for T-Mobile, the Fascinate for Verizon, and the Epic 4G for Sprint. All Galaxy S phones have a Super AMOLED touch screen, 1 GHz Hummingbird processor, and Android 2.1 (upgradeable to 2.2). Galaxy S phones are still unique in its own way with different physical designs and content. The ultra-brilliant Super AMOLED 4” display screen has outstanding luminescence and unmatched vivid colors and clarity. Based on comparison testing conducted on the Samsung Galaxy S and Android devices, the Epic 4G is twice as fast as leading Android devices.
The Epic 4G has a side-slider full physical QWERTY keyboard with raised keys, excellent feel, and a dedicated number row. Samsung’s Touchwiz 3.0 allows you to drag and drop on the screen with your finger. Galaxy S phones utilize the new revolutionary Swype keyboard with a responsive touch screen. Swype allows you to trace a path of letters for each word with your fingertips instead of typing letters individually. When you lift your finger from the keypad, the word is entered followed by a space. The Ultimate Inbox incorporates handy account-merging capabilities. Under each of your contacts, you can view a history of texts, phone calls, Facebook status message, IM online status, contact info, recent Facebook activities and any posted media.
The Epic 4G has HD video recording capability and beautifully clear video playback. It comes with a 1.3 mega-pixel front-facing camera and a 5 mega-pixel rear-facing camera with a flash (the only Galaxy S phone that has this). The camera includes auto-focus and digital zoom. Among many pre-loaded applications are football, HotSpot, and music, plus built-in Facebook and Twitter services. The Epic 4G also contains two radios. Premium content is available, including TV shows, movies, newspapers, magazines, and books. The Epic 4G supports six-axis motion sensing for the best gaming capability with proximity and light sensing and moves at the speed of 4G. Slightly wider than the Sprint HTC EVO 4G, the Samsung Epic 4G has a profile of 4.9” x 2.54” x .56” and weighs 5.46 oz. 
The list of additional features includes a full 180-degree viewing angle; a 16 GB microSD card (and supports 32 GB); 512 MB RAM (the upper-limit of advanced smartphones now); Wi-Fi capability; pinch-to-zoom and multi-touch technology; very fast finger-scroll browsing; a lithium-ion battery with 6.5 hours of talk time and 216 hours of stand-by time (both average among cell phones); full support for 3D graphics; WIMAX, USB 2.0, and Bluetooth connectivity; an internal antenna; speakerphone; and voice recording. It has a SAR head rating of 0.44, and SAR body rating of 0.77.
The Samsung Epic 4G case comes in hard plastic, leather, rubberized plastic with a holster, and a rubber silicone skin. Additional Samsung Epic accessories include the car-and-home charger, the retractable fast car charger, windshield holder, car mount, skin cases, stereo earphones, and the Samsung Epic 4G screen protector.
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The screen is simply breathtaking. The phone comes with several vivid backgrounds to show off the beautiful display. The technology is baffling. You can even use the back of your fingernail on the touchscreen just as easily as you can with your finger. That is how close the capacitor is to the screen. It is also why this phone is also incredibly light.
It is my first Android device, so it took me a few minutes to update and sync my contacts and calender. Once i got the hang of it, it was smooth sailing. Some of the other reviewers complain that the screen seems dimmer or “grayish” when placed next to the iphone or other android phone. Thats because there is an auto brightness adjustment feature which automatically dims the screen when you are indoors to conserve battery.
I got the Epic because I was on the waiting list for an Evo for THREE WEEKS, with none coming in-so I thought I would take a chance and get the Epic. I needed to go to Radio Shack, because to get a new phone, I needed to add a line and to switch users/phones, I needed to go to Radio Shack.