T-Mobile launches Samsung Galaxy S 4G; $199.99 on contract

By on Feb 23, 2011 at 5:29 PM
mobile February 23, 2011

T-Mobile has finally made its latest Android smartphone available in stores and on its website — and thankfully, the “As low as $499.99″ seen on the device’s landing page is a little off base. $499.99 is the phone’s full retail price of course, and it can actually be had for as low as $199.99 with a new two-year service agreement. The Samsung Galaxy S 4G was first announced last week at $149.99, but it has since been revised up to the standard $200 price point. And that $200 gets you a beautiful 4-inch Super-AMOLED display, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, a 5-megapixel camera and compatibility with Samsung’s “4G” HSPA+ network, of curse. It also runs Android 2.2 (Froyo), unfortunately, and there’s no telling at this point when it might get an update to Gingerbread.

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  • sirpaul

    Getting stuck in a 2 year contract to save $300 really sucks. You can probably save more money by threatening to leave and getting a better plan. And I’m sure you’ll be able to get the phone NIB on craiglist/eBay/kijiji without a problem.

  • Nsdinfotv

    “of curse” OF COURSE

  • Guestbro

    Why get this over the Nexus S?

    • Anonymous

      because nexus S is having all kinds of weird problems, like it or not it is one of most unstable Android phone released lately

      • Guestbro

        Really? I hadn’t know that.

        I was genuinely asking because I thought the Nexus S was Google’s flagship phone.

        What are the issues with the Nexus S currently?

      • Frost04

        I believe the Nexus doesn’t have a 4G radio.

      • http://twitter.com/EnerJi Paul Simpson

        The Nexus S was having stability problems, but the update Google started pushing earlier this week (2.3.3) is supposed to address them. I doubt enough Nexus S devices have been updated yet to accurately determine whether the patch fixes all major issues, but I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.

      • Anonymous

        Mine works fine except losing cellular signal after extended time of no signal, but I found it should be Samsung problem because my Galaxy Tab has it too.

    • Anonymous

      You dont!!! Fortunately for Tmobile there are a huge sector of customers that have no idea what the Nexus is

      • pablo1138

        Look you forgot to mention two big things that make this phone not as good as it could have been and for some not as good as the original Tmobile Vibrant. The first is it does not have the 16gb internal memory the original came with they just added a 16gb memory card to the mix. For some that may be the same thing but for some of us who already have a 16gb memory card and enjoyed having 32gb will now be stuck with 16gb. The other part is related, since there is no 16gb hard drive, there is no dedicated 2gb for apps, just 300mb and believe me even though it has froyo to move apps to the sd card it still isnt near enough with the amount of apps the average user has and forget about downloading a bunch of high end games

    • Anonymous

      HSPA+?
      My NS gets 40-70ms latency constantly, which is pretty impressive.

  • Rlcornelous

    Compatible with Samsung’s” 4G” HSPA+ network, huh?

  • http://www.facebook.com/mmarzett Michael Eric Marzett

    And they jacked up the price of their other two flagship android phones (or took away the bail in rebate). not cool at all.

    • GooBoy

      What’s a bail in rebate? Is it like a mail in rebate?

  • http://www.facebook.com/matt.mingkee Matt Tsui

    Make sure you check application storage before buying it.
    I found a floor unit only has 190MB. Is it normal or defective?
    I don’t know.

  • Pamelajay

    This phone looks better than the original Vibrant…. even if it’s just the battery door cover. It’s metal and makes the phone feel high end while retaining that extremely light and incredibly thin feel.

    I have 4G where I live and I’ve been getting 12-15 Mbps DL where I live. Totally incredible. Never thought in a million years that T-Mo would be on top of their game.

  • http://samsungandroidcase.com Sammy

    is phone keeps looking better and better the more i research it… but with dual core around the corner..hmm

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