Boost Announces Its First CDMA Android Phone
Boost and Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy Prevail today. It’s an entry level Android Phone running on the CDMA network. Priced at $179.99, the Prevail will be available at the end of the month.
Features include WiFi, 2 MP camera without flash, 3.2″ 320 x 480 screen and Android 2.2.Other than the low spec camera this looks to a very nice phone for the price. Compared with the i1, the Prevail is less than half the price and has a larger screen, relatively current Android version and runs on a much faster network. If Chirp is important to you, beware that there is no Push To Talk, however.
Early reports are that Prevail can only be used on the $50/month Unlimited Plan (with Shrinkage) and not on the 10 cents per minute Pay As You Go plan.
I’ve posted more information and links to several hands on reports at Prepaid Phone News.
I was in a Best Buy store in Los Angeles recently, and was surprised not to see the Motorola i1 on display. When I asked, the employee explained that Best Buy is no longer carrying the i1, but would be carrying a newly released Android phone for Boost “soon”. Well, here it is. It just amazes me that Boost is still trying to sell the i1 for $399 with Android 1.5, yet they’re going to sell this Samsung with Android 2.2 for $179. I’m sorry, but PTT isn’t worth an extra $200+…
That is a big turn off because the I1 has 5 mega prixel cam and prevail was the second chance they could have did right but not with a 2 mp cam preail its an android Phone with a bigger screen boost we exspect more from you this time around but coming half way does not cut it and i can get phones from virgin , cricket , and metro pcs phones under 115 and get more out of it
WOW what phone in 2011 have a 2 MP camera like thats just a huge turn off plus its and android phone thats the saddest part -__-
I guess Boost figured out they better release a decent phone with everyone switching to Virgin Mobile to buy the LG Optimus V.
Woo Hoo ! I hope they make enough of them to sell on the release date . 🙂