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 bought the new phone the samsung galaxy. I got it from a boost mobile store cause radioshack and other stores still dont have them. Its a nice phone. Alot of stuff you can do with it.
Ahh . Apple wants cheaper chips . Things were a whole lot easier when two company owners could just haggle in person , without a team of lawyers . 😀
I just read an article at Fox News Mobile that Apple is suing Samsung for copyright infringement saying that the whole Galaxy series uses features based off of the iphone . I hope the judge does not grant an injunction before the Prevails release date .
That’s not the way those suits usually turn out. Samsung will counter-sue Apple. The lawyers will spend years and earn millions fighting it out and in the end there will be a cross licensing aggrement. Besides, Apple needs Samsung who is their main supplier for screens and some chips.
anyone know if you can use the 2 dollar a day unlimited plan or just only the 50
Boost hasn’t officially said whether the Prevail can be used on plans other than the $50 one. We won’t really know until the phone is released.
Best Buy confirmed for me that they will be carrying the Prevail but they don’t know the release date yet and they won’t put a hold on them.