Sprint launches LG LX370, Samsung Exclaim and HTC Snap
Believe it or not, Sprint fans, there actually are other new handsets available from the carrier beyond the Palm Pre. You might not think so with all of the focus that the webOS device is — or was — getting, but it is true. Sure there’s the Tour coming down the pipe for all you BlackBerry fans out there, but what about there rest of you? Well, between yesterday and today Sprint has launched three new handsets that should fill in the gaps quite nicely. First up, the LG LX370 was announced today featuring Sprint’s One Click UI, EV-DO Rev. A, a 2 megapixel camera, GPS, Sprint TV, stereo Bluetooth and microSDHC support. Fair enough for a $100 slider (after $50 MIR). Also announced this morning is the Samsung Exclaim, which sports a side-sliding QWERTY keypad along with a 2 megapixel camera, EV-DO Rev. A, GPS, Sprint TV, Sprint One Click UI and microSDHC support. The Exclaim is a touch more affordable at $80 after a $50 MIR. Last but not least, the HTC Snap finally decided to join the party yesterday. Already available from Best Buy and Radio Shack, the Snap has already been detailed a zillion times so just know that it’ll run you $150 after a $100 MIR if you want to snag it directly from Sprint. See anything you like?
Read (LG LX370)
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Errata:
Has the anonymous F1 ever POSTED before?
(It’s late.)
I know of the name through phonenews.com, cool and long winded, doesn’t like that a new plan is necessary for the Pre and pretty much anti-Sprint since.
F1-
wow is pretty much all i can get out right now.
FYI, the ”millions of customers” your speaking of, were NEXTEL customers, not SPRINT customers.
And he wasnt saying the m610 is gonna match up with the pre… he is saying when the m610 came out 3 or 4 years ago, it was the latest and greatest, and now the m610 is OLD news.
OH, and if u hate sprint so much… pay the damn $200 and go somewhere else.. im sure sprint wont really care if they lose you
As a Sprint Employee it makes me very sad to see a petty argument over a “customer service issue” arise here on a gadget blog. F1, if it was such a huge deal, then you should of 1 noticed right away and spoke to customer service to resolve the issue, or 2 like majority of the customers who have the television let it go. We don’t push the Sprint TV because its nearly non-existent. We run 15 fps, half the speed of every other cellphone provider’s television service. Browse the web for your CNN. Its really not a big deal.
You can’t compare specs on a phone that was released in 2006 with a phone released now (including the web-os that was in development befire the m610 was even out), really listen to yourself and understand how ludicrous that sounds.
F1 was right when he said millions of customers leave Sprint. Even thought both carriers merged it’s been SPRINT customers that have left, not Nextel’s. I don’t know where you heard that one from =/
F1 you seem to be a valued sprint customer for years (11.5 if I’m not mistaken). When you are a Premier customer little issues like that can be resolved in a instant, just call up customer service and speak to a educated rep. Thats all. Don’t bottle it up and post it on BGR. Its pro-rated so the fee wouldn’t be 200 dollars, even less so in fact if your not in contract. If I were you, I’d give the Pre a try, or even the Curve. Both great devices.
P.S. Sprint cares for all of its customers, as do majority of the company *I’d be lying to say the whole company cares* Every carrier unfortunately has their bullshit, Sprint’s trying to clean up its own.
@Nick
1.On Jun 22, 2009 @ 1:22 pm, Celz Said:
@ F1 “Shut the hell up the two dumb phones are low range phones.. remember the m610 was sprints palm pre at that time..”
as one can see at:
http://www.mobiledia.com/carriers/sprint/discontinued/page1.html
before Q4 2006 there were these 4:
Palm700P/Palm700WX/MotrolaQ/Blackberry 8703e
clearly closer to the PRE, at that Time!
2. I have been off contract for 16 months, I do not “hate” Sprint, as a long time (since 1997)customer, I feel responsible to express my frustration with inconcistencies and some harmful policies, in the interest of Sprint, and the bigger picture being the consumer choices!
If Sprint fails, it will harm most consumers in the long run.
Someone at Sprint will read these, take them into consideration and make a difference, if they can.
That would be a benefit to all!
Thank You
@F1: It doesn’t matter how fairly you treat Sprint. Unless you cheerlead for Sprint .. The Terrorists win!
There is a protected class here who have the authority to spam on Sprint’s behalf. Hasn’t that been made crystal clear by now? They musta cut BG a deal on those wall-to-wall plastered banner ads that have him raking in the dough (LoL)
When they tell you “it’s not about the money” .. it’s ALWAYS about the money.
Peace.
@ B-ry Said:
1.Had Sprint issues been resolved, one would not feel to air, “petty argument over a “customer service issue” arise here on a gadget blog”.
Don’t sell me a product, and start stealing of it. Be up front about it, state in full disclosure in your monthly statement,offer compensation,adjustment, substitution pro actively,not after the fact!
It would be “a big deal”,if you were paying the bill.
2. Please read more carefuly,I never compared “specs on a phone that was released in 2006 with a phone released now”, I sited that my Samsung m610,in 2006 had a 2.0 MP camera, 95% of the Sprint 2009 lineup, still does!
3.Thank you for your acknowledgement,
“F1 was right when he said millions of customers leave Sprint…”
4.After the Nextel merger, years ago I left to the new “Tmobile”, for 8 months, hence i am not a “Premier customer” by definition.
It is not about me, as I have said it so many times in the past.
I truly appreciate your sincerety,about finding ” a educated rep”…I agree, “Every carrier unfortunately has their bullshit, Sprint’s trying to clean up its own”.
That is why I have yet not left, I see the improvement from the dark ages of “Forsee” to “D.H.”,I hope it continues, but policies of exclusion on Instinct/Pre Flagship Phone choices for “current customers”,
“drop your plan and sign up on Everything Plans”, make it very difficult.
Thank You
PEOPLE, its a phone, thats the problem, folks have forgotten what the original use of these devices were made for. Dail a number,talk and hang up. the extras are just that, they will continue to be the same until we catch up to Japan where they have just a earpiece and voice recognition. wait til that gets here
This is toooooooooo funny:)