Sprint is readying a new phone for Sunday: the
Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE. The company is trumpeting its unlimited data/text/phone service and is pointing to the new phone as an inexpensive way to get onboard with its
4G LTE plan. The Galaxy Victory is set to sell for $99.99 with a two-year service agreement. That price is after a $50 mail-in reward card rebate.
The Galaxy Victory runs
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and has a 4-inch touch-sensitive display. The processor is a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU. Other specs to note are 1.3MP and 5MP front and rear-facing cameras, respectively, as well as NFC (near field communication) support. The phone makes use of
NFC with Google Wallet and S Beam (a device-to-device sharing feature).

This is a Sprint ID phone, which means you can download ID packs (which include apps, wallpapers, ringtones, and related features) based on themes that interest you. The packs won’t prevent you from using Google Play to get the apps that you prefer, however.
Of course, Sprint’s 4G LTE network is in the works, which means you won’t be blazing everywhere. Cities that should be getting up to 4G LTE speed in the very near future include Boston, Chicago, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and others.
Joshua Gulick
Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to
Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote
CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for
Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for
HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.