The market has received its fair share of Samsung Galaxy S phones in the recent past but the Epic 4G phone, or the Galaxy S Pro as it had widely been speculated it would be called, looks like it will take the fair share of the cake. Why? Get yourself one and you will be singing a brand new song. Basically, the phone features all the specs as its predecessors such as a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor, a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 5 Megapixel camera, and of course Android 2.1. Notably, it has a front facing camera as well as a physical keyboard. But just how epic is the Epic 4G review?
Samsung Epic 4G
Yes it may lack a 4.3 inch screen as the likes of EVO or Droid X, but hey, at 4 inches, and being a Super AMOLED screen, it’s pretty close and for all practical work, it appears to be just as good. It features 4-touch sensitive buttons on the bottom in place of the expected physical buttons and the physical keyboard that slides out not only adds to the height of the device but performs greatly and is pretty magnificent, with the keys slightly raised to give some space in between.
Samsung Epic 4G-Keyboard
On the sides of the Samsung Epic 4G you will find a very thin chrome ring running all round, almost in the middle of its edge without touching the keyboard area at all. It’s not every day you get to hear something positive about chrome but on the epic, it looks very tasteful. Expect the usual paraphernalia’s too on the side, including 2-stage camera buttons on the right, volume rocker on the left, 3.5mm headphone jack, power button on the right and a micro USB port. Just as the Galaxy S models, this phone has a painstaking retractable door that protects the ports, but honestly, does a micro-USB port which has been specifically designed to be flexible need any protection really?
Samsung Epic 4G Camera
The Samsung Epic 4G slide mechanism is a somewhat heavy, smooth spring mounted display that feels rather solid without wobbling. Actually if you tried to twist it a bit, you will only have a tiny hint of resistance on the screen, but it is something that will not be noticeable in day-to-day use. Back to the outstretched keyboard, it is completely flat and is a five-row kind of keyboard with an amazing deal of separation between all the keys. In other words, you will have a very solid ‘click’ on every key – don’t expect to find any key mushiness here.
Samsung Epic 4G- Front
One downside though, Samsung would have sacrificed the precise key separation in the keyboard for a slightly larger surface area of each key. As for the keyboard layout, you will be impressed to access a big Back, Home, menu, and Search Keys across the letters but be ready because the Enter and Backspace could give you a little bit of trouble before you get used to their placement. Generally though, the Samsung Epic 4G QWERTY clearly comes second to other Android contemporaries such as Droid 2 and MyTouch 3G slide.
Samsung Epic 4G- Back
Samsung Epic 4G comes equipped and running on the Android 2.1 OS at launch, but the company is quick to point out that it will be rolling out an upgraded version of it to Android 2.2 not too long after the Epic hits the Market. It features the most up-to-date version of Samsung’s TouchWiz Skin, which is not very distracting, in the contrary, it polishes the Android OS to some extent. It also comes preloaded with Qik, Swype, and several other important Sprint applications such as the mobile hotspot app.
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