Sprint launches the new Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE (SPH-L300) affordable smartphone intended to bring high-speed 4G LTE network to the mass market. The phone runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on a Qualcomm MSM8960 Lite 1.2Ghz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. It supports Sprint 3G and LTE 4G mobile network and includes mobile hotspot functionality for sharing data connection with up to 10 WiFi devices.
The Victory gets a 4-inch 480×800 touchscreen display and a 5 Megapixel main camera with LED flash and a 1.3 Megapixel front-facing camera. Along with Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi 802.11n, the mid-range Galaxy also supports Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for reading information from everyday objects, like stickers and posters embedded with NFC chips, and device-to-device sharing via S Beam. With NFC support, the handset also supports Google Wallet electronic payment. Also included is AllShare DLNA for wireless media sharing.
The Galaxy Victory comes with 4GB of RAM and supports microSD/SDHC up to 32GB. Sprint will offer the Victory for $99.99 with a two-year contrast, after a $59 mail-in rebate.