Samsung Craft, which also known as Samsung SCH-R900, is the first LTE/CDMA phone to be launched in the United States. This phone sports a 3.30" capacitive touchscreen AMOLED display at 480×800 pixels resolution, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface.
In addition to its 4G LTE compatibility, Samsung Craft pack a decent features include a 3.2 megapixels autofocus camera with video recording and LED flash, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microUSB 2.0, multimedia player with 3.5 mm stereo audio jack and HTML browser.
Samsung Craft R900 comes equipped with a 165 MB internal memory. A microSD slot with support for up to 32GB card is available for storage expansion, and a 2GB microSD card preloaded with Paramount Pictures’ hit movie “Star Trek” is included right out the box.
MetroPCS’s Samsung Craft, will be initially offered in Las Vegas metropolitan area, which is the ground zero of their 4G LTE service. This handset will be going for a price of $299* after $50 instant rebate, in MetroPCS’s stores and online.
* plus tax, while supplies last.
As an additional information, MetroPCS is currently offering two 4G LTE service plans, $55 or $60. In addition to offering talk, text and a faster 4G Web experience initially on an unlimited basis, MetroPCS is introducing many new applications and features that take advantage of its 4G LTE network, including:
- MetroSTUDIO, powered by RealNetworks, is available on the $60 service plan. MetroSTUDIO is a new source of multimedia content, including access to full-track downloads, ringtones and ring-back tones, as well as premium video content from NBC Universal, Black Entertainment Television (BET) and Univision, available on-demand and on-the-go from one easy-to-use application.
- A new social networking and instant messaging aggregation application, which harnesses notifications, friends and content from the Facebook, MySpace and Twitter social networks and AIM, MSN and Yahoo! IM clients into a single interface that consumers can access with one click.
- Upgraded MetroNavigator feature with the addition of voice-activated GPS and turn-by-turn directions.
Image(s) of MetroPCS’s Samsung Craft SCH-R900 4G LTE Phone
Samsung Craft: Front View, Showing Star Trek at its 3.3" Display
Samsung Craft: Horizontal, Slided, Showing QWERTY keyboard
