Thursday, April 18, 2013
NEW YORK: US wireless carriers have started revealing prices for Samsung's new flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, which goes on sale starting next week.
AT&T has started taking advance orders and says phones will ship starting April 30. It's charging $200 for the base model, with 16 gigabytes of memory, under a two-year contract. Staples says it will start selling the AT&T model on April 26.
Sprint Nextel starts taking advance orders Thursday and says in-store sales start April 27. It charges $250 for the base model, or $150 if the buyer is coming over from another carrier.
T-Mobile USA starts taking advance orders next Wednesday, and in-store sales start May 1. It's charging $150 up front and $20 per month for two years under its new installment plans. Those plans replace two-year service contracts that most carriers require. T-Mobile has abandoned them in favor of cheaper month-to-month plans.
Verizon Wireless has said it will sell the phone, but hasn't announced a release date or price. Smaller carriers US Cellular, Leap Wireless' Cricket and C Spire will also sell the phone.
Samsung Electronics's Galaxy S4 is the successor to the Galaxy S III, which has been the biggest competitor to Apple's iPhone.
The Galaxy S 4 has a slightly bigger screen, a larger battery and a faster processor than its predecessor.
Source TOI
