MetroPCS has announced a new device that they're billing as the world's first commercially available 4G LTE Android smartphone (which is probably true, since the Thunderbolt won't be coming out till next week). Called the Samsung Galaxy Indulge, the handset will begin hitting shelves in MetroPCS stores this week.
Taking on a horizontal slider form factor, the phone actually comes across as a good-looking mid-range device with its curved corners, stark black bezel and four-row full QWERTY keyboard. It runs Android 2.2 Froyo, complete with the whole slew of Google Mobile apps and MetroSTUDIO, the carrier's proprietary multimedia platform for taking advantage of that 4G broadband speed. Being a Samsung handset, TouchWiz UI is naturally slathered over the native Google experience.
Known details of the Samsung Galaxy Indulge include a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen display (480 x 320 resolution), a 3.0 megapixel autofocus camera, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, stereo Bluetooth and a 4GB microSD card preinstalled. The card will come with a copy of Iron Man 2, just in case you enjoy seeing Scarlett Johansson in black fitting overalls a second (or third or fourth…) time around.
As with other MetroPCS offerings, one of the biggest selling points for the Samsung Galaxy Indulge is the price. The phone will be offered, free of contract, at $399 plus taxes. If you're going to use that 4G, though, you'll probably want to hook up with one of the carrier's $50 and $60 plans, which include unlimited talk, text and 4G data downloads, along with a few other niceties.
[MetroPCS]
