14 DAY TRIAL // With only one day until Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G goes live through all T-Mobile USA retail channels, Costco is making an interesting offer to customers looking for a cheap 4G-enabled smartphone.
The US-based major retailer included the Galaxy S Blaze 4G in a BOGO deal (buy one get one for free), which means customers will only have to pay $69.99 to get the smartphone with a new two-year agreement, and receive a second device for free.
Obviously, the second Galaxy S Blaze 4G will require activation of a new line as well, but this is still a good deal. The folks at TmoNews got their hands on a Costco internal document which confirms the promotion.
Effective from March 23, the promo is expected to end in a few days, so those who waited for this handset since T-Mobile USA announced it back in January, may want to check at the nearest Costco store for this BOGO deal.
Although the smartphone was confirmed by T-Mobile USA at the International Consumer Electronics Show, the Galaxy S Blaze 4G was showcased for the first time back in February during the Mobile World Congress 2012, in Barcelona.
The smartphone is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, but hopefully it will receive an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade by the end of the year, though this has yet to be confirmed by the handset maker.
On the inside, the Galaxy S Blaze 4G is equipped with a powerful 1.5 GHz dual-core processor manufactured by Qualcomm. It also packs 16GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM and microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
The phone features HSPA+ (42Mbps) support, as well as Wi-Fi, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot and GPS with A-GPS. The Galaxy S Blaze 4G sports a 1750 mAh Li-Ion battery, which is rated by Samsung for up to 230 hours of talk time or up to 7 hours of talk time.
