14 DAY TRIAL // In addition to announcing the upcoming availability of the Samsung Replenish on its airwaves in early May, wireless carrier Sprint also announced the availability of Samsung Restore eco-friendly device on the airwaves of Virgin Mobile USA starting with April 18th. The mobile phone will cost only $79.99 (taxes and surcharges excluded), and does not require the signing of a contract agreement with the wireless carrier.
Samsung Restore comes to Virgin Mobile as a full-featured messaging handset, which features a slide-out, four-row QWERTY keyboard.
The specification list of this device also includes a 2.4-inch LCD screen (240 x 320 pixels) with portrait and landscape orientation, along with 2MP camera and camcorder on the back, and Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology packed inside,
Moreover, the mobile phone sports social networking support, with shortcuts to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The handset would also come with access to e-mail, including AOL, Gmail, Yahoo! and MSN/Windows Live Hotmail, as well as with support for Google Maps and Virgin Navigator.
At the same time, the Samsugn Restore comes with a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 32GB of additional storage space, and with MP3 player.
The mobile phone measures 4.6 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches, and weighs in at 3.7 ounces. It sports a 1140 mAh battery inside, which can deliver up to 6 hours of continuous talk time.
The Samsung Restore also comes to the market with an eco-friendly design, the wireless carrier announced.
Some of the main environmentally friendly features of the mobile phone would include:
- The phone casing contains 27 percent post-consumer recycled plastics and the handset as a whole is 83 percent recyclable. The device meets strict RoHS3 standards and only has low levels of environmentally sensitive materials (PVC, BFRs, Phthalates, Beryllium).
- Restore will launch in Virgin Mobile’s new handset packaging that is also more eco-friendly. The green packaging is now composed of 100% recycled plastic and uses almost 50% less plastic than prior packaging.