Sprint is adding a revised version of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone to the carrier's Spark initiative to support tri-band LTE network.
Sprint is going all out to keep up with its strong rivals like AT&T and Verizon in the United States. The need for higher data speeds forces users to stick to the leading carriers, but Sprint is slowly gaining ground in this competitive market. In an announcement Wednesday, Sprint said that it will begin shipping the revised version of Samsung Galaxy S4 with Spark support to retail outlets and distributors in the next few weeks.
Sprint's latest addition of Spark along with the usual features will be able to switch network bands between 800MHz, 1.9GHz and 2.5GHz while delivering network data under Sprint's new program.
Sprint introduced Spark to improve the performance of internet-connected applications like video, music, games and other apps. Currently, Sprint's tri-band LTE service is available in select markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tampa and Miami, but the carrier is expecting to cover l100 U.S. markets soon.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is joining the HTC One Max and LG G2 smarpthones that are currently offered under Spark. The Spark Galaxy S4 will be available in stores for $199.99 on contract, and will also be listed under Sprint's One Up program, which allows users to upgrade devices more frequently and offers affordable payment methods. Under the One Up program, buyers will have to pay $25 per month for the Spark-y Galaxy S4.
Samsung Galaxy S4 is the company's flagship smartphone built with remarkable high-end specs that include a 5-inch HF Super AMOLED screen with Snapdragon 600 processor and 2GB of RAM. The lack of necessary LTE bandwidths did not let Sprint users take advantage of high-speed data networks. But the new version ends that as the GS4 will support all three bands once it is launched in the next few weeks.
