Sprint Vital™- Get it on June 14 for less than $100

sprint_vitalAn affordable smartphone with all the high-end features

Great news for budget-conscious customers: Sprint is about to launch a powerful smartphone that doesn’t sacrifice performance or high-end capabilities for less than $100. Sprint Vital™ packs many of today’s must-have features, including the latest version of Android™.

Priced at just $99.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade, two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate (excluding taxes), Sprint Vital comes with the high-end features every customer wants. It is available beginning Friday, June 14, in all Sprint sales channels, including Sprint Stores, 1-800-SPRINT1, Web Sales and Business Sales.

Built on Android 4.1.2, Jelly Bean, Sprint Vital comes with a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and video capture, 1-megapixel front-facing camera and Sprint 4G LTE for surfing the Web at lightning-fast speeds.

Sprint Vital is also geared for gamers with a large 5-inch HD 1280 x 720 IPS display with break-resistant LCD and a 2,500 mAh removable lithium-ion battery that offers up to 15 hours talk time. To help take advantage of the built-in gaming capabilities, it comes preloaded with EA Mobile’s Real Racing 3, offering trailblazing features, including officially licensed tracks, an expanded 22-car grid, and more than 45 meticulously detailed cars from makers like Porsche, Lamborghini, Dodge, Bugatti and Audi. Racing with friends gets kicked into another dimension with the reality-bending Time Shifted Multiplayer™ (TSM) technology.

Sprint Vital also keeps the Android experience closer to the way it was intended. This allows more freedom to customize your Android experience and enables enhanced performance with less clutter that could slow it down.

It is equipped with eco-friendly attributes, including Underwriters Laboratory Environment (ULE) Platinum Certification, the highest level of environmental performance recognized by sustainable requirements established by ULE and Sprint, and packaging that is 98 percent recyclable.

Other key features include:

  • Sprint ID, offering an innovative way to personalize an Android smartphone with apps, widgets, ringtones and more, all in a single download
  • 3G/4G LTE mobile hotspot capability supporting up to eight Wi-Fi® enabled devices simultaneously
  • Google Play™, with more than 800,000 apps, millions of songs and books, and thousands of movies
  • Sprint Zone™, offering one-stop access to your wireless account, phone tips, news, a list of top apps and more

Specifications

  • Dimensions: 5.591 x 2.811 x 0.392 inches (142.00mm x 71.40mm x 9.95mm)
  • Weight: 5.432 ounces (154 grams)
  • Display: 5-inch HD 1280 x 720 IPS Display with Break Resistant LCD
  • Battery: 2,500 mAh removable lithium-ion battery for up to 15 hours talk time
  • Memory: 1GB RAM, 8GB user memory and microSD™ card slot supporting up to 64GB memory card
  • Underwriters Laboratory Environment (ULE) Platinum Certified, the highest level of environmental performance recognized by sustainable requirements established by ULE and Sprint

Productivity

  • Android™ 4.1.2, Jelly Bean
  • Sprint 4G LTE
  • 1.5GHz dual-core processor (Qualcomm MSM8960)
  • Personal and business email and text messaging, as well as IM through Google Talk™
  • Google Mobile™ wireless services such as Google Search™, Gmail™, Google Maps™ for Android, Google Calendar™, Voice Actions and YouTube™
  • 3G/4G LTE mobile hotspot capability supporting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously
    Corporate Outlook email using Microsoft Direct Push Technology/Microsoft ActiveSync
  • Near Field Communication (NFC) capable
  • Wi-Fi® 802.11 /b/g/n

Entertainment/Personalization

  • Dual cameras: 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and video capture and 1-megapixel front-facing camera
  • Google Play™ with more than 800,000 apps, millions of songs and books, and thousands of movies
  • Sprint ID, offering an innovative way to personalize an Android smartphone with apps, widgets, ringtones and more, all in a single download
  • Sprint Zone™, a one-stop access your wireless account, phone tips, news, a list of top apps and more
  • Sprint TV® and Movies, with more than 15 channels of live sports, live breaking news and full episodes of the most popular daytime, primetime and kids entertainment
  • Sprint Music Plus, a full-featured music store and player for music tracks, ringtones, and ringback tones, including millions of DRM-free music tracks and tones updated daily
  • GPS Navigation allows turn-by-turn directions and search options
  • Text-to-Speech voice-enabled accessibility
  • TTY capable for the hearing impaired
  • Voice Actions for text, calls, emails, maps, go to Web, note to self, directions, watch a video and many more
  • Voice dialer
  • Voice memo
  • 3.5mm stereo headset jack
  • Bluetooth® 4.0 + LE