If you’ve had the hots for the Samsung Droid Charge but never cared for that two-year contract with Verizon, you have the option to look at MetroPCS as your next wireless provider of choice because the carrier has just announced the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G, its version of the Droid Charge. For those not in the loop, MetroPCS has a stable of devices that can be had off-contract in addition to having a 4G network that gives you unlimited data access for as low as $40 per month.
Though the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G is a far cry from the high-end devices that are currently available in the market today, the handset still has quite a number of tricks up its sleeves that might want you to seriously consider jumping ship to MetroPCS. The carrier already confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G will be offered at $459 off-contract and will give its users access to live television streaming. With the Dyle application preinstalled on the handset, users of the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G can stream television using the 4G network of the carrier even while on the go. And the best part? There are no additional costs when you stream live TV on the handset. Be reminded whoever that the service is only available in select areas at the moment but that is bound to change in the future.
In addition to streaming live TV, the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G will be the first handset to be offered by MetroPCS to have Mobile Hotspot functionality. With this in play, you have the capability to share the internet connection of you handset to nearby Wi-Fi enabled devices for that matter.
As for the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G, it may be new to MetroPCS but the Samsung Droid Charge is definitely not a sprint chicken anymore. The handset has a slightly queer design aesthetics because its bottom edge is slightly pointed. In terms of its vital statistics, the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G has dimensions of 130 x 68 x 12 mm and it tips the scales at a rather hefty 143 grams. Aside from that slightly pointed bottom edge, the handset is your typical Android smartphone with a black slab design.
Under the hood, the age of the handset is already showing. The circuitry of the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G is built around its Hummingbird chipset and this brings to the handset an ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at a clock speed of 1 GHz. This processor works in partnership with 512 MB of Ram to deliver the computing power needed by the handset while its storage space is only 2GB. No issues here though because the internal storage of the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G can still be cranked up to as much 32GB using the microSD card slot of the handset. Its claim to fame however is its 4.3-inch SuperAMOLED Plus with a 480 x 800 resolution because this is the same type of display found on the Samsung Galaxy S II. The handset also has a rear 8MP shooter and a front 1.3MP snapper.
