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LG's Viper Bites Sprint Customers April 22

Apr 12, 2012, 8:39 AM by Eric M. Zeman

As previously announced, Sprint made the LG Viper available for pre-order today. The company also revealed that the device will go on sale April 22. Customers who pre-order the Viper today will be charged and Sprint may ship the device to them before the April 22 in-store availability date. The Viper costs $99 and is the first smartphone available from Sprint with LTE on board. Sprint's LTE network is expected to launch by the middle of the year.

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LG Viper

4" display 480 x 800 pixels
Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 processor 1 GB RAM
1,700 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC

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Vrystaat

Apr 12, 2012, 9:38 AM

LTE

Do we know if Sprint has the phone's LTE radio active, or does it have to get turned on later with a software / hardware update -- similar to what Verizon did with the Xoom?

Eric M. Zeman

Good question. I'll see if I can find out.

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