Big 4 to carry Samsung’s flagship phone

Published 4:31 pm Monday, June 4, 2012

Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, will be launched by all of the four major U.S. wireless carriers this month, starting at $199, the phone maker said Monday.

The phone will be carried by Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA, South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. said.

T-Mobile and Sprint said they will start selling the phone June 21. Sprint said the version with 16 gigabytes of memory will cost $200 with a two-year contract. T-Mobile did not say what it would charge. Samsung said the other phone companies will announce specific launch dates and prices later.

The Galaxy series has emerged as the most popular alternative to Apple Inc.’s iPhone. Most analysts estimate that Samsung outsold the 35.1 million iPhones Apple sold in the first three months of this year.

Associated Press