Sprint lets loose the LG LX370 and Samsung Exclaim

LG LX370

(Credit: Sprint)

Sprint launched two new phones over the weekend: the LG LX370 and the Samsung Exclaim.

The LG LX370 is a slider phone with Sprint's One Click interface, a 2.0-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, GPS with Sprint Navigation, a music player, a microSD card slot that can hold up to 16GB, and more. The LG LX370 is $99.99 with a two-year contract.

Samsung Exclaim

(Credit: Sprint)

The Samsung Exclaim has many of the same features, but it has a dual-slider shape with both a number keypad and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It is similar in style to the Helio Ocean 2.

This messaging phone has several social-networking features, like interactive Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace tiles as part of the One Click interface. It'll be available for $79.99 with a new two-year service agreement.

(Via PhoneScoop)

[brynn08]

only on the "Now" network !

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The Exclaim is thicker than I was expecting. It's still light for the size. It has a interesting balance between competent heft and I'm-not-a-smartphone-plastic feel. Hard to describe. I like the keyboard. It responses very well and the keys are nice and roomy. I was able to grab a picture, send it out to a few contacts with a quick message all without missing a step; just like a good phone should work. The screen could be a little sharper for being so large. I also almost feel like the screen should be a touch screen. Maybe I'm just confused because of the Pre, but my wife said the same thing.

It uses the now-standard Sprint menus and functions. It's nice that it comes with lots Google and social networking apps preloaded. My wife was able to get up and running on it in no time. We were even able to port her contacts and pictures from her prior Samsung phone to this one without any problems. I'd forgotten the phone came with an SD micro slot. Nice touch.

One thing I thought was odd is that it came pre-configured to setup a gmail account, but not Yahoo. Playing favorites are we? Still, so far we're happy with the phone. Again, it's a little thicker than we were expecting, but not bad. Works well and the keyboard is nice.