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The LG Viper 4G LTE smartphone will officially land at Sprint stores on April 22. This smartphone will be among the first smartphones that will operate on Sprint's upcoming 4G LTE Network. The Viper is expected to sell for $99.99 with a new two-year service agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate. If you're anxious to get your hands on this phone, you can preorder it starting today. Customers who preorder the Viper may receive the phone as early as April 20—two days before the device becomes available in stores. The LG Viper runs on Android 2.3 and has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 4G of ROM. It also comes with a 4GB microSD card.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., & SAN DIEGO (BUSINESS WIRE), April 12, 2012 - Sprint (NYSE: S) and LG Mobile today announced Sunday, April 22, as the availability date for the highly anticipated LG Viper™ 4G LTE, one of the first smartphones to be available on the upcoming 4G LTE Network from Sprint. LG Viper will be available in Sprint sales channels, including www.sprint.com and 1-800-SPRINT1, for $99.99 with a new two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate via reward card1 (excludes taxes and surcharges).


Additional apps and features include:

• Google Play™ offers more than 450,000 useful applications, widgets and games.
• Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which allows the device to read information from everyday objects, such as stickers and posters embedded with NFC chips. Google Wallet™, another NFC component, allows the smartphone to be used like a wallet to make safe, secure purchases at NFC-enabled merchants nationwide
• Sprint ID allows users to cut through the clutter of thousands of apps by selecting from a variety of mobile ID packs. Sprint ID packs include ringers, wallpapers and widgets.
• Consumers can download Box on the LG Viper and receive 50GB of free cloud storage and sharing directly from LG, an estimated value of $240 per year, so users don’t have to stress about storing all of their favorite music, files, photos and other memories. The 50GB of free storage is exclusive to LG devices until July 22.
• “Life’s Good Fairytales” app, a customizable storyboard that allows parents and children to bond over the creation and sharing of unique fairy tales through their device.2

Additionally, LG Viper is Sprint’s first 4G LTE device to feature eco-friendly attributes, including ULE Platinum Certification, the highest level of environmental performance recognized by sustainable requirements established by UL Environment and Sprint, a casing made of 50 percent recycled plastics, and packaging that is 100 percent recyclable.

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