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Sprint’s 4-inch, LG Optimus F3
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Prepaid carrier Virgin Mobile announced today that it will begin selling the LG Optimus F3 for $179.99.
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Already available for free under contract with Sprint, the 4G LTE device is equipped with a 4-inch IPS touch screen and ships with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
The handset also features a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, a VGA front-facing camera, and a swift 1.2GHz dual-core processor.
I recently took a look at Sprint’s Optimus F3 and was particularly impressed by its long-lasting 2,460mAh battery, which has a reported talk time of 16 hours.
Additional features include NFC, the ability to record 1080p full-HD video, and a microSD card slot that accepts cards with capacities up to 32GB.
For more information on the phone, be sure to check out my review of its Sprint counterpart.
A closer look at Sprint’s Optimus F3 (pictures)
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