Samsung’s Mid-Range Illusion from Verizon Officially Available Online Tomorrow, In Stores Jan. 2012

Just as the rumor yesterday stated, the Samsung Illusion for Verizon Wireless will be available starting tomorrow online for $80 on a new two-year contract. The device will be available in stores sometime in January 2012 if you’re interested in that route.

I suppose there’s little room for this phone in the holiday circulars up against heavy hitters like the DROID RAZR, DROID 3, DROID Bionic and the upcoming Galaxy Nexus.

The Samsung Illusion is a mid-range handset that sports Android 2.3, a 3.5 inch HVGA display, a 3 megapixel camera and more. Samsung’s also boasting how green it is – you can find more on that, along with other details, in the press release below.

Equipped with Stylish Form Factor, the Samsung Illusion is Made from Post Consumer Material and Has Attained UL Platinum Rating 

 

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) today announced the Samsung Illusion^™ will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning Nov. 23 for $79.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. The Illusion will be available for free with a new two-year customer agreement between Thursday, Nov. 24 and Monday, Nov. 28 as a online promotion.

The sophisticated Samsung Illusion smartphone features a sleek form factor and is powered by the nation’s most reliable 3G wireless network.  The Illusion boasts a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird Application Processor, 3.0-megapixel camera, HTML Web browser, music player and integrated contacts, calendar and social networking applications, as well as access to more than 300,000 apps available to download from Android Market^™.

Key features:

• Android 2.3^™, Gingerbread– support for Google Mobile^™ Services including Gmail^™, YouTube^™, Google Talk^™, Google Search^™and Google Maps^™

• ·         SWYPE^™ Technology – input text faster and in a more intuitive way with one continuous finger motion across the screen keyboard
• ·         Unique curved-glass display
• ·         Corporate email support for Microsoft Office Exchange^® so customers can synchronize corporate email, contacts and calendars from their office email
• ·         Full suite of messaging options, including text, picture and video messaging
  • ·         6-axis accelerometer with compass
  • ·         Bluetooth^® 3.0 technology – support for headset, hands-free, stereo, phonebook access and object push for vCard and vCalendar
  • ·         Wi-Fi Connectivity 802.11 a/b/g/n

• Mobile Hotspot capability – share 3G connection with up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices

• microSD^™ card slot with support for up to 32 GB (2 GB pre-installed)

 

Additional features – Designed with the environment in mind:

• ·         UL Platinum Rating (Underwriters Laboratories) – the Samsung Illusion scored 84 out of 119 points to receive the “Platinum” UL rating
• ·         Rear casing and battery cover are made from 70 percent post-consumer material and 35 percent of the front casing is post-consumer material
• ·         Packaging made from bleach-free paper (post-consumer waste) and printed with vegetable ink
• ·         Box material uses 60 percent recycled paper (post-consumer waste)
• ·         High-efficiency charger with full-charge alarm

 

Availability:

• The Samsung Illusion will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com on Nov. 23, and will be available in Verizon Communications Stores in January 2012.
• Customers that purchase a Samsung Illusion smartphone will need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan beginning at $39.99 for monthly access and a smartphone data package starting at $30 monthly access for 2 GB of data.

 

For more information on the Samsung Illusion or for other Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

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About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 107.7 million total wireless connections, including 90.7 million retail customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD).  For more information, visitwww.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

 

About Samsung Telecommunications America

Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visitwww.samsungwireless.com.