LG Lotus, Samsung Rant and Highnote now available from Sprint

Those crazy new Samsungs and LGs (well, LG singular) reppin' Sprint's fall lineup have dropped into stores dressed and ready for retail, and text fanatics are definitely the ones making out like bandits here. Starting out on the low end, the Samsung Rant drops by for $49.99 on contract in your choice of red or black, giving the LG Rumor some solid competition and upping the ante with EV-DO. The Highnote, also a fruit of Samsung's powerful loins, rocks the music angle with an integrated loudspeaker that functions as the second slide of a dual-sliding mechanism -- it runs $99.99 on contract in red or blue. Finally, the Lotus from LG takes the whole clamshell concept and flattens it out a bit, making room for a full QWERTY keyboard underneath along with a landscape display. It's available in purple (and not just any purple -- fancy purple) or black for $149.99 on contract.

Read - Samsung Rant
Read - Samsung Highnote
Read - LG Lotus

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 7:19PM]

The Samsung Rant... Samsung's newest entry into the angry-phone market competes with the highly successful HTC Harangue, Nokia Tantrum, and the Motorola KRZY.

[mykie Posted Oct 20th 2008 8:16PM]

I ordered a purple Lotus for my wife last night, we went to the Sprint store and played with it for awhile. The UI is nice and performs nicely, and the buttons appear to be a membrane over a series of buttons, but is very easy to use. The camera isn't so shabby, either. This is one of the few LGs on Sprint that I have some amount of confidence in.

If I didn't already have my heart set on getting the Pro, I'd have ordered the black Lotus for myself.

[neverxxletmego Posted Oct 22nd 2008 12:08AM]

i picked up my lg lotus today (in purple), it's nice. i still have my unlocked iphone attached to my hip though.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 22nd 2008 1:27AM]

The Rant is so annoying. It seems to be a decent phone from what I can tell, definitley an upgrade over the Rumor. The problem is that the browser is having issues with all WAP based sites and I cant download any ringers that arent from sprint. Furthermore there is still an SSL issue that doesnt allow me to work with my gmail. When is Sprint going to get something right? Its so frustrating that they just rush phones out there without taking the time to make sure they work right. No wonder they're getting their rear ends kicked by everyone else...just a terrible phone selection right now.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 22nd 2008 7:38PM]

I agree with JJsmooth on one thing, there is the WAP issue where i cant download any non sprint ringers. That is pretty frustrating. For the gmail thing, im pretty sure they will update the phones firmware to fix that soon.