T-Mobile intros Samsung Galaxy Relay 4G on Sept. 19

We aren't shocked to hear about this midtier phone, but T-Mobile isn't sharing much beyond the pricing and availability.

by Jessica Dolcourt

September 10, 2012 2:44 PM PDT Follow @jdolcourt

The Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G is a QWERTY slider.

(Credit: T-Mobile)

More details emerged today about T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy Relay 4G Android 4.0 slider phone, specifically that the Relay will be available on September 19 for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card, and with a new two-year service agreement.

The successor to the Galaxy S Blaze 4G will feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4-inch super AMOLED display, a 5-megapixel camera, and a 1.3-megapixel front-camera. It runs off a 1.5-GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It has 8GB of onboard storage, and takes up to 32GB in external memory.

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