A rugged Android smartphone with support for push-to-talk

Feb 22, 2013 19:51 GMT  ·  By

Today, Sprint announced that the Kyocera Torque smartphone would be launched on its network on March 8 with a price tag of $99.99 attached to it, with the signing of a two-year contract and after a mail-in rebate.

The new device arrives on shelves with support for the wireless carrier’s 4G LTE, while also packing a 4-inch 800x480 pixels touchscreen and a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor inside.

The rugged smartphone comes with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage, as well as with a microSD memory card slot, Sprint Direct Connect push-to-talk support, and a 2,500 mAh battery inside.

Furthermore, the handset sports a 5-megapixel photo snapper on the back, and Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on top.

The smartphone can already be seen listed on Sprint’s website, via this link.