When we first saw this phone at CTIA, it was Boost Mobile-bound. About a month later, Sprint got it, too.
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Not much has changed in the Samsung Transform Ultra since popping over to Sprint. The Android Gingerbread smartphone features a 3.5-inch touch screen...
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QWERTY slider
...and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The buttons themselves are responsive, as are the four physical buttons beneath the phone's display.
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Top view
The power button and 3.5-millimeter headset jack are up top.
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Camera
There's a 3.2-megapixel camera lens on the phone's back, plus a textured plastic surface.
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Side view
The Samsung Transform Ultra for Sprint, in profile.
