Samsung Galaxy Note 4
A visitor holds a new Samsung Galaxy Note 4 smartphone at the Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 event ahead of the IFA Electronics show in Berlin, September 3, 2014. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless are selling the Galaxy Note 4 with an on-contract price of $299. However, when Sprint started taking Galaxy Note 4 preorders, it surprised the audience with a two-year contract price of $349.

The unlocked Galaxy Note 4 with Sprint is available for $720 for a two-year contract. Sprint is also offering the Easy Pay plan for availing Galaxy Note 4. It allows the users to purchase the Note 4 by paying $30 every month for two years without making any down payment.

For Note 4 fans who wish to purchase the phablet through Sprint, there is good news. According to PhoneArena, Sprint has reduced the on-contract price for Note 4 from $349 to $299. It is selling the Note 4 with the same on-contract price like other carriers. As far as off-contract is concerned, the Sprint Galaxy Note 4 is still available at the same price tag of $720.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 release date in the US is set to October 17. If you preorder a Note 4 with Sprint now, the cellular network provider will "do its best" to ship your order on Oct 17. Sprint customers can also take advantage of the Sprint BuyBack program that allows the user to receive up to $200 in exchange for a phone in good working condition.

The Galaxy Note 4 comes with a 5.7-inch quad HD Super AMOLED display screen. It supports a display resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels along with 515 ppi. There is a 16 MP camera with OIS on the rear panel along with a 3.7 MP frontal camera.

The phablet has a Snapdragon 805 SoC that powers it up with a quad-core speed of 2.7 GHz. It is also equipped with a 3 GB RAM. The external storage supported on the Note 4 is 32 GB. The Note 4 comes with a 3220 mAh capacity battery.

The Galaxy Note Edge handset was also announced during the launch of Galaxy Note 4. As of now, there is no information when the Note Edge will arrive in the US.