HTC Aria on June 7th?

[lordmaxx]

Ok...its June 7th somewhere in the world...where's my chorus of angels singing hallelujah....

oh....they must be at Steve Jobs house in California and haven't gotten up yet...

 

[t-readyroc]

I have a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach that it'll be the Aero coming today & not the Aria.

 

[t-readyroc]

Aria = Liberty? Looks pretty similar. Either way, AG's doubting an announcement today.

 

[Ambictus]

Well, the trend seems to be letdown with this kind of thing. So... expect nothing Set your expectations low!

 

[Ambictus]

It's interesting that the Liberty has actually been known about as long as the Evo 4G, Legend and MyTouch 3G Slide yet this is the first 'rendering' of it.

 

[ewingr]

Am I just too anxious or what? Today is the 7th (isn't it?)...I don't see any 'announcements'.

 

[Ambictus]

Meh... like I said... set expectations low . Honestly at this point I'm beginning to accept the Backflip as AT&T's only Android phone...

 

[Zappcatt]

With the special upgrade option from AT&T for anyone whos contract ends in 2010, I am thinking that their exclusive window is closing. It gives AT&T a way to lock in any current iPhone users(who they helped Apple service when it was not proven) it lets them grab a few people who were sitting on the fence, but then would allow Apple to get people on multiple networks in the US.

I wonder if Apple told them that the end was near, and might end sooner if their was an "actual" competitor to the iPhone at launch.

I can not think of ANY other strategic reason why AT&T would go back on their 5 androids by mid year announcement, and the LONG delay for the already announced Aero.

I almost feel sorry for anyone who dropped down to the 2gb data package then gets the new iPhone and uses Netflix streaming, better Pandora in the background and the Video conferfencing when it goes 3G

 

[tsanuri]

Except that on FB it has said that current iphone users are able to do it not everyone.

As well as here AT&T: upgrade to iPhone 4 up to six months early -- Engadget
Any existing iPhone customer eligible for an upgrade between today and the end of this year will be eligible for our best pricing for iPhone 4, $199 and $299, with a two year term commitment.

 

[Zappcatt]

Right, but I meant that they can "recapture" the original/early iPhone users, and get some new people who come from other companies.

I.E. Hey Apple, we stuck up for you in the beginning, give us a bone to try to keep our current customers(who have suffered through our crappy network issues), and get some more customers locked in before you open it up to others.

Sorry if i was unclear on what I meant.

 

[lordmaxx]

so the big AT&T android news of the day was that it would only be $199 for a 16gb Iphone4 that you can then ebay to buy a nexus one.

 

[Ambictus]

Actually their android announcement was the reduction in the iPhone 3GS price which has an Android port

 

[Drazzamatazz]

June 7th - EPIC FAIL for AT&T and Android Forums!!

 

[Zappcatt]

so the big AT&T android news of the day was that it would only be $199 for a 16gb Iphone4 that you can then ebay to buy a nexus one.

Hmmm good call, might have to look into that. I am still in my 30 day window on my Backflip, since AT&T has NO viable Android announced yet, I might have to look into that.

I would love to get one of the newer, kick ass Androids, but maybe the N1 and a couple bucks would work.

 

[HustlinDaily]

You might have to camp out in the AT&T store. That shit will sell like hotcakes.

And once it sells out, the value will be sky high. Your couple of bucks may turn into a couple of hundred bucks (okay maybe not that much more than the N1 but you get the point).

 

[lordmaxx]

Many people are getting the palm pre fairly cheap (even free on contract) and able to ebay it for enough to almost cover the cost of an N1...I'd still like a Samsung Galaxy S though....

 

[maerlim]

June 7th - EPIC FAIL for AT&T and Android Forums!!

/sadface.

 

[tsanuri]

Who here is shocked? I know I am not would have been if anything was announced today. And to make us feel worse Telus gets the desire tomorrow or that was the rumor.

 

[HustlinDaily]

OMG HTC Desire coming tomorrow?!

Wow sooo tempted to sell my Liquid, buy an iPhone, sell the iPhone, buy the Desire (same 3G bands as AT&T, Telus has).

Nah, gonna wait til Gingerbread to get my next phone. But the Desire is so amazing.

 

[tsanuri]

Well Telus had the countdown and it ended with something for their TV service.
O well guess abit longer till we have a good HTC phone just north of the border.

 

[maerlim]

So, looking at today's pictures and video of the Aria/Liberty/Whatever, I'm convinced it's a 3.1" screen. Consider if you will, take an HTC Legend, replace the aluminum with standard hard plastic, chop off the bottom chin, move the track sensor up between the bottom row of capacitive buttons, and voila! HTC Aria!

Here's a 5-minute photochop where I took the bottom of the Aria and pasted it over the bottom of the Legend.

 

[t-readyroc]

Very interesting... So they're the same dimensions save for the chin? But the screen size is smaller?

 

[lordmaxx]

Why would they make a smaller screen AND take away that beautiful single piece construction of the legend? Just to be different for no reason? I just dont see the point of this phone if it is as you say.

What designer says...you know I think the customers like this phone, except yeah make the screen smaller and take this metal single body design away and make it plastic...that'll make it better.

 

[maerlim]

Doesn't the Legend have a 3.1" screen?

 

[=KLRS=ZERO]

no its 3.2