I have been seeing the $199 thrown about...is that the price with a new 2 year contract? I would assume so...do we know yet what the price will be if we *don't* have an upgrade?
Expect the X to cost you $600 at least (including tax). Sell your Droid Eris on Ebay for at least some money to help pay for the X.
Expect the X to cost you $600 at least (including tax). Sell your Droid Eris on Ebay for at least some money to help pay for the X.
I plan to...but I can't yet (it is my only phone and I can't go til July 15th with no phone).
I'm saying that when you buy the X, then go ahead and sell your Droid Eris.
Hmm... waiting may very well cost you hundreds of dollars. If you can come up with an old phone to use it may be beneficial. I'm back on my blackberry curve for the next 20-something days.
EDIT: I take that back, I thought you had an incredible. The Eris will still go down in price but not as drastically as the incredible. I can imagine that once the X is released no one or very few will wait for an incredible.
Sprint held the retail price of the Evo at $449.99 with no contract. Here's to hoping that Verizon follows suite so the people willing to pay full price don't get whacked quite as hard. I have no faith in that actually occurring however. I'm guessing $599, but again pure guess, no real evidence. At 450 or 499 I'm definitely interested in a little switcharoo by selling off the Incredible and snagging an X, but I wont pay 600+ more of just a quirk than any real financial strain.
So, lets hope that someone pointed that Evo pricing out to the execs, and then cross our fingers that they care.
Hmm... waiting may very well cost you hundreds of dollars. If you can come up with an old phone to use it may be beneficial. I'm back on my blackberry curve for the next 20-something days.
EDIT: I take that back, I thought you had an incredible. The Eris will still go down in price but not as drastically as the incredible. I can imagine that once the X is released no one or very few will wait for an incredible.
That was a little different since base fab and tooling costs for the EVO were already rolled up and covered with the HD2. The X is a new production beast and also has a brand new 3630 omap. I expect $600 to be the price.
I think it is $699 atleast thats what i saw on one site dont know how accurate this is
I'm just sayin that's what I saw with one of the hands on demos so take it for what it is
I would be shocked if the phone were more than 549.00. That was the list/retail price of the Motorola Droid. And I do not believe they will exceed that simply because folks can just terminate their contract early and come out cheaper buying another great smartphone for 199.00 with a new contract.
Whatever the price is, it is absolutely absurd that Verizon hasn't already made that information known. I am sure folks qualifying for the 199.00 upgrade are very much in the minority. Most folks are locked into a new 2 year contract since they purchased either the Moto Droid or HTC Incedible and will have to pay full price for the Droid X. It would be nice if Verizon would let folks know the price so they can budget and plan accordingly if they are thinking of buying.
As well, I feel Verizon should allow folks who recently purchased their Moto Droid's to upgrade to the X for a cheaper price. I feel robbed that I have only had my Droid for 3 months. But that will not happen either I'm sure.
Finally, I wonder if Verizon will even allow folks to pre-order just the phone that do not qualify for an early upgrade. It's all about the contracts, so they may not allow pre-orders if you aren't extending your contract. That is assuming they take pre-orders at all.
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