I called the Target & they told me they still had the Awe in stock & the $20 price was still good. I went & on the display it had it at $99.99 and I was like "oh no!" but I asked, and was relieved--it was still $19.99 (and, as I guessed, today was the last day).
I grabbed 2. My wife actually was saying I should buy 4-5 of them because I could sell them for about $50 in a week or so and recoup the $50 I wasted on the Reverb, but I just don't like the idea of doing that. It smacks of something others have done to us before & upset us in doing so. I may sell the 2nd in a couple of weeks for $45 or so, maybe, or just keep it in case the current one gets broken etc.
I also bought a hard-shell case with kickstand for $8 on eBay--I eagerly await its arrival, so I can protect this phone.
So far it seems smooth, it certainly belies its $20 price. I'd seen this model in WalMart a few times before and thought it was some cheap knock-off, sort of like Coby or Insignia etc, but such was not the case. So far anyway I haven't experienced any lock-ups or stickiness, and the GPS locked onto my current location very quickly.
I will post a bit more about it in the other post I did, but short answer--so far, I like it, and I think it definitely is in the Samsung Reverb/Ring class easily, and with a more "pure" version of Android to boot.