Release date: 6/24 nationwide; 6/21 for SP members.

[novox77]

Sprint has stressed this is a summer release and summer doesn't actually start until June 21. :-/

yeah... so was last year's Evo launch considered a "summer" release?

 

[dan330]

only thing.. there are only so many dates... we know i will not be a sunday.... and it will be June or july... small chance for May or Aug

 

[drexappeal]

Sprint has stressed this is a summer release and summer doesn't actually start until June 21. :-/

yeah... so was last year's Evo launch considered a "summer" release?

Yup. I remember that was one of the most heated debates, prior to the announcement of the EVO 4G release date. People kept arguing the point of the actual start of summer and it ended up having no connection at all.

 

[novox77]

thought so. If they were super technical about it, the Evo 4G release should have been billed a Spring (or Q2) release. But that's like saying Evo 3D is a "summer" release, and the phone is actually released in mid September, which no longer feels like summer.

Summer in marketing terms is JUN/JUL/AUG. I think early June is definitely still fair game.

 

[Jackietreehorn]

If my theory about the release date being tied to the yerkish renaming, that is supposed to go down in 5 hrs as of when I'm typing this per this page

Sprint- All Together Now

lets cross our collective fingers

Looks like it was just about the band. Oh well, was hoping your were right though...mostly because there's no real date to look forward to even hearing about release, could just be any random day, but no particular even to look forward to or anything.

 

[shrubby]

If my theory about the release date being tied to the yerkish renaming, that is supposed to go down in 5 hrs as of when I'm typing this per this page

Sprint- All Together Now

lets cross our collective fingers

Seems that the big reveal is Lexigram the bands new name :-/

 

[deltatko]

Sorry I got everyone's hopes up

At least I didn't claim I had insider info lol

 

[Sketchr]

... we know i will not be a sunday....

wasn't the nexus just released last sunday? or are you talking about just for htc products?

 

[dan330]

wasn't the nexus just released last sunday? or are you talking about just for htc products?

I assume no products will be released on a Sunday...

Church
Less hrs open

 

[mak916]

I'm going to say the release date will be June 3rd. The 3rd for 3D just like the EVO was released on June 4th for 4G. I just wish they would come out and tell us already. What is the hold up?

 

[marctronixx]

sprint released the wifi xoom on this past sunday so any day is fair game...

 

[cyaiphone]

sprint released the wifi xoom on this past sunday so any day is fair game...

what makes you say that?

how long in advance did sprint announce the release date for the nexus that just came out?

 

[marctronixx]

what happened? sprint released the wifi xoom this past sunday. i ordered one and have it here. what did i say wrong???? lol?

 

[deltatko]

Sprint does release most of their phones on Sunday, but 3 years in a row the flagship phone has been released on a Friday, and for at least the last 2 (I can't remember the date of the instinct) it was the first Friday in June (technically the Pre was released on a Friday at Premier parties and to the public on Saturday)

 

[themuffinman75]

I am gonna guess June 17th, 2011.

 

[cyaiphone]

what happened? sprint released the wifi xoom this past sunday. i ordered one and have it here. what did i say wrong???? lol?

lol no I mean how is the evo 3d release tied to the xoom? I'm hopin you know something we dont.

 

[marctronixx]

its not tied to the xoom. my post was stating that sprint does indeed launch products on weekend days so i dont see how one could rule out a weekend day being a launch day. thats all i meant. apologies to confuse you and anyone else.

 

[alcohol]

Put me down for june 3rd. but that's just me being hopeful.

 

[dan330]

its not tied to the xoom. my post was stating that sprint does indeed launch products on weekend days so i dont see how one could rule out a weekend day being a launch day. thats all i meant. apologies to confuse you and anyone else.

ok.. i stand corrected

 

[Netcat]

Sprint has stressed this is a summer release and summer doesn't actually start until June 21. :-/

You're right. I wouldn't expect anything until "summer" begins.

 

[cyaiphone]

I can't wait that long! Come on sprint lol

 

[Jackietreehorn]

I guess I've never really paid attention, but read elsewhere that the FCC releases information on Fridays typically. Anyone care to weight in on the truthfulness of that? Would be great to get some info tomorrow...but unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Sprint is in any big hurry, so not holding my breath.

 

[EarlyMon]

I guess I've never really paid attention, but read elsewhere that the FCC releases information on Fridays typically. Anyone care to weight in on the truthfulness of that? Would be great to get some info tomorrow...but unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Sprint is in any big hurry, so not holding my breath.

I'm so used to seeing it as guesswork in blogs as to what product is what in the FCC stuff, I've never thought about it or thought to notice a date.

I was always frustrated at those articles, because they always publish a lot of specs, but they're just rehashing the rumors and the FCC stuff is always to lean to support it in my opinion.

But - you raise an interesting point. No way could this be mistaken for anything else.

We had a conversation in an Evo thread about how long the gap _had_ to be between FCC and taking orders - I had no position, but the other guy did and we were discussing that. (BlackDynamite maybe? Knew what he was talking about anyways.) And since then, pretty sure we've seen that window narrow suprisingly. Example - Nexus S 4G cleared FCC on April 9, and people were buying them last weekend, right - less than a month's window there.

Let's see - April 9 - Friday.

FCC approval date for the Captivate - June 11 - Friday.

HTC Doubleshot approved May 4, 2011 - Wednesday.

Oh, well.

 

[BenChase7]

Where is the damn "FCC Friday's" Engadget usually posts?? I'm getting anxious and just ran of of Xanax!

 

[drewsg]

This is getting pretty annoying with the lack of release date information. I know Sprint has released their top phone the first couple weeks in June, but geez, can we get a release date or some other information?