AT&T Pre Plus Drops to $49.99 On Amazon 43
by Robert Werlinger Tue, 18 May 2010 9:59 am EDT
Well that was fast. Less than a day after launching on AT&T for $149.95 with a bundled Touchstone charging dock, the GSM Pre Plus can be had by way of Amazon for the more realistic price of $49.99 (minus the charging dock), which is what Verizon is currently selling the handset for. Any bets on how long it will take until AT&T follows suit and drops the price themselves?
Thanks to Jonathan for the tip!
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More sales = more WebOs adopters. More people will become aware that WebOs is the best mobile Os available to date.
Did anybody else notice the 5 to 7 WEEK availability?
Or that it's "running Windows Mobile 6.5"?!
If only Sprint would give us some sort of break. Paying $150 after $100 mail-in rebate for an inferior minus model hurts.
Doesn't hurt nearly as much as the monthly plans from Verizon or AT&T.
Yup. The GPS option costs 10 bucks a month on ATT and Verizon. You would have made your money in 10 months with the price difference. Besides the unlimited texts and 7:00 P.M unlimited calls options are worth another 10 bucks a month.
What a ripoff! I want a Pre Plus, but I don't want to have to switch to Verizon or AT&T and get robbed on service fees just to get it! Come on Sprint!
Yeah but we get mobile hotspot for free which was 40 bucks a month before becoming free - :P
So do Sprint users who run MyTether.
This is just my personal opinion, as I don't have a huge necessity for mobile hotspot, but I would rather pay that $40 a month for an internet connection than the mobile hotspot. (I know it's free now, my girlfriend has the Verizon Pre and I hijack her hotspot every once in a while.) But, I don't use it all that often, despite having access to it most of the time. I'd rather get a cable line in the house and hook up my computer to download the copies of Fallout 3, Jericho, San Andreas, and Portal that I just recently bought.
Agreed. Free GPS and lower monthly rates are ok with me.
Lets do compare apples to apples here, the Sprint price on Amazon is only $79.99, admittedly still more expensive that the Amazon price for AT&T but far less than the Sprint store/web price.
Best prices I can currently find are through letstalk.com
Sprint $44.99
AT&T $49.99 same as Amazon
Verizon $FREE
Note, no mail in rebate necessary.
Hoping to switch over to Sprint on a Pre by mid June myself since the monthly cost will be lower.
If anyone sees a better price elsewhere let me/us know.
You would think they want to clear out their old inventory before the new hardware... that we hope to see... this summer :}
I wish we could search our past comments for "I called it!" moments... :(
Love how the description states 'Other products by HTC', way to go Amazon..
I kinda doubt that ATT is going to follow Amazon. Amazon has had the Sprint Pre at $79 for months now and Sprint is still at $149.
It's also available for free to upgrade-eligible AT&T customers at LetsTalk.com.
I'm an AT&T customer (currently on iPhone) and am REALLY close to pulling the trigger on the Pre Plus through letstalk.com. Does anyone know how reputable this site is? I meet the upgrade requirements (minimum 10 months on current contract, etc). A FREE Pre Plus would be sweet, but I'd like to know if this is somehow too good to be true? Anyone else ordered through letstalk.com? Thanks in advance - Tony
their bad news
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7817_102-0.html?threadID=223761
but they have an A+ on the BBB site so idk but honestly i'd rather pay the 50$ then possibly deal with a situation.
They are also essentially wal-marts provider for their "connection center" walmart.letstalk.com so I have to think the do a substantial volume of business. There will always be some people that have a complaint.
Looking at bizrate.com there are some complaints but overall a "good" rating.
http://www.bizrate.com/ratings_guide/cust_reviews__mid--24538.html
Unless I find a better deal I will probably bite the bullet at purchase through letstalk come mid June.
yeah sprint, I'd buy 3 pres for the fam if you'd drop the price to $50. But at $150 no way! In fact I'm looking at other carriers for the deal now. It's been a year now, same ole phone, and everyone else has an upgraded phone for less...time to step it up dan
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Sprint palm pre $44.99...
http://www.letstalk.com/product/promo.htm?devicePrId=35030
From Amazon's technical details:
"Sleek 3G-enabled phone with touchscreen and full slide-out, tilting QWERTY keyboard; powered by Windows Mobile 6.5"
Now that's just insulting!
Just wrote to them. Hopefully they'll fix it soon...
Q: What would you do if you had a new device in the works - one of which destroys the specs and hardware quality of a device you put out beforehand, yet running the same revolutionary OS at more mature level?
A: Get the preceding device on all major carriers (at least in the US) so that consumers can experience the intuitive OS...even if it means dropping the price on these devices. Anything that will get the 1st gen devices in the hand on consumers is a good thing because webOS will make believers on it's own.
Q: Wait, then what's the whole point of releasing old phones if a new more superior one is in the works?
A: it's simple. If I wasn't a webOS user and I decided to try it, I'd go for a Pre/Pixi (either + or non +) if they were $50 or less. Now if I bought it and fell in love with webOS (which most usually do) it will make me more inclined to purchase a newer device if one was to be released. The point of a lower price on current devices is so that I won't be so hesitant to spend $$$ if a newer webOS device launches. Get it? It's all business!!!
Go Sprint.
Go H/Palm.
Go webOS.
=)
I agree with that, because that's exactly how I feel. If Sprint announced tomorrow that that there was a next-gen Pre phone (call it the Pre Elite, or whatever sounds good) the day it hit shelves I would be at my Sprint store begging for it. When I first got my Pre, the staff pitched it to me and I played with it for 20 minutes and was amazed by it (back in August of last year, before all the fun updates they've added since). I've been a die-hard fan since, and can't wait to see what is in the pipeline for the next-gen WebOS phone. So, consider this marketing dollars well-spent (or not spent, depending on how you look at it).
Q: What would you do if you had smartphones that simply don't sell very many units no matter what carrier you put them on, leaving you with hundreds of thousands of phones in the pipeline?
A: Discount the crap out of them ASAP.
Q: What does this mean for your brand in the future?
A: You probably should target your new products to the lower-price points. It will be hard to get any of the carriers to subsidize a more expensive product from Palm going forward.
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LOL... here are some of the Tech Specs...
Sleek 3G-enabled phone with touchscreen and full slide-out, tilting QWERTY keyboard; powered by Windows Mobile 6.5
Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music,
Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music and tethering; microSD expansion to 32 GB
Up to 8.5 hours of talk time, up to 480 hours (20 days) of standby time
What's in the Box: Handset, rechargeable battery, travel charger, USB charge/sync cable, extra stylus, screen protector, 3.5mm stereo headset adapter, quick start guide, CD with user guide
Wow. There's obviously something very wrong here. I have no idea what they're selling, but it sure as hell isn't a Palm Pre Plus.
Unless this is Palm's new way of announcing phones: put them on Amazon, sell them through HTC, and ship them with WinMo 6.5 over webOS.
I kind of assume they cut and pasted the features from another palm phone like a treo/centro then failed to edit them to match the pre.
ROFL
Damn, I want a Pre with a stylus! :) LOL!!!
It's a fake. Probably a wanna be Chinese made phone.
I have a question. I want this phone so bad. I'm currently an AT&T customer, but not due for an upgrade until June 2011. The retail price for the pre plus is $399.99 no commitment price and I just can't pull the trigger on that. If I were to buy the phone on amazon what would At&t do? and how would it effect my current contract? I know they would automatically add a data plan which I don't have a problem with, but would I be subject to any penalties? Thanks in advance.
I don't know this as fact, but I believe they just extend your contract another two years, where you aren't actually cancelling anything. You shouldn't get any penalties for that.
Thanks for the reply.
I hope the cheap price for Pre's does result in lots of people choosing them over other brands, increasing market share. A coworker got one last week, partly at my urging but also because it was cheaper than others. It's her first smartphone and she may have gotten another dumbphone if not for the good deal.
Maybe AT&T wouldn't have to lower the price so quickly if they would, y'know, push the phone a little bit in stores.
Grrrr, double posted again from my Pre+. Forgot to close it and reopen again after posting as someone suggested last time this happened.
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Ordered mine today online from my at&t site as an upgrade for $49.99 ... 2 yr contract ... no touchstone (no loss for now).