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by Dieter Bohn Mon, 10 May 2010 11:52 am EDT

 

After Verizon dropped the price of the Palm Pre Plus to $29.99, a similarly drastic price cut for its little friend, the Pixi Plus, was inevitable.  On verizonwireless.com, the Pixi Plus is now completely free with a 2 year contract and no mail-in rebates either. 3G Mobile Hotspot is also still gratis, but it looks like Buy-one-Get-one is no more.

So what we're saying here is that for zero cash up front and around $70 per month, you can have a Verizon 3G mobile hotspot that also happens to be a pretty darn good phone (one that we expect will get 3D gaming sometime later this year). 

Sprint has the Pixi (sans-WiFi) for free online, but their non-plus Pre is still $149.99 after rebate. AT&T's launch prices of $149.99 for the Pre and $49.99 for the Pixi are starting to look a little daunting, too, dontchathink?

Thanks to George for the tip!

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17 Comments

Posted by kkhanmd on Mon, 10 May 2010 12:14 pm EDT

Sprint should make pre zero dollars and get rid of stock, for pre plus coming in June.

Posted by BabelFish on Mon, 10 May 2010 12:16 pm EDT

Come on sprint, drop your prices!

Plus is coming to Sprint in June?

Posted by bjs188 on Mon, 10 May 2010 12:23 pm EDT

"but it looks like Buy-one-Get-one is no more"
you mean if you buy one for free, you don't get the second automatically for free, but you can "buy" a 2nd one for free too?

Sprint needs to drop price of Pre and also needs to drop non-plus pixi, they should have included wifi from the start.

Posted by JohnnyPre on Mon, 10 May 2010 12:50 pm EDT

Lets not forget, if you run on over to your nearest Radio Shack, or THE SHACK, you may also find a Touchstone Kit for the Palm Pre that your also getting while your getting that Pixi!!Get it? Good.

Posted by Mikey47 on Mon, 10 May 2010 12:52 pm EDT

I agree, come on Sprint -- where's the love?

Or, is it that their inventories are so vastly depleted that they do not want to run out before the "next big thing"?

Posted by craigwann on Mon, 10 May 2010 1:11 pm EDT

Alright kkhanmd, this is how rumors get started! Did you find some article or something that the plus is coming to Sprint in June? If so, I will wait to buy a Pre! *fingers crossed*

Posted by 3snakes on Mon, 10 May 2010 1:26 pm EDT

On the more expensive non-Verizon phones, GPS works great. Verizon needs to fix their "a-GPS" problem or they may not even be able to give the phones away.

Posted by camiller on Mon, 10 May 2010 2:32 pm EDT

Verizon wants you to pay for their GPS app. They don't see crippling aGPS for other apps to be a "problem".

Posted by r-nice on Mon, 10 May 2010 1:54 pm EDT

Wow, didn't realize the Sprint Pre was still that much.

Posted by Jahooba on Mon, 10 May 2010 2:24 pm EDT

I walked by the Verizon store yesterday and saw the the Pre and Pixi were both $30. What would make anyone get a Pixi if the Pre was the same price, I asked myself. Heroine?

Posted by camiller on Mon, 10 May 2010 2:33 pm EDT

Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid drug synthesized from morphine.

Heroine, a woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for her brave deeds and noble qualities.

Maybe if she was hot, which I guess would be normal for marketing purposes.

Posted by bitrate on Tue, 11 May 2010 1:39 am EDT

I bought a Pixi last week for the form factor, size, and keyboard. It's a seriously underrated phone.

Posted by George Anthony on Wed, 12 May 2010 4:23 pm EDT

bitrate, I couldn't agree more! I think the Pixi is an awesome entry in the mobile market. Palm really dropped the ball with regards to marketing. I didn't care for the form factor of the Pre, so I went with the Pixi to try out WebOS, as I've never used a Palm device before. Anyone who claims the Pixi to be a weak device clearly hasn't spent time with one.

Posted by pjjohn73 on Mon, 10 May 2010 2:39 pm EDT

I see the add does not show GPS, only VNavigation. Wonder if Verizon is going to step up and enable the aGPS soon.

Posted by SFHandyman on Mon, 10 May 2010 4:07 pm EDT

There is a homebrew fix for aGPS.

I need a Heroine to get me my Sprint rebate. It has been SEVEN months! I contacted them again today. When I bought the Pre, as an enticement the salesman offered to fill out and mail in the rebate. It never got there.

My $249.99 Pre hardware is excellent though. Still on no. 1 At least I have that.

Posted by jillsy on Mon, 10 May 2010 6:33 pm EDT

I just tried to get Verizon Wireless to honor their 30 day price match on the Palm Pre as I had paid $49.99 a couple of weeks ago and then three of us saw it over the weekend for $29.99 on VZW website(no longer there). It is also listed on Palm's site with Verizon Wireless agreement for $29.99 currently. Despite all of this they refused to honor their 30 day price match!!! So much for integrity!!

Posted by jillsy on Mon, 10 May 2010 6:33 pm EDT

I just tried to get Verizon Wireless to honor their 30 day price match on the Palm Pre as I had paid $49.99 a couple of weeks ago and then three of us saw it over the weekend for $29.99 on VZW website(no longer there). It is also listed on Palm's site with Verizon Wireless agreement for $29.99 currently. Despite all of this they refused to honor their 30 day price match!!! So much for integrity!!