AT&T Release Date Theory

[The Kernel]

Hey fellow AT&T One X hopefuls,

With the news that AT&T is planning on making the Lumia 900 their biggest phone release ever (April 8 for black and cyan, April 22 for white), it makes sense that the One X was planned for a mid-April release, but has been pushed back to May by AT&T. The carrier decides the release date, not the manufacturer.

My guess is that we won't see the phone on AT&T until May 22 at the earliest. This is due to not wanting to release a highly anticipated Android phone during the Lumia 900 hype, but also for another reason. AT&T has a 30-day swap/return policy where you can switch to another phone within 30 days of upgrading or signing a new contract. I think a release date around May 22 would make sense because the early adopters of the Lumia 900 won't be able to swap out to a premium Android flagship like the One X when it comes out.

My plan? I'm going to snag the white Lumia 900 when it comes out just to try WP, as long as the One X has a release date by then. If WP doesn't completely woo me over, I'm jumping on the One X when it comes out.

 

[erwaso]

Sounds logical. Isn't there a restocking fee associated with the 30 day return policy?

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Depends on where you get the phone from. Best Buy doesn't have a restocking fee.

 

[onthezone]

This makes sense but AT&T doesn't think that much in advance and it's 2 different types of phones, so i doubt that would even be why.

 

[phonegeek#AC]

Actually giving the testing schedule and when HTC delivered the device to us for testing this was never going to be an April release on AT&T. May was always going to be the target.


PG

 

[I Monarch]

Depends on where you get the phone from. Best Buy doesn't have a restocking fee.

Does Best Buy give you 30 days, though? I thought they were only 14.

 

[junodragon]

Phonegeek, any idea on a date on when AT&T will announce the One X release date? Could it be late April to annouce the release date??

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Does Best Buy give you 30 days, though? I thought they were only 14.

30. 45 if you're a premier silver member.

 

[Droid800]

30. 45 if you're a premier silver member.

I think they upped it to 60 for premier silver. (at least that's what I recall from an email I got)

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

I think they upped it to 60 for premier silver. (at least that's what I recall from an email I got)

Hmmm...maybe my Silver membership expired. Last I knew it was 45, which is still pretty good.

(not as good as Costco, though, which is 90 I believe)

 

[The Kernel]

From an AT&T online sales rep...

"I haven't heard anything official on its release date, though I do understand it's supposed to be launched sometime in the summer."

To me that sounds like June at the earliest.

 

[garrim85]

Honestly that sales rep probably only knows as much as we do, though.

 

[ecr80]

if it's june then it gets me a few more months to save money

 

[geneticfusion]

There's absolutely nothing in the systems that are available to online reps as well as Customer Care that even hints to a release date.