I can see it being $299 with a $100 mail in rebate. That would put it right along the lines of it's high end competitors.
Aug 11th "Official" Release Date?
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The 299 price is before the rebate price, no way they are selling it for 299, they even said in the press release that it was going to be priced aggressively...
I don't see any sources for that at all in that article (also keep in mind that Examiner.com is basically a community blog, which is both a good and bad thing), not even an "according to a Sprint rep who wished to remain anonymous..."
So... we'll see. $299 is pretty steep, but there may also be rebates, so even if the unit price is correct, the actual pricing is still in the air.
I see this situation the same as the Diamond vs the TP and I would be willing to bet Sprint does as well when they are pricing this thing. Why would Sprint charge the same for the Evo and the Epic when the Epic offers so much more? I do hope I'm way off base here and the price will indeed be $199... extra Benjamin in my pocket.
Come on Sprint... lets get official already.
Come on Sprint... lets get official already.
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There's no way it'll be $299.99 as a final price considering that Samsung is trying to put themselves higher up in the market. Also, isn't Samsung trying to have its phones rival the iPhone? If the iPhone is being sold for 199.99 at 16gb, but the Epic is being sold for 299.99 at 16gb, who do you think an undecided customer will pick?
To answer jzh797s' question: 2 different companies that both get a say in pricing; both companies want to become super powerful in the smartphone business. How is this done? By appeasing customers. By the way, the Diamond and the TP were both made by HTC.
Note: The Evo was 299.99, but had a rebate and I think that the Epic will be the same.
To answer jzh797s' question: 2 different companies that both get a say in pricing; both companies want to become super powerful in the smartphone business. How is this done? By appeasing customers. By the way, the Diamond and the TP were both made by HTC.
Note: The Evo was 299.99, but had a rebate and I think that the Epic will be the same.
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they sold the instinct and pre same price . i think it will be 299 . but they will also offer the 100 dollar rebate. i dont see them doing it different. IMO
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I've walked into multiple best buys that say they don't think they're getting the EPIC AT ALL! Possible that they say this due to NO information from Sprint to their stores- where EVO had all kinds of press / preorder goodies to Best Buy early.
Or it's possible they only want to support 1 superphone from Sprint. They love it when people can't get Evo and they can sell them on another carrier instead for a phone that's in stock...
I too wondered if the keyboard version would carry a premium- 4G antenna- front facing camera, keyboard, SAMOLED- to offer all that at $199 sounds like a real loss vs. $299 but I agree- you'll never sell them compared to $199 iphones and evos except to the devoted like many of us that WANT a keyboard.
Or it's possible they only want to support 1 superphone from Sprint. They love it when people can't get Evo and they can sell them on another carrier instead for a phone that's in stock...
I too wondered if the keyboard version would carry a premium- 4G antenna- front facing camera, keyboard, SAMOLED- to offer all that at $199 sounds like a real loss vs. $299 but I agree- you'll never sell them compared to $199 iphones and evos except to the devoted like many of us that WANT a keyboard.
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Yet they carry the crappy Samsung Intercept. I guess they really do only want to have one superphone from Sprint. In fact, I have not seen any Galaxy S phones advertised in a Best Buy even though I saw a Vibrant online.
from @samsungmobileus
We know you’re waiting for the Sprint Samsung Epic 4G release date. It’s getting closer - YouTube - Samsung Epic 4G preview #GalaxyS
We know you’re waiting for the Sprint Samsung Epic 4G release date. It’s getting closer - YouTube - Samsung Epic 4G preview #GalaxyS
What does Engadget know?
"the Engadget Show is back in a big way next Wednesday, August 4th at 8pm!"
"The Engadget Show is sponsored by Sprint, and will take place at the Times Center"
They carry both the vibrant and captivate and even have an ad for samsng galaxy s phones, i find it hard to believe they wont carry it
I know, I find it hard to believe, but thats several stores saying they won't. The one my gf goes to is off of US1 in Wilton Manors, FL (Ft. Lauderdale). I haven't stopped into the one in Melbourne which is the closest one to me right now, cause, well, its not close. My area is pretty dumb when it comes to tech. People think getting 5mbps down from Cable is like lightning fast :/ It hangs up sooo bad with all the devices on the internet just in my room (macbook, desktop, ps3, phone)
One example of a sprint phone NEVER carried by Best buy? Touch Pro 2. High end phone- they never touched it.
I think HTC is paying some serious cash to BB these days- just look at their summer mobile catalog- look at all the BB coupons for 1000 rz points- look at an exclusive WHITE Evo- HTC and BB are IN BED together. Samsung may be at BB in some cases- but I would not be surprised one bit if BB did not carry the Epic- and if that happens- the EPIC and Sprint as a whole are NOT going to sell many of what could be a really great phone for them.
I think HTC is paying some serious cash to BB these days- just look at their summer mobile catalog- look at all the BB coupons for 1000 rz points- look at an exclusive WHITE Evo- HTC and BB are IN BED together. Samsung may be at BB in some cases- but I would not be surprised one bit if BB did not carry the Epic- and if that happens- the EPIC and Sprint as a whole are NOT going to sell many of what could be a really great phone for them.
Yeah but they didnt carry the touch pro 2 for any carrier, they already carry the vibrant and captivate
My understanding is the TP2 is Sprint and Tmob only- BB rarely carries TMOB- (certain stores replace Sprint with Tmob- but a much smaller #.)
This being the case- to THEM it's really only 1 carrier that had the phone and they chose not to carry it. BB does not carry a good number of phones (flip and feature) that the main US carriers have in full fledged corporate stores. The fact that most BB employees know jack squat about the Epic tells me they very well may not get this.
Considering RadioShack rarely gets decent stock- that means a good number of us are going to Sprint stores for these (GROAN.)
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