Evo launch day early at sprint stores

[Gekko]

Ok take this for a grain of salt but I was at my sprint store getting my pre replace for a new pre so I can get ready to sell it and I was talking to the store manager about the evo and he said that they are not able to take pre orders on it that they will be able to sell the evo a week earlier then june 4th.

Like I said I dont know if this is true or not but he said that they are expected to start getting the phone in this week so they can get ready for the sale.

Any of you insiders heard anything about this?

smart strategy. exchange busted Pre for refurb Pre and then immediately sell it and use money for EVO.

go back and pin down the manager and get us more details.

 

[KARBONXX]

I actually heard that its possible you might get it early by ordering the phone online (sprint.com) whenever that does happen. Didn't this also happen with the incredibles?

 

[SeanNYC76]

My local manager said I could come and get mine tomorrow morning.
Kobe Bryant called me today too. He wants me to play with him tonight.

Lmfaoooooo

 

[rfs830]

smart strategy. exchange busted Pre for refurb Pre and then immediately sell it and use money for EVO.

go back and pin down the manager and get us more details.

no I got a brand new pre. Im selling to a friend of mine and wanted him to get a new one. My pre had the slider probem where my screen would turn to the right and not up so they replaced it from a brand new out of the box pre.

 

[csierra72]

I was told by a sprint supervisor that if I waited until June 25 I would get one free for the first anniversary of Micheal Jacksons death.

This made me LOL!

 

[Ky1e.YC]

My local manager said I could come and get mine tomorrow morning.
Kobe Bryant called me today too. He wants me to play with him tonight.

Guess Kobe want to fully prepared for Hill. dont give him too much hard time there, will you? i mean, dont want to hear some lame excuse after he lost

 

[Gathomblipoob]

I know a guy, that knew a girl, that did a guy in Kansas, that said premier customers would get it free after $599 rebate, a stool sample, and special dispensation from the Vatican.

I'm not buying the rebate part.

 

[csierra72]

I'm not buying the rebate part.

It's true. He showed me a note from his mom.

 

[scaryhumor]

wow sorry. some of you all are some a$%holes. I may have a low post but im not new to sprint or to this site. Some of you all need to grow up some and or live a little. I was just telling you what I heard. Like I said in my post, take it with a grain of salt. If thats to much for you then dont post here.

Mods please close this this.

Mods, please ban this newbie for naughty language and being a bossy-face. Wait, I'm a newbie too. Disregard previous sentence.

 

[ERDude]

Just put a call into my Sprint contact, I'll get back to you with what he has to say.

 

[Giblet]

To clear things up stores are allowed to open as early as 8am. Mall locations are subject to mall hours but depending on their contract with the mall may be able to request an early open up to 8am. Premier customets are usually notifies of this earlier open of stores. (like with the pre) Stores are usually not permited to release information that they will be open early so I would try asking different reps to see if one spills the beans. I know that my store will be open at 10am

 

[Ky1e.YC]

let's wait and see what will happen on 28th, then everything will be clear itself out. let truth speaking

 

[ERDude]

According to my contact at Sprint, the EVO is not releasing early.

 

[dre3k2]

According to my contact at Sprint, the EVO is not releasing early.

Both of my contacts confirmed this for me too. Although they find the early stock a bit surprising. They have 20+ Evos right now at both stores.

 

[Rigmaster]

I'm guessing that the only reasons Sprint would sell Evos early at Sprint stores would be 1) Hesse said there would be a few surprises and none would be better than an early release. 2) Sprint itself has not been a part of the pre-order process that I believe was set up to give it's 3rd party sellers a chance to be a part of a big launch/sales distribution network.

There's no confirmed statements about early release, but there would be no reason for Sprint to have released the BB 9650 a week early and ship inventory so early. It would be asking an awful lot for these things to sit in inventory for 2-3 weeks for no reason. I think Sprint's used the pre-order period to gauge how much and where they should be sending additional shipments upon release.

If we start seeing hands-on reviews before Friday, I would not be surprised to see this thing come out this weekend.

 

[ERDude]

Or maybe they learned from the Pre release. They didn't have enough supply to meet the demand and from the looks of things the Pre owner is the number one defector to the EVO, so their stockpiling to meet the demand.

 

[cjones]

That would kind of suck to have the Sprint Stores selling early when I have already pre ordered from BB. UHG.

Suppose I could use the $50 gift card on something else.

 

[Rigmaster]

Or maybe they learned from the Pre release. They didn't have enough supply to meet the demand and from the looks of things the Pre owner is the number one defector to the EVO, so their stockpiling to meet the demand.

You're right about non-Palm devotees ready to switch to something else. I just like to add that I think the Pre release was more about selecting the wrong hardware than anything. WebOS is decent, but Palm has faultered with manufacturing since before Pre's release. I think Sprint took the risk because Palm had a decent track record, and the invesment risk to get an exclusive phone was negligible. It just didn't work, and it was probably a blessing that sales for the Pre weren't astronomically high.

The Evo's a totally different ballgame. Sprint, HTC, Clearwire (now Sprint majority-owned) and Google/Android stand to leap forward with this phone and Wimax. Pre was a niche platform with limited apps and buyer potential to grow. I always liked webOS and Palm's PDA products, but it was predictable that Palm lost it's edge as an OEM through the many unsuccessful other products they tried.

But to your point, Palm never had the ability to respond to early demand for the Pre. By the time it did respond, the demand had dropped significantly. By September just 3 months after launch, the sales figures started to go unexplained. Quality problems, returns, and unsold stock sitting in inventory.

This won't happen with HTC and Sprint with the Evo because this phone certainly hasn't been rushed to market by a floundering company not able to control it's own production, inventory, and quality.

 

[Rigmaster]

That would kind of suck to have the Sprint Stores selling early when I have already pre ordered from BB. UHG.

Suppose I could use the $50 gift card on something else.

What if Sprint allows release of pre-orders early too at BB & RS, but only the pre-orders, on the day Sprint stores start the actual release? With resellers being able to sell on June 4 or even one day after Sprint stores sell.

I'm just trying to highlight ways Sprint could amp up the marketing and excitement. Seriously, I just think Sprint would benefit from media coverage of lines out the doors at Sprint locations without hurting reseller sales and pre-order agreements.

Guess I also wish someone at Sprint would be reading these forums and agree with me so this phone could get released now rather than waiting if there's no real reason for waiting. I think it would actually be better for Sprint to have an early pre-order and Sprint store only limited release. And if they run out of phones have supply ready for the announced June 4 release. Sortof a managed-sellout for PR purposes because limited early release would automatically imply limited availability.

 

[xandrake]

You also have to figure that Sprint have not given out the EVO phones to the winners of their contest who were supposed to "get it before anyone else". If the winners don't have it in their hand yet, you won't see it on the shelf.

Winners are being announced on the 26th.