Why is the AT&T Inspire so heavily discounted?

[arisenfury]

Things to consider: Tiny battery with the Inspire compared to others, though probably on par with the OG Evo. No sideloading apps on AT&T without Root. That being said, I talked my brother into bringing his Captivate back after signing up with AT&T to get the Inspire and he loves it (first time smartphone user). TBH I believe the EVO 3D is the best value at the moment. Highest specs out of all the HTC "monsters", and one of the best priced (no rebates required).

 

[bduran727]

Things to consider: Tiny battery with the Inspire compared to others, though probably on par with the OG Evo. No sideloading apps on AT&T without Root. That being said, I talked my brother into bringing his Captivate back after signing up with AT&T to get the Inspire and he loves it (first time smartphone user). TBH I believe the EVO 3D is the best value at the moment. Highest specs out of all the HTC "monsters", and one of the best priced (no rebates required).

AT&T issued an update to allow sideloading starting last may.

 

[arisenfury]

Shows what I know lol. Even more pluses then.

 

[ac0x]

Im guessing its because the Inspire doesn't do LTE and the difference between the storage limits. But for me, the speed dif of ~ 4MB/S vs ~15MB/S and memory diff of 2GB vs 8GB internal and 8GB vs 32GB external weren't worth the extra $200 to me. The Inspire's speed is plenty fine for video streaming, if I want a bigger SDHC card I'll just buy it when the price drops, and I've got several apps installed to internal storage and I've only used a few hundred MB on there so far. YMMV, tho, of course.

 

[ac0x]

plus in my particular situation if I'm in a place where I can sit and watch video Im almost always on wi-fi anyway...