Verizon offloading Pearls for a Jackson
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jan 2nd 2009 11:25AM
posted Jan 2nd 2009 11:25AM
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Best Buy Mobile has been pushing those for free, no rebate, for around a month at least. There's a reason for it though.
I still wouldn't take one at that price. A centimeter or two is not worth the reduction in screen size - let alone the horrid SureType keyboard v. the Curve at $30 - 50 more, give or take week-to-week. I've not met more than one or two people that liked the unit, personally. If I'm getting tied in for two years, I'd like to have a decent handset.
My g/f got the pink one a few months ago for free when she was eligible for an upgrade. Though she has had it replaced once already and continues to have intermittent browser issues with it (like it says one doesn't exist).
I just can't stand the stupid little ball on the new Pearls/Curves. I like the knob thing on my 7130 better (even if it is a dinosaur by BB standards). Still trying to squeeze a Storm out of work to replace it.
if i hadnt upgraded to a PN-820 in september i would be all over this deal. I hope they are doing this again come july.
I only paid 7.50 for my 820 so it was a pretty sweet deal,
You guys are missing thge point here...The rebate company that VZW uses is GOING OUT OF BUSINESS and is in BK. Wheres that story on here? You are not as bad as Gizmodo yet, but your lackadasial reporting is certainly no bueno.
And more to the point, these phones are fucking FREE at Best Buy, Radio Shack and every other store you can think of. Do you people do ANY research?
Pricing direct from a carrier is a totally different ball game than through a third party; Amazon has offered astounding deals on carrier-locked handsets for years, but if you look at the bigger perspective from a business and an industry angle, seeing Verizon offer these devices at these prices is a bellwether for the way we can expect consumer-grade smartphones to be priced and marketed in the future.
And are you implying that Verizon isn't going to honor these rebates? That's absurd -- it'd open them to a ton of legal liability. Doesn't matter who handles the rebate on Verizon's behalf, Verizon is ultimately responsible for making sure they go through.
Tone down your language.
it still irritates me how these "deals" are slaps in the faces to us people didnt' time our contract signing good enough to be eligible for the "new every two" crap.
this is great! verizon always put "while supplies last" when theyre bout to discontinue or replace a model. im thinking their gonna come out with the pearl flip soon
verizon is charging for pearls? theres not a carrier in canada that charges for that piece of junk still on a contract. why these cheap bastards havent made this thing free?
Canadians also have to lock themselves into even more ridiculous contracts for their pieces of crap.
Whats the big deal with this? US Cellular has had this crap for free for some time now.
ughh up until what a month or 2 ago u guys couldnt even buy a damn phone without a contract/ how retarded is that.
we dont have to lock ourselves into anything never did neither. cheap asses or (students ) do contracts. i have 2 lines and no contracts
i have a mogul in my house irght now, a env2 and my 2 lines are curve and a touch pro .
WOW you sure are a smart fella!!!
I really hope that maybe one day I could be as cool as you dude !
You're talking out of both sides of your mouth Riley.
He definately knows whats up, so dont act all high and mighty because you think its cute. Half the apps on my omnia I found thanks to him being on howard forums.
Riley Freeman is the truth. End of story.
I don't give a crap that he helped you with your Omnia. That has nothing to do with this phone's pricing.
19.99 is a fair price for the phone, and his comparisons are to a Canadian system that may give you the phone for free, but you have to give up more to get it.
thanks d train.
but lets be real about some sh*t. these guys bring up 3 year contracts but take into carrier here of the big 3 have 5million a piece. our money also worth less.
verizon has 60+ million and they aint giving the pearls away? come on thats ridiculous and u guys know it. verizon keeps hurting their name with the crap they pull. i used to think they were a good carrier but they the only one stuck in their stone age of still tempering with phones.
look at their touch pro was so butchered its not even funny. its like a female going in for a nose job coming out looking like a man.
verizon fails. im done
US Cellular is giving Pearls away for free (after mail-in rebate) with a 2-year contract.
there 1337 just disproved ur whole canadian thing i did also by subscriber base.
He proved that US cellular gives the phone away, which is nice. It hasn't disproved anything I've said. No doubt, free is an excellent price for the phone. No on is disputing that. The fact that it can be had for free doesn't make twenty dollars a ripoff.
The only point I'm trying to make is that twenty dollars is a good deal for the phone, which it is. Nothing has been said here to disprove this.
I think you mean a Franklin - Jackson is the $20 bill