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.
“The basic layout of the HD2 is uncluttered and uncomplicated, providing only a few hardware buttons, and leaving the rest of the navigation up to that beautiful screen.”
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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.