Leaked docs show HTC's DROID Eris launching on November 6th for $99, running Android 1.5

Like it or not, we've got it on pretty reasonable authority that HTC's first "DROID" phone is nothing more than a rebadged, shape-shifted Hero (something we've been hearing for a while now), and that it'll be launching on Verizon on November 6th, the same day as Motorola's DROID. That means Android 1.5 "Cupcake," Sense UI, 3.2-inch screen, 528MHz processor and so forth. The Eris will retail for $199 but with a $100 mail-in rebate. It'll pack in an 8GB microSD card and the hopes and dreams of a generation of cheapskates that will be hopin' and prayin' that HTC manages to push Android 2.0 onto this thing so they don't look too bad in front of their DROID-toting buddies on Verizon.

[Thanks, anonymous]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2009 3:33PM]

now what about the passion, or what ever its called with the snapdragon? cause if i go out and buy this and then that comes out soon after im going to be mad.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2009 5:37PM]

Once the Eris gets Android 2.0 there wont even be a huge difference between the phones. Some people may really just like how Sense works.

[mulda71 Posted Nov 1st 2009 7:24AM]

except for the extra inch+ of screen of course

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2009 4:25PM]

Implying that people who buy the Droid Eris are cheapskates is not the most prudent thing to say.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2009 4:35PM]

seriously what the hell is that? different strokes for different folks...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2009 6:58PM]

I'd rather have the Sprint hero and a cheaper plan (with unlimited wireless calls).

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2009 7:37PM]

JUST IN! Both the Droid Eris and the Droid by Motorola will be available in all circuits on the 6th of November. Available to order within the indirect channel a day or two before.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2009 4:40AM]

I have a feeling that this device will be the better of the two Android devices for Verizon. I really Luke the look of this device. I like the fact that it doesn't have a physical keyboard and the Sense UI is remarkable. Also, you can't beat the price. For $99 you can't buy a better phone unless you get the iPhone 3G. If I were on Verizon and waiting for a new device to buy, I would get this one over the Droid. I heard that the device will be eligible for the Android 2.0 upgrade. That would make it an even better buy. Verizon finally has a great device to sell.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2009 1:59PM]

I'm terribly confiused and can't sort myself out. The Droid is a Motorola phone. The Droid Eris is, apparently, an HTC phone. Motorola and HTS work in the same "phone producing" sector. Apparently Droid is a series, of which (presumably) Droid Eris is a part of. How is that possible? Is the "Droid" line a rebranding of Android itself?