American Eagle invites shoppers to take off their pants, get a free smartphone

From July 21 through August 3, all you need to do is slip on a pair of jeans at an American Eagle store and they'll toss you a new smartphone for free on contract. Heck, you don't even need to buy them -- just try them on, and you're good to go. Of course, the stunt isn't that amazing when you consider that carriers often offer huge bounties to independent resellers that can win new subscribers, but we'll still be interested to see exactly what carriers and models are offered (BlackBerry and Android options are being promised). And no, your butt looks fine in those. Seriously.

[Thanks, Bob]

[californiaDROID Posted Jul 7th 2010 8:46PM]

WHOA!
all I need to do is take my pants off?!
Easy as 123.

[Addyct Posted Jul 7th 2010 8:55PM]

I'll buy a crappy pair of jeans if it can get me a Droid X for free

[Addyct Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:19PM]

Now that I think about it, you don't need to give me a free smartphone to get me to take my pants off...

[SCB Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:25PM]

@Addyct

I concur.

[Dooley Posted Jul 8th 2010 6:27AM]

I'm not wearing pants right now. Can I still get a free phone? :)

[cutepuppyz Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:44PM]

This is crazy. But let's read the fine print. What kind of smartphone?

[b3nj4m1n Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:07PM]

just go here and click choose your phone now

http://www.ae.com/web/browse/event.jsp

[Tech Dude Posted Jul 7th 2010 11:47PM]

yea what kind exactly? I want an EVO Hell if get one ill go take my boxers off.....

[b3nj4m1n Posted Jul 8th 2010 12:22AM]

@Tech Dude well there's free blackberries from sprint

[Tech Dude Posted Jul 8th 2010 12:31AM]

Blackberries? Slow Browser? BAD UI? Horrible Apps? I'd rather not.

[rudofi Posted Jul 8th 2010 1:59AM]

way to not give me any good sprint options. moment is soon to be replaced, and the hero is too. 10 bucks of the EVO? Nah, I'd rather wait for the Epic. If this didn't involve having an account, I would just pick up an Aria and use it for entertainment purposes but i won't waste it in that manner

[Lakingscrzy Posted Jul 8th 2010 1:42PM]

Just walked into an american eagle sans pants. Needless to say I was promptly escorted away and should have probably read the whole article

[MFfan310 Posted Jul 8th 2010 4:48PM]

I like American Eagle, and just bought a pair of their shorts, even though I'm more of an Express guy myself.

Still, this promotion assumes that you're either a fan of BlackBerries, or an AT&T or Verizon - using Android fan. If so, this promotion is for you... as mentioned, many of RIM's finest are there. As are the HTC Aria and LG Ally, for that matter, both decent Android phones. But if you use "The Now Network", or an AT&T customer expecting a free iPhone 4 (or even a 3GS) from this promotion, you might as well keep your "out-of-fashion" RAZR for a bit longer. Just my 2 cents.

P.S.: I noticed that Simplexity is handling this promotion for American Eagle. Anyone had experiences with them?

[offthetopofmyhead Posted Jul 8th 2010 6:56PM]

Kinda trying to figure out the connection between pantslessness and smartphones, but I'm sure some people would love it... and for a free Android that ain't too shabby.