Droid Pro Comes With A Professional Price

[NattyBee]

I would pay that much for the rumored HTC or T2 but not the Droid Pro.

Indeed! Droid Pro doesn't excite me at all...too Blackberry-ish for my taste...

[beargold23]

Well that is a screenshot from the new Verizon website layout set to take effect this week. I have seen screenshots from the new site of current devices such as the incredible and it says $299 as well. I'm thinking with the launch of the new site, they might be doing away with the instant rebates and going back to actual mail ins. So I'm sure the Droid pro will be slated at $199 after rebate just like all the other high end devices.

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Per an email from Verizon I received last week; they have gone back to mail in rebates (debit card rebates) on Droid Items.

From Verizon rep: "While we still offer instant rebates for most devices, all Android-based handsets are now offered with a $100 mail-in rebate offer instead of an online discount."

THIS SUCKS!!!!!

[lockman]

From Verizon rep: "While we still offer instant rebates for most devices, all Android-based handsets are now offered with a $100 mail-in rebate offer instead of an online discount."

Another nail in Big Red's coffin for me. Chances of me re-upping (and many others, I'd guess) just got smaller.

[Detonation]

Now I am hoping this is not an actual set price, because many people cannot figure out why Motorola is making a wanna be Blackberry with Android included, but at this price we don't certainly want to buying this one.

Who can't figure out why? They want to appeal to BB users and gain some of that market. Pretty simple...

And who is this "we" you speak of? I don't plan on buying a Droid Pro, but I don't think you're in a position to be speaking for everyone here.

[Quicksilver7714]

Indeed! Droid Pro doesn't excite me at all...too Blackberry-ish for my taste...

Agreed. It might take off. BB owns the corporate world still.

Trying out Sprint for a month. Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk. 4G is pointless when you don't live in one of the few available network areas.

[dracos]

This is not priced for the rich its priced for corporations which is what the Droid Pro is suppose to be all about. Its a strike at BB and its users that want more out of their smartphone then what BB has to offer, but if Motorola hasnt fixed the issues that D2 and DX users have had with activesync this could be one big dud.

I wouldnt mine replacing my company BB bold with this and keeping my D1 as my personal phone until something better comes along.

[sb1831]

Can you imagine paying a high price for a decent product? Well that is what you will get with the new Droid Pro if the latest screen picture is correct. Today Droid-Life posted a picture that said the new Droid Pro will be priced for the rich when released. The device will be priced at a high $299, which is the same as the iPhone 4 but $50 more than the Epic 4G. Now if contracts are not your things (which they aren't for me), you will be paying a hefty price for it at $500 flat.
Now I am hoping this is not an actual set price, because many people cannot figure out why Motorola is making a wanna be Blackberry with Android included, but at this price we don't certainly want to buying this one.

Your definition of decent product and the corporate user's(which this phone is geared to) of a "decent product" probably differ greatly. I don't need a phone with a high res screen for playing games when I'm working. I do enjoy a phone with an actual QWERTY keyboard, descent battery life, world capable, quality sync capabilities, capable of composing RTF emails, etc.


If there are people that can't figure out why Motorola is making a phone geared towards the business user, perhaps they should go use the Iphone. They clearly lack the ability to think outside the box and enjoy the android platform anyway.

[johnomaz]

Its considered a business phone and most businesses dont' argue over price.

[UNC]

That's not priced for the rich, my droid was 599....

[PikaCane]

Now here's a phone for the rich (and tacky).

http://i.engadget.com/2010/03/26/ver...-phones-still/

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