Anyone have an idea on the price for the Evo 4G?

[Pao]

Originally Posted by losplatanos

eventhough tmobile and verizon have almost the same phone for $199, hd2 and incredible.....for some reason sprint phones always cost more so most likely after all rebates would be $299.................look how verizon drop the tp2 for as litle as $80 sprint website its still $299....................its not going to be cheap..........because it has a couple of things the other dont' HDMI, dual Camera and 8 megepixel, and 4G.................i wish it would have been as afordable as the HD2 but it will cost much more

Possibly because Sprint isn't subsidizing as much of the phones cost through a higher monthly fee?

$299 phone + $70/month data plan for 24 months: $1979

$80 phone + $100/month data plan for 24 months: $2480

I mean, common sense has little factor in this no? You're going to make up the price of that phone in a little over 7 months, for the following 17 months you're technically saving money.

[tokuzumi]

Originally Posted by Pao

Possibly because Sprint isn't subsidizing as much of the phones cost through a higher monthly fee?

$299 phone + $70/month data plan for 24 months: $1979

$80 phone + $100/month data plan for 24 months: $2480

I mean, common sense has little factor in this no? You're going to make up the price of that phone in a little over 7 months, for the following 17 months you're technically saving money.

EDUCATED consumers know the difference. They are few and far between, unfortunately.

Rarely will someone factor in monthly payments into the equation. They look at upfront costs. That's why this nation is in so much debt. $50/mo for this laptop. $100/mo for this tv. Surround sound system, $75/mo, etc. Each of those numbers is small, individually, but you add many of them together, and they can become huge.

[jonnythan]

I anticipate $199 or $249.

[rainfreak]

Originally Posted by jonnythan

I anticipate $199 or $249.

I agree... AFTER the $100 MIR and WITH a new or renewed two year contract.

[drksilenc]

if you look at the main post for the evo on the android forums that seems to be the consensus of the informants

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by Pao

Possibly because Sprint isn't subsidizing as much of the phones cost through a higher monthly fee?

$299 phone + $70/month data plan for 24 months: $1979

$80 phone + $100/month data plan for 24 months: $2480

I mean, common sense has little factor in this no? You're going to make up the price of that phone in a little over 7 months, for the following 17 months you're technically saving money.

Your overall point is fine for Verizon, but T-Mobile charges the same as Sprint on some plans, and even less than Sprint on some plans.

[Ticklemepinks]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Your overall point is fine for Verizon, but T-Mobile charges the same as Sprint on some plans, and even less than Sprint on some plans.

but tmo coverage is bad also...

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by Ticklemepinks

but tmo coverage is bad also...

So is Sprint's in a lot of places (roaming right now on my Sprint Touch Pro 2).

[TheLovatScout]

If Sprint does want to aim this phone towards the sociable crowd (which I'm pretty sure Android phones [I]are,[I] then they'll have the price after MIR and the $150 InstantSaving maybe around $199. But it's still really $299. If they're aiming towards the business crowd it'll definitely be more expensive.

Now that I think about it, I think it'll be on the lower end of the scale. We shall see.....

[Pao]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Your overall point is fine for Verizon, but T-Mobile charges the same as Sprint on some plans, and even less than Sprint on some plans.

I suppose some plans on T-mobile may compete yes, when I tried to price getting my exact plan on t-mo it was $25ish more/month, I'm still reaping my savings.

T-mo wasn't all that bad for the individual, it's when you're putting more then one person on your plan when it gets worse, which is the same for pretty much everyone but Sprint.

My wife and I both need unlimited data packages, for sprint we just apply that to the package once, for the other guys you have to apply that to each line, which doubles the data package price for the two of us. When our kids become old enough for phones it'd really skyrocket.