Price drop on the Verizon Touch ,glad I waited the extra couple of days before getting it.
I believe the price drop is mainly due to the introduction of the new Samsung Saga (now on the Verizon website) which sells for $199 after rebate with a 2 year plan.
they wouldn't have had them both selling for the same price as the Samsung seems to offer a lot more (wifi,quadband GSM,256 RAM, querty,better battery life).
I believe the Samsung and the XV6900 share the same processor.
Verizon makes the Data plan mandatory with the new Samsung
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