You've just
got to love the slow trickle of information about your next
smartphone, right? Just days after hearing that Best Buy would
gladly accept your pre-order on Motorola's
Devour (without actually telling you the final price, comically enough), this leaked flyer has flown into our inbox to clear up the mystery. Unless we've got some seriously awesome Photoshop work going on here, it seems as if the Flash supporting handset will sell for $149.99 on a 2-year Verizon contract, and of course, that's sans mail-in rebate if you snag one from the Big Yellow Tag. Not bad given the specs, wouldn't you say?
Update: Looks like a case (shown after the break) has popped up as well. Thanks, H.R.!
[Thanks, Anonymous]
posted February 18th 2010 9:52AM
Jesus I've seen pics of this phone a million times and Motorola's downright awful sense of design never ceases to amaze me.
@enjoytheride823 How is their sense of design awful? This thing has an all aluminium chassis and seems like a solid piece of engineering, which is what I've always liked the most about their phones. I'll take build quality over sugar-coated "cool" designs any day.
@RoyFokker
Uh... How is their sense of design awful? Well, maybe it's the fact that they're taking cell phones back to the 80's with the hard-edged brick design they seem to be incorporating into all of their new phones.
Build quality may be top notch, but this and the Droid are two FUGLY phones, especially when placed next to the Nexus One, Eris, or iPhone.
@RoyFokker Uh if by "aluminum chassis" you mean "cheap metal painted plastic."
The build quality on the low end Motos is seriously lacking. There are some neat features in them but over all they lack the serious nature of the droid.
I'm really looking forward to another "premium" handset like the droid from them but this isn't it.
@enjoytheride823 In my opinion, the iPhone is the ugliest piece of hardware out there. The bezel is unsightly and the rounded edges are SO last decade.
My point is: This is all very subjective.
why are they using the cheap packaging? i hate the plastic wrap of death, nearly impossible to open.
@PrinceAli The packaging photo is for a case, not the phone itself.
I think I'll get a Droid for just $50 more.
Or, a Droid for just $99 at Amazon (no rebates).
I thought the point of this phone was to give an alternative to other smartphones price-wise... Double-U tee Ef mate.. Minus the physical keyboard, I don't see anything better than the Eris, especially price-wise.
One hell of an ugly phone. It amazes me that Motorola has been making phones for eons and all they have to show for that is this ugly clunky phone. Do they not see what other people are doing in the marketplace?
@edk99
Someone's going to have to explain to me why it's ugly. I just don't see it.
@Prevacator
I don't know why people call it ugly either.
@Prevacator How about junky does that work better?
I don't think the design of it is that bad. I just have a problem with a return to plastic painted to look like metal. I think moto turning out all of these cheap clunky motoblur phones so soon after the generally well received Droid is really going to hurt them.
stupid me I even read that too.
Does the initial cost of one of these phones actual matter when it's tied to a two year contract. What does it matter if you pay $99, $149, or $299 when compared to $2,000+ you'll be paying over the next two years.
@baltwade Sadly a lot of people don't understand this simple fact.
@baltwade I have the opposite view on this point. No matter what phone I get I will still be paying a monthly fee if i chose to get a smart phone that I will be adding to that monthly fee. I have had a smartphone of some type for over 5 years and the minute plan and data cost are now built into my budget. Yet when shoping for a new phone I still look at the current out of pocket coast to me. The better deal i get now still saves me cash overall.
@ericditt
But all monthly plans don't cost the same, do they?
I know in the US it's a bit more difficult to choose a plan independently of the phone, because carriers use different technologies, but still.. this requirement for a "smartphone plan" is absolutely ridiculous and a ripoff.
I'm using a smart phone on something like a $20 monthly plan (the cheapest I could find on any carrier with some data and everything else) and always buy my phones elsewhere. For me, going with a $60 plan just to get the phone subsidized would be way more expensive in the long run.
My provider doesn't even know what kind of phone I use and it shouldn't. It's none of its business. The only thing a carrier should be concerned with is making its network better and its plans' prices more competitive.
@baltwade
Well if you are comparing this phone to another smartphone on VZ, than the initial price matters. The plans will cost the same amount over the next 2 years, so the only difference between this and another smartphone on VZ is initial cost.
Regular price: $549.99
lmao, yeah ok. There should be a law against inflating the retail price so much compared to the subsidized/"this is what it really costs anyway but we're gonna lie and say we're discounting it for you since you signed a contract" price.
100 dollars would've been pretty decent. But 150 dollars? Might as well just get the Droid.
No thanks.
I work at a bestbuy and I confirm the price. Being that I work for bestbuy mobile.. :-)
@iPercy
I'm not sure whether to rank you up for confirming this or rank you down for working at Best Buy, guess we all have to eat.
...except this thing is still an absolute piece of shit. The screen's small, the body itself is way bigger then it needs to be, the specs are pretty low end, and Motoblur is a complete joke.
Pass.
Interesting how 3-year plans are never mentioned. YOU HEAR THAT CANADA!
Which kind of nokia themes are used on this phone? Does anybody know?
"Devour"? Who is naming these things? Can we get a Motorola "Consume"?
@Kabong30
careful, you're gonna piss off the phone Gods. you might get stuck by a Motorola Brick.
I use to work at Best Buy and anyone with access to the computers can type up a sign... But I'm not sayin it's fake but I figured you want to keep that in mind... lol
It's probably pretty true..but it doesn't take photoshop work to make a Best Buy sign..if you have ever worked Best Buy, and know merch, you can make a sign say anything you want using the computer...they come prepared for printing, but if you know your way around you can change the sign...it's helpful if corporate sends you some with the wrong prices or wrong info on it..like the gravity 2 for tmobile, for the longest time ( i still think they do) say they only have a 1.3 megapixel camera, I had to fix that all the time.. when the prices changed on that thing.
I kinda want to head back there just to make some fake sign now and screw with some other website haha...maybe make a Droid sign saying its free haha.
I'm sick of you fools calling any phone that doesn't look like a cocaine mirror ugly.
Give me a solid, chunky device with an industrial design. Fuck these fashion phones.
1.6?!
Really $549 off contract?? WTH, Nexus one is cheaper and has better specs! I was thinking of getting this but not for $150, not going to happen!
Mr. Blurrycam strikes again...
Its too expensive, give it a few months the price will drop.