Samsung Omnia and Saga spotted on new Verizon rebate form
0. phoneArena posted on 15 Oct 2008, 01:30
Verizon's rebate form points to a few new phones...
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25. (unregistered) posted on 17 Oct 2008, 00:37 0 0
its true, just think phones come in with their new models every year so they have to start now on their next generation storms to be ready for th next year. like the v, env, and voyager. they all game out three years in a row and when the first one launched the second was being sketched and prototyped. its why no one will ever be able to stay up with technology.
29. (unregistered) posted on 19 Oct 2008, 10:04 0 0
dude, companys have roadmaps that show where theyd like to be with what devices YEARS in advance. The storm was probably a workin model last year, and has been in different phases of bug killing and retooling since. Its not unlikely at all thaty they have the next version or 2 or 3 already in some sort of preliminary testing. Hell, MS started work on the next xbox the same year the 360 came out. Things dont happen overnight, they take alot of time. did you really think they just go. "hey i got a great idea for an all touch blackberry" and have it to market 6 months later? Geesh.
14. (unregistered) posted on 15 Oct 2008, 18:29 0 0
Anyone know a RELEASE DATE for the Omnia? Any guess based on the fact it's on the rebate form???
19. (unregistered) posted on 15 Oct 2008, 22:05 0 0
so since it on a rebate for until nov 15, does that mean taht omnias gonna come out b4 then????!
21. primewax (unregistered) posted on 16 Oct 2008, 10:07 0 0
Not necessarily. We've been known to put some sutff on rebate forms before that haven't come out, like the Voyager last year.
30. sit2k (unregistered) posted on 23 Oct 2008, 19:20 0 0
omnia will be out by the end of october as per a verizon retention customer service rep
24. (unregistered) posted on 16 Oct 2008, 15:37 0 0
Has anyone heard of a release date for Verizon's SCH-i770,yet? How does that measure up to the Palm Treo 800W they are also supposed to be coming out with sometime soon?
26. (unregistered) posted on 17 Oct 2008, 09:26 0 0
anyone have a reasonable guess as to the price of omnia with 2 year contract? do you think its even possible for a 300 and under price tag?
31. (unregistered) posted on 31 Oct 2008, 10:44 0 0
I would guess it would be around $300 minus a mail-in rebate. Obviously it is the end of the month already and no Omnia, so whoever said the end of October was wrong. I work for VZW and haven't seen or heard anything about the Omnia. All the talk has been about the Storm, which I personally think will be a better phone, better quality with better features. I think the only thing the Omnia has over the Storm would be the camera resolution, but even that is not a big difference. Hopefully I'll get some more information about it at work soon!
32. tberger (unregistered) posted on 18 Nov 2008, 21:44 0 0
I have seen the unlocked Omnia's for $699, but as we know unlocked phones are substantially more costly. So I think a $300 guess is safe. As far as functionality a few things come to mind....this is a smartphone which to me makes i more appealing over the storm. It has an 8 or 16 GB hard drive which the storm does not have this size storage. Lastly which I think is really cool and will be a simple feature that will draw a lot of people is that fact that it has an am/fm radio. Just my 2 cents. Last week they started field testing so normally phones are released within a month of field testing unless something drastically goes wrong. Hope this helps.
33. (unregistered) posted on 20 Nov 2008, 11:57 0 0
Omnia will be out on the 1st of December. I just stopped by a Verizon store to see the Storm, which does look pretty cool and the Samsung rep was there. He let me try out the Omnia and it is pretty cool, but I didn't get to delve to much into it as I wasn't really supposed to be seeing it. Pricing not yet known. Pretty sure it had Wi-Fi, and it does have the FM radio.
