• Home
  • News
  • Secret Best Buy pre-sale of HTC EVO 3D starts today

Secret Best Buy pre-sale of HTC EVO 3D starts today

Posted: , by Alan F.

Categories: Bookmark

Share:

Discuss 43
Secret Best Buy pre-sale of HTC EVO 3D starts today
An internal memo circulating through Best Buy stores (on a need to know basis, presumably), states that the HTC EVO 3D can be pre-ordered from the big box retailer starting today. However, the pre-order is not being promoted and there are no signs about it being put up in the stores. Reps cannot mention the device until it is official announced. Customers must come into the store and ask about the phone and the pre-order in order to reserve an HTC EVO 3D. Otherwise, as the memo says, "mum's the word".

So what do you get with the HTC EVO 3D? Well, right off the bat the device is powered by Android 2.3 and under the hood is a 1.2GHz Snapdragon dual-core processor. The EVO 3D has a 4.3 inch screen which gives you a good look at the 3D pictures that you can take with the dual 5MP cameras on the back. And, as the memo says, it is the first handset pre-loaded with the 3D version of the Blockbuster onDemand app.

Remember, this is all secret hush-hush stuff. So if you plan on going down to your local Best Buy to pre-order the HTC EVO 3D, just remember to whisper. And to wrap things up, we still do not have a launch date or price from Sprint for the device. The HTC EVO 3D is expected to be released sometime this summer which means it will be at least another 6 weeks until you have the phone in your hands. Just don't forget to act surprised when you get it.

source: AndroidCentral

This innternal Best Buy memo says that reps cannot bring up the HTC EVO 3D unless the customer asks about it first

This innternal Best Buy memo says that reps cannot bring up the HTC EVO 3D unless the customer asks about it first




Share:

Discuss43

43 Comments

1. Johnabis posted on 02 May 2011, 13:44

can someone confirm if this is really true who lives near a bestbuy?

2. Indoc (unregistered) posted on 02 May 2011, 13:51

Phil Nickinson at Android Central claims to have confirmed this. I will be going to Best Buy this weekend myself to verify.

3. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 02 May 2011, 13:51

I am going to Best Buy right after work! If this is true I will let you know!

4. Johnabis posted on 02 May 2011, 13:58

Thanks Indoc and Superandroidevo. let me know when you guys verify it for yourself.

5. damienh28 posted on 02 May 2011, 14:19 1

Yeaa i Just called and its official, just pre-ordered mine,.... I think im the happiest man on earth and the coolest guy, I def have the best phone in the US headed my way

8. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 02 May 2011, 14:52

Yes that is good news. I am about to get off in a hour! Best Buy here I come!

44. choppastyle (unregistered) posted on 24 May 2011, 22:05

how much you need to pre order??

6. ATTCallCenter (unregistered) posted on 02 May 2011, 14:20

Verified, went to BestBuy for lunch today

12. Fanboys Suck posted on 02 May 2011, 16:52

What did you have and was it good?

7. Johnabis posted on 02 May 2011, 14:36

good deal, I just feel a little nervous about preordering a phone that i don't know the full price on. i'm cool as long as its not more then 300, how much did you have to put down for the pre order?

13. damienh28 posted on 02 May 2011, 17:10

$50 omg best 50 i ever spent

9. BBYM (unregistered) posted on 02 May 2011, 15:38

Yes this is true. It can be pre-ordered though there are several details we don't know about the device... hence why it was an INTERNAL memo. We don't know the price, we don't know the date, we don't know how many we will get on launch, if any, and we don't know if all stores will carry them in stock.

10. ININ (unregistered) posted on 02 May 2011, 15:59

B7620

11. ININ (unregistered) posted on 02 May 2011, 16:00

ops srry for prev post,
Please someone post the approx cost of this HTC

14. bconnley posted on 02 May 2011, 17:25 1 6

Saw this at CTIA. Not that big of a deal. After a couple of weeks I would get bored. No content and you have to look at it straight on in order to get the 3D effect. No need for 3D in a phone.

15. jsobotka posted on 02 May 2011, 18:31 4

You 3D-naysayers are funny... 4.3" 960x540 S-LCD display, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon, 1GB RAM, 1080p video recording...

You saw this phone at CTIA and thought it was not that big of a deal?

Take away the 3D, and you'd be raving about it right now.

Besides, aren't you the guy that said 10 years ago that there's no need to surf the web from your phone?

22. evo ninja (unregistered) posted on 02 May 2011, 22:32 2

in yo face wit them words

28. cordoba_m posted on 03 May 2011, 17:32 1

dont buy it

16. obnoxious9162775 posted on 02 May 2011, 18:51 3

I agree, the specs are where its at, this phone seems to have it all, including 3D. But how fulfilling is 3D on 4.3 inches. If you ask me, I would rather watch it on my TV.

17. jtjacks1 posted on 02 May 2011, 19:31

Pre-ordered mine today as well. Just make sure you have $50 to put down. They put the $50 on a gift card and give it to you, and you bring the card back when the phone arrives.

Want to comment? Please login or register.

All content (phone reviews, news, specs, info), design and layouts are Copyright 2001-2012 phoneArena.com. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part or in any form or medium without written permission is prohibited!
Privacy | Terms of use