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Samsung Fascinate

Verizon's version of Samsungs new Galaxy S line, Fascinate, is due to hit the streets running on Sept 9th, so why isn't there any information about it on Verizon's website?? I'm super psyched about this phone being that my contract is up on the 8th, so I'll be first in line to pick one up on the 9th. Just can't understand why Verizon won't at least post any "upcoming info" on this phone on their website. Even Best Buy allowed you to start pre-ordering this phone last week, so what's the delay with Verizon? I've been reading about Samsung's new Galaxy S series for months now as their putting out a Galaxy S model for every major wireless provider. Verizon just happens to be the last one to put their model on the market. There just doesn't seem to be any hype regarding this phone and I don't know why. Sure, it's no Droid 2/X/Incredible "killer", but it's an awesome phone with some awesome specs, just don't know why Verizon refuses to say anything about it, when it's launch date it only a week away. Regardless.....I can't wait!!! Is anyone else looking forward to this awesome smartphone from Samsung??

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AZSALUKI

because vzn has some type of "attached at the hip" relationship with motorola. i'm an incredible owner. it was only dumb luck that i found out about it right before buying a moto droid back in april. no adds, commercials, or anything, for a device, that at the time, was the BEST available. i too like the looks of the new line of galaxies. but guess what....no adds, etc. however, you can't turn on the tv w/o seeing X and droid II ads every other commercial break. oh yeah....don't hold your breath for support or accessories either. if you own a moto, then sure. but htc inc owners still don't have a true dock and NO case exists if you want an extended battery (yes you can get a holster....but i'm talkin about an actual case). so it's not just vzn that ignores the incredible....it's 3rd party accessory manufacturers as well. i see ads for moto, htc evo, and the galaxy models for other carriers ALL NIGHT....but nothin from vzn. also....the moto droid got 2.1 and 2.2 updates long before other models. all i can figure is that vzn and moto have a pretty good deal between the 2????????

Ann154

Hmm, this sounds strangely familiar...Oh yeah, when the Moto Droid and the HTC Droid Eris were released back in November 2009. There were commercials everywhere the Moto Droid, but not so much for the HTC Droid Eris.

AZSALUKI

exactly. and when the eris had a few issues, they just threw in the towel. that device had A LOT of potential, only to be ignored completely by vzn. i didn't even know what an eris was for months until i saw one next to the droid at a store. i had gone in and asked to look at a droid and the guy asked "which one?" to which i replied "i din't know there were options?" lol....i thought it looked sweet but didn't have an upgrade (was just killin time at the mall). so then i was looking into getting a droid and by dumb luck found out the inc was about to be released. just odd to me? they could've sold TWICE the incs that they did if they would have made any type of marketing effort. it was the first of all the new devices this summer. if i were htc, i'd make my own commercials.

Joe_Evaristo

AZSALUKI wrote:
exactly. and when the eris had a few issues, they just threw in the towel. that device had A LOT of potential, only to be ignored completely by vzn.

That's actually not Verizon's fault--HTC is the one that codes the maintenance updates and decides when to release them. They're the ones who gave up.

As an ex-Eris owner (my Eris problem was fixed...by a Droid 2), I'd also point out that HTC's final update broke a chunk of MMS functionality on the Eris, and instead of fixing it, they told users to go get a 3rd party app if we didn't like that they broke it. O_o

HTC is a bad business, and their D- BBB rating bears that out. It's certainly in Verizon's best interest to not put HTC's shoddy products in the spotlight.

Perhaps things will be different with Samsung, and Verizon will have a second Droid manufacturer worth advertising.

AZSALUKI

yeah....i'd have to agree as it seems like all of us who bought the htc inc are just the next generation of eris users. mine has worked perfectly from day one and i love it. but i suppose the issues others have could be htc's fault and not verizon? i guess i would be hesitiant to advertise the inc, knowing all of the issues they had with the eris. but why not samsung? they have a good track record and the other carriers REALLY puch the samsung. you can barely get info on verizon's version from blogs.

shipwrestler125

I mean this is the top of the line phone for samsung and they are putting alot of stock in this phone im sure they arent going to leave people hanging like with the behold 2. But they also released the source code so theses phones are already rooted so you dont have to wait for them to release an update it you can get it once a leaked version is out and the developers got it working for the phone which is usually weeks if not months before carriers release the updates

shipwrestler125

AZSALUKI wrote:
because vzn has some type of "attached at the hip" relationship with motorola. i'm an incredible owner. it was only dumb luck that i found out about it right before buying a moto droid back in april. no adds, commercials, or anything, for a device, that at the time, was the BEST available. i too like the looks of the new line of galaxies. but guess what....no adds, etc. however, you can't turn on the tv w/o seeing X and droid II ads every other commercial break. oh yeah....don't hold your breath for support or accessories either. if you own a moto, then sure. but htc inc owners still don't have a true dock and NO case exists if you want an extended battery (yes you can get a holster....but i'm talkin about an actual case). so it's not just vzn that ignores the incredible....it's 3rd party accessory manufacturers as well. i see ads for moto, htc evo, and the galaxy models for other carriers ALL NIGHT....but nothin from vzn. also....the moto droid got 2.1 and 2.2 updates long before other models. all i can figure is that vzn and moto have a pretty good deal between the 2????????

well supposedly the extended battery that will be out for the fascinate can use the same stock back door it comes with so getting a case wouldnt be that hard since its not adding any thickness

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