Samsung Droid Charge available April 28, $299 on contract

I was a Droid X user and was waiting for Verizon's 4G LTE, Dual Core Motorola Bionic to arrive. But there are many issues with LTE right now (see Apple's recent comments on CNET at "http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20056230-64.html?tag=cnetRiver"). (I also think this is why the Droid Bionic is delayed.)

Bottom line is after an extensive evaluation, I elected to purchase a T-Mobile G2X (Tegra 2 Dual Core) for $199.00 and am very impressed with its performance and build quality!

The T-Mobile folks were incredibly responsive!

The G2X blows the doors off any phone offering from Verizon including the Thunderbolt and the upcoming Droid Charge and LG Revolution (which are both still single core phones)!

2.2 are they freaking kidding? If the suckers who didn't learn from the Faascinate debackle and actually buy this thing are lucky theymight get gi gerbread by Valentine's day next year. PASS!!!!

I will pass on this one. Have to wait until end of September to upgrade (on contract) anyways. Hoping there will be at least one dual-core LTE Android phone available by then. I agree that $299 is too much for a Galaxy S phone even if it is LTE and SAMOLED plus display. I don't have LTE in my area and won't have it anytime soon. Not on the schedule of cities to get LTE by end of 2011.

WOW, iPhone 32gb which is "3G" and a year old phone is $299.00 if you don't like it, don't buy it. Pretty simple. All of the HATERS here.

$299 subsidized with a contract? I think not. I'll stick with my Incredible for a while longer.

The battery. What about the battery?

Why is everyone complaining about the price? how you think that they came up with the name CHARGE?

I mean HTC

Who in the right mind will pay $300 for this phone when a dual core device is around the corner. Not a big fan of Samsung anyways. Getting sick of Verizon slacking in choices of high-end cell phones while other carriers getting super phones like the new ITC there ...

Had Samsung made this Verizon's Nexus device(w/Vanilla Android)and $50 less I would have considered it.As it stands,it has the software Samsung should have given the Fascinate 6 months ago.The screen will probably be beautiful but everyone who knows,knows what they get with Samsung's "support".You can't say you haven't been warned.........

This has to be joke. Or a really bad omen. If this phone is $300 Verizon won't even blink before charging $400 for the Galaxy S II which is a much better phone in every way.

Plus, it only has a 512 ROM! For $299... Awful!!!

That price is absurdly ridiculous! Don't forget the Samsung Epic 4G started out as $249. Now it's $149 while the EVO 4G remains at $199.

And I wonder how Verizon determines which phones are labeled "Droid" and which aren't. There doesn't seem to be a pattern.

I know people who have paid more for phones. I used to by phones unlocked at $450-$600 so a $299 contract does not look as bad to me. My friends have paid well over $1000 for nokia's. I understand this phone isnt for everyone. Im a total visual person, im in graphic design so colors and looks matter to me more then hardware. Its still a fast smooth looking phone (minus hardware buttons). Screen comes first for me, then specs. So a SAMOLED Plus screen drags me in fast. I hoping for a good phone tho by the end of the year as ill have another upgrade in oct so ill be grabing my duel-core goodness around then. I wana see if verizon will bring out a 3D phone.

It will be interesting how longs it stays at $299. I'm personally interested in the Samsung Infuse, but if it's over $200 I'll be looking elsewhere.
Though this looks like a good phone and LTE would be great, I don't think most people will pay that kind of premium.

How much without contract?

Yay! Another Droid X redux, just like the ThunderBolt, LG Optimus, Motorolas Targa-DriodX2-Bionic-etc. I am so sick of Verizon putting out a million versions of the same phone/form factor.

and it will see gingerbread in summer 2012.while the rest enjoy icecream.

Are they nuts? The phone is ugly, single core and Samscum. 3 strikes, go back to the showers. Plus, the $300 is a fastball to the head and a 30 day stint on the dl.

$299 is ridiculous for that phone!

No thank you, I bought my DX for $300.00 out right with no contract, I will look at doing the same thing on my next phone. The DX is working great with GB and not rooted. The 4.3" screen works for my mature eyes and the smaller screens do not, I can not focus on them, toooo small.
I do not see anything in Big Reds line up that would entice me to get a new phone at this time. I still like the Atrix, but wrong service. I agree on outdated hardware for to big a price. If they are going to $299.00 with 2/yr contract, I will look else where to purchase a phone.

Not a fan of Samsung phones really.... however... even if i was... $299 for a "samsung Evo" on outdated hardware... THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MIND!! This is not going to sell much IMO.

Now if they're talking 1 year contract...ok. BUT NOT 2 YEARS!

$299?!?!?!?!?

PASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

What were they thinking?!?!? Sales reps @ Sprint are estimating $199 right now for the Evo 3D. Even if they bump it up to $249 at the end, it STILL has more hardware on the Charge!!!!!!!

It's making my decision about getting the DInc2 that much easier...

Good lord. $299 is what I paid for my Galaxy Tab on contract. Nevermind the fact that my savings by having a data-only plan pay for the tablet in 6 months.

Thats far too much. If all new LTE phones are gonna be +$200 it may make my decision to jump to T-Mo a little easier. I'll wait and see if VZW is planning on bringing LTE to my area soon, If not i'm jumping ship, because 3G is great from all carriers where I live and actually I get HSPA+ where I work. Add that on top of the fact HTC has been going the way of Moto and trending towards locked bootloaders, I'd have the option of the Nexus line on T-Mo. Plus I don't think stock android is anywhere near vzw's future, for any of their phones.

thats my pissed rant.

Summary: $300 for a Fascinate with LTE and a new screen is not worth it. Especially considering most the country can't utilize LTE yet. $250 should be the price cut-off for phones on 2 year.

Uh no thanks Samsung. Although, it does kind of give a good idea as to pricing for 4g phones. I'd expect the Bionic, whenever it comes out, to be just as much.

Ugly, cheap plastic, outdated, too expensive and Samsung. Enough said.

I though the 199 price point was good enough. Sounds like they are trying to push it higher. It would not be to bad if it was 299 with a 100 mail in rebate.

Seriously who would pay that much for a Samsung after the fascinate fiasco... I'm sure plenty of people will, but wow, just shocked at 299

Thats one but ugly phone running a but ugly UI. Pass.

I dunno if any of you noticed, but this device uses the Super AMOLED PLUS screen, which is the same screen used on the Galaxy S II.

Bit pricey, don't you think? LIttle bit of price gouging going on here Verizon, getting ready for that tiered 4G pricing. Naw, pass, especially for a Samsung.

Not a bad phone but that's pretty pricey considering what you pay over the life of a contract. I would probably look at Amazon or Wirefly pricing. At this point if I were considering a Samsung phone I would hold out for the Galaxy 2 whatever Verizon decides to call it. I'm not sure if that will include lte but if it does that will be the king of the Verizon mountain. For me its a moot point anyway because I'm happy with my Droid X and I want to wait until my contract is completely over and weigh my carrier options at that time. Sprint being so tight with Google is making me consider a move for a Nexus device of some type.'

Is $299 going to become the next $199 for new smartphones on 2 year contracts?

If so, that's pretty ridiculous.

$299 on contract?! What the hell are they thinking? It's not even new hardware, it's the same single core hummingbird SOC as the rest of the Galaxy S variants with a (barely noticeable) bump in screen size...

Meh Samsung, move along now there is nothing here to see.