RELEASE DATE from Sprint Customer Service April 15th or 16th

inittowinit · 04-04-2009, 07:31 PM

I just got off the phone with Sprint CS and they (at least the rep I talked to) said the Palm Pre would be coming out on the 15 or 16th of this month (April)! Don't know where that came from and it seems to early with no ads yet. He also said the pricing would be somewhere around $300 with discounts and 2 year contract. Not sure if he really knows what he was talking about but I can't believe he would just make up the information. Anyone else hear anything?

Feznando · 04-04-2009, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by inittowinit

I just got off the phone with Sprint CS and they (at least the rep I talked to) said the Palm Pre would be coming out on the 15 or 16th of this month (April)! Don't know where that came from and it seems to early with no ads yet. He also said the pricing would be somewhere around $300 with discounts and 2 year contract. Not sure if he really knows what he was talking about but I can't believe he would just make up the information. Anyone else hear anything?

yeah last month we heard of a 3/15 released.

themirthfulswami · 04-04-2009, 09:11 PM

As much as I'd like to believe that, I think it's a little too soon. If they were going to release it 10 days from now, there would have been a public announcement from Sprint/Palm about it.

JoshH347 · 04-04-2009, 09:20 PM

As much as I'd like to believe you... I think its BS. There has been no official advertising from Sprint and/or Palm and they already said they were going to "Instinct" it with advertising.

EdRoberts · 04-04-2009, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by JoshH347

As much as I'd like to believe you... I think its BS. There has been no official advertising from Sprint and/or Palm and they already said they were going to "Instinct" it with advertising.

I wonder if "Instinct it" means that they'll approach advertising like they did with the Samsung Instinct: Not run ads until AFTER the release date.
There seems to have been an upswing in the amount of information coming out of Palm over the last week. I suppose an April 15 release would not be out of the question.

Vazguard · 04-05-2009, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by EdRoberts

I wonder if "Instinct it" means that they'll approach advertising like they did with the Samsung Instinct: Not run ads until AFTER the release date.
There seems to have been an upswing in the amount of information coming out of Palm over the last week. I suppose an April 15 release would not be out of the question.

Or it means the Pre will be shown to the world throw 30-second previews for "blockbuster films" that will never actually be developed.

softspirits · 04-05-2009, 02:18 PM

All i know is if it comes out 4/15 i'll be pissed because that was my original thought on the release date, but because of the lack of info distrubuted, my official guess for the contest is 5/10 (mother's day).

waldoppper · 04-05-2009, 02:27 PM

Sprint releases on Sundays.

.plaid · 04-05-2009, 02:39 PM

I understand that Sunday is not a hard rule; I'm told that the Instinct was released on a Friday, for example.

So I've been told; the whole "grain of salt" thing goin' on.

Best,
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Feznando · 04-05-2009, 03:33 PM

If it is a 4/15 release date... great! I just think they would have notify everyone of such date