Comments on: HTC Droid Eris: Only $99?

By: Aaron.

Aaron. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:05:25 +0000

Got to agree.
If the Eris sells half as well as I think it will I can’t see HTC alienating that many consumers.
From everything I’ve read it’s a matter of getting 2.0 to mesh with UI.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:15:05 +0000

The Eris will more then likely get the 2.0 patch. HTC is pretty good about patches. They’ve already confirmed both the Euro Hero and Sprint Hero will get Android 2.0.

By: Gert.B.Frobe

Gert.B.Frobe — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:09:13 +0000

Gotta be careful of the phone lust in my eyes and making the jump too quick. Right now I have a Moto Q with WM 5.0 so a crystal radio set looks better.

The Eris may give me all I need considering MY usage.

I’m assuming no Google Map app so will have to settle for VZ Nav? Will it be available on this handset?
VCast?
OTA 1.6?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:15:57 +0000

@Chuck –

Thanks for the clarification, that’s what I was afraid of. I think that is total BS by Verizon. Of course Android facilitates more features than a “feature phone” like the Samsung Omnia or others, but give me a break, I’m not a business customer who can justify the monthly surcharge without batting an eye. And honestly even though the Eris will have Android and all of the capabilities so implied, it will be competing more with phones like the Omnia, Rogue, etc. than with BlackBerries and the Moto Droid, IMHO.

Bruce

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:01:58 +0000

@ Bruce
The HTC Eris will require the add on smartphone plan of $29.99 a month, not the “feature phone” of $9.99. That would be for phones like the moto rogue, etc.

~Chuck

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:28:22 +0000

@Patrick: How does clock speed not matter? Of course it matters. It matters a lot! The problem is when you use clock speed as your only form of comparison. For example a 550MHz Cortex-A8 processor(Droid) is a lot faster than a 528MHz ARM11 processor(Droid Eris). Then you have a 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor(HTC Dragon/Passion)… *droooool*

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:11:51 +0000

Anyone know / guess if the Eris will require the Data plan for Smartphones on Verizon, or simply the add-on data plan for feature phones? (My terminology is probably not exactly correct, but hopefully you know what I mean).

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:52:12 +0000

@Jerry
I’m well aware that that’s what’s happening. If you’d read my whole post, you’d see that I said they’re still missing the rate plan savings in the killer combo. There has already been a rumor (totally unconfirmed, of course) that a Verizon rep mentioned some changes to Verizon’s rate plans coming sometime in November. My point is that if Verizon both slashes phone prices AND responds positively to competitive pricing from Sprint and T-Mobile, then they’re going to have the ultimate combo: good, cheap phones, reasonable rates, and best network. And please don’t bring up customer service, because I’ve heard horror stories about customer service on all the major carriers. Your results will vary on that no matter which carrier you’re with. I myself am on Verizon via the Alltel buyout, but even though I’m looking at a very stiff increase in rate plan by moving from a dumbphone to s smartphone, I know the local rural coverage situation enough to know that nobody but Verizon “just works” around where I live and travel. Cheaper rates are meaningless if they don’t reward you with equal coverage.

By: akil

akil — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:40:53 +0000

BINGO!!!! Jerry lol

By: @the_real_newman

@the_real_newman — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:40:23 +0000

@Jerry Amen to that

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:27:12 +0000

@Brad … Verizon like AT &T wiht the Iphone 3G can easily undersell their competition with the phones .. because their plans are ridiculously high ..

Sprint just made it cheaper for their customers with ANY MOBILE … while T-mobile came out with Project Dark .. what that means is that Carrier’s cost are trimming .. Verizon and AT &T don’t want to pass the savings through the plan.. so they can bait you with the phones..

By: alexandre

alexandre — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:20:06 +0000

question: are we talking about a cdma or gsm gadget?

question 2: will this htc phone be released as in europe, i mean, SIM free, unlocked?

thanx.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:27 +0000

Is this phone stuck with 1.5? Will HTC/Verizon provide an OTA update to 2.0 in the future (is that possible)?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:02 +0000

Brad: Relative to what? Sprint? Sprint’s plans are vastly cheaper than Verizon – you break even after 8 months of the 2 year contract.

@Rob: Currently, the Arm11 architecture is fine. However, I hate buying a phone for 2 years knowing that it will run applications sluggishly a year down the road – when developers expect phones to have Arm Cortexes.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:02 +0000

@Rob Jackson: Will you please stop perpetuating the idea that clock speed (MHz) matters for a processor.