release date?

[gonzoine]

anyone have any idea when the fascinate will be released?

 

[kregstrong]

I heard mid august, wish it was sooner cause I'm bummed about the droud x bein locked down

Sent from my Incredible using XDA App

 

[Roland Deschain]

Verizon will probably release it like one day after the 30 day mark of the Droid X, so people that are mad at how locked down it is can't swap it to the Fascinate. Wouldn't surprise me. Makes me hesitant to buy the Droid X, since I'm kind of wanting the Fascinate, but am anxious for a new phone.

 

[gonzoine]

I heard mid august, wish it was sooner cause I'm bummed about the droud x bein locked down

Sent from my Incredible using XDA App

I'm kinda new to the android scene. what does it mean to be locked down? that it can't be rooted?

 

[Roland Deschain]

I'm kinda new to the android scene. what does it mean to be locked down? that it can't be rooted?

Motorola is doing absolutely everything in their power to make the Droid X as restricted as possible, in terms of the Android hacking community getting root access to it. The current most accurate estimate until root access is achieved for the Droid X is "at least 4 months", according to Birdman. Cracking the bootloader (which is necessary to use any custom ROMs) may never be achieved. Motorola is really screwing the pooch here and making a lot of fans of the original Droid unhappy.

Samsung, on the other hand, has embraced the Android hacking community. The bootloader is completely open and accessible, and root was achieved very easily. The huge Galaxy S release around the world and with all the major cell providers in the U.S. might very well catapult Samsung to the top of the list for cell phone manufacturers, which is no easy feat; time will tell. One thing is for sure: there will be a TON of Galaxy S accessories available, and it will have a gigantic hacking community before long. I'm pretty impressed with their Galaxy S launch; not only is it huge and (I think) the biggest phone launch ever by anyone, but the fact that they've managed to keep the phone "wide open" to the hacking community really shows they're in it for the customer and not JUST money. (or rather, they're in it for the money via pleasing their customers)

 

[MrNetwork]

OP, how about putting a question mark after the title of the thread to indicate your are asking a question here. Otherwise people are lead to believe you know the release the date.

 

[gonzoine]

OP, how about putting a question mark after the title of the thread to indicate your are asking a question here. Otherwise people are lead to believe you know the release the date.

lol my bad. it's fixed

 

[systoxity]

att started dishin theirs out today ahead of schedule. non contract price is 350 for us. check with ur local v store to see if ur galaxy is also gettin put out early.

 

[dr154]

No mention of a release date anywhere...

 

[mdram-omnia]

ive emailed both samsung and vzw, neither will give me any info as to release date


vzw only said that there are new phones being tested to see how they work on thier network

 

[systoxity]

hmmmmmmmm they could be purposely delaying it to give their new droid breathing room. sorry guys

 

[bizzshow26]

I wouldn't doubt their holding off on releasing this. The Droidx and droid2 are supposed to be their money makers so why throw this phone in the middle and muck up the sales on the other two. They could also be trying to lock it down who knows. All I know is I want this phone

 

[mdram-omnia]

from unwiredview

Yesterday we showed you Verizon’s leaked summer catalog. And while it did feature some usual suspects, such as the Motorola Droid X, and even a yet-unannounced smartphone, the Motorola Droid 2, one device was strangely missing from it.

The formally announced Samsung Fascinate, Verizon’s very own Galaxy S, was nowhere to be found in the catalog, hinting to public availability post-summer season.

And now it looks like, indeed, this may be the last-to-launch of all the different Galaxy S variations to show up in the US

Verizon’s official comment on the Fascinate’s release date now states a “late summer or early fall” possibility. And judging from the construction of that phrase, fall availability seems the most plausible right now.

 

[QuickSilver98]

It's unfortunate, but it makes sense that Verizon would hold off in order to sell more Droids

 

[mdram-omnia]

read that att launched its galaxy s version on sunday

 

[lafester]

I don't get this at all. what the hell does vzw care which phone it sells as long as its selling them. Having such a large customer base they could really lead the way by putting out phone after phone while sprint & att try to keep up.

 

[mdram-omnia]

rumor has the droid 2 for august 23rd release, with android 2.2

so that pushes the fascinate out until sept if they keep staggering

 

[FSRBIKER]

Verizon really pisses me off with this, since they can't keep up with demand on the DroidX or the Incredible they should have a high end Android phone to offer their customers. I really don't understand the rumored 2Gb internal memory either, it's a high end device and all the other Galaxy's have 16Gb if I remember correctly. I played with the AT&T version and it is a great phone, same overall size as my Droid but alot thinner...just feels good in your hand.

 

[orateam]

read somewhere that motorola and Verizon committed over $100,000,000 (one hundred million) dollars in advertising for the droid. motorola needs the droid's to do well or they'll have to leave this industry shortly. This is the last hope for them. They dropped the ball with the evolution of phones to smartphones. And the Droids are their last gasp. So just like ATT won't advertise the captivate on T.V. or thier website. Don't expect Verizon to advertise it either.

 

[Epell]

Samsung Fascinate is so much more appealing to me than any of the droid series right now.
Maybe Verizon should ditch motorola and make a deal with samsung