HTC Advantage refresh available for pre-order; at what price?
The updated HTC Advantage, the x7510, must have an imminent release soon. The new unit was expected to hit geek wallets everywhere this month and pre-orders have started on both sides of the pond. The problem with pre-ordering is that nobody can seem to agree on the price. It’s not like it should be price fixed, but based on the variances, you can get a new Advantage and an Eee PC for what some folks are charging.Pocketables reports that GearTrade is looking at $800 for the x7510 while two other resellers are asking for $1300. With a new UMPC on the way, I’m going to pass on the new Advantage even though it’s already appealing in it’s current form. If I was serious about purchasing one, I’d probably hold off and see what happens to prices when the device actually becomes available. The $800 price might be a tad low, but it’s probably more accurate than $1300. Has anyone taken the plunge on a pre-order?
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Wonder if any UK mobile operators will pick it up like T-Mobile again. Nice subsidy hopefully!
If you are a potential buyer of the X7510, I would hold out and wait for a final price, as the current Advantage has the same features, minus the new haptic keyboard and 16GB flash drive. Yes, the device will probably ship with WM 6.1 and also has TouchFlo w/HTC Home and Opera 9, but those features could easily be added to the X7501, as those are only software based enhancements. I currently own the X7501 and am very happy with it, I see no real reason to jump to the X7510 now.
No…I have the original Advantage, but to be honest I would prefer to get the Fujitsu U810 for around the same price.
I think they will struggle to compete.
I’m not sure if this is really that much better than my current eeePc w/ XP on it.
I think that they might have missed the market window..
Just what I need, another device with an OS to sync and maintain, and no cdma love. I will keep waiting for the release of the redfly.