[djtonton]

Havent seen this posted yet:

The nation’s soon-to-be largest wireless carrier has inadvertently shed some light on one of the biggest questions on the minds of anxious Storm fans across the country. Thanks to the contest terms and conditions regarding Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm scavenger hunt taking place in New York, it looks like the Approximate Retail Value (ARV) is set at a relatively reasonable $499. To quote the terms exactly:

Prizes: Daily Grand Prizes (50): A BlackBerry “Storm” 9500 Smartphone and a $50 Verizon Wireless gift card Approximate Retail Value (”ARV”): $549 each

$499 of course represents the handset cost before any carrier subsidies or mail-in rebates are factored in. Once the Storm get its discounts on, it looks like we should be in store for a pretty competitive 2-year contract price. Sweet - now all we have to do is wait for VZW to, umm, actually release the phone. To check out the full terms for yourself, hit the read link and then click the NYC Storm Hunt link in the lower left corner.

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[djtonton]

Verizon Storm approximate pricing revealed from contest terms : Boy Genius Report

[CapOrDie]

some of these nerds need something else to better occupy their time

speculating on the release price of the storm by reading the fine-print of the contest terms? wow

[RobUM2011]

http://forums.crackberry.com/f86/sto...-per-vz-89286/

[anon(1254132)]

Old news. This was posted here on CB a couple days ago. BGR was a little late on this one.

[djtonton]

sry havent been on the fourms in a while

[Accidental Post]

Use a search.......hmmmmm

sry havent been on the fourms in a while

[bosephus61]

So, what do you bet -- $499 retail, $299 with 2 year contract and then $50 NE2 for a $249.00 for existing customers... I could see them doing a $50 discount if you order on the web for a $199.00 cost (and by chance -- the same price as iPhone -- )....

From a timing -- I bet they have in place prior to Black Fri.

[VT_Hokie]

some of these nerds need something else to better occupy their time

speculating on the release price of the storm by reading the fine-print of the contest terms? wow

It's not really speculation... it's an approximate price straight from the horses mouth. I'd say it's pretty credible.

[VT_Hokie]

So, what do you bet -- $499 retail, $299 with 2 year contract and then $50 NE2 for a $249.00 for existing customers... I could see them doing a $50 discount if you order on the web for a $199.00 cost (and by chance -- the same price as iPhone -- )....

From a timing -- I bet they have in place prior to Black Fri.

I'm guessing $249 with 2 year contract. One version of the fine print that I saw said ARV $299 for the phone and a $50 gift card.