Google Phone To Cost $200; Confirmed

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:48 AM EDT

Article Source: Tom's Guide

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The HTC Dream smartphone with Android operating system will be available for $200 with a two-year contract, sources confirm.

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Michael Sautter

Is $200 about what a smartphone goes for? (I have a dumbphone)

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#1 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:03 AM EDT

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Karl Shea

That's pretty normal, if maybe a little bit on the low side compared with other similarly-capable phones.

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#1.1 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:05 PM EDT

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FDBryant3

With a contract - yeah that is in the ballpark (maybe on the low side). I'd of been more impressed if it was $200 without contract.

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#2 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:26 PM EDT

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Adam Kemp

There is no "Google Phone". Google doesn't make phones. They promoted a new platform for phones to use. This phone will use that platform, just as others are likely to do. But there is not and probably will never be a "Google Phone".

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#3 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:37 PM EDT

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Karl Shea

That is true, but "Google Phone" is what everyone's been calling it since before Android was even announced.

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#3.1 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:10 PM EDT

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finalcut

well regardless of how semantically correct you are it doesn't really matter. People are still going to call all Android based phones a "google phone" so your better off just accepting it rather than railing against the misnomer.

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#3.2 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:13 PM EDT

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FDBryant3

Eh it might stop after there are a few Android based phones. Since this is the first though and only right now - it is the Google phone.

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#3.3 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:32 PM EDT

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Adam Kemp

I agree with FDBryant. It may be tempting to call this one a "Google Phone", but as soon as there are multiple it won't make sense. People will realize this isn't a phone made by Google. It's just misleading to call it that.

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2 votes

#3.4 - Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:01 PM EDT

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