A tipster at Gizmodo has leaked some details to the world about the new ‘Gooogle Phone’ AKA the Nexus One. Pricing has been released and it looks like this may be the official price. So the phone is manufactured by HTC, will work on any GSM network, (3G only on T-Mobile) and will be sold by Google!? Here are the details we’ve got so far:
Google will NOT call it the ‘Google Phone’ but rather the ‘Nexus One’ when it is launched.
The phone will be sold both with a T-Mobile contract or unlocked and unsubsidized depending on what you want to pay.
You can purchase the phone through Google via ‘www.Google.com/Phone’ for $580.00 and it will come unlocked and unsubsidized by any carrier. (Though $580.00 still seems cheap for a phone of this caliber so we don’t know if Google is taking a hit on this price point)
You can purchase the phone from Google after signing a new 2 year agreement with T-Mobile for $180.00. Cheaper than the Droid on Verizon!
You cannot get the subsidized version on any other plans except a single person plan. No Family, pay as you go, KidConnect, and more. So if you want this phone for $180.00 you will be on a plan by yourself.
There is only one plan available for this phone when getting it at the subsidized price, which is T-Mobile’s ‘Even More’ plan for $39.99 + Text/MMS/Email + Data which totals out to $79.99 per month for the subsidized version.
If you want to keep the plan you already have either with a previous Android phone or any other smartphone plan, you will have to purchase the phone unsubsidized. (FULL PRICE $580.00)
Persons will be limited to 5 ‘Google Phones’ per Google Checkout account. You can’t buy one for your entire company just yet.
Gizmodo has also been putting out some more leaked fine print as the day goes on so we will keep an eye out for any more important details. So are you going to dump your iPhone, Droid, Palm Pre, 97, or N900 for this beast?
[Via Gizmodo]
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