Samsung Comeback priced at $130; come again?

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As the flurry of tween phones continues to do anything but bowl us over, the upcoming Samsung Comeback is one of the more interesting of the bunch no doubt. Its specs were finally revealed yesterday and while the colorful handset is hardly drool-worthy, the younger message hungry crowd can definitely look forward to checking it out. Maybe. Word just came in from one of our ninjas and it looks like T-Mobile’s upcoming QWERTY flip is going to price itself right out of contention for many — $129.99 after $50 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract and a Data or Messaging Bundle. Really? The 1-year contract price is set at $179.99 after rebate and $249.99 will let you walk away contract-free. Sure we’re looking at a pretty decent 3G QWERTY handset here but $129.99 is just $20 shy of what T-Mobile wants for a G1. Hmm. Hit the jump for a bigger shot of the price sheet.

25 Comments
  • Jeremiah

    T-Mobile, DON’T BE STUPID! Lower that price to $50 and you’ll be golden.

    At some point and time they’ll have to. Look at the Pearl Flip 8220–they insisted on releasing it at $149.99, and now look where it’s at in less than a year.

  • Jrod

    Yup…at this price they’ll move lots of these units…You can get an iPhone for $30 less!

  • babu

    Not just lame….very lame. Tmo marketing at it again! Not surprised!

  • hownowbrowncow

    49.99 would be the sweet spot for this phone. that’s what i don’t get. they would sell SO MANY MORE at that price, than they would at 129.99. can someone fill me in on why they do this?

  • thefencechild

    this is rigoddamneddiculous! this one is the same price as the behold and the “low-end” behold is more expensive then the behold!?! what the hell!?!

  • http://mobileBGR(blackberry!) warhed

    $130, not too bad. Look @ vzw’s env line… Its comparable, don’t you think?..

  • Jon

    superlame

  • tande

    That can’t be right.

    They’ve got to have some other promotion not mentioned on that tag.

  • JakeyBoy

    leave it to Zach E to goof it…

  • grrr

    very lame-O

  • Ricky

    Yeah yeah, t-mobile sucks, but what else is new? This is a shit phone aimed at middle/high school kids. The good phones are on Verizon, AT&T, and even Sprint’s network. T-Mobile USA is headed for the dumpster. Their phone selection is garbage and their data plans have increased. T-Mobile customers like T-Mobile because they have good customer service and cheaper plans(for the time being)than the other companies.

    Just because we like affordable plans does not mean we like cheap garbage phones like this lame ass samsung and that awful 3G less blackberry curve that’s supposed to come out next month.

  • omar

    that is insane I have been with the company since I was in germany in 1997 but this takes it higher than the behold ??????????????????? wth!!!! the comeback should be 50 and the highlight should be 79 at most crap and Iphone is 99 !!!!!!!!!! this make me rethink tmobile they are going backwards !

  • Buckshot

    Agreed… and I’m still with them, with a slow old Dash and no data plan worth buying for it and no 3G worthy blackberry to upgrade to! ($25 a mo. for Edge data throughput speeds…what are they smoking???)

  • Wise Owl

    T-Mobile advertised the Comeback in their billing sheet – The Scope along with a $1M ultimate texting challenge, but go to the URL mentioned and T-Mobile’s web site and it says: “Thank you for your interest in the Samsung Ultimate Texting Challenge, unfortunately we are no longer offering this promotion. T-Mobile will continue to provide engaging and fun customer promotions in the future. Please visit http://www.t-mobile.com for the latest news regarding other exciting T-Mobile promotions, products and services.”
    Hmm, I think T-Mobile just ran out of money and can’t subsidize or promote their phones.

  • Seamus

    The Texting Promotion was from Samsung and they are the ones who decided not to do it now, after all $1Million bucks centered around a phone they won’t make $1Million on is a lot.

  • D

    rofl?

    I mean, I love T-Mobile. But this is just ridiculous. I’m pretty sure the price will drop when they find out that that price tag won’t work…

  • holaa

    when does this phone come out?

  • OldPro

    according to the walmart roadmap http://www.bgr.com/2009/05/08/t-mobile%e2%80%99s-walmart-roadmap-the-wrap-up/ , all stores should have xo (comeback?) @ $38.88 starting sometime in august. spark (behold2?) @ $78.88 (current behold price) also starting sometime in august for those stores currently carrying behold.

    my experience is that a) these are in-store prices, not on-line prices, and b) some prices are higher than shown on roadmap.

  • No way

    Seriously, I wouldn’t pay more then $80 for this phone.

  • Brianna

    im only a teenager and i need a new phone so i asked my parents and my mom and dad said no because the price is to high

  • Bob

    moron.

  • B3n

    I just ordered this phone sunday night for 244.95 on a partial discount. lmfao.
    I have been waiting for tmobile to come out with something to compete with the enV line.

    SCORE :)
    it comes tomarrow

  • Tima

    i actually got this phone because i was tired of the sk 08 failing on me time and time again. (i sent it twice to them) they said that by the 3rd time THEN i could get the lx.. well the third time I called there was another story. (something was going on in my area and T-mobile was working on it and should be alright within the next 72 hrs. i told him OKAY so in 3 days all should be fine? he said i cannot guarantee this but they are working on it. so i came back with SO IN a month… all should be fine? he said yea. i’ll put it in our records. BULLSHIT.. i called 2-3 weeks later: the situation got worst. when i called again another guy said that the previous guy lied, there’s nothing going on in my area and added $5.00 to my next bill… WOW SERIOUSLY?! 5 dollars does a lot…so i bought this phone this past thursday and it does what i need. i even upgraded to the 1,000 anytime minutes for 39.99 (which i was already paying for 600 minutes) and will be paying 20.00 for unlimited text and web rather than 30.00. i’m curently saving up for a car so switching when i did was a good idea. it’s a cute phone. the only problem is the letter spacing (once flipped) but hey it takes getting used to.

  • Richie

    I payed full price..249.95 for the phone and had to start a plan..so had to pay the first month bill…my credit sucks apparently lmao…anyways total for this was a lil over 340 bucks…and i love this phone..it can do everything my blackberry can do and more…i kinda miss the led indicator though..just looking at my phone and seeing the indicator let me know if i had a mis call or a text with out having to touch theblackberry…this one i have to..but flipping the phone is just pure swagger. I have a bunch off ppl at my job asking what kind of phone it is and stuff and even offering to buy it off me. camera is pretty good to, minus no flash but pressing the arrow up a few times makes the pics brighter…liking that feature.

  • bigjoe

    okay ill fill u in hownowbrowacow!!!!!!!

    1-they no that things are tight right now!!!!!!!!!!!
    2-the domb enough to raise the price!!!!!!!!!!!!
    3-christmas is coming and u raise the price?!?!?!?!?
    4-chistmas is a time of giving………..GIVE US WHAT WE WANT!!!!!!!!
    5-compair your prices wit anouther company and make your phone prices go…..DOWN!

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