Dell Venue now available for $499.99

By on Feb 5, 2011 at 7:35 AM
mobile February 5, 2011

If you’re aching for a great unlocked Android phone and the plasticky feel of the Nexus S doesn’t float your boat, Dell may very well have the cure for what ails you. Dell’s Venue Pro smartphone is, in our opinion, the most impressive Windows Phone 7 handset on the market at this point. It has a fantastically solid build, a terrific look and feel, and extremely capable guts that facilitate a silky smooth experience. Now, the Dell Venue takes everything we love about the Venue Pro, sheds some girth by eliminating the slide-out QWERTY, and swaps Windows Phone 7 for Android. Notable specs include a 4.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, an 8-megapixel camera, a 1GHz processor, 1GB of internal storage expandable to 33GB, 512MB of RAM, a 1400 mAh battery and the Android 2.2 Froyo OS with Dell’s Stage software. The Dell Venue is available immediately for purchase directly from Dell for $499.99 unlocked. The phone is available with either AT&T or T-Mobile 3G bands and orders begin shipping on February 18th.

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  • Sean76

    The worst part….It’s on at&t or T-Mobile! This thing would rock if it could run on vzw’s new 4G network…LOL, vzw would never let it happen, I know, I know. Can’t hate a Guy for wishing! Anyone know if it’ll work on either at&t or T-Mobile’s 4G?

    • Igersingh52

      Their is no such thing as 4G it a big fat lie.

      sprint & vzw are charging you an extra $10 for 3.5G not 4G

      • duh

        +1 keep telling everyone

      • Anonymous

        3.5G, 4G, 8G, who cares what they call it?? 3G = 1K download… If I get 4K, or 10K, or 20K, I dont care what they call it… They could call it 10.5G and it would not matter… Why is it SO important?
        Its WAY FASTER… If they want to call it 4G, then who cares??

      • Anonymous

        If Tmobile ever gets LTE they will call if 5G or 6G so you are likely correct.

      • Brian

        Last I looked data plans for data connect cards with LTE matches those of their 3G plans

        Ohh.. rumors also have been floating around that the 4G Smartphone package will also remain upon launch. LTE is a PROVEN next generation network, ATT, T-Mobile and even SPRINT will all go to it eventually. VZW is the only one that took the correct upgrade path.

      • http://twitter.com/kengaylord Ken Gaylord

        Huh? I think that AT&T has stated that it is going to upgrade to HSPA+ first, and then build out it’s LTE network later this year… So when you fall off of LTE for AT&T you are falling from 10Mbps to 8 Mbps not like Verizon where you fall all the way back to less than 1 Mbps.

        If you want to talk about depricated technology, let’s talk CDMA. How many countries, outside of the US and Canada can you name that have that as a standard?

      • Tazstazs

        and AT&T is starting to sell 4G phones for their ghost technology.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UDTO4E2AR5FTTB5KO24GFXHITE Rana

        Sing it lgersingh52!!

    • Anonymous

      At&t and Tmobile don’t actually have 4G. They have a 3G network they like to call 4G. In reality only Verzion’s LTE network and Sprint’s Wimax network are truly 4G. And only on Verizon can you get a true DROID 4G LTE experience.

      • Chris

        Wrong. Even Verizon’s LTE and Sprint’s WiMax networks aren’t REALLY 4G, but who gives a damn any more?

      • Anonymous

        Verizon LTE and Sprint WiMax aren’t 4G either so lol.

      • http://twitter.com/kengaylord Ken Gaylord

        If you read the industry standard 4G is anything that is over 100 Mbps. By that standard no carrier is or will anytime soon have a 4G network.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UDTO4E2AR5FTTB5KO24GFXHITE Rana

        U should fact chk ur Vzw 4G info, cos its all wrong!

      • http://twitter.com/manozz Gundruk

        AFAIK, You have to have 100Mbps download speed to call a network a 4G. And, only LTE and WiMax are theoretically capable of delivering 100Mbps. That is why they call it 4G even if they don’t have 100mbps yet. Other than that, judge yourself.

  • Tgersingh52

    only 1GB of intetal storage which means you have to buy a 32GB sd card.

    My Nokia N900 is still top class.

  • Anonymous

    Using a Dell Venue is the perfect way to show the rest of the world that you’ve given up on your dreams. It’s the Ford Taurus of mobile phones.

    • Anonymous

      Hey, I had to drive a new Ford Taurus as a loaner a few months back, I bitched and moaned. Guess what, no wonder Ford is making money now hands over fist. Its a great car. Yeah, I know off topic, but so is the my dick is bigger then yours crap earlier over 4g and what is and isn’t.

      BTW, not sure about this phone, price is about what it should be contract free. Problem, its hard to play with it before purchase. You’re buying it on faith. Sure you can return, but I hate all that crap. On the positive side, its unlocked and bloat free.

    • Dale

      Hey, the real world out there beyond the one occupied by ” boy-cave dwelling pseudo-technical fashionistas ” DOES NOT CARE about the phone you use at all !

      And if a phone is the fullest measure of your dreams, you should seek competent mental counselling.

    • Senor Chang

      Ford Taurus?

      So, your opinion/knowledge of vehicles is about 15 years behind… so why should anyone listen to your opinion on phones again?

  • LongJnSilver

    It looks exactly like my Motorola Droid X – same specs too?

    • Anonymous

      Except you can’t use it on the network that DOES.

      • Chris

        And this phone has a 4.1″ AMOLED screen while the X has Motoblur.

  • Bluehorseshoe

    You know these phones have to suck if Dell is rolling out BB Torch’s to their employee base as the company refresh. They’ll make the kool-ade, just won’t drink any.

  • http://twitter.com/ros_jo Jordan

    The Nexus S floats my boat

  • Trashcancook

    got the phone in hong kong. Very nice screen. Fast and snappy. But build quality was a disappointment, the little ringer switch the side already come off. Was only stuck on with glue! The twin speaker at the bottom was only for show… Only one works! Battery just about make it for the day… Overall happy but far from perfect.

    • http://twitter.com/JHBThree John

      If it was just stuck on with glue it wouldn’t actually do anything. You also didn’t bother to pay attention to the specs of the phone; on the bottom there is one speaker and the microphone. Like the iPhone, there are symmetrical openings that LOOK like dual speakers, but only one is actually a speaker.

      If all of the other reviews hadn’t made such a big deal about how high-quality the phone was, people might actually listen to your b.s.

  • http://twitter.com/aylak Bektas Akkaya

    I would consider buying this if they wouldn’t eliminate that keyboard. Well back to Atrix I guess, since there is no other portrait qwerty adroid phone around other then droid pro.

  • Rcane2000

    Better check that 512MB of ram. Dell may pull the bait and switch again like they did with the Dell Venue Pro

    • Senor Chang

      True that. How many other stories have you read and not followed up on and continue to pass off the old info? Just curious.

  • Anonymous

    the Nexus S is super light because of Samsung’s plastic it’s encased in. i accidentally dropped my Nexus S 3-4ft from the ground, out of my hand. it bounced a few times. i picked it up, and couldn’t tell it was ever dropped, LITERALLY. the Nexus S is golden.

  • http://www.myvouchercodes.co.uk online shopping uk

    It Does Not Seems to much impressive in my opinion, Keyboard should be eliminated from this handset. AT&T and T-Mobile has not 4G, it is quite expensive as well..

  • http://twitter.com/thinktank79 Matt Munson

    If this phone had the same or better internal storage for application as the T-Mobile/HTC G2 phone I would consider it. If it had that it would be worth plopping the 500 dollars for it. 1GB only for app storage, thats weak.

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