Droid Incredible being discontinued?

[rayjj]

Mine had the same packaging as well.

 

[TuBitMittens]

That would be a HUGE DEAL in history of electronics, lol seriously. it practically came out like yesterday(exaggeration)

 

[ClennzDroid]

Gasp! They didn't include your phone! Those monsters... lol jp

April Fools! You have to wait another 3 weeks!

Aww man.

 

[R1Lover]

Inc is NOT being cut already and supplies are now beginning to ship, but the channels are so dry, it will take a few weeks to fill back up and out of back-orders.

What did change though is the time frame for the new Moto devices. They were moved up over a month early for two reasons:

1. Inc low supplies put a HUGE gap in Verizon's product segment the Inc is sold in. Moto was moved up in case of further delays.

2. Neither Moto device uses an OLED, so no supply problems to worry about. BTW, the reason the shortage exists in the first place is Samsung sucked the capacity up for their own Galaxy line that will use super OLED. Samsung is trying to do a world-wide launch within a two month window.

Due to Samsung scarfing up capacity for themselves, Motorola is positioned well to sell a lot of devices this summer with their two LCD displayed devices. HTC also is set with the EVO, since is also LCD, like the Moto devices.

LCD is being phased out for phones, but the tech is mature, so the technology has huge profit margins due to already bottomed out on the cost curve. Virtually the entire industry is switching to OLED derivatives, but the Samsung issue has created hesitation in the industry. Most manufacturers do not like all of their eggs in one basket- so to speak.

You need to put in some study time as most of your post is incorrect information.....

 

[BzB]

Inc is NOT being cut already and supplies are now beginning to ship, but the channels are so dry, it will take a few weeks to fill back up and out of back-orders.

What did change though is the time frame for the new Moto devices. They were moved up over a month early for two reasons:

1. Inc low supplies put a HUGE gap in Verizon's product segment the Inc is sold in. Moto was moved up in case of further delays.

2. Neither Moto device uses an OLED, so no supply problems to worry about. BTW, the reason the shortage exists in the first place is Samsung sucked the capacity up for their own Galaxy line that will use super OLED. Samsung is trying to do a world-wide launch within a two month window.

Due to Samsung scarfing up capacity for themselves, Motorola is positioned well to sell a lot of devices this summer with their two LCD displayed devices. HTC also is set with the EVO, since is also LCD, like the Moto devices.

LCD is being phased out for phones, but the tech is mature, so the technology has huge profit margins due to already bottomed out on the cost curve. Virtually the entire industry is switching to OLED derivatives, but the Samsung issue has created hesitation in the industry. Most manufacturers do not like all of their eggs in one basket- so to speak.

You need to put in some study time as most of your post is incorrect information.....

would you mind pointing out what's inaccurate in his post? most of it looks spot on to me...

 

[zMd113]

Inc is NOT being cut already and supplies are now beginning to ship, but the channels are so dry, it will take a few weeks to fill back up and out of back-orders.

What did change though is the time frame for the new Moto devices. They were moved up over a month early for two reasons:

1. Inc low supplies put a HUGE gap in Verizon's product segment the Inc is sold in. Moto was moved up in case of further delays.

2. Neither Moto device uses an OLED, so no supply problems to worry about. BTW, the reason the shortage exists in the first place is Samsung sucked the capacity up for their own Galaxy line that will use super OLED. Samsung is trying to do a world-wide launch within a two month window.

Due to Samsung scarfing up capacity for themselves, Motorola is positioned well to sell a lot of devices this summer with their two LCD displayed devices. HTC also is set with the EVO, since is also LCD, like the Moto devices.

LCD is being phased out for phones, but the tech is mature, so the technology has huge profit margins due to already bottomed out on the cost curve. Virtually the entire industry is switching to OLED derivatives, but the Samsung issue has created hesitation in the industry. Most manufacturers do not like all of their eggs in one basket- so to speak.

You need to put in some study time as most of your post is incorrect information.....

would you mind pointing out what's inaccurate in his post? most of it looks spot on to me...

Well for one he's making educated guesses, therefore nothing is fact.
And two the Droid Incredible has an AMOLED screen. In his post he says neither the original Droid nor the Incredible has an OLED screen. I'm not sure about the original Droid but I do know for a fact that the Incredible has AMOLED screen.

 

[BzB]

would you mind pointing out what's inaccurate in his post? most of it looks spot on to me...

Well for one he's making educated guesses, therefore nothing is fact.
And two the Droid Incredible has an AMOLED screen. In his post he says neither the original Droid nor the Incredible has an OLED screen. I'm not sure about the original Droid but I do know for a fact that the Incredible has AMOLED screen.

He may be off on the screen type, but I think the point was that they were waiting on Samsung for screens.

Other than that, not like he's trying to pass off his comments as fact, but I think they were reasonable and kind of obvious.

 

[MiXoLoGiSt]

Well for one he's making educated guesses, therefore nothing is fact.
And two the Droid Incredible has an AMOLED screen. In his post he says neither the original Droid nor the Incredible has an OLED screen. I'm not sure about the original Droid but I do know for a fact that the Incredible has AMOLED screen.

He never said the Incredible didnt have an LED screen. He said Neither Moto (Motorola) Devices do, and the Incredible is HTC.

 

[jamjr74]

Question my droid inc. Should come in in about 3 weeks could I just exchange it for the droid x when it comes out?

I have had the DI since release date and it is awesome!! I like it better then my Moto Droid! The Droid X will be huge!!! Have you seen the EVO? The Evo is cool but far to big for my liking.

 

[zMd113]

Well for one he's making educated guesses, therefore nothing is fact.
And two the Droid Incredible has an AMOLED screen. In his post he says neither the original Droid nor the Incredible has an OLED screen. I'm not sure about the original Droid but I do know for a fact that the Incredible has AMOLED screen.

He never said the Incredible didnt have an LED screen. He said Neither Moto (Motorola) Devices do, and the Incredible is HTC.

My bad about the Incredible, but he's still wrong about the HTC Evo, it does have an OLED screen.

 

[sin vicious]

Well for one he's making educated guesses, therefore nothing is fact.
And two the Droid Incredible has an AMOLED screen. In his post he says neither the original Droid nor the Incredible has an OLED screen. I'm not sure about the original Droid but I do know for a fact that the Incredible has AMOLED screen.

He never said the Incredible didnt have an LED screen. He said Neither Moto (Motorola) Devices do, and the Incredible is HTC.

My bad about the Incredible, but he's still wrong about the HTC Evo, it does have an OLED screen.

UHHHH EVO does NOT have OLED... its TFT. Android - Sprint ADP

 

[zMd113]

Nevermind then.

 

[xxnonamexx]

DROID Incredible has the worst service my cousin is getting a new Incredible today we shall see if service improves, call quality.

 

[OhBeeWan]

Verizon will flip the switch for LTE by Q3 2010. The CDMA smartphone devices will be the first series of devices that will not receive new development.*
For example, Verizon dropped ALL Noikia CDMA devices from their line-up for 2010-2011 and Nok had three CDMA devices submitted for approval in 2009. VZ will not be dedicating resources to CDMA, except in the 'Simple Feature' devices.

*Have you noticed that VZ started releasing new 'Droid devices within two to three months of each other, rather than annually or semi-annually? They're clearing the dist channel asap.

The only problem with this is that while yes LTE is coming out and most reports are at Q4 2010 or later, The first devices the will be avaliabe for purchase will be broadband cards and other accessories, the first phones will most likely be avalibe in Q1 2011. Even then it wont be avaliabe in all markets. I see most CDMA only PPC/SmartPhones will last till Q3 2011 - Q1 2012. So there really isn't a reason to rush or phase out a phone this early

Yes, the first Verizon LTE devices will be dongles, but the LTE smartphones are getting all the development approvals. Here's how it works:
As a developer you create a prototype that contains the features and functions as dictated by Verizon. If your platform is approved you have ~6-8 months to submit fully functional prototypes for network testing. NW testing lasts ~4-6 months (submission to approval). Once you've passed NW testing you have mere months to deliver the contracted amount of devices. All told, it usually takes at least 18-24 months to deliver a smartphone.
Verizon is approving LTE smartphone devices for development; not so much CDMA devices

 

[gixxerboy]

Their discontinuing it but still showing commercials for it. I just saw one for it while I was watching malcom in the middle.