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Or maybe we shouldn’t be calling it the HTC Touch, because Verizon has branded the devices for themselves. They’ve dubbed it the XV6900. It’ll hit the Internet on April 16th, and then head to retail stores half a month later. It will be a little thinner than the standard-issues Touches carried by Sprint and Alltel. Apparently, that’s not the only difference. Verizon will enable GPS, which neither of the other U.S. carriers have done. Other than that, though, the models are pretty much identical.
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So Verizon’s reasons for passing on the iPhone have become clear. Instead of focusing on just one device, they’re going for a multifaceted approach. In addition to the Touch, they’ve got the Samsung Glyde and the LG Voyager. They’re both touchscreen smartphones, though they both flip open to reveal mechanical keyboards. This should leave consumers more in their comfort zone — I’ve heard more than one person say they won’t buy an iPhone because of the touch keyboard.
The XV6900 will set you back $350 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract.
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