Samsung SCH-i730

2 yr contract for 499.99. 40.00 tax. Tot 539.99. A lot cheaper than I thought!!

Post some pictures as soon as you get it, as I am a bit skeptical.

My b2b rep, who has gotten me every new phone (treo 600 last year, and BB 7250 this year) as soon as they were available says end of the week at best.

Please prove me wrong...

I'd love you give you pictures, but won't have it until tomorrow. However, go to pdaphonehome.com and click on i730 samsung. Then go to 'I've got the 730" or something like that. Go to the first page and read. This person's father got it by accident and then he ordered it and got it on sat. He also has pictures. I'm so jealous of him, but check it out.

Sounds like that guy fits the "better to be lucky then good" life style. Looks like the rest of us will still have to wait. It does look awsome though...

I do still wish it had a camera, for ll that money it should be able to wash my car if I asked it to.

Good luck with your new toy, hope it arrives nice and early for you tomorrow.

Released this morning 06-23-05 in Alabama. I had my business rep on standby to call when it came out and she called at 7 am. Retail 719.99 no contract. 2yr 599.99 1yr 649.99 and they have a $100 instant rebate. Then she knocked off another $200 to give me a pilot for our facility.

From the VZ store in Cleveland, OH. Funny thing is I just called pretending to be someone interested in the phone and was told VZ may not even be carrying the phone. It's obvious that not everyone is on the same page. I read from another forum that someone got his on Sat from Florida.

Yasuko how did you get it so cheap at 499.99? did you get it from you company's discont? if so , which company do you work for?

I just called, and they said 599.99, so hook us up where you got the deal!

Remember caring is sharing ;-)

So i just ordered one through VZW Business. It is 599 with 2 year as stated but I have new every 2 so it was 499. They have VERY little information on it. From talking with the rep they pretty much know price. They didnt even know what comes in the box. It will be out Jun 23 as stated with July 7th to general public. I have it over nighted so with any luck it will be here on thurs or friday. I can update when I get it.

ahh 100 off for exsisting, that makes more sense. oh well, 599 for me, im coming in as a new customer 🙄

I live in Cleveland too... which store specifically did you go to?

Do you think Best Buy will be offering this phone come July 7? I think they are selling Verizon phones now.

Go to the Beechwood/Chagrin rd store. They may sell it at bb, but I doubt it...at least for now. You may have to call back several times and talk to someone different, because after I ordered mine, I called back the next day and was told it would not be released until 7/7 to regualar customers. However, when I ordered mine, I was told it was all in the warehouse, and would have to be ordered. I got mine yesterday. I just tried to call for you, but they are so busy that they are only taking messages for now. Good luck!

I'm with Sprint right now and end up paying $45 for 300 mins and Internet access with no d/l cap. Could I ask what sort of plan(s) you have to get something similar and what the cost is? Thanks!

I'm going to be in Strongsville today and might try swinging by the store over there.

I'm paying 34.99 for 300 min w/ free long distance on the weekends-this includes voice mail, call waiting, call forwarding, 3-way calling, and caller id. I just added 24.99 for 10 mb for online service. I don't plan on using the online service on the phone, but wanted it just in case. Good luck. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you. This is a sweet phone.

Just got back from the store. They offered the unpublished $34.99 plan that sounds like you mentioned for 300 mins. I guess you also can pay an extra $5 and have internet access that uses your minutes and it doesn't sound like there's MB limits. Although with that, it's using the slower network than the one you're paying for. I might try it out and if it's too slow upgrade to what you have. Thanks for the info!

I ordered the i730 thru my business rep June 23rd and it arrived the following Tuesday. It is sweet, but has some non-intuitive quirks that even level 2 support people are still sorting out.