AT&T Dell Streak preorders start on Thursday, availability on Friday
By Vlad Bobleanta on 10 Aug 10Well it wasn’t “late July” after all. Dell have officially announced that preorders for the Streak for AT&T will start this Thursday. Dell’s Android-powered smartphone or tablet (depending on how you want to look at it) will be available on Friday.
Pricing is as we previously reported: $299 with an AT&T contract, or $549 without.
Dell and AT&T are clearly pricing this as a tablet, however given that its screen size is only 1″ bigger diagonally than the countless Samsung Galaxy S versions, which all cost $199 on their respective carriers, that may be a questionable decision to say the least. Sure, if you compare it to the iPad’s price, the Dell is doing rather well. But is one inch of screen really worth $100? That’s the big question here, and even more so given that the Streak’s and the Samsungs’ resolution is the same, despite the size difference.
Time will tell for sure.
Here’s a quick recap of the Streak’s specs and features:
- Android 1.6
- 5-inch capacitive multi-touch WVGA (800×480) screen
- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
- 5 MP camera with dual-led flash, VGA front facing camera
- Wi-Fi, HSDPA 7.2 Mb/s and Bluetooth
- 2 GB internal storage, microSD card slot
Via BusinessWire
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