Verizon slashes prices of Kin One and Two in half

2nd July, 2010 by adina
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Verizon is supposed to slash in half the prices of two of its devices, the Kin One and Two, according to a leak. Thus, the Kin One is falling from $50 to $30, while the Kin Two will cost only$50 on contract instead of $100 now. They will be both part of some wider sale which will start on the 28th of June.

Sales are not uncommon at Verizon, but BGR says that other phones that are part of the sale are already several months old and even more and they are soon reaching their lifespans’ ends. It is the case of BlackBerry Storm 2 which is in shops since November and will fall to $150, or the Nokia Twist, being at Verizon starting with September and dropping to $50 too. Finally, LG’s enV Touch, in stores since last year in May, will also cost $50. The last examples of price cuts including younger phones were those of Palm’s lineup. When the company realized the sales estimates had been misjudged and Verizon has been left with stock which it had to clear out.

The leaked information, although unconfirmed yet, is a first sign of some problems with Kin devices sales. Suspicions of low sales were noticed since the launch of Kin, although neither Verizon nor Microsoft has mentioned sales since going on sale in the mid of May. What mainly generated worries was the selection of a service plan, as the Kin gets a minimum $70 plan, although being targeted at teens or lacking smartphone-class features like third-party applications. For most people, the choice has been between a smaller phone with a less expensive plan and a true BlackBerry, Android or webOS smartphone which had the same rates.


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