Verizon Drops Omnia Price After Six Days

By Nick Mokey Published December 1, 2008

We’re used to seeing phones drop in price six months after their introduction, but six days might be a new record. Following Verizon’s introduction of the Samsung Omnia last Tuesday, the company has lowered the price on the smartphone from $250 to $200.

Verizon dropped the pre-rebate price on the phone from $320 to $270, and kept its $70 mail-in rebate offer for a final price of the $200. This puts the Omnia in the same territory as AT&T’s iPhone 3G, and its own BlackBerry Storm.

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Besides a 5-megapixel camera, the Omnia didn’t offer much to justify the $50 premium over other such popular smartphones (or Samsung’s $150 AT&T-exclusive Eternity) likely leading to the price drop.

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