Friday, May 10, 2013

AT&T cuts ?Facebook phone? price to 99-cents just weeks after launch

May 09, 2013 - 05:15 PM EDT ? AAPL: 456.77 (-4.02, -0.87%) | NASDAQ: 3409.17 (-4.10, -0.12%)

?AT&T Inc has cut the price of the HTC First phone, which is preloaded with Facebook Inc applications, to 99 cents from $99.99 less than a month after the phone?s launch,? Sinead Carew reports for Reuters.

?An AT&T spokeswoman said price-cutting promotions are not unusual,? Carew reports. ?But operators typically wait longer than a few weeks after a launch before discounting phones.?

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Richard Windsor writes for Radio Free Mobile, ?The final verdict on Facebook Home was brutally handed down yesterday with AT&T slashing the price of the HTC First from $99 to $0.99.?

?With that one slash of the knife, AT&T has confirmed what everyone had already gathered; the Facebook phone is proving very unpopular,? Windsor writes.

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MacDailyNews Take: Kin II.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Arline M." for the heads up.]

Related article:
Facebook?s new ?Home? promises to ?make any Android phone a Facebook phone? ? April 4, 2013

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