Amazon Offers Smart Phones for a Penny

Days ahead of the usual "Black Friday" silliness, online giant Amazon.com is offering a slew of smart phones for one penny. According to the company, the deal runs from midnight PDT November 21, 2011, through 11:59 p.m. PDT November 28, 2011, while supplies last, including phones for the Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T wireless networks, and requires a new line of service. And, if you buy an eligible hotspot-ready smartphone and activate the hotspot feature, you'll get a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card as well.

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Scanning through the selection, I see a mix of previous- and current-gen Windows Phones, including the HTC Trophy (Verizon Wireless), LG Quantum (AT&T), Samsung Focus (AT&T), HTC HD7S (AT&T), Samsung Focus S 4G (AT&T), Samsung Focus Flash 4G (AT&T), and HTC Arrive (Sprint). There are also several Blackberry handsets and about a million Android phones, if I'm counting correctly.

If you're an AT&T customer, you may also want to wait for Friday (which is the aforementioned Black Friday), as AT&T is having a one penny sale that day as well. I've been told that the HTC Titan will be available that day as well, though I'll believe that when I see it.

Discuss this Article 4

libertehunden
on Nov 21, 2011
No T-Mobile devices. They do have the HTC Radar (non-contract) for $420, but I can snag it at the T-Mobile store for $400. Amazon -- show me some love! I'd love to get this device.
MattSec
on Nov 22, 2011
The deals are only for new customers too. You have to choose what type of plan you want. If you are extending/renewing a contract the $0.01 price does not apply.
wheat100
on Nov 22, 2011
Is the comment by MattSec confirmed to be true? If you have an existing contract that can re-upped for another 2 years you cannot get the 1 cent price? If that's true I'll just buy the phone now.
wheat100
on Nov 22, 2011
Is the comment by MattSec confirmed to be true? If you have an existing contract that can re-upped for another 2 years you cannot get the 1 cent price? If that's true I'll just buy the phone now.

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