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WIND releasing the HTC Amaze December 2nd

By on November 30, 2011 at 1:20pm in Mobile News, WIND Mobile


Probably the best device that WIND will have in their lineup this holiday season is the HTC Amaze 4G. This runs Android OS 2.3, but will be upgraded to OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4.3-inch Super LCD touchscreen display, a 1.5 GHz dual core processor, 8.0 MP camera that captures 1080p HD videos… and officially available on Friday, December 2nd.

The prices are $569 outright or $249 on the WINDTab +.
(Thanks Alex for the pic!)

Related posts:

  1. HTC Amaze 4G now available at TELUS
  2. HTC Amaze 4G “Coming Soon” to Videotron
  3. Bell releasing the LG Eclypse December 2nd
  4. Rogers releasing the Samsung Galaxy S Infuse 4G on July 26th

Discussion

22 comments for “WIND releasing the HTC Amaze December 2nd”

  1. Great phone. Bit high of a price on Windtab+ though…

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    Posted by Mike | November 30, 2011, 1:26 pm
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  2. This is very, very tempting. But I think I want to wait for the Galaxy Nexus. Good on wind getting another high end android!

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    Posted by Awkward Turtle | November 30, 2011, 1:28 pm
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  3. WOW THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR WIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Posted by clay | November 30, 2011, 1:30 pm
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  4. NOTE: It wasn’t Alex me. It was probably the other Alex.

    Why didn’t they call this a superphone? It has two cores and all the criteria for a superphone. After all, they call the Optimus 2X a “superphone”, even though it was been criticized by several people, some for the hardware quality, but most for the Gingerbread that’s taking so long to come.

    Congrats, WIND, for getting a second superphone! :D

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    Posted by Alex Perrier | November 30, 2011, 1:36 pm
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    • Surprise – ’twas me. Alex G., aka bellisbrutal (Old WIND Forum) aka bell-is-brutal (new WIND forum), aka kickstart (here).

      Methinks it’s time to upgrade to this phone from windows mobile 6.5 on my Maple.

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      Posted by kickstart | November 30, 2011, 1:38 pm

    • “Superphone” is a Bell marketing gimmick. Kind of like “beyond 4G” for Rogers (it’s not), Canada’s most reliable network (subjective), etc.

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      Posted by Pahech | November 30, 2011, 2:08 pm

    • Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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      Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | November 30, 2011, 6:59 pm

  5. I might be alone in thinking this, but shouldn’t wind release lower end smartphones instead? They need a 200-300 android smart phone, so they can get more people onto their network. 560 is hard to justify. You can buy 2 playbooks for that price!

    I rather save up for the GS2 or the nexus.

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    Posted by Bhell | November 30, 2011, 1:48 pm
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    • I consider this on par with the GS2. And I preffer IPS LCD over SAMOLED.

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      Posted by Gab | November 30, 2011, 2:21 pm

  6. why is it called the amaze 4G? Does it have 4G speeds? I didn’t think Wind had a 4G network…

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    Posted by netninja | November 30, 2011, 6:11 pm
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  7. Nice that wind is releasing the phone but steep price considering the same phone is $100 or less on a 3 year from Telus.

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    Posted by Nadim | November 30, 2011, 6:19 pm
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    • Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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      Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | November 30, 2011, 7:01 pm

  8. Great job Wind – I am getting this phone on Dec 2nd – my holiday gift :-)

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    Posted by Radar | November 30, 2011, 10:19 pm
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    • Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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      Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | December 1, 2011, 12:39 am

  9. if you want android around 200-300 go with the Nexus S or Optimus 2x problem solve.

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    Posted by CaptainZangetsu | December 1, 2011, 12:35 am
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    • but capt’in does it really matter what phone if the network is so shi’te?

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      Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | December 1, 2011, 1:38 am

  10. It’s cheaper on Telus? Only if you fail at basic math. I pay $40 a month for unlimited everything. The cheapest rate Telus offers is $50 for next-to-nothing minutes and data. That’s $10 more a month. $120 a year. Now if I want to get the phone “cheap” in a 3 year contract, it will cost me $360 switching to Telus. And that is without adding the cost of buying the phone.

    Robelus is lucky there an abundant supply of people too lazy/stupid to determine that actual cost of things.

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    Posted by Omis | December 1, 2011, 7:56 am
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  11. Hey RoccoLimpReddi, I am up for the challenge but I doubt you would meet me. Come out to Burlington and bring your Rogers phone and let’s do this challenge. How about we surf the internet for several hours on our phones and call the US and long distance Canada for several hours. I guess you can’t afford that on your Rogers plan. Go back to your janitorial job at Rogers little kid.

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    Posted by JP | December 1, 2011, 7:58 am
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  12. Overpriced!
    Next one please!

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    Posted by JustMeAndMe | December 1, 2011, 9:38 am
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  13. Called in alot of stores if they would have it tomorrow. All of them said, ‘we dunno’.

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    Posted by Lemon | December 1, 2011, 6:20 pm
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  14. So, useful questions: How do the core specs (mostly the CPU, GPU, RAM, and available flash memory / memory expansion) compare with the Galaxy Nexus? The screen? Does the Amaze have a Pentaband radio or will I not be able to bring it over to one of the big 3 if I move outside Wind’s coverage area? Will the bootloader be locked?

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    Posted by Geeforson | December 1, 2011, 8:56 pm
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    • Replying to myself, because I’m awesome like that:

      The specs for the T-Mobile Amaze show:
      GSM/EDGE
      UMTS 1700/2100/AWS,
      UMTS 2100, 1900, 850

      1900/850 is what you need for Rogers, and 1700/2100 is AWS (Wind, Mobilicity). I’m *assuming* it won’t change, which has got me even more interested.

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      Posted by Geeforson | December 1, 2011, 9:00 pm

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