Last month, Best Buy shared with us the news that they'd be offering the HTC Flyer in a WiFi-only flavor sometime this spring, and now the big box retailer has given up a few more details on the 7-inch slate's availability. Although there's still no word on exactly when Best Buy will actually begin selling the Flyer, interested parties will be excited to know that pre-sales of the tablet will kick off on April 25th. When next Monday rolls around and Flyer pre-orders do go live, you can expect to pay $499.99 for the privilege of taking one home.
Although the HTC Flyer has a lot of unique qualities that could make it tough to resist, like the 7-inch screen size and HTC Scribe technology, the fact that a WiFi-only, Honeycomb-packing Motorola XOOM is available for only $100 more than a Flyer could make HTC's offering a tough sell for some. Then again, the portability and Sense UI of the Flyer is pretty tempting. Are any of you planning on picking up a Flyer or is there another slate that you've been lusting after?
Statement: Best Buy Launches Pre-sale of Wi-Fi HTC Flyer
The pre-sale begins April 25.
Best Buy today announced the Wi-Fi HTC Flyer™ will be available for pre-sale beginning April 25 in all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores. Best Buy is exclusively launching the highly-anticipated Wi-Fi only version of the HTC Flyer tablet later this spring. It will retail for $499.
“We are excited to be the only national store where you can pre-order and purchase the Wi-Fi version of the HTC Flyer,” said Scott Anderson, head of merchandising for Best Buy Mobile. “There is a tremendous amount of excitement and curiosity about tablets in our stores and adding the HTC Flyer to the mix will drive even more interest.”
The HTC Flyer is a fast, portable, light-weight tablet that integrates the immersive and highly intuitive HTC Sense™ experience and enables content including videos, music, games and more to be easily accessed and enjoyed.
For more information or to find a Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile standalone store in your area, visit www.bestbuy.com/mobileor www.BestBuyMobile.com.
