Verizon Wireless has quietly cut the price of both of Microsoft’s Kin phones, possibly to spur sales.
Verizon has now priced the Kin One at $29.99 after a $100 discount and agreeing to a two-year contract. The Kin Two, meanwhile, is now $49.99. Previously, the Kin One and Kin Two were priced at $49.99 and $99.99, respectively.
Microsoft launched the Kin One and Kin Two this past May, not as social networking phones, but as “underpowered smartphones,” in the words of the PCMag.com review. Both phones mark Microsoft’s first foray into the phone hardware arena, where far more established players such as Motorola and HTC have held sway.
Still, the phones are uniquely designed, boxy sliders designed to put one’s social ephemera right up front, before more traditional indicators such as the time, or even weather.
Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney told Bloomberg that the new
pricing is part of a broader set of price reductions and that it is
“comfortable” with the way the Kin is being accepted.
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