Verizon to launch the Motorola Rival A455 for $99
We scooped the launch date for the Motorola Rival A455 yesterday and now our trusty ninja is back with the skinny on the pricing and a full run down of the specifications for this QWERTY side-slider. This colorful phone packs plenty of tween-friendly functionality — hit the jump for all the details:
- 1X EV-DO connectivity
- 2.2-inch, 176×220 display
- External touch dial pad
- Up to 8GB microSD optional removable memory
- Bluetooth (Headset, Handsfree, DUN, A2DP, Phonebook Access, Basic
Printing, Basic Imaging, Object Push for VCard & VCalendar and File Transfer) - 2 megapixel camera/camcorder with dedicated camera/video key
- Text, Picture, Video & Voice Messaging with threaded messaging feature
- GPS (VZ Navigator capable)
- Visual Voice Mail capable, Mobile Broadband Connect capable
- One-touch access to Text Message composition, emoticons, symbols and IM or email
- Special keyboard backlighting
- OTA device software update
- Verizon Services including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Videos, Chaperone Parent/Child, Media Center, Mobile Web, Mobile Email, Corporate Email, Mobile IM, & Chat
- Dimensions: 2.0(w) x 3.8(h) x .71(d) inches; Weight: 4.4 oz
- Usage Time – Up to approx. 320 minutes OR Standby Time – Up to approx. 510 hours
The Motorola Rival will launch in purple and tin silver for a reasonable $99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and 2-year contract, $169 after a $50 mail-in rebate and 1-year contract and $269 for full retail.
VZW will sell a ton of these phones at this price point!
I agree with the above poster, the phone isnt my style but I can see it being pretty big for teens
FIRST!!!!
good phone
At that price, even retail isn’t bad.
I could see picking this thing up as a secondary device, for when I don’t want to use one of my smartphones. A compact QWERTY device that’s cheap is sure to be a big seller, and having Moto call quality doesn’t hurt.
i looked better for some reason in december or whenever the mockups leaked. 99 bucks isn’t bad though. TUH tuh TUH tuh TOUR. WE WANT IT.
IT not I. TOUR please.
I’m confused…does it have a touchscreen or not? What the heck is an “External Touch Dial Pad”??
@Grr
We went through this yesterday buddy, different target market..ie not you or any other RIM fanboys.
@Jeremiah
There is a button that activates the dail-pad which is touchscreen, I don’t beleive this is considered a full touch device
I’m so glad that this is coming june 10. That’s the day before I get me phone and its looking nice I’m gonna get it in prple even though I’m a guy.yay me first ever phone.
This looks like i really nice phone and i like it in purple i think i will get it!:)
how do you buy it?
This phone is compact and I like the qwerty key pad. Its a cute phone but….do not waste your money on the Rival. I purchased it. Had it 7 days and it started messing up. Repeating text, saying message failed, even though someone responds to the text and froze up for not apparent reason. I turned it off to see if maybe that was the problem, it wasn’t. Took it too Verizon on the 9th day that I had the phone they re programed it. I thought that helped well, it didn’t the following day it messed up again. So now I am trading it in for and Env 3.