Verizon Wireless Casio Exilim C721 to launch for a hefty $279
Our ninja came through for us again and provided us with all the launch details for the Casio Exilim C721. We already scooped the June 10th launch date and now we have pictures, pricing and specifications to round out the information on this new handset. Hit the jump for all the details and images you can handle.
- 1X/EVDO Rev A connectivity
- 2.3-inch QVGA (not WVGA as originally thought) internal display with 0.7-inch Mono (White) 96×32 external display
- 5.1 Megapixel auto-focus camera/camcorder with flash, image stabilizer,180-degree rotating display, and optical 3x zoom
- Dedicated camera/video key
- Meets military specifications 810F standards for water (Immersion & Rain), humidity, salt-fog, shock, vibration, dust, solar radiation, altitude, low & high temperature storage
- Bluetooth Profiles: headset, hands free, DUN, A2DP, phonebook access, and object push (for vCard / vCal)
- Music Player for: MP3, WMA, unprotected AAC & unprotected AAC+ formats
- HTML Web Browser
- Up to 8GB of optional removable memory
- Verizon Services: V CAST Music with Rhapsody,V CAST Videos, Chaperon Parent/Child Capable, Media Center, Mobile Email, Mobile Web Mail, Mobile IM & Chat capable
- Dashboard with Mobile Web, Field Force Manager capable
- Visual Voice Mail capable, Mobile Broadband Connect capable
- Text, Picture, Video & Voice Messaging
- GPS (VZ NavigatorSM Capable)
- Dimensions: 4.0” x 2.0” x 0.8”; Weight: 4.5 ounces
- Usage Time: Up to 230 minutes OR Standby Time: Up to 540 hours
The 5MP Casio Exilim will launch for $279 after a $50 mail in rebate and 2-year contract, $349 after a $50 mail in rebate and 1-year contract and $449 for full retail. At this extraordinarily high price for a souped up feature phone, the C721 will probably be a dust collector on the shelves of Verizon Wireless stores nationwide until the price drops — good thing it’s dust proof.
A bit pricey IMO…
Meh. Give me the Calgary.
u should be spending time on the pre reveiw
Just another exhibit in a long list of others that explains my departure to At&t or Sprint for an Iphone or Pre this June/July. Verizon’s service is strong, but their phone selection is straight out of T-mobile’s playbook from 4 years ago and their data/system is too handcuffed. So long soon.
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Bryan – I second your thoughts. What good is VZW network coverage and service if there are no good phones to interface with it? They better get the iPhone or I am off to AT&T.
ok, let me say somthing about this phone just to stay on topic. i knew the screen wasn’t wvga. it’s too damn small. now, WE WANT THE TOUR. WE WANT THE TOUR. WE WANT THE TOUR.
Well, if VZW was after the iPhone crowds, this would suck, but tell me this isn’t far far sexier than anything Nextel has produced… ever?
Big Red has 80,000,000+ subscribers, so they really have to offer something for everyone. This, obviously, isn’t for the brats bitching above.
And why anyone would try and compete with the hundreds of millions of dollars the iPhone gets in free adversising/hype is beyond me.
Besides the iPhone, how is AT&T’s lineup any different/better? We still don’t get the really cool stuff Europe/Asia does…
(Rant over)
what ever do you mean?
do you mean that verizon has more than just ONE phone lineup?
you mean they multi level market to more than ONE tier of customer?
this comes as a shocker, as we all know that all att has is the iphone, and all sprint has is the pre.
how can Verizon continue to grow and have the largest network?
this is crazy talk, dump all the phones you have, and go get one MEGA phone, screw the 66% of your user base who uses non smart phones, screw anyone who doesn’t want a megaphone…GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!
so now that we have figured out the stupidity of BGR posters at it’s finest. this will sell well, it will come down in price soon, and with the military spec dirt, dust and shick resistance the contractors who get the phones for 50 bucks on discount, will be lining up at the door.
ignorance is bliss….it’s also what most of the posters here live in a coinstant state of…ignorance
man yall should get the samsung omnia…im in luv with my OMNIA…i named her OMNIA..lol
Any word on whether verizon will require the $15/mo web 2.0 data plan for this phone?
ugly and pricey
Even on phones designed around their web capability (Dare, Versa, Glyde, Krave), VZW has never required the Vpack on their non-PDA feature phones. I strongly doubt they will start with this one, especially since the camera& durability are the main attractions on this one, not the HTML browsing.
@jeebus, yeah @daniel is right the only requirement for any phone is the $30 data for smartphones – they only tell you (in verizon) stores that you have to get the $15 v-cast pack bc “it’s a touch screen” only bc they make their money (commission) off of feature attachments and accessories. $0 for them if they just sell u the phone out the door…smh
Count me in, I don’t want or need a “smartphone” or some huge wallet-sized thing in my front pocket too. If I have to live with something for two years, it needs to last two years and not look like hell after 2 months. I do hope that they’ve improved on the call quality and reception of the G’Zone or whatever. It sounded terrible and got poor signal reception. You could win bets with a G’Zone throwing it in a pool and it still work. That to me is more impressive than “visual voice mail”. God, how may ways do people need to stay connected? Text, voicemail, email, social networking sites? Do we really have that much to report on a minute-by-minute basis? How many ways do we need to hit the “ignore” button!?!?!
Pricey but I’ll bet that comes down quickly. Finally a decent camera phone that doesn’t require the $30 a month data package. Internet on the phone blows. Its slow as a snail and trying to navigate around a web site on a little phone screen is tedious. Just over a month ago I switched to T-mobile because verizon was strongarming its customers into taking the $30 dollar data package with its better phones. Their service was horrible in the area where I live and they admitted it and let me out of my contract because they couldn’t provide me with a decent signal. I had more dropped calls in a month with them than I had in over four years with Verizon. I live on the Northwest side of Chicago, a major metropolitan area, if they can’t get it right here then I’d hate to see how their service is in rural areas. I’m back to Verizon and am glad to see they finally have a decent phone that doesn’t require their $30 internet service.