Best Buy announces Samsung Fascinate preorders

Best Buy announced Friday morning that the Samsung Fascinate will be available for preorder starting Sunday, August 29. Verizon Wireless’ version of the Galaxy Smartphone features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, and runs the Android 2.1 operating system. As an added incentive, Reward Zone members can reserve the Fascinate today at a nearby Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile location.

There’s no word as to what the actual release date is for the phone, but everywhere I turn, the speculation is it will launch on September 9. As far as price goes, I’d expect this to arrive with the all-too-common $200, possibly after rebate. I would look for Verizon to issue a news release in the coming days to alert its subscribers and potential customers.. Read More [via cnet]