Samsung Omnia II Shows Up For Pre-Order. Amazon Loses Their Minds

I’m all for finding pre-order deals online, this isn’t one of those “deal” situations. Amazon’s website today showed the Samsung Omnia II with a price that’s typically reserved for middle of the road laptops and 42? flatscreen televisions, not for cell phones.

So what’s the big deal? How about a buy cost of $999.99, a price that dwarfs even the most high end HTC phones. Sure it’s not anywhere near the pricing of high end Vertu models but it’s still a large amount.

I’d also like to point out that the price tag is for an international model with no U.S. Warranty.

So what do you get for a grand? A rather mediocre 5MP camera, 8GB on-board storage and Windows Mobile 6.1. Basically your paying for the devices 3.7? AMOLED display and TouchWiz 2.0 technology. Although “DVD Quality Video Recording” their words not mine, GPS and WiFi doesn’t hurt either.

Is it worth $999.99, no absolutely not, which is probably why eXpansys-USA is selling it for $629.99