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Retailers offer smart phone deals ahead of iPhone 5 releaseWith the iPhone 5 release date finally in sight, some of Apple’s competitors are scrambling

With the iPhone 5 release date finally in sight, some of Apple’s competitors are scrambling to get their phones into customers’ pockets ahead of the iPhone’s expected October 4 release date. On Friday, Verizon released the Pantech Breakout, its cheapest smart phone ever at $99. Check out RCR TV’s exclusive video review of the Pantech Breakout.
Meanwhile Best Buy is offering the Samsung Google Nexas S 4G smart phone for free to customers who take out a 2 year contract. The contract requires a Simply Everything or Everything Data plan and a $10 Premium Data add-on. Watch RCR TV’s exclusive review of the Samsung Google Nexas S 4G .
And another Samsung smart phone, The Illusion, is expected in Verizon stores near the end of the month. The Illusion, formerly known as the Viper, will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread.


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