HP Pre 3 Joins the Fire Sale Bandwagon

From PC World: HP's $99 TouchPads are getting harder to find, but another fire sale looms for the HP Pre 3 smartphone -- at least in Europe.

HP confirmed to PC Magazine that it will not sell the Pre 3 in the United States. In France and the United Kingdom, the phone will sell for $75 unlocked. The phone is already sold out in Germany.

HP Pre 3 Joins the Fire Sale Bandwagon

The Pre 3 has a 3.6-inch display, a 1.4 GHz processor, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a front-facing camera. Otherwise, it looks a lot like its predecessors, with a QWERTY keyboard that slides out in portrait orientation. HP announced the phone in February, but still hadn't released it when the company announced last week that it will stop building WebOS phones and tablets.

After making the announcement, HP started selling off its TouchPad tablets for $99, a price that proved quite popular. Expect similar levels of demand for the Pre 3’s fire sale because in the United Kingdom the phone was originally priced at around $500.

If you're thinking of importing the Pre 3 when it goes on sale, keep in mind that you'll get limited coverage on AT&T and T-Mobile, with only slower EDGE connections supported on both networks and 3G in some areas on AT&T. The phone will not work on Sprint or Verizon Wireless.

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