Verizon has now confirmed that it will launch the Android-Powered full-touch & customizable smartphone Motorola Citrus on tomorrow, November 11th, just for $49.99 on-contract. Looks like Verizon is flooding smartphones in this month. Verizon is also launching dual-Hinge messaging phone, Samsung Zeal and dual-display Samsung Continuum on the same day for $80 & $200 respectively on contract. Also the Samsung Galaxy Tab released today and Motorola Droid 2 Global released on Verizon.
Motorola CITRUS is an affordable, entry-level and customizable smartphone. This one of the cheapest Android powered handsets and Motorola Citrus made from 25-percent post-consumer recycled plastic, and is PVC & BFR free.
Citrus runs with Android 2.1 OS(Android 2.2 upgrade in future?), 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7225 processor, featuring 3 inch TFT Touch display, virtual QWERTY, 3 megapixels fixed focus camera with digital zoom, 2GB microSD card inserted with 32GB expansion support, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G,CDMA 1X/ EV-DO Rev 0 connectivity. It also supports swipe and pinch-to-zoom navigation capabilities.
Refer this post for Motorola Citrus Full Technical Specifications.
Motorola Citrus comes with full HTML Web browser which has preloaded with Bing Search and Bing Maps
Price & Availability
Verizon will be selling this affordable Motorola Citrus from November 11, pricing $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.