Verizon May Have Long List of Mid-Range Phones Soon

Yay for rumors! Verizon will be limiting (sort of) their exclusivity contracts, but that doesn’t mean that we won’t still be getting some cool stuff. Boy Genius Report has some juicy rumors floating around about some phones that, they made sure to stress, may or may not be showing up through Verizon in the near features. Check out the list after the jump.
 

• LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 - Full touchscreen, might be like the BL40
• BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 - October-November release
• Nokia Shade 2705 - Replaces the Mirage 2605
• Nokia Twist 7705 - This might be the swivel-style phone that has been rumored for months.
• Palm Treo 800W - “Even though this was released for Sprint last year, Verizon may not have it out until February 2010.”
• Motorola Entice (or Harmony) W766 - Replaces the W755
• Samsung Rogue U960 - Replaces the Glyde U940, expected in August
• Samsung U450 - Verizon Mobile TV-compatible
• Samsung Strut U440 - QWERTY handset
• Samsung Omnia-II i920 - Due out by Christmas

Amid all the shouting, probably some tears of joy and others, take a moment to just bask in the Verizon goodness. Of course, because we have to, we’ll stress that these are still just rumors and there is no way to confirm nor deny them. But Gizmodo is thinking that the Nokia Twist sounds awfully similar to the weird-looking swiveling phone previously pegged as a summer release through Verizon. Close enough to fact for me.

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