Motorola's Droid 4 Will Cost $199.99 Subsidized?

A new minimum advertised price list shows the Motorola Droid 4 with a lower price tag than what was previously reported earlier this month.

ZoomDroid Life has supposedly acquired the latest minimum advertised price (MAP) list from Verizon which now lists the upcoming Motorola Droid 4 as $199.99 USD with a 2-year contract. During CES 2012 earlier this month, the phone was reported to cost consumers a heftier $249.99 USD subsidized. Guess Verizon heard Jane's complaint over the "sweet spot" pricing.

As of Thursday, a number of Verizon phones also took a beatdown in price including the Droid Bionic with a new $149.99 tag, down from $199.99, and both the black and white versions of the 32 GB Droid Razr sporting a not-too-friendly (but better than $299.99) $279.99 tag. Unfortunately, that looks to be the only phones to get a tasty little reduction courtesy of Verizon.

Consumers waiting for the next Motorola Droid (vanilla) model will be in for a treat. The device will pack a roomy 5-row keyboard while measuring just half an inch thick. Under the 4-inch qHD TFT display will be a 1.2 GHz dual-core OMAP 4430 SoC from Texas Instruments, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, and support for up to 32 GB of extra storage via microSD.

The Droid 4 will also be stuffed with an 8MP rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video capture, 4G LTE, a 1785 mAh battery, hotspot capabilities, and Android 2.3.5 "Honeycomb," with a 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" update on the way. The display will be protected by scratch and scrape resistant glass, and the phone itself will feature a water-repellent nanocoating for splash resistance.

Ultimately whether it's $249.99 or $299.99, the phone seems to be worth every subsidized penny. Unfortunately, Verizon would not confirm the price or provide an actual release date.