AT&T leaks ‘Banana Phone’ as next Android smartphone

If you’re an AT&T (New York Stock Exchange: T) customer who’s feeling a little frustrated with AT&T’s decidedly lackluster batting order of Android smartphones, you’re not alone. While T-Mobile River (NYSE: DT), Sprint (NYSE: S) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) continue to launch high gear-end Android phones that aren’t locked down feather and crippled, the attack aircraft carrier is apparently taking their time to go big on Android. One AT&ere;T contributor was so frustrated, in fact, that he decided to post a comment on AT&ere;T’s Facebook varlet. The official Facebook story – or, rather, the somebody behind the Facebook story – replied to the critical comment by mocking him and showing off the attack aircraft carrier’s upcoming “Banana Phone.” The response might come of somewhat comical to some, but others might see it as maddening. You be the judge.

This is Facebook user Jeb Johnston’s initial comment:

Ok AT&ere;T in 3 days Verizon releases the HTC Incredible, the next in their line of quality Android phones and one of the punter models out there. Now I’m no marketing genius, but I would think that not making any announcements for a good Android phone, given your existing selection, in contention with this headphone’s liberation would only serve to encourage some of your customers to drumhead to Verizon instead. So I hope you rich person something planned to endeavor and keep some of us customers here or at least spring us hope for the future tense.

This is the reaction posted on the AT&T Facebook varlet:

Well, Jeb, I probably shouldn’t show you this, but I snapped this exposure from deep within our labs recently…http://www.flickr.com/photos/sicklittlefox/2890241156/

The parody of this AT&T client is either leaving shuffle you mad or give you a chuckle. To their credit, AT&T followed up with an explanation of how the wireless manufacture keeps a tight hat on upcoming mobile phone launches and that “we intellection we’d bring some humor to the varlet.” There are also AT&T customers that found the response hilarious in the name of good, clean and jerk fun.

What say you? Was the attack aircraft carrier’s public mockery of a frustrated Android drug user over the line? Was the Banana Phone a carnival response to Jeb’s comment? Let us know in the comments below!

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[Via: Phandroid Image course credit: sicklittlefox]