As more and more consumers turn to Android as their smartphone OS of choice, Verizon has silently removed one option for consumers to choose from. Verizon’s DROID Eris is no longer available on the company’s website. The HTC made DROID Eris has only been on sale for about eight months and many thought it would stay around a bit longer due to its recent Android 2.1 firmware update. We called a few local Verizon stores last night and they confirmed that they still have the DROID Eris in stock but were unaware that the phone had been removed from the website. If you were really fond of the HTC Hero variant, you better head on over to your local Verizon store before their supplies run out. It’s no surprise that Verizon is looking to clean up their Android selection before the launch of the DROID X and DROID 2 next month, but no one thought that the Eris would be leaving the Android scene before T-Mobile’s G1.
The Hero was removed months ago in France, but it’s still on low-cost MNVO.