With a new 2-year contract, no mail-in rebate is required, and Best Buy is taking pre-orders one day earlier than Verizon, which charges $300 before a mandatory rebate.

The pre-order requires a $50 deposit and the purchase of a $50 Best Buy gift card, but not having to deal with a $100 mail-in rebate is incentive enough to get the Droid Incredible from the Big Blue. Days ago, Phandroid reported that the Incredible is going to list for $600 without contract.

“We’re excited to bring the Verizon Wireless Droid Incredible by HTC to our stores with the pre-sale beginning April 18,” said Scott Anderson, merchant senior director for Best Buy Mobile
. “The Droid Incredible by HTC adds to our growing assortment of smartphones, and with our highly-trained sales staff we can ensure customers are paired with the mobile device
that is right for them.”

Source: Nexus 404