free gift. However, the Estimated Delivery Date of the orders were not updated until a couple days later, causing confusion amongst anticipating customers. Several customers who ordered on a later date received phones before those who ordered earlier. The promised shipping upgrade was also not fulfilled for many customers. On February 3, 2011, Dell launched Venue Pro in India. The launch price of Dell Venue was Rs. 34,990. On September 23, 2011, Dell posted that the Dell Venue Pro will get the Mango update "later this fall" on the unlocked Cincinnati Bell and T-Mobile devices. Dell released the Venue Pro for the AT&T network later that year. As of December 1, 2011 all Dell Venue Pros have been upgraded to Mango, including those shipped from the factory. As of March 8, 2012 Dell are discontinuing future production of the Dell Venue Pro and Venue smartphones — This was announced internally to Dell staff on the 8th of March. Wi-Fi bug The first batch of Dell Venue Pro phones to be manufactured suffered a bug which prevented them from logging onto secure Wi-Fi networks. Dell urged users with buggy phones to return them to the place of purchase and receive replacement handsets. In addition, even after the full launch of the Venue Pro, there have been reports of WiFi crashing the phone while downloading or using the data connection in some way. Third Party Involvement When entering a Venue Pro's IMEI number into an IMEI checking facility the manufacturer of the device is reported as Qisda Corporation, a subsidiary of BenQ. The involvement of a third party is also apparent in the 'EM' phone management app. End of manufacture On March 28, 2012 Dell posted that the Venue Pro and Venue are no longer for sale on Dell.com, the reason was stated that the devices had come to their end-of-life. However, Dell has since revived the Venue brand (including the 'Pro') suffix as a brand of tablets. References External links Official Dell Venue Pro homepage Dell Venue Pro on the Microsoft Website Dell mobile phones Windows Phone devices Smartphones Mobile phones introduced in 2010