Thread: $199 iPhone 2 (3G & GPS and exchange)
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Lee is offline Lee
2008-06-10 , 03:26
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#86
Originally Posted by nilchak View Post
So are you saying you rather not welcome the new price point barrier which everyone will want to beat (and keep paying for a $400 device) ?
I would much welcome this - as much as I love my N810 and paid $400 for it, I would still love to see the same device (or type of device) for much lesser, and if the new iPhone2 price-point is the reason for it, I welcome it.

Lets not get defensive over a good thing that the iPhone2 may bring to the market - lower and competitively priced devices.
Yeah but that is not what this is, this is simply hidden costs. You are not paying the total cost up front, you can't expect independent companies to compete price wise with companies that have negotiated to make things look cheaper upfront. And the cost isn't just in materials and manufacturing, it is in research and development, and in software.