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2009-08-29 , 01:51
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Originally Posted by johnkzin View Post
$700 assumes a lot....

If they do carry it, I wouldn't be surprised to see it available for $300-$350 (with contract). I would be surprised to see it's discounted price be higher than $350. Not because of the device, but because of the way T-Mobile structures it's pricing.
I cant see this being $350, if Nokia want to gain share in the US it needs to be $199 or even $149.

Wholesale will be around $399 im guessing so $350 would be a rip off by Tmob.
 
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But the carrier subsidy probably only affects about 20% of the people looking to buy it. The rest will likely pay full (or close to full) price for an unlocked version. There are some people who will be canceling a current contract putting their price somewhere between full and subsidized.
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I cant see this being $350, if Nokia want to gain share in the US it needs to be $199 or even $149.

Wholesale will be around $399 im guessing so $350 would be a rip off by Tmob.
It's a smartphone. T-Mobile prices smartphones higher, initially. $300 is usually the neighborhood they're in.
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Originally Posted by lemmyslender View Post
But the carrier subsidy probably only affects about 20% of the people looking to buy it.
I don't agree with your 20% number. I'd think it'd almost be the other way around. It'll largely depend on how many of the NIT lovers are already on T-Mobile, I'd think (as well as how many want to be on a contract). But, we'll just have to wait and see.
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Really, at its Ferrari of a phone price tag? I'd agree if the price was $350 instead of $700. $700 targets this device to a very very narrow segment of the customer base. I can't see Nokia growing its maemo customer base drastically at $700 a unit, but I'm sure their bean counters have done the math already and know more than I do.
I don't expect that price to stick long. If I'm wrong I'm wrong.
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I don't agree with your 20% number. I'd think it'd almost be the other way around. It'll largely depend on how many of the NIT lovers are already on T-Mobile, I'd think (as well as how many want to be on a contract). But, we'll just have to wait and see.
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It depends on the country too.

In Brazil for example (not that I have any hope of the N900 being here any soon), most people will buy a smartphone like this on contract, especially because the data plans that make a phone like this worth it will almost always be on contract. Mine for example is R$ 69,90 / month for a 1gb quota at 600kbps, and believe me, that`s kinda cheap for Brazil, and you don`t get to pay what I pay out of contract.

(Today`s exchange rate: US$ 1,0 = R$ 1,88)

Just for comparison terms, the cheapest iphone you can get here is around R$ 550 (this is BRL, not US$), but only on a plan that will set you back around R$ 350 a month. Most expensive Iphone (out of contract) will lighten up your wallet at around R$ 1,800 to R$ 2,400.

Yeap, we get it bad here =(
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Really, at its Ferrari of a phone price tag? I'd agree if the price was $350 instead of $700. $700 targets this device to a very very narrow segment of the customer base. I can't see Nokia growing its maemo customer base drastically at $700 a unit, but I'm sure their bean counters have done the math already and know more than I do.
Sure, for the first 6 months or so, but did you see how quickly the N800 and N810 prices dropped even a short time after launch? Let the early adopters pay those prices, then jump in a snag it for half that Summer next year.
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The 810 was already $350ish by the time I discovered it. Exciting times for Maemo none the less. It'll take time to get our favorite OS2008 apps up and running on the N900. Hopefully its price will fall in half by that time, and many of the OS bugs will be sorted out. OS2008 didn't come into its own until after a few Diablo patches were released. Exciting times.
 
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