cdru
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Re: In some ways this PROMOTES competition
said by nklb  :Seems to me if one carrier has what is recognized to be an awesome phone, the other carriers are going to be spending more R&D money to get the next best thing. This sort of thing can promote competition, which is a GOOD thing. Which carrier manufacturers their own phone? What R&D are they spending to develop a phone again? The only money carriers spend on phones aside from purchasing them from the manufacturer would be in the marketing of them. They pay nothing directly for R&D of the phones.
Apple knows that they can package up whatever they want, slap iPhone on a label and sell millions of units. They can also in essence charge whatever they want for the phone. AT&T happily (well, maybe not happily) pays whatever Apple wants because they just pass the cost on to consumers. And consumers just eat it all up.
Yes the consumers have a choice in if they pay the premiums for the handsets. But how exactly is the iPhone being tied to AT&T a good thing for consumers? |
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| said by cdru :Which carrier manufacturers their own phone? What R&D are they spending to develop a phone again? Sprint is the only operator that Sanyo offers there phones too...because of this, Sprint works with them closely to develop handsets that work to there own specs and what not. Most Sanyo owners (past and present) will agree, that Sanyo phones work great in regards to call quality and reliability, at least when it comes to Sprint.. I can vouch for this with my old Katana DLX.
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hottboiinnc
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en102
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| said by en102 :Sanyo/Sprint is exclusive Almost like AT&T/Apple Correct...but the Sanyo/Sprint point was only brought up to show that the cell companies do spend time and money in R&D to develop phones the way THEY want, for there network.
Apple and AT&T didnt design the phoen together did they? I thought Apple made it and then shopped around?
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hottboiinnc
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