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tiger72
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reply to emptywig

Re: Go for it

said by emptywig:

There is no reason a phone needs to cost $500. They can surely make and sell the phone for half that.

wig
Please, oh please, elaborate. A smartphone has 90% of the features of a netbook (with more radios - ie bluetooth, umts/gsm, and wifi). Oh, but it's 1/5th the size. How much do you think those parts cost?
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nixen
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said by tiger72:

Oh, but it's 1/5th the size. How much do you think those parts cost?
One fifth the cost?
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tiger72
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i wish!


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