EliteDataEliteData Premium Member join:2003-07-06 Philippines |
EliteData
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2013-Mar-25 12:46 pm
Pricey...We will soon see smartphones reaching $1,000+. | |
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FFH5
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2013-Mar-25 1:32 pm
Re: Pricey...Here is some specs on what networks the phone will work on: » store.sony.com/webapp/wc ··· icationsCellular and Wireless : UMTS HSPA+ 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 LTE Band I, Band II, Band IV, Band V and Band XVII
Data Transfer Rates : GSM GPRS Up to 70.4 kbps (download). Up to 35.2 kbps (upload).
GSM EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps (download). Up to 118.4 kbps (upload).
UMTS HSPA cat 24(download) Up to 42 Mbps UMTS HSPA cat 6 (upload) Up to 5.76 Mbps
LTE cat 3 (download) Up to 102 Mbps LTE cat 3 (upload) Up to 51 Mbps » news.cnet.com/8301-1035_ ··· eorders/ | |
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tiger72
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2013-Mar-25 2:21 pm
Re: Pricey...very nice. DC-HSPA+ on all US bands. LTE on T-Mobile and ATT's bands.
Dump CM10.1 on there and if I was in the market for a worldphone, this would be at the top of my list. | |
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| aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89
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said by EliteData:We will soon see smartphones reaching $1,000+. $760 is inline with other top of the line unsubsidized phones. I am grandfathered into Verizons unlimited data. If I switched to their new plans it would cost me, at a minimum, an extra $1500 over two years. So even though I would get a subsidized phone for around $200, I would pay at least $1500 more over a two year period. So it's cheaper for me to pay the unsubsidized cost of a phone and stay on my grandfathered plan, since over a two year period it would cost me much less. | |
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Soon? The Razor was $1200 when it first came out and there were idiots that bought it.
What we will see soon is reality in pricing and $700+ for a phone of any type is not it.
It has been well documented that even the iPhone and Galaxy phones are under $200 to make. Add on all the other "cost" associated to them and they can still be sold for $300 with plenty of profit.
Eventually what you will see are corporations having to really compete in the market and then you wont see them trying to make 100%+ profit. They will be down to the the standard 8-15% profit margin on electronics. | |
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| Kamus join:2011-01-27 El Paso, TX |
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said by EliteData:We will soon see smartphones reaching $1,000+. Yeah, that's very expensive. But for the mainstream i think we'll actually see far more affordable phones with 80-90% of the performance these things offer. I wouldn't be surprised if this year we see a $200 phone from the likes of Google or amazon. | |
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| cchhat01Dr. Zoidberg join:2001-05-01 Elmhurst, NY |
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This has me thinking "what constitutes to such high cost of a hardware"? The recent article here on phone subsidies really got me thinking, there's no point locking devices on postpaid (which made sense). What got me thinking even more is that subsidies made it possible for "unsubsidized" phones to be so expensive. If you inflate the cost of a subsidy, you surely have to inflate the cost of the unsubsidized version. More cash in the hands of the device makers. I really think the price point for an unsubsidized phone is somewhere near $500 max. Anything higher is just making the device makers and shareholders happier than they should be. | |
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mob (banned)On the next level.. join:2000-10-07 San Jose, CA |
mob (banned)
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2013-Mar-25 1:03 pm
MFW Sweet Jesus |
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patt2k
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2013-Mar-25 1:05 pm
$$No worries price will go down soon in just few months a year max? | |
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It seems Sony... still think of themselves as the "premium" product above all, reflected in the ridiculous price tags.
Those specs are nothing spectacular beyond what HTC and Samsung have out there. | |
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| Cheese Premium Member join:2003-10-26 Naples, FL
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Cheese
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2013-Mar-25 1:48 pm
Re: It seems SonyThat has always been Sonys mentality. | |
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WOWIs this phone really worth twice as much as a Nexus 4? | |
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Short answer: No. Med answer: Nope. Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooo | |
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The Nexus 4 does not have "official" LTE support, and it's limited support. Xperia also has microSD support and a 1080P display. Are those worth the extra cost? It depends. | |
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Re: WOWFour hundred bucks for LTE and expandable storage along with no software updates sounds pretty steep to me. | |
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2013-Mar-25 4:13 pm
not worth itWith that kind of price tag, it should have a LOT more capabilities. I can buy a walmart PC that can do more than that for half the price. | |
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.Anal rape without lube.
The only sentence that makes sense seeing the price tag. | |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant? Premium Member join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC |
Funnier yet...said by Ultibeam:The Nexus 4 does not have "official" LTE support, and it's limited support. Xperia also has microSD support and a 1080P display. Are those worth the extra cost? It depends. The Nexus 4 has a 7 band LTE chip in it, likely disabled by FW. Of course, it would trash the market putting out a $350 high end device with those capabilities. LOL! Google did it better, and cheaper than the mainstream players. And, it scares the crap out of them. | |
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| El QuintronCancel Culture Ambassador Premium Member join:2008-04-28 Tronna |
Re: Funnier yet...said by Juggernaut:Google did it better, and cheaper than the mainstream players. And, it scares the crap out of them. Exactly... now that they (the premium phone brands) can't charge this much for questionable performance, they're trying to recast themselves as luxuray items... | |
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