Qualcomm Teases High-End Smartphone for CES
Now if they only charged reasonable prices...
But maybe their settlement deals in China and the EU will change that, because if they are charging too much there, they are definitely charging too much here. The price differential on a qualcomm chip, especially the top of the food chain, is ridiculous.
Just for example, the Asus padfone with a perfectly functional Intel dual core chip is $200 out the door. The same model with nearly identical specs but a qualcomm chipset is $500. Qualcomm chips are good, but they aren't That good and Qualcomm is a big part of the reason why the big manufacturers have to charge so much for a decent model device. And apparently no one wants a flagship phone without a qualcomm chip, I mean 15 percent better performance for 150 percent higher price, what...
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Just for example, the Asus padfone with a perfectly functional Intel dual core chip is $200 out the door. The same model with nearly identical specs but a qualcomm chipset is $500. Qualcomm chips are good, but they aren't That good and Qualcomm is a big part of the reason why the big manufacturers have to charge so much for a decent model device. And apparently no one wants a flagship phone without a qualcomm chip, I mean 15 percent better performance for 150 percent higher price, what...
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But maybe their settlement deals in China and the EU will change that, because if they are charging too much there, they are definitely charging too much here. The price differential on a qualcomm chip, especially the top of the food chain, is ridiculous.
Just for example, the Asus padfone with a perfectly functional Intel dual core chip is $200 out the door. The same model with nearly identical specs but a qualcomm chipset is $500. Qualcomm chips are good, but they aren't That good and Qualcomm is a big part of the reason why the big manufacturers have to charge so much for a decent model device. And apparently no one wants a flagship phone without a qualcomm chip, I mean 15 percent better performanc
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>>A lot of people believe in "You get what you pay for" - so if they have a phone that lists $200 below that of an iPhone, an average, non-tech person (which is most of the world besides South Korea and Japan) will assume the product is, or somehow has to be inferior for it to command such a lower price.
For once, I actually agree with what you're saying here. But I would like to point out that the introduction of MAC's into the x86 market didn't affect PC prices very much. And MAC's really haven't increased their market share of desktops and laptops very much since Apple switched to x86. At least in the PC market, it doesn't hold true that buyers necessarily place a value on big price tags. But I can honestly see why the cell phone marke...
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For once, I actually agree with what you're saying here. But I would like to point out that the introduction of MAC's into the x86 market didn't affect PC prices very much. And MAC's really haven't increased their market share of desktops and laptops very much since Apple switched to x86. At least in the PC market, it doesn't hold true that buyers necessarily place a value on big price tags. But I can honestly see why the cell phone marke...
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