4G to Hit 900/1800MHz Bands in Europe
Typo: It's the 900/1800MHz bands
I'm sick of articles about Europe!
Nokia & Sony Ericsson abandoned the U.S. market, so when it comes to wireless, screw Europe!
Nokia & Sony Ericsson abandoned the U.S. market, so when it comes to wireless, screw Europe!
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Well, it's a little more complicated than that. The short of it is, the U.S. consumers prefer to pay the rather inflated price for their phones to the network operators over the course of a 2-year contract rather than buy the phones upfront, and this makes more of the money go to the operators rather than phone manufacturers, which makes the market more difficult and less lucrative for the manufacturers. If people did the math and realized that they overpaid for their phones in the long run, they'd be more open to the idea of buying a $400 phone from Nokia or SE, but then it wouldn't be "free".
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I agree. It's how the customers see the numbers.
Imagine if they had to advertise a smartphone, and then say the retail is 500+ dollars. How many would spend that much on the spot to buy it?
Imagine if they had to advertise a smartphone, and then say the retail is 500+ dollars. How many would spend that much on the spot to buy it?
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Yes, exactly. By the way, I should've mentioned that T-Mobile USA used to offer a $20/month discount to those who bought their phones elsewhere: the Even More Plus plans. So, if you got a "free" or a subsidized
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So, if you got a "free" or a subsidized phone from T-Mobile, you'd pay, for example, $80/month for service, but if bought an unlocked Nokia elsewhere, you'd pay $60/month for the same service. Because they no longer offer this, I guess that few people liked the idea. But if you think about it, over the course of a 2-year countract, that's $480 that you paid for the "free" phone. And if you bought one of the Android smartphones for, let's say, $200, that's $680 that you actually paid for it. Now the prices on NokiaUSA.com don't look so bad, do they? 🙂
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