Hmm... It's odd how the markets differ so much. I got my Vario 2 (Hermes) on an 18-month contract for just £65 (about $110 I guess) and I pay £27.50 a month including the £7.50 for unlimited data - which works out at a stonking deal granted, but it's not _that_ amazingly low-priced. My mate got the same handset on the same tariff for just £40 two days ago in the same shop. I had to laugh when I was on the phone to T-Mobile and the guy said "the Americans sell handsets we couldn't give away!" but then I thought, 'blimey, it is true... Why the hell?'
What I can't understand is why the demographic who really want these decent phones doesn't complain more than it does - I can see how all the techies have gone mad for the iPhone, but there's not that big of a fuss over it in the UK from what I can see because we've had phones that can do what it does for a while now (and are a LOT cheaper). The size of the US market makes me think that carriers would try to bring innovation to their customers because they'd get lots of profit from it.
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Hmm... It's odd how the markets differ so much. I got my Vario 2 (Hermes) on an 18-month contract for just £65 (about $110 I guess) and I pay £27.50 a month including the £7.50 for unlimited data - which works out at a stonking deal granted, but it's not _that_ amazingly low-priced. My mate got the same handset on the same tariff for just £40 two days ago in the same shop. I had to laugh when I was on the phone to T-Mobile and the guy said "the Americans sell handsets we couldn't give away!" but then I thought, 'blimey, it is true... Why the hell?'
What I can't understand is why the demographic who really want these decent phones doesn't complain more than it does - I can see how all the techies have gone mad for the iPhone, but there's not that big of a fuss over it in the UK from what I can see because we've had phones that can do what it does for a while now (and are a LOT cheaper). The size of the US market makes me think that carriers would try to bring innovation to their customers because they'd get lots of profit from it.
So, where am I going wrong in my thought process?