Live just outside Kyoto, Japan and I was thinking of getting an Iphone. I even popped into my local shop to ask to put one on reserve before I heard of the pricing.
I can get the Panasonic 920P with a 3.0 inch wide screen 800x400 resolution, TV, AV out and a 5megapixel camera, e-wallet (for purchasing stuff just by holding your phone up to a machine) etc for about $15 a month and plus another $10 for regular phone call service. Lets see....$25 a month for two years...that's about $600 for the phone and two years service. I get the Iphone and I have to pay what is it...about $75 bucks a month in phone charges plus the cost of the phone...that works out to be somewhere north of $2000 over 2 years. Are they freaking nuts?
Maybe in another country but given the level of tech here for phones I can see the market being 'really' small.
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Live just outside Kyoto, Japan and I was thinking of getting an Iphone. I even popped into my local shop to ask to put one on reserve before I heard of the pricing.
I can get the Panasonic 920P with a 3.0 inch wide screen 800x400 resolution, TV, AV out and a 5megapixel camera, e-wallet (for purchasing stuff just by holding your phone up to a machine) etc for about $15 a month and plus another $10 for regular phone call service. Lets see....$25 a month for two years...that's about $600 for the phone and two years service. I get the Iphone and I have to pay what is it...about $75 bucks a month in phone charges plus the cost of the phone...that works out to be somewhere north of $2000 over 2 years. Are they freaking nuts?
Maybe in another country but given the level of tech here for phones I can see the market being 'really' small.