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Hmmm. I got my unlocked HTC Desire for £350, and googling for 'sim free iphone 3gs' shows me prices in the £600 range.
by confuzatron 16y ago
Hmmm. I got my unlocked HTC Desire for £350, and googling for 'sim free iphone 3gs' shows me prices in the £600 range.
- utexaspunk 16y agoSure, but that's not how 99% of people get their phones, especially here in the US. From the perspective of a typical US phone buyer, who purchases a phone along with a 2-year contract, the prices are about the same.
- confuzatron 16y agoSame in the UK, but looking at the cost of iPhone contracts and HTC desire contracts, the difference in cost does seem to be borne out - iPhone contracts look to be more expensive here.
- WiseWeasel 16y agoHow else was Apple going to maintain their 55%+ profit margins on the things? It sure does make you wonder why Verizon is charging as much as AT&T for their Android plans when the device is almost half the cost. I guess the answer is because they can, because they have a better network. I also wonder if Android handset vendors will try to get a cheaper plan out of Verizon when the Verizon iPhone supposedly lands this summer/fall...
- jsolson 16y ago> How else was Apple going to maintain their 55%+ profit margins on the things? Gross margin on Apple products has consistently been around 33%, at least for as long as I've been listening to their quarterly conference calls.
- WiseWeasel 16y agohttp://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2009/07/29/report-iphone-margins-are-nearly-60/ http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2009/07/29/report-iphone-margins...