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>> $549, though, doesn't seem very competitive. Competitive compared to what exactly? The way how I see it, the target market for this device will have two man
by metaphor 10y ago
>> $549, though, doesn't seem very competitive.
Competitive compared to what exactly? The way how I see it, the target market for this device will have two mandatory requirements:
1.) robust physical keypad; and
2.) modern Android OS
All other specs are secondary considerations. In the US, the only this I see this device competing against is BlackBerry's existing product line, in particular, the Priv.
The market of users who absolutely demand a smartphone with physical keypad is surely much smaller than the market of users who would like a physical keypad but are willing to settle for pure capacitive touch UI...which is undoubtedly still smaller than the market of users who couldn't care less. All I see here are market forces at work.