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18 months ago the kin would have been more well received. Particularly at a lower price point.
by rodh257 16y ago
18 months ago the kin would have been more well received. Particularly at a lower price point.
- rbanffy 16y agoA dumbphone? Not even 18 months ago. They would have to launch this in 2005 for it to have a chance.
- potatolicious 16y agoA dumbphone with a few select (and highly refined) features from the smartphone, but with dumbphone pricing (plans and hardware) could have done well then. Hell, it can still do well now. Imagine a facebooking, tweeting feature phone that costs you $20 a month to operate. It would be a huge hit.
- rbanffy 16y agoThe Kin has the hardware of a smartphone and costs the same to manufacture. Still, it has dumbed down functionality. It would have to be sold at a huge subsidy and it's unclear how much of the $20/month would actually be profit. Anyway, there is a hole in the market for aggressive bandwidth management on smartphones.