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I think the relevance of technology like this is driven by the price floors of smartphones vs. not-so-smart phones. A pre-paid phone somewhat similar to the on
by Duff 16y ago
I think the relevance of technology like this is driven by the price floors of smartphones vs. not-so-smart phones.
A pre-paid phone somewhat similar to the once $300+ Motorola Razr is like $20 at Wal-Mart. If a low-rent Android device is priced similar in a few years, skinnyed down mobile software won't matter.
- runjake 16y agoRAZRs were just over $500 when they initially came out in 2004. I went into an AT&T store for an unrelated issue and there was literally a line out the door for people willing to pay out insane amounts of money for a status statement. I had a Nokia 3620 or something that would stomp circles around the RAZR, & I paid hundreds less.
- dhimes 16y agoI paid around $50 for my RAZR in 2006 (with a contract). As a phone, it's superior to my iphone 4. Doesn't do the other smartphone stuff nearly so well, though.
- runjake 16y agoYep, they rapidly dropped in price after the initial launch. Here's an article about it, entitled "The Great RAZR Swindle": http://gizmodo.com/#!210353/low-end-theory-the-great-razr-swindle http://gizmodo.com/#!210353/low-end-theory-the-great-razr-sw...