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In the UK you can buy a good spec Android phone without contract for £100 (one of the Huawei models). I personally wouldn't shun an iPhone at a similar price p
by piog342 13y ago
In the UK you can buy a good spec Android phone without contract for £100 (one of the Huawei models).
I personally wouldn't shun an iPhone at a similar price point (I find them more polished but too expensive for my budget), perhaps I'm an irregular customer though.
- smsm42 13y agoiPhone 5S base cost is estimated around $200-$300[1], so iPhone for £100 should be either seriously inferior model or seriously subsidized. Apple does not need to subsidize it - they sell fine as is. So either carrier subsidizes it and gets their money back in contract fees, or you are paying the cost plus margins of all the middlemen (unless you manage to buy it straight from the assembly line, which you can't). [1] http://www.asymco.com/2012/02/22/the-iphone-manufacturing-cost-structure/ http://www.asymco.com/2012/02/22/the-iphone-manufacturing-co...