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Isn't this just a less thinly veiled version of I Am Rich?
by Dilpil 17y ago
Isn't this just a less thinly veiled version of I Am Rich?
- olefoo 17y agoActually it's a signifier in two status orders at once. It says "$50 is nothing to me." and "I am smart enough and knowledgeable enough to find this useful."
- prawn 17y agoThat was my thought also, in which case they haven't miscalculated at all. Expensive enough that TechCrunch will want to ridicule them, but cheap enough that a few people will grab it for the hell of it.
- olefoo 17y agoMaximising unit sales and maximising profits are two separate things.
- patio11 17y agoDoes it strike anyone else here as ironic that people with $600 phones that cost $100 a month with a two-year contractual minimums would look at software priced more than $5 as conspicuous consumption?
- mcav 17y agoConsidering that WA's iPhone app seems to be little more than a wrapper around their free offering, it seems entirely reasonable to question the $50 price tag.
- mcav 17y agoIn other words, if they didn't offer the free website, or if their iPhone app didn't require a net connection, I'd easily consider the $50 price justifiable.
- mountain_man 17y agoThe phone costs 199 and 75 a month. It is expensive, but why exaggerate?
- allenbrunson 17y agohe's not really exaggerating, though. i bought my iphone in the first few days after release, and i did indeed pay 600 bucks for it. it has come down since then, but there are those of us who paid that. i can't remember the exact details, but the cost for the data plan went up after they introduced 3g support, and dropped the 200 free text messages per month.
- tptacek 17y agoIt cost you more than $199. You just don't realize it, because Apple and your carrier did a good job of snookering you.