On 3 Sep 2006, at 20:03, keitai guy wrote:
> hey genius - why do you think a $700 phone is free?
> charge retail for it and the demand evaporates.
> hence companies like landk are making a scam biz in the grey area
> in the middle.
This just shows that the market is distorted.
On 4 Sep 2006, at 11:20, Hugh Ashton wrote:
> Would
> demand completely evaporate if open phones were on the market at a
> reasonable price? I doubt it.
I think this is a good point.
Anyone who has tried to get a decent smartphone/business phone (hazy
definitions both, I grant) in Japan will know just how poor and
limited the choice is here. I think a lot of people would rather pay
a decent amount up front and get a decent phone that was not tied
down. In the early days, high churn meant rapid market development,
as the market matures that is less of an issue.
Nick
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Received on Mon Sep 4 05:45:29 2006