[PLUG-TALK] Android, Chapter 2, Happy, Happy

[Alex Young]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Russell Johnson <russ at dimstar.net> wrote:

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> On Mar 17, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Russell Johnson <russ at dimstar.net> wrote:
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>> You do realize the reason for this, do you not?
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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> Let me guess.  Because they can.
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> No. It's because they heavily subsidize the cost of the phone, and lock in
> assures that most of the people they buy phones for will remain on their
> network long enough for them to recoup their costs.
>
> My iPhone, for instance, cost me $149. A similarly sized iPod Touch is
> $299. Leaving out the fact that the iPhone has more capability than the
> iPod, at half price, AT&T paid for part of the phone. Yes, I paid for part
> as well, but the fact remains that they did subsidize the phone for me.
>
> The carriers use different spectrums for 3G service IIRC.  It's really just
a hardware issue.
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