Hey all...
Been lurking here for a few weeks.... thanks to all for the great 411.
I just had to jump in and give my $.02 on the whole Razr/Rezound conspiracy theories; I am not buying any of it. Think about it
1. They want to move product, they don't care what it is, they need to see big numbers in this quarter and really don't care how.
2. They have the stock, they want to move it just as bad as you want to have it. It makes their bottom line look really bad to have piles of unsold stock sitting around the warehouse.
3. They don't want to release something that's supposed to be top of the line / high tech / best of the best that ends up being buggy and shuts down their tech support
4. Selling service is their business, not selling phones - they know that they are going to get a nice little bump of new customers with their exclusive. Last thing they want is to do is have those new customers renew their contracts with another provider .
5. They want your money before you spend it on holiday gifts.
6. They want your money before you spend it on other holiday gifts....
7. IMO the hold up has to do with the LTE Don't you think they would have been showing off the LTE version of the GN at the launch if it was working?
8. Look at the return extensions policy they just started. It's BEGGING you to sign up and play with another phone until they can get the one you want out on the streets. There is no way they would have done that if they expected you to hang on to your rental razr.
It's all about selling service -
Hardware comes and goes, but you get 1,000,000 new customers at $100 a month for two years. That's a bunch of scratch