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Price drop on VM iPhone 4s after iPhone 5 announcement?
- Thread starter ODGeek
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You have to think it will happen, just a matter of how quickly they do it.
My question is how long it will take VM to get the new iPhone? My guess is that it won't happen until/at the same time VM releases an LTE Android phone. I've thought that likely will occur next summer.
My question is how long it will take VM to get the new iPhone? My guess is that it won't happen until/at the same time VM releases an LTE Android phone. I've thought that likely will occur next summer.
Ranhead
Android Enthusiast
Petrah
Psychotic Female
i swear every few months they have a new phone and everyone goes crazy over it, then a few months later they will make slight upgrades and more people buy itI'm hoping YEARS!!!! I'm still bleeding from my wifes last iPhone purchase
its crazy, whats next the iphone 5LTE? 
coco3133
Android Enthusiast
i swear every few months they have a new phone and everyone goes crazy over it, then a few months later they will make slight upgrades and more people buy it
No its would be the iphone 5s
this might be a little off topic, but I thought this was a little funny about the iphone 5 and the iphone 4s
First Look: iPhone 5 - YouTube
First Look: iPhone 5 - YouTube
coco3133
Android Enthusiast
MacFett
Android Expert
I'm not a fan of the iphone, but I'd hardly call it a $30 phone.
Ranhead
Android Enthusiast
Thanks I'll take the pity
.... but some people (the wife) 'NEED" an iPhone. For the record I paid $650 and have paid more for worse things to keep someone happy I agree. I really dislike the iPhone, mainly due to it's lack of flexibility, but it is a nice phone. Just not worth $500 more than an Elite.
I agree, but then again the true retail prices of most phones (especially newly released phones) are bogus. It's a ploy that the carriers & manufacturer's started in the early days of cell phone service to make people think they are saving a lot of money by signing a contract. Do you really think that in a truly open market ,where anyone could buy any phone, and bring it onto any compatible carrier without signing a contract, newly released phones would be selling for $600-$800 or more? No way. They probably would be about $300-$400.
MacFett
Android Expert
Look at the Galaxy Nexus, $349. That is where the pricing for most devices should be.
lou61166
Android Enthusiast
It costs Apple 35.00 dollars to build an Iphone.
MacFett
Android Expert
Are you pulling that figure out of your backside or do you have any info to back up that number? 30 seconds of net searching is showing a price tag of more like $175 for parts alone. Google and Asus have stated the Nexus 7 is barely break even at it's current price point of $199.
Ranhead
Android Enthusiast
More like he misread something. The parts for the iPhone 5 cost $36 more than the parts for the iPhone 4S. Here is a quote I found:
Bill of materials for the entry-level 16GB iPhone has been estimated at just $167.50, according to an analysis published Friday by UBM TechInsights. In comparison, UBM TechInsights estimated that the 16GB iPhone 4S has a bill of materials of $132 ($112 for the iPhone 4).
The $36 difference between the iPhone 5 and its predecessor covers new technologies Apple built in, including the larger four-inch Retina, the speedier A6 chip, some new sensors and mics and 4G LTE modem from Qualcomm, to name a few…
I think this shows how bad the contract phone plans are for consumers. Because people get "free" phones with their contracts, they never actually realize how much they are paying for their phones. Can you imagine if the phone companies actually were competing directly (non-subsidized) how prices would drop? While I can see Apple still charging $500, merely because the phone says "Apple", I think you'd see new phones (like the S3) at half the cost they currently sell for.
The Nexus tablet is a good example -- it is sold with little profit margin, whereas all phones seem to have at least a 100% markup, or in the case of newer phones a 300% markup.
The Nexus tablet is a good example -- it is sold with little profit margin, whereas all phones seem to have at least a 100% markup, or in the case of newer phones a 300% markup.