anybody else dissapointed with the 9900 price point?
- I'm shocked this phone will be $300 with a two year contract. Especially since it has no shot of running qnx. $600 off contract. Guess ill be parading around with a cardboard cut out version to go with the EVO. Was hoping to replace the 8900 since I sold my 9700. Dam shame!!!
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comLast edited by West Coast Flavor; 08-02-11 at 07:51 PM.
08-02-11 07:43 PMLike 0 - relax... they are coming out around the "back to school" period. Carriers need a high price so they can offer you "sales" and "don't miss events" and all that marketing BS.08-02-11 07:56 PMLike 3
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- This device at even 199 on a 2 year contract is still quite expensive considering the plethora of free and under 100 dollar priced android phones. If the quoted price in that ad is true, I think RIM is trying to gouge their loyal customers because they know sales will be poor aside from the BB faithful.
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scorpiodsu and rage763 like this.08-02-11 08:04 PMLike 2 - BrantaRetired Network Mod
USD and CAD are within a few percentage points on the currency markets today so there is unlikely to be a major difference. In fact I suspect the pressure to keep the headline price below a x100 rollover number will take precedence ahead of strict currency conversion for most resellers.Masahiro likes this.08-02-11 08:09 PMLike 1 - This device at even 199 on a 2 year contract is still quite expensive considering the plethora of free and under 100 dollar priced android phones. If the quoted price in that ad is true, I think RIM is trying to gouge their loyal customers because they know sales will be poor aside from the BB faithful.08-02-11 08:10 PMLike 0
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Apple is only the company that it is now because of their mobile products, NOT because of their computer sales.
Don't cry now...you guys got them to where they are now.08-02-11 08:11 PMLike 0 - And without customers for the carriers there would be no customers for RIM...turn the bulb up brighter bro...08-02-11 08:17 PMLike 7
- I live in the UK and Amazon.co.uk are quoting the 9900 at �519. That's ~$845! Two year contracts start at �40 per month but I'm not sure how many minutes, texts or MB of data you get with it. Probably not too much. So the west think they've got it expensive�
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-02-11 08:23 PMLike 0 - The end-user price is determined by the reseller, not the manufacturer.
USD and CAD are within a few percentage points on the currency markets today so there is unlikely to be a major difference. In fact I suspect the pressure to keep the headline price below a x100 rollover number will take precedence ahead of strict currency conversion for most resellers.
The pricing has been dollar for dollar US:Canada for the last 3 or 4 device launches.
What he was complaining about is that in Canada unlike the UK taxes are Applied after the price and we have about 5-15% sales tax depending on the province applied to the $500-$600 price tag, where the US average I believe is around 4% sales tax.
I recall paying approx $780 after tax for my BlackBerry Tour. by far the most expensive BB at launch.mooda likes this.08-02-11 08:23 PMLike 1 -
- This device at even 199 on a 2 year contract is still quite expensive considering the plethora of free and under 100 dollar priced android phones. If the quoted price in that ad is true, I think RIM is trying to gouge their loyal customers because they know sales will be poor aside from the BB faithful.
RIM can only give a Suggested Retail Price and a Lowest Advertised price they can not dictate pricing, it is actually illegal for them to do so.
The Carriers set their 1y, 2y, 3y subsidized prices based on what they think they can sell it for to maximize their return, on some of the CHEAP $100 dollar Androids they do this to get a customer who can not afford a smartphone into a smartphone with a slightly higher per month dataplan, the same was done with the BlackBerry 85XX series often going for $49 on contract with Free BBM and a data add on monthly and slowly customers would need more and the next phone would be the likes of the 9780Masahiro likes this.08-02-11 08:28 PMLike 1 -
- They think they are "Apple" huh? And like Apple is so fierce? NOT! Their junk is over priced just like anyone elses is, and it's people like you who have made them top off at around 80B in the bank now! There was an article the other day on "just how much does the iPhone 4 really cost?" A break down was done by some company that confirmed prices for all the hardware in the phone (inside and outside) and I believe the total was somewhere around 130 bucks! Yet the retail for the 16GB iPhone 4 is 599! So they are making a good 5 times more of what each phone is worth and pocketing it! I realize there is labor cost as well so ok, knock it down to 4 times...they are robbing people just like all the other "mobile" companies are and you all are falling for it.
Apple is only the company that it is now because of their mobile products, NOT because of their computer sales.
Don't cry now...you guys got them to where they are now.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comrjshahan likes this.08-02-11 08:36 PMLike 1 - I'm thankful I'm in no real hurry to upgrade from my 9630.. I'll wait until after the new year for this phone to go down on Verizon.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-02-11 09:16 PMLike 0 -
There would be customers concerned about the price because if they have a budget they would want a price suitable to fit that budget....not all of us are filthy rich and can afford having 2 phones.
But since my carrier is AT&T, I'm sure my tone will change.08-02-11 09:20 PMLike 0
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