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Actually yes. Exactly what that is is not so easy to identify and quantify. But there ARE differences. For example, as MurrayPaul later wrote, outside of the USA prepaid/non-contract cellphones are far more prevalent than in the US. There is a social stigma attached to prepaid in the US that is slowly lifting...accelerated by challenging economic times.
Americans do view things differently than most of the world. For example: surely you recognize that American's view of automobiles is far different than European's view? That doesn't mean that one view is superior to the other, but simply that they're different. The iPhone is now only starting to come to the prepaid arena (within the last 6 months) here in the US. I don't know how available a prepaid phone is elsewhere in the world. But Android phones are certainly exponentially more available on prepaid than iPhones are. IF (I don't know if this is fact) iPhones were only available via contract in Europe, and Europeans are averse to signing on to a 2 year contract, that alone would explain the growth of Android vs. iPhone in Europe. |
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Back when the subsidy model wasn't in place, Apple had to quickly drop the price of the iPhone 4GB and 8GB by $100 (from $499 and $599 down to $399 and $499 respectively). Really, the subsidy model sucks. Not only do device prices get artificially inflated, so do monthly plans. Get rid of the subsidy model and market share for the iPhone in the US will probably drop big time. Last edited by ilovejedd; 09-04-2012 at 03:45 PM. |
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I am a prepaid phone guy myself. That way I can judge devices on a cost basis.
Also and actually much more important, I am not paying for things I don't want or need. The same goes for my television watching. No monthly packages. |
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Unfortunately, in the US, just a year or so ago, if you wanted a decent smartphone, prepaid wasn't really an option. You pay through the nose for a monthly plan regardless of whether you get your phone subsidized or not. For some folks, prepaid still isn't an option due to lack of coverage.
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*sigh* Even then, $45/month per line is still expensive when you compare it to prepaid plans in other parts of the globe. I was actually relatively content with AT&T prepaid service for smartphones last year (10c/min pay-as-you-go + data add-on with rollover). I was able to stretch the $100 load for 8 months. Too bad they've eliminated data add-ons for pay as you go plans.
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Android handset makers are slowly committing suicide by exchanging profitability for market share in a pricing race to the bottom, not to mention the cash they pay out to Microsoft to licence patents. The only OEM that makes money from Android is Samsung and—surprise!—their phones and software are just copies of Apple products. Meanwhile, the Android ecosystem is fragmented all to hell, which explains why developers don't bother with it, which explain why 2/3rds of Android users don't pay for apps. Meanwhile, the popularity of iOS products netted Apple $11 billion last year.
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