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Originally Posted by Chubulor
Well, it's more spirited discussion than fight. The concerns you give voice to are widespread which probably is why I reacted so strongly...now if you'd criticized the weight of the Edge it would have been even worse! 
I would guess the difference in price for the different colors is probably due to Entourage ordering a ton of Midnight Blue shells, and getting charged less per unit because of the size of the order, while they have to pay more for the other colors because they order fewer of them. If they'd ordered equal numbers of each color and then it turned out no one wanted to buy the light blue ones, they'd be stuck with a lot of devices they couldn't sell because they were the wrong color.
Personally I don't get the appeal of the light blue or red ones. Midnight blue and black are professional-looking colors, while the white might appeal to people in love with Apple's aesthetics (ugh!). |
I'm sick and tired of people judging the weight - yes it's heavy, but it's a first-gen device. Give it time to be streamlined. The color, however, is such a minor difference that a $40 just makes me crazy.
White is a nice color because it's 'cleaner,' but I'm also fed up with it's proliferation in the market; Apple is not worth the price, either. Conversely, I like black, a lot, but seeing it on EVERY device I own (my TV, laptop, BR player, speakers, printer etc.) is too much of a good thing. My cell phone was downgraded from a BB and is a nice wine red from Casio.
Midnight blue; now that's a color I really like for the Edge - it's both professional and different for me. I'll either get that or a white one and accent it (keyword is accent because I like unique when I can).
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Originally Posted by Chubulor
How much does Apple charge for red iPads again?
Let's not criticize Entourage for giving customers more options than they'd have with most other devices.
(Edit) I spoke too soon. You can get your iPad in different colors by buying it from these folks...but it's going to cost $400 on top of the price of the iPad. |
Again, Apple is nice, but it's so over-hyped. And its marriage with AT & T, whom I hear sucks, makes Apple guilty by association...but I digress. They all want money, no matter what the product is...Entourage included, but people make concessions, we know.
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Originally Posted by alefor
Yes, but let's feel free to criticize when things are outside a standard deviation on the bell curve. For example, Sony offers laptops in many colors, but the ones I know are not differentially priced.
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I'm not sure why this remark confuses me so much
could you rephrase it and dumb it down for me?
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Originally Posted by aidren
I found the Entourage color surcharge a little incomprehensible, too, but when I went to buy a sleeve for it at a local store, believe it or not, the blue one was $9.95; the red one $14.95; and the purple one $19.95 -- all the same sleeve design. Maybe it's a new marketing trend -- or, maybe China has a surplus of blue dye  Needless to say, I now have an EE with a color coordinated sleeve... |
That's insane, and is another example of my original problem with costs
glad you're happy now though, that's all that matters.