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Originally Posted by wallcraft
If this is for the US, the most interesting question is will Amazon offer their own cellular service? Walmart is doing this with their "no contract" plans ( Walmart Offering $45 Unlimited Cellphone Plan Nationwide). The phone might be primarily for Europe, where branded phones sold without a SIM make more sense (or Amazon could bundle service). Amazon has cellular service bundling experience world-wide from their Kindle 3G sales, but that experience may also tell them that getting phone companies to innovate is hard. |
Yeah, Amazon could go the MVNO route here in the US, and offer a phone with a 2 year-contract-price
but with no 2-year contract (basically taking on the costs of subsidizing themselves).
$199 (or less) for a smartphone without a contract? Could be a game-changer.