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Originally Posted by booklover6
For people like me, who don't pay for data, $100 for the Fire Phone is a good price for a piece of high quality hardware. No way would I pay $300 for a phone. I pay $25 a month for unlimited texting and some calls. $100 is more than I normally pay for a phone, but I decided that in this case, with it's specs, it's worth it. I'm not sure I could get a google android phone with these specs, for $100 (no contract required). Can you point to one? Yes I would rather have a nice clean Android with the Fire specs for $100 or less. (Love to have a Nexus HD 6 tablet for what I paid for the Fire HD 6, too!).
I'll put up with the forked android to get the hardware. (I don't care about the fancy 3D or other stuff. I am talking about processor and ram specs, and 32 gb storage).
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But how many people get a smartphone only for texting? To me, it makes no sense. And actually, you may get an old flip phone for texting and get better battery life. If all you do is texting, that's probably better and way less expensive. People get a smartphone and use it as smartphone, because the ability to browse Internet, Facebook, etc.
Yours is a valid point. But I'm not sure it will be the majority of the cases.
And yes, you can get several old Sony Experia phones for 150 or 180 without a contract.
My wife has a Nexus phone and I paid 300 something a year ago, no contract, Tmobile.