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Pricing is just one factor in success or lack of it. It might have failed with Moto-Nexus range pricing too -- and it may succeed at the high-end pricing. Consumers seem to like having their choice these days, and it's sometimes difficult to make sense of why they're choosing what they choose. |
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This might be a game changer: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just came together to pass legislation allowing mobile devices to be unlocked, and President Obama said he looks forward to signing it.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...ress/13193247/ Not being locked down to At&T could be a big enticement to potential Fire Phone customers. |
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Most of the phones sold will still be locked by contract. And the telcos can easily set it up so that you have to pay to unlock. |
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I realize that an unlocked phone is an entirely different thing from a phone running Cyanogenmod, but in terms of user control, won't this be good news for people who like to jailbreak their phones or unlock their bootloaders and install CFW? Knox made it impossible to revert to stock after installing CFW and the excuse was region fidelity. It sounds as though that practice might be superseded Stateside.
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New law? New revenue stream. |
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The price of the Fire phone seems pretty reasonable to me at $199 for the 32GB version. That's certainly not expensive for a Smartphone.
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Maybe Amazon should have called it the Prime Phone to drive home the message; if you're not into Prime, it's not for you. |
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Google are now selling Nexus 5 and they are only $450. |
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Bah, humbug!
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