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Old 11-22-2011, 12:12 PM   #1
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Launch: Bezos Gone Wild! Amazon Selling Every Non-iPhone Smartphone for One Penny

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Smartphones on sale for $0.01 include the Motorola Droid Razr, which Verizon sells for $299 with a two-year contract, the Samsung Galaxy S II, Epic 4G Touch, which Spring sells for $199 with a two-year contract, and the BlackBerry Torch 4G, which AT&T sells for $99 with a two-year contract.

Amazon seems to be going directly after Apple to try to sell more smartphones this holiday season by offering them at unbeatable prices. Bezos had a similar strategy with the Kindle Fire, which sells for $199 -- compared to $499 for the iPad 2 -- and analysts expect will hit 5M in sales in Q4.
Every phone, except the iPhone, for a penny.
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Old 11-22-2011, 12:24 PM   #2
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Too bad they require an expensive data plan.
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Old 11-22-2011, 12:25 PM   #3
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Too bad they require an expensive data plan.
I wonder what Apple's response to this will be.
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Old 11-22-2011, 12:27 PM   #4
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Too bad they require an expensive data plan.
I rather suspect that's the point. On most smartphone sales, the profit is made through the contract.
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I wonder what Apple's response to this will be.
To laugh all the way to the bank, I suspect; they are selling every iPhone that they can make. I was in my local Apple Store a few days ago, and they had a notice up saying that the iPhone 4S was completely sold out.
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Old 11-22-2011, 12:38 PM   #6
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Amazon does this pretty regularly. In past occasions, you even get cash back on the cheaper phones.
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Old 11-22-2011, 12:58 PM   #7
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I rather suspect that's the point. On most smartphone sales, the profit is made through the contract.
Yep; it's the data plan that's the killer.

I don't mind the 2-year contract and the usage plan. It's what I have on my old school flip phone and would remain the same if I converted to a smartphone. What I strongly object to is the forced data plan I don't need. $30/ month x 24 months = $720. That means a penny phone would actually cost me $720.01. Not my idea of a bargain.
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Yep; it's the data plan that's the killer.

I don't mind the 2-year contract and the usage plan. It's what I have on my old school flip phone and would remain the same if I converted to a smartphone. What I strongly object to is the forced data plan I don't need. $30/ month x 24 months = $720. That means a penny phone would actually cost me $720.01. Not my idea of a bargain.
Minimum for AT&T is $15/month (200MB) so at least that's just $360 additional for the life of the contract.
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Yep; it's the data plan that's the killer.

I don't mind the 2-year contract and the usage plan. It's what I have on my old school flip phone and would remain the same if I converted to a smartphone. What I strongly object to is the forced data plan I don't need. $30/ month x 24 months = $720. That means a penny phone would actually cost me $720.01. Not my idea of a bargain.
You can get $15/month for 24 months if you don't use a lot of data. I'm not sure if that's a "bargain," but it's a good deal for a lot of people.
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You can get $15/month for 24 months if you don't use a lot of data. I'm not sure if that's a "bargain," but it's a good deal for a lot of people.
Not at Verizon. I'm on a family plan and Verizon provides the best coverage.

Even $15 is too much for me. I don't need 3G/4G internet, so why should I have to pay for something I don't need?
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You can get $15/month for 24 months if you don't use a lot of data. I'm not sure if that's a "bargain," but it's a good deal for a lot of people.
If you want a high end phone, then it's a bargain. Try finding a Samsung Galaxy S II for $360.01.
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Yep; it's the data plan that's the killer.

I don't mind the 2-year contract and the usage plan. It's what I have on my old school flip phone and would remain the same if I converted to a smartphone. What I strongly object to is the forced data plan I don't need. $30/ month x 24 months = $720. That means a penny phone would actually cost me $720.01. Not my idea of a bargain.
Yep I remember the good ol days when a person had the option to pay per MB usage or pay for a data plan. If you didn't want to pay for a data plan you could switch to MB usage and not use any data. But the cell companies decided it was much more profitable to force you to pay.
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To laugh all the way to the bank.
Right because Samsung, HTC, Moto, etc... are all giving away their phones for a penny

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I wonder what Apple's response to this will be.
Amazon has been selling phones (Android, Windows, etc..) for a penny for some time. And this has been cutting into their sales. Apples response was to sell their older phones for less. You can get a 3G for free with some carriers.

For people that just want an Apple product and couldn't afford to pay premium it's a great deal. For those that want the best phone for the money is a rip-off
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Even if they're not giving away their phones, Apple still enjoys bigger subsidies than the other manufacturers are getting. That's not even counting the extra money they get for in-store or Apple.com new/upgrade contract activations. Apple's also given far more concessions compared to other manufacturers. It'll be interesting to see how long that state will continue.
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