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Old 05-08-2009, 04:32 PM
whydidnt
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Originally Posted by j2inet View Post
It's a sales driven business. The low and middle priced devices are going to produce the most revenue. While I find the result less than desirable I also have to recognize that the phone carrier's interest are nto necessarily my interest .
So are we to say that in Europe and Asia, those carriers aren't in sales driven business and are willing to carry higher end devices at a loss?

I don't argue that the carriers think that the low-mid priced devices are their sweet spot. However, the fact that we can't get even 1 true high-end WM device on our shores speaks to a bigger issue. If we had TRUE competition in the mobile phone market, one or more carriers would care about attracting the high-end market and would be offering these devices to attract that market. Since we have nothing more than a government granted monopoly today, that doesn't happen.
 
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