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Originally Posted by whydidnt
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?
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I much prefer the system we have here in Malaysia - the carriers have little or anything to do with selling or servicing phones themselves (with the notable exception of the iPhone). Since everything is on GSM, that means carriers have to compete on service and/or price. The flipside is having to pay full retail on phones, but a thriving second hand market and fierce competition between hardware manufacturers means prices tend to fall pretty fast in that area as well.