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Mobile Industry Review: $199 puts Android right up against the iPhone

  • Mike42 · 1 year ago
    Normobs have had free access to push Gmail on basically all SEM phones (even really low-spec ones) for years.

    Well, free = £5 or whatever for a basic mobile data package. But probably waaaaay cheaper than the tariff we are looking at for the G1. SEM have done a brilliant job of hiding the Gmail light under a very large bushel though.

    /m
  • Brad · 1 year ago
    If I was on T-Mobile, I would pick this over the iPhone simply to not have to go through changing carriers. If the major carriers (at least in the US) offered a larger variety of "smart phones" I think it would be a tougher choice for consumers.
  • Ewan · 1 year ago
    Good point
  • Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS · 1 year ago
    It is going to have to be the monthly fees that attract folks to TMobile. We hear daily that people love the iPhone, want to have the iPhone, can't believe it's ease of use. But then they talk about the minimum $120 in monthly fees and walk away.

    If TMobile offers the phone, with 1000 minutes, unlimited texting, and unlimited data for under $70 then there is something to compete with the iPhone. If they make it $59, watch out.

    Most people loved the idea the iPhone was reduced to $199, but they didn't realize the $15 extra a month for two years they would be paying in fees that ultimately made the 3g phone MORE expensive.

    Times are tough here in the states right now. Lower the monthly fees, get people hooked, and go from there...

    Giff Gfroerer, i2sms