Jamar, you obviously don't understand the american market for rugged cell phones. Sure, SOME people out there want a rugged phone with all the fancy bells and whistles but here in the states at least that makes up a SMALL minority. Trust me, most of the people who need a phone as rugged and durable as the G'zOne don't give a flying crap about camera or multi media.
Or, y'know, market to the small minority on top of the majority; the upgraded G'Zone sells in Japan for nearly nothing (and in some cases, is indeed free with contract). If it's going to be that cheap, why not throw in the multimedia, 2MP autofocus camera, and such? Why sell a downgraded model for more?
More expensive? They seemed to be on par with Verizon around the time the model I mentioned was on sale; now with the dropping exchange rate of course they're more expensive.
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Joe @ Mar 27th 2008 6:54PM
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Jamar @ Mar 27th 2008 9:56PM
Will Verizon get with the program already? Come on; when will we see the Japanese G'Zone model (2MP camera, multimedia, big screen) for sale there?
elgee02 @ Mar 27th 2008 10:17PM
Jamar, you obviously don't understand the american market for rugged cell phones. Sure, SOME people out there want a rugged phone with all the fancy bells and whistles but here in the states at least that makes up a SMALL minority. Trust me, most of the people who need a phone as rugged and durable as the G'zOne don't give a flying crap about camera or multi media.
Just my $.02
Jamar @ Mar 28th 2008 10:56AM
Or, y'know, market to the small minority on top of the majority; the upgraded G'Zone sells in Japan for nearly nothing (and in some cases, is indeed free with contract). If it's going to be that cheap, why not throw in the multimedia, 2MP autofocus camera, and such? Why sell a downgraded model for more?
conor @ Mar 28th 2008 5:00PM
Jamar, japan HEAVILY subsidizes them and has more expensive contracts
Jamar @ Mar 29th 2008 4:24AM
More expensive? They seemed to be on par with Verizon around the time the model I mentioned was on sale; now with the dropping exchange rate of course they're more expensive.