HTC Touch HD review roundup

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niftydl @ Nov 13th 2008 5:15PM

We can keep complaining, but the reality remains. Until the US consumers start paying big $ for unlocked/contract free phones, the manufacturers have little incentive to release the hot phones in retail channels. The carriers have the average consumer used to free/almost free phones, and it will remain this way for quite some time. Its funny, because for most people, the cost of the hardware is dwarfed by the ammount of $ they pay monthly for service, especially if they have unlimited data/sms/etc.

@Ed. I believe ATT has licenses in the 2100 band, but they aren't using them yet for service and are probably saving them for future deployment (4G/faster 3G) or to fill gaps in markets they lack enough slots on the 850/1900 bands. The problem is there is almost impossible to find the exact street level map of coverage which indicated the bands.

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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Nov 14th 2008 3:11AM

your exactly right. i still find it amazing how many people dont know how much a full retail phone costs. people constantly tell me my phone is 'big' and was 'too expensive' and i only have a Q9c i bought on a contract for $250. it's big because it has more horsepower than those throw away free phones. that thing seriously organizes my life. i tried using my various LG flip phones over the years to plan and stuff but it was just so painful and unreliable. the high end phones are SO much better, and people just dont grasp that right now.

now true im not a big fan of very expensive phones since i can confidently say, i have NEVER had a phone that WASNT a piece of crap and ive had about 10 different ones over the years. i just cant get over the notion that if i pay upwards of $500 on a device, it might not always function properly. and with these reviews constantly talking about how sluggish such-and-such phone is and how it lacks this-and-that, i dont really see that changing any time soon. i'd say about $350 would be my limit right now and that limits me almost exclusively to subsidized phones.

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