[ed2004]

theory_87, on 03 December 2009 - 01:33 PM, said:

Actually, the price is more of set by HTC. if selling as $600, SingTel and StarHub will be making lost. Acer is trying to penetrate into the smartphone market therefore the cheap price. But WM market is always dominated by htc so there is no such need to sell it cheap

Telco will never lost money on contract deals. Consumers are locked in.

If you do the maths, basic mobile plan + phone RRP = contract sales price + contract plan. Plus / Minus a little

[etanel]

ed2004, on 03 December 2009 - 02:01 PM, said:

Telco will never lost money on contract deals. Consumers are locked in.

If you do the maths, basic mobile plan + phone RRP = contract sales price + contract plan. Plus / Minus a little

yeah...but nowadays a lot of folks dun buy from telco liao...

mod, where r u? we need to go to the part 3 liao.

This post has been edited by etanel: 03 December 2009 - 02:08 PM

[gt1122]

etanel, on 03 December 2009 - 02:06 PM, said:

yeah...but nowadays a lot of folks dun buy from telco liao...

mod, where r u? we need to go to the part 3 liao.

I will still buy from Telco if my contract happen to be due when I want to buy a new toy....
This is amazing, we are going to part 3 even before the device is officially launched..

[theory_87]

ed2004, on 03 December 2009 - 02:01 PM, said:

Telco will never lost money on contract deals. Consumers are locked in.

If you do the maths, basic mobile plan + phone RRP = contract sales price + contract plan. Plus / Minus a little

They will not if you are on high end plans. but if customer like me using classic plan with 50% loyalty fee off, I don't think they will offer that cheap to me at all.

It so hard to even get $100 voucher from SingTel so asking them to slash price for high end phone is even harder

Not to forget $600+ is unrealistic. Touch Pro 2 is still selling for $788

Telcos here is Singapore esp ST will try to make as much money as possible from it customer as oppose to telcos in europe where mobile phones are heavily subsidise

This post has been edited by theory_87: 03 December 2009 - 02:23 PM

[yslee]

Starhub just contacted me. $448 after $150 pre-order discount with the PV 100 plan ($25 per month plan).

[etanel]

yslee, on 03 December 2009 - 02:54 PM, said:

Starhub just contacted me. $448 after $150 pre-order discount with the PV 100 plan ($25 per month plan).

that is cheap!!! so it is 6xx before discount..... as wat i was expecting...

so can u collect it now?

This post has been edited by etanel: 03 December 2009 - 02:59 PM

[theory_87]

etanel, on 03 December 2009 - 02:56 PM, said:

that is cheap!!! so it is 6xx before discount..... as wat i were expecting...

lets wait for ST and m1 as SH price always tend to be very cheap

[yslee]

Collection on Sunday.

[magnifique]

starhub should have made e pre order available online too. now can only hope singtel priced around e same. else no hope for new phone. =(

[Law2009]

yslee, on 03 December 2009 - 02:54 PM, said:

Starhub just contacted me. $448 after $150 pre-order discount with the PV 100 plan ($25 per month plan).

same here, i just got a call from them...for those with PV300 (mid plan), the price will be $348. hmm..if i trade in my i900, it will be another $250 off. Final price... $98!!!! woohooo..