Comments on: iPhone 3G cost vs Competition.

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:56:27 +0000

Hi all

So, finally comapny understood mindset and problem of common man of not want to spend such a big amount of Rs. 31000/36000 to buy an iphone and made it available through EMI with tying up with few banks. I saw this info on iphone section of airtel site (http://www.airtel.in/iphone3g)
Rajesh

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:49:36 +0000

Someone else commented with expletives that Apple cuts the costs just by getting the subsidies. Of course. That’s the consumer cost not the manufacturing cost which this was directed at. If you are a competitor and not subsidized then your phone just won’t compete. If your costs to design and make the phone are more expensive then your margin will be less. It may well have been a poor choice of picture.

Re the basic phone. The iPhone may be tomorrow’s basic phone. I agree they are also subsidized but not in markets that are prepaid.

If you were Apple and had the subsidies how would you get the cost down to Zero? Is that the iphone nano challenge?

By: James Katt

James Katt — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:42:47 +0000

The Nokia 1100 is a cheap throwaway phone that you can generally get for free. It is cheap, extremely basic. Of course, Nokia is going to sell a ton of them.

But so what? Who cares. The Nokia 1100 is no iPhone. The iPhone will sell a few million, but it will be far more profitable than the Nokia 1100.