am i that dumb for not being excited for this. i feel like it's pretty much a curve with a nicer (be it a lot nicer) screen and the new software (yay real html?). are people really as excited about this as say, the storm, or android or the iphone?
Perhaps if you need to finance a cell phone, you should check your priorities... like making sure you have enough to put food on your table instead of a $100 monthly bill (not a joke)
I looked up the Bold's SKU in RSS at Best Buy, and I couldn't find any "in transit" or even stock at any store in the west. That's the only region I could look up. (Not even in LA.) What gives?
@iEye - Here in Asia, there are no subsidies from carriers and getting financing for a phone is rather normal. In the mall, the phone shops sit right next to the financing shops, and some even offer financing outright.
It's no different than a subsidy, really. In a subsidy, you pay for your phone over time, through your contract, which is more expensive than it otherwise would be. If anything, financing is more transparent as the debt you enter into is not hidden in the access charges - paying for access financing, and the handset price are decoupled and you can pick and choose.
Whereas in the west, the system is set up such that most carriers don't even offer cheaper plans when you don't get a subsidized handset. Though that is changing with the emergence of low cost prepaid carriers in Europe.
As for the Bold - it was always going to be a stopgap for the real iPhone competitor. I am excited for the Storm to hit the market. It will once and for all establish that an on-screen keyboard is not just on par with but actually better than thumbpads.
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Woohoo! No interest for 18 months!
THEY ARE INSANE.
and they plan to beat the Iphone?
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am i that dumb for not being excited for this. i feel like it's pretty much a curve with a nicer (be it a lot nicer) screen and the new software (yay real html?). are people really as excited about this as say, the storm, or android or the iphone?
no, flashpoint completely different market. note the buttons.
or you can live in Canada.
Perhaps if you need to finance a cell phone, you should check your priorities... like making sure you have enough to put food on your table instead of a $100 monthly bill (not a joke)
I looked up the Bold's SKU in RSS at Best Buy, and I couldn't find any "in transit" or even stock at any store in the west. That's the only region I could look up. (Not even in LA.) What gives?
@iEye - Here in Asia, there are no subsidies from carriers and getting financing for a phone is rather normal. In the mall, the phone shops sit right next to the financing shops, and some even offer financing outright.
It's no different than a subsidy, really. In a subsidy, you pay for your phone over time, through your contract, which is more expensive than it otherwise would be. If anything, financing is more transparent as the debt you enter into is not hidden in the access charges - paying for access financing, and the handset price are decoupled and you can pick and choose.
Whereas in the west, the system is set up such that most carriers don't even offer cheaper plans when you don't get a subsidized handset. Though that is changing with the emergence of low cost prepaid carriers in Europe.
As for the Bold - it was always going to be a stopgap for the real iPhone competitor. I am excited for the Storm to hit the market. It will once and for all establish that an on-screen keyboard is not just on par with but actually better than thumbpads.