Comments on: Smartphone sales rise as average cost drops to $135

By: meh

meh — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:45:01 +0000

Not sure where you got the price of 549 for a Nexus as you could oder on directly from google at the time for apx 450$. Since then the price has only gone up, and the nexus prime is now selling for 800$ directly from samsung, yes you can get it cheaper from a provider. So the price of the top model phone has gone from 450 to 800. safe to say.

By: Patricia Lopez

Patricia Lopez — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:45:33 +0000

Smartphone sales rise as average cost drops to $135 http://t.co/zUqolzhr

By: Ruth Shorter

Ruth Shorter — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:24:30 +0000

Smartphone sales rise as average cost drops to $135 – GigaOm http://t.co/l9vQT6pV

By: WillieD

WillieD — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:05:55 +0000

All said and true, but Verizon single handedly is driving the smartphone price upward to $300 as a standard. When LTE chipsets are comparing in price to EVDO chipset there is no reason LTE phones should cost more. Additionally, what does Verizon have to gain (less customers) by jacking the price up from $200 to $300