http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/as-prices-drop-whens-the-best-time-to-buy-a-new-phone/ Sun, 26 May 2013 02:58:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/as-prices-drop-whens-the-best-time-to-buy-a-new-phone/#comment-841237 Tue, 15 May 2012 03:10:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=521238#comment-841237 The half-life of a device as I see it – is the time by which the device’s tech (hardware/software) is just old enough to warrant a replacement.
In my opinion that half-life today is about a year and a half since we buy our devices. Its just an average thing. And people will find themselves on either side of that point.
The problem is that this half life value is just too short. Hardware is progressing “too fast” (though there is no such thing) from the consumer’s perspective, and OS is not backward compatible. Together it makes the half life of a device too short and combined with a PC price (~600-700$) it makes the whole purchase process to be a horrible guessing and waiting experience. At least for me.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/as-prices-drop-whens-the-best-time-to-buy-a-new-phone/#comment-841230 Tue, 15 May 2012 02:13:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=521238#comment-841230 Google just starting selling it directly for $400. How much cheaper do you want it to get?

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/as-prices-drop-whens-the-best-time-to-buy-a-new-phone/#comment-841194 Mon, 14 May 2012 22:31:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=521238#comment-841194 Any idea if Google drops the price on the Nexus line? Wondering if the price of Galaxy Nexus might go down some more.

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