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Re:So you're saying
iOS devices are more expensive to begin with.
Really? The last time I looked at Verizon's site both the high end HTC and Samsung models were going for the same as an iPhone 5s with contract. I could see your point if it was without contract even though the Samsung was only 50 dollars cheaper but let's be honest, the vast majority of smartphone users on Verizon are under a contract.Erm, trying to obfuscate it doesn't help.
Samsung phones are expensive, but still cheaper than Iphones so this is simply Verizon stuffing their pockets.
If you want to buy an unlocked Iphone in the US it costs significantly more because they have to be EU imports.
Apple Iphone 5S 16 GB = $960.
Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB = $600
Even though the SGS is also an EU import as well, it's over $350 cheaper. And the new cheaper Iphone 5C is still $700, making it $100 more expensive than the top of the line Samsung.
But Samsung is an expensive brand for Android phone, you've got the Nexus 5 which are still pretty pricey for Android but a full $400 cheaper than an Iphone 5S. So IOS devices are expensive, a lot more expensive than equivalent Android devices. -
Re:So you're saying
iOS devices are more expensive to begin with.
Really? The last time I looked at Verizon's site both the high end HTC and Samsung models were going for the same as an iPhone 5s with contract. I could see your point if it was without contract even though the Samsung was only 50 dollars cheaper but let's be honest, the vast majority of smartphone users on Verizon are under a contract.Erm, trying to obfuscate it doesn't help.
Samsung phones are expensive, but still cheaper than Iphones so this is simply Verizon stuffing their pockets.
If you want to buy an unlocked Iphone in the US it costs significantly more because they have to be EU imports.
Apple Iphone 5S 16 GB = $960.
Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB = $600
Even though the SGS is also an EU import as well, it's over $350 cheaper. And the new cheaper Iphone 5C is still $700, making it $100 more expensive than the top of the line Samsung.
But Samsung is an expensive brand for Android phone, you've got the Nexus 5 which are still pretty pricey for Android but a full $400 cheaper than an Iphone 5S. So IOS devices are expensive, a lot more expensive than equivalent Android devices. -
Iphones are a lot more expensive than the SGS 3
The fact remains, that the iPhone costs almost the same as a top Android handset.
This isn't a fact.
In fact it's a bald faced lie.
This hasn't been true for several years.
From Kogan Australia
Iphone 4S 16 GB = A$599
Iphone 5 16 GB = A$779
Galaxy S 3 16 GB = A$449
From Expansys US.
= US$679
Iphone 5 16GB = US$1039
Galaxy S 3 16GB = US$549
So as you can clearly see, you're talking out of your arse. -
Iphones are a lot more expensive than the SGS 3
The fact remains, that the iPhone costs almost the same as a top Android handset.
This isn't a fact.
In fact it's a bald faced lie.
This hasn't been true for several years.
From Kogan Australia
Iphone 4S 16 GB = A$599
Iphone 5 16 GB = A$779
Galaxy S 3 16 GB = A$449
From Expansys US.
= US$679
Iphone 5 16GB = US$1039
Galaxy S 3 16GB = US$549
So as you can clearly see, you're talking out of your arse. -
Iphones are a lot more expensive than the SGS 3
The fact remains, that the iPhone costs almost the same as a top Android handset.
This isn't a fact.
In fact it's a bald faced lie.
This hasn't been true for several years.
From Kogan Australia
Iphone 4S 16 GB = A$599
Iphone 5 16 GB = A$779
Galaxy S 3 16 GB = A$449
From Expansys US.
= US$679
Iphone 5 16GB = US$1039
Galaxy S 3 16GB = US$549
So as you can clearly see, you're talking out of your arse. -
This is why I left Verizon for StraightTalk
I've been a Verizon customer for a couple of years, but got fed up with the prices they charged while I was deployed and not even using the service, merely to keep my phone number for when I got home.
I'm tired of it, and tired of being locked into contracts and paying for data. I want freedom! So here's what I did:
- - I purchased two unlocked Galaxy Nexus penta-band GSM phones for $400 each
- - I purchased StraightTalk unlimited prepaid plans for each phone for $45.
Yes, I paid an early-termination fee. But by my calculation, even with paying the full cost of the phone, I come out even in six months. And I no longer have to worry about the tyranny of a contract. I'm free to go to any MVNO.
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You were saying?
And it's not like the EVO and Droid X are any cheaper price wise than an iPhone
HTC Evo 4G = US$570
Samsung Galaxy S = US$620
Apple Iphone 3Gs 16GB = US$840
You were saying?
It appears the top end android phones are a full US$200 or 25% cheaper then the lowest end Iphones. -
You were saying?
And it's not like the EVO and Droid X are any cheaper price wise than an iPhone
HTC Evo 4G = US$570
Samsung Galaxy S = US$620
Apple Iphone 3Gs 16GB = US$840
You were saying?
It appears the top end android phones are a full US$200 or 25% cheaper then the lowest end Iphones. -
You were saying?
And it's not like the EVO and Droid X are any cheaper price wise than an iPhone
HTC Evo 4G = US$570
Samsung Galaxy S = US$620
Apple Iphone 3Gs 16GB = US$840
You were saying?
It appears the top end android phones are a full US$200 or 25% cheaper then the lowest end Iphones. -
I've given it thought.
I get USB chargable devices.
First of all I try to get things that will charge via USB.
For instance your Nintendo DS IS USB chargeable. I don't have a DS, but I do have the GBA equivalent to this nice Pelican charger kit. I use the cigarette lighter to USB adapter to charge other low wattage devices, like my iRiver when I'm in the car, not just my GBA SP and GBA Micro (it wasn't powerful enough for any of my previous phones though).
I bought a PSP a few days ago, I know it's also USB chargeable, I just haven't picked up an adapter yet.
My Jabra JX10 doesn't take much wattage to charge, neither does my Skype phone I use the USB ports on the back of my KVM to charge those. The KVM is powered, so thats 1 power port for 3 devices.
I've changed phones many times in the last year, my company keeps swapping them out on me. All three of the phones they've given me in the past year, an older Motorola Q, a Blackberry Curve, and now the older model iPhone all use USB to charge. For the iPhone I actually bought an alarm clock to handle charging that.
I used to think the idea of using USB to power things was ludicrous, mostly because the first things I saw utilizing USB power were fans, lights, and mini vacs, just stupid little power suckers. Now that I've actually been utilizing it I've been freeing up the power strip. Things like this and this actually seem worth buying.
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Re:Say what?!?This is the lesson here. Don't contribute to projects that claim ownership of your code as a condition of contributing. Fork the project first. This is exactly what he recommends not doing for some strange reason, I wonder why? (Joke)
On a more serious note he does raise some valid points. The reality is that without a certain amount of support from business to fight legal battles for us it is entirely possible that open source could be outlawed. Most of the population would not understand why this was a bad thing and might just go along with it if you could portray all open source contributors as fanatics who wanted to undermine the capitalist system.
The point he seems to miss is that load of open source developers to embrace DRM. Generally it is embraced fairly quickly as a challenge and then circumvented within a few days. This seems to be the central point he completely misses, if we were willing to play by the rules we would all probably be using windows or something.
The main point of your post however seems to be that nobody should ever contribute to open source projects unless they are GPL and this does make me very nervous. There are a number of times when the BSD licence can be a very valuable tool for bringing companies to the table. They might be able to fork these projects into a closed source product, but as he says that does not do you any favours if the original developers then make loads of improvements that you are unable to use due to technical differences in the code they have created since forking the project. You want to absorb what could be a minor improvement into your closed source fork but you have to either duplicate the entire OSS communities effort or re-fork the project and duplicate all your original effort (ie - expenditure).
When companies have to do this repeatedly they usually start to ask questions like why? Why not just use the open source project directly if you can and distribute the source. The main reason why he is unable to do this is commercial agreements that preclude it.
In the mobile phone there is an obvious example: Currently handsets are heavily subsidised by the networks, in return for this subsidy they ask the manufacturers (like Nokia) for certain concessions. The main concession is that your device will accidentally make calls, send blank texts or the current favourite of send crap loads of data over the airwaves. Some of these things Nokia can change, some he just has to live with since most of the public will not pay the full price of a mobile phone.
Go to here and look at some of the prices for a phone without a connection and tell me that mobile phone manufacturers would sell the same volumes without that network subsidy:
http://www.expansys.com/
http://www.expansys-usa.com/
If less people buy high end mobile phones they will be more expensive for the rest of us due to the economies of scale in hi tech manufacturing. Nokia will also make less money since people would use their phones for longer before getting a replacement. Maybe both of these outcomes are inevitable but he needs time to adjust his business model so they do not go broke in the transition. -
Re:Yet another obligatory 'me too' post...
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Re:GPS
http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=1155
4 0 There are other solutions as well, I just Googled the first thing that came to my head. One company that is actually a PalmSource licensee produces not only a handheld with a GPS device, but also separate Bluetooth-wireless, GPS solutions. -
Re:Serial ports in business
Uh, okay.
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get an MS Smartphone instead
Get one of these instead. Smaller than a PDA. Easy to write C/C++/C# code on. (Slowly) Network connected, for a fairly reasonable fee. Not too expensive if you sign up with a carrier. And you don't have to carry both a PDA and a cellphone. Works as an MP3 and DIVX player too, expandable up to 512MB miniSD (soon 1GB). The SP3i has a nicer joystick, but is a lot more expensive (no carrier lock-in/discount).
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Re:I'd sooner see
I think, possibly, that you don't know what you're talking about.
errm, what about this.
I think, possibly, that you don't know what you're talking about. -
Re:Cellphones vs. PDAs
The Nokia 6800 is pretty damn awesome; I have one myself. You know they do make a camera attachment that acts as a headset? Don't have it but would like one. Description
You can buy it for about 35 USD here -
Bluetooth file transfer.
Several people here complained that the unit could only act as a bluetooth headset for a cellular telephone but could not transfer files via bluetooth. Mind you that the speed bluetooth runs at would be painful for moving more than a couple songs, but, here is a bluetooth player about the size of the Diva GEM. The Xlive player takes full advantage of bluetooth's capabilities. Xlive XBM-100 512MB Bluetooth MP3 Player There are three sizes, 128, 256, and 512. Like the Diva it allows recording of FM Radio. It does not allow the use of an SD card like the Diva. Its one greatest feature, IMHO, is that when used as a bluetooth headset to your phone it can record your telephone conversations.