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12/19/2011, 07:26 AM
#193
 Originally Posted by nusome4
When I made that post I was talking about buying the iPhone on contract. Starting at $199, the iPhone costs the same as most smart phones that are bought on contract in the US. You or someone else said that most people in the rest of the world buy phones at full price and talked about the iPhone costing more, etc.
As I said earlier, across all other industries companies that have a reputation for building better products or more reliable in their class typically charge more for their products. Why should Apple be any different? There is more than enough evidence out there that shows that Apple builds high quality, reliable stuff.
Let's take an example from my country, The Netherlands.
iPhone 4S (and previous models when those were the newest):
iPhone 4S 32 GB full price: 710
iPhone 4S with cheapest contract: 13,95 a month, but the phone itself still costs 389 then
iPhone 4S with most expensive contract: 89,95 a month, but the phone itself still costs 179 then
Even the Motorola Razr is cheaper and the Razr is one of the most expensive phones at the moment which is iPhone-competitor.
So even IF Apple makes that high quality, then it's still way too overpriced.
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