{"id":363095,"date":"2010-02-25T16:47:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T21:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=13705"},"modified":"2010-02-25T16:47:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T21:47:53","slug":"android-phone-prices-declining-quicker-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/363095","title":{"rendered":"Android Phone Prices Declining Quicker Than Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F02%2F25%2Fandroid-phone-prices-declining-quicker-expected%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F02%2F25%2Fandroid-phone-prices-declining-quicker-expected%2F&amp;source=AndroidGuys&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pulse_mini.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13706\" title=\"pulse_mini\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pulse_mini-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>We don&#8217;t know about you, but that&#8217;s the kind of headlines we like to see.\u00a0 Thanks to a proliferation of handset makers and good ol&#8217; fashioned competition, the prices of Android handsets is dropping <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitimes.com\/news\/a20100224PD204.html\" >faster than<\/a> analysts and industry insiders expected.\u00a0 <span id=\"more-13705\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Take for instance the forthcoming T-Mobile Pulse Mini from Huawei.\u00a0 Announced at last week&#8217;s Mobile World Congress, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/02\/15\/huawei-unveils-4-android-handsets-internet-device\/\" >the U8110<\/a> features a 2.8-inch resistive screen with stylus, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and Android 2.1 under the hood.\u00a0 When it arrives later this quarter for T-Mobile UK, it&#8217;s expected to sell for about \u00a3100 (US$155) unlocked.\u00a0 That&#8217;s over 54% less than the price tag that came on the original Pulse only a few months ago.\u00a0 Granted the screen size does factor in for most heavy users, the general public will likely fall in love with the price.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick hands-on video courtesy of the guys at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileburn.com\/gallery.jsp?Id=8821\" >Mobile Burn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Fnxmu4OtQUQ&amp;feature\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Fnxmu4OtQUQ&amp;feature\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Are you a specs or price person?\u00a0 Do you gravitate towards a phone based off of one or the other?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Might We Suggest&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2009\/09\/04\/video-of-t-mobile-pulse-in-action-video\/\" title=\"Video of T-Mobile Pulse in Action [VIDEO]\">Video of T-Mobile Pulse in Action [VIDEO]<\/a><br \/><small>The guys over at Engadget were able to play with the new T-Mobile Pulse and lucky for us, they recorded the experience.\u00c2\u00a0 The video is short at just over 2 minutes, but it gives us a glimpse into how &#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EkAyr0AOcKKJuuqus-xzeYb5EBE\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EkAyr0AOcKKJuuqus-xzeYb5EBE\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EkAyr0AOcKKJuuqus-xzeYb5EBE\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EkAyr0AOcKKJuuqus-xzeYb5EBE\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?i=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?i=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?a=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:6swKnRFnXgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/androidguyscom?i=uEERetiqee4:02orNxt-KWM:6swKnRFnXgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/androidguyscom\/~4\/uEERetiqee4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t know about you, but that&#8217;s the kind of headlines we like to see.\u00a0 Thanks to a proliferation of handset makers and good ol&#8217; 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