{"id":45248,"date":"2009-11-19T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/mobilecontenttoday\/handsets\/newbie_gadget_bloggers_shocked_by_unlocked_phone_prices_xperia_x10_for_879_not_unusual_for_unlocked_phones_folks_143647.asp?c=rss"},"modified":"2009-11-19T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T07:00:00","slug":"newbie-gadget-bloggers-shocked-by-unlocked-phone-prices-xperia-x10-for-879-not-unusual-for-unlocked-phones-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/45248","title":{"rendered":"Newbie Gadget Bloggers Shocked by Unlocked Phone Prices – Xperia X10 for $879? Not Unusual for Unlocked Phones Folks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always when smartphone newbies (at least I assume they are) are shocked and outraged at the price of unlocked phones. Here’s one from “Android and Me”…<\/p>\n

Yikes! Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to cost $879<\/A><\/p>\n

Is the Xperia X10 really expensive? Sure, I wouldn’t pay $879 for it. But, if you take a look at other high-end unlocked smartphones, you will find similar high prices. In fact, let’s do this by taking a look at eXpansys Inc.’s US online store in this category found at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.expansys-usa.com\/mobile-phones\/sim-free-phones<\/A><\/p>\n

Let’s see what we find there:<\/p>\n

– Motorola AURA $2,034.99 (this is not a typo)
\n– Apple iPhone 3GS $1,199.99
\n– HTC HD2 $829.99
\n– Sony Ericsson Saito $829.99
\n– Samsung OmniaPro $744.99
\n– Palm Pre $714.99
\n– Nokia N900 $699.99<\/p>\n

Unlocked phones are also unsubsidized phones. Are this prices ridiculous? I sure think so. But, that’s how it is when you reach the rarified air of the unlocked phone market.<\/p>\n

I should note though, that there are also relatively affordable unlocked phones. But, the high-end supercool ones are not usually in the “affordable” range.<\/p>\n

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I always when smartphone newbies (at least I assume they are) are shocked and outraged at the price of unlocked phones. Here’s one from “Android and Me”… Yikes! Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to cost $879 Is the Xperia X10 really expensive? Sure, I wouldn’t pay $879 for it. But, if you take a look at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}