t-mo goes high-end

[difenbaker]

engadget:


http://t-mobile.com/images/products/Nokia_8801/250x270.jpg

Granted, the Nokia 8801 is nothing new, but its availability on a US national carrier is. The tri-band stainless steel 8801 sports both American GSM bands, EDGE data, an 800 x 600 camera, and 64MB of internal flash -- meager specs considering the asking price, but let's be honest, buying a phone at this price point has nothing to do with the spec sheet and everything to do with appearance. Well-heeled T-Mobile customers looking to take a chance with questionable scratch resistance can sign up now for a hair under $550.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/12/t-mobile-goes-high-end-with-the-nokia-8801/


cheers!

[carcomptoy]

hahahaha how ironic that my parents just saw this phone this past weekend and my mom fell in love with it! Too bad she still won't get it...good price I guess, although still too much.

[TheZodiac]

Not high end - hig price. There is nothing about this phone that is high end. This phone is to give the illusion that you are richer than you actually are.

Perpaps if it was silver or gold, platinum or URANIUM than that would mean something.

Otherwise you are dishing out money for an S40 phone with a steel case.

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[crazyze]

Not high end - hig price. There is nothing about this phone that is high end. This phone is to give the illusion that you are richer than you actually are.

Perpaps if it was silver or gold, platinum or URANIUM than that would mean something.

Otherwise you are dishing out money for an S40 phone with a steel case.

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I agree, it is just steel!!!! When did steel become an alluring material :eek:
I think people only like it because it is shiny.....

[carcomptoy]

I agree, it is just steel!!!! When did steel become an alluring material :eek:
I think people only like it because it is shiny.....
When it became good looking on kitchen appliances:p

Not all rich people want the latest gadget that's also really complicated...they just want the look and feel of something pricey and worth their worth. That's why the RAZR was so popular initially...great-looking but simple.

[jayesh]

razr blah dont even get me started my poor sis went thru 3 of them in a year before i put her out of her misery and gifted her a 6630 ( had it lying around firmware flash +new panel later )

[stephanie]

Not all rich people want the latest gadget that's also really complicated...they just want the look and feel of something pricey and worth their worth. That's why the RAZR was so popular initially...great-looking but simple.

I could like agree with that. It's not really the features that 8800 buyers are after - it's more the looks. A techie person paying for that price thinking that he'll be getting the "latest and greatest" will be very dissappointed.

Same thing with the mot razr - it's all about the looks too.

[carcomptoy]

I should hope a real techie person would know that it's only mid-range:cool::p

[mewtwosama]

$550 with a 2 year contract
$600 with a 1 year

$600 unlocked sim free at CompUSA.

Something doesnt add up.

[carcomptoy]

Well, you know Nokia isn't gonna allow its 8801 to be subsidized to an extreme, although yeah it should be a greater difference.

I really hate how there's two year contracts now and the phone prices are still the same:cool:

[jayesh]

that really does not sound right an unlocked handset is the same cost as one on a 2 yr contract?!? wonder what they were smoking

[carcomptoy]

As a one year you mean?