that low production quantity might cause a run on the Pre - kinda like the Wii
On 1/12/09, Paul Blumstein <[email protected]> wrote: > http://i.gizmodo.com/5129126/palm-pre-might-not-be-priced-into-oblivion-after-all > > Palm Pre Might Not Be Priced Into Oblivion After All > By John Herrman, 5:52 AM on Mon Jan 12 2009, 1,555 views > > The curiously well-informed Russian gentleman who spread the Pre=$399 > rumor wants to clarify! He meant to say that it'll be $399 or $499, > and $149 or $199 on contract. That's a pretty big clarification, guy. > > The claim is as follows: With Sprint, Palm is considering two > different price points to be decided based on the competitive > landscape at the time of the Pre's summer '09 release—a part of the > original report that has been revealed as true, pretty much—and will > settle on either a $399/$149 or $499/$199 unsubsidized/subsidized pricing. > > Another little interesting nugget? The initial production run will sit > at around 200,000, a low number necessitated by the limited > manufacturing capacity for the Pre's screen hardware. > > The $149/$199 figure is obviously the story here, as the on-contract > price the most important, referenced one for any handset. But don't > ignore the $399 price either—that's less than many no-contract > BlackBerrys and WinMo phones, and the same price as the G1 developer > model. All this sounds like it could conceivably be true, and if Palm > wants their new handset to make any waves (or more urgently, save > their entire company) then they should make it true. [Mobile Review > via Unwired View—Thanks, Stasys!] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
