After watching the keynote today i've decided that Apple makes cool things, but doesn't know how to price the "Cheap" model as such....450$ for the iPhone 4S? Really? iPhone 5c starting at 550$? 650$ for the iphone 5s? If a market is in the early stages of moving to no contract, and the rest of the world is no contract....wouldn't it make more sense to build a cheaper phone thats actually cheap?
Compared side by side the Nexus 4 = iPhone 4s, when I bought my Nexus 4 it was 100$ less, now its 200$ as they finish off their supply before the Nexus 5 comes out. 2 completely different marketing strategies (contract vs non) and I somehow think that if you release 2 phones you could easily cover both markets no?
On the plus side, I do like the fingerprint reader concept and a 64bit phone OS makes me happy and could cause some change at Google for better performance..
P.S. - This comment was more about marketing/pricing than an android vs apple fight. In comparison much of the android market has the same problem, the good thing there is some of it doesn't...and the some that doesn't is still more than apples limited selection of 0 cheap phones.
In fact, i'm just generally pissed about how much cell phone makers screw everyone over on price.
There, I said it. This market needs to change, and that can only happen when people stop paying out the bum for contract phones and expensive no contract phones.
Money talks people, find a cheap smartphone and wait out the storm.
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