LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.
mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..
Near as I can tell, it's because they are a startup company with not enough funding for a large release production run. It's stupid if you ask me.
are these phones not produced yet ? or are they already produced, but they want to tack on this system for marketing purposes ?
Seems like they are rolling them out in batches. Hence the waves of invites.
Young people and their phone lust....
I went with expensive phones all the way up till Ipho 5.. then it broke, and I sent it in, those 2 weeks I used the backup phone nokia 521 i got for $40..
It was a Liberating experience.. I didn't realize how much actual motion I was limiting myself against when I had a $700 device in my pocket after having had everything since ipho 1 ..
See a fence, run up, hop over, cut through people's yards to get places.. run up and down the stairs, jump past the last 4 - 6 steps ...
I'm never going back to the $x00 phones.. Show Image
I hear ya. I've always been pestered by my friends to upgrade my HTC Aria to a $600 smartphone. I purchased my Aria used for like $50 on Craigslist about four years ago, and it's still running like-new. All I do is upgrade it with smoother roms. In the meantime, my friends upgrade their iphones every year or so, and are more often than not, having a their screens cracked or their phones dead by the end of the year. They argue with me that the damage doesn't really matter because the phones were practically free, but I disagree.
I don't think my friends realize that although the iphone and other $600 smartphones are about $100 upfront via 2-year contract, they are still paying for the full $600 via installments added to their monthly bills. Just a few months ago, I switched to AIO (now Cricket), and realized just how much people should be paying for their cell phone service. Thanks to their group saving feature, I'm paying five lines (with 2.5GB unlimited data per line) for just $160. During the switch, I also upgraded my Aria to a brand-new Moto G for just $80. Getting five of these is still cheaper than getting one new iphone 5s. Seeing as how the Moto G is so cheap and good, I upgraded my whole family to that phone. I'm just sitting here laughing at my friends who are paying more than $200 for two or three lines not including the installments they are paying for their phones. That extra money you could be saving on your cell phone bill is keyboard money people!
The expensive phone is more of an issue for self-conscious people
by that I mean..
to them--- an expensive phone represents
_Social Status (you want to seem rich)
____ or at least (not poor)
_Fitting In (every kid has an iphone/ipod/ipad)
____ Personal insecurity, if they are not the prettiest person, they might realize that they at least need to balance the dissonance by surrounding themselves with external-items that ARE considered Pretty.
________ it may not always be visual, it could be cost, rarity, any element or condition considered Greater status than which they currently possess.