Comments on: 10 Things I Think I Think http://www.thekmiecs.com/marketing-advertising/10-things-i-think-i-think/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-things-i-think-i-think Opinions And Ramblings By Adam Kmiec On All Things Media Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shawn Freeman http://www.thekmiecs.com/marketing-advertising/10-things-i-think-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-3912 Shawn Freeman Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:09:34 +0000 http://www.thekmiecs.com/?p=2054#comment-3912 Disagree with "Consumers will be able to buy their phone and then be able to use it with any service provider they choose."<br><br>OEMs of mobile phones charge carriers a much higher price for handset than carriers charge consumers (subsidy model). Carriers then make up that difference via multi-year contracts. At some point, ppl wil push for freedom, but it will come at an actual price in the cost of handset ($199 v $499 scenario).<br><br>And not to be geeky, but you've also got CDMA vs GSM technology issues across carriers that make single handset/any carrier difficult to execute in us (Europe and Asia are more standardized on GSM).<br><br>FWIW. Disagree with “Consumers will be able to buy their phone and then be able to use it with any service provider they choose.”

OEMs of mobile phones charge carriers a much higher price for handset than carriers charge consumers (subsidy model). Carriers then make up that difference via multi-year contracts. At some point, ppl wil push for freedom, but it will come at an actual price in the cost of handset ($199 v $499 scenario).

And not to be geeky, but you've also got CDMA vs GSM technology issues across carriers that make single handset/any carrier difficult to execute in us (Europe and Asia are more standardized on GSM).

FWIW.

]]> By: Shawn Freeman http://www.thekmiecs.com/marketing-advertising/10-things-i-think-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-3563 Shawn Freeman Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:09:34 +0000 http://www.thekmiecs.com/?p=2054#comment-3563 Disagree with "Consumers will be able to buy their phone and then be able to use it with any service provider they choose."<br><br>OEMs of mobile phones charge carriers a much higher price for handset than carriers charge consumers (subsidy model). Carriers then make up that difference via multi-year contracts. At some point, ppl wil push for freedom, but it will come at an actual price in the cost of handset ($199 v $499 scenario).<br><br>And not to be geeky, but you've also got CDMA vs GSM technology issues across carriers that make single handset/any carrier difficult to execute in us (Europe and Asia are more standardized on GSM).<br><br>FWIW. Disagree with “Consumers will be able to buy their phone and then be able to use it with any service provider they choose.”

OEMs of mobile phones charge carriers a much higher price for handset than carriers charge consumers (subsidy model). Carriers then make up that difference via multi-year contracts. At some point, ppl wil push for freedom, but it will come at an actual price in the cost of handset ($199 v $499 scenario).

And not to be geeky, but you've also got CDMA vs GSM technology issues across carriers that make single handset/any carrier difficult to execute in us (Europe and Asia are more standardized on GSM).

FWIW.

]]> By: Deanna http://www.thekmiecs.com/marketing-advertising/10-things-i-think-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-3503 Deanna Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.thekmiecs.com/?p=2054#comment-3503 Am I one of the 6? Am I one of the 6?

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