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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (17484)10/31/1998 4:23:00 PM
From: Valueman  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Tero Tero Tero:

Such a shame that you don't get it yet. Perhaps in your country the people obsess over who has the smallest phone(maybe a reverse Freudian thing???), but I can't tell you a soul here in the US who bought a phone based on the stand-by time, or 160 gram phone vs. 200 gram. That is not how it works. The available service comes first. Price per minute is an issue when coverage of two services are similar. That is why AT&T is selling well--good coverage with cheap service. They could push an Iridium-sized phone on subscribers and it would probably not matter much. The deal is you sign up, you get the Nokia phone. There is really not much choice. Same goes for others--limited choice. Frankly, people really don't care about phone weight and stand by times--coverage and price of service are most important. Roaming? Once again--99% of folks could care less. Most want to make a call in their area--period. African roaming ability is not a key purchase feature. By the way, if I had a GSM 900/1900 phone in my area, a large populated area, it would work great as a lightweight paper weight. No service. I have 2, soon to be 3 CDMA services to choose from. Your understanding of G*'s service and target market indicates I would be wasting my time responding to that subject.
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