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To: bananawind who wrote (8456)	2/12/1998 11:36:00 AM
From: Michael Allard	Respond to of 152472

Reference the "Q" phone: Gregg and all, I think price is certainly a factor in the slow US "Q" sales. If you could buy the "Q" phone for $200 or $250 as opposed to other models, don't you think more people would consider it? And this selling price to the consumer is not determined by QCOM, it is determined by the carrier, who chooses which models to subsidize and which ones not to. Evidently, Sprint thinks that the "Q" phone is good enough to sell on its own merits, and does not require any subsidization. As a result, they are selling less, but probably making more money on them. As far as I know, the "Q" phone was the only QCOM phone that was going to be sold in Korea, again I believe based on its merits alone. I believe the issue with the cancelation of the "Q" phone order was simply with the devaluation of the won, it would not be able to compete with domestic (Korean) models (no US model could for that matter). When the 800 Mhz model comes out in April, I think it will be a hot seller. Irwin held one up at the shareholders meeting and pointed out that it had no antenna, the antenna function is completely internal. The 800 Mhz roaming capability will add a lot of demand. Good luck to all!