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To: Clarksterh who wrote (18213)	11/11/1998 10:28:00 AM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Clark: You were the one passing bad information, not I. dave

To: Clarksterh who wrote (18213)	11/11/1998 10:48:00 AM
From: engineer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

They are not even in the same realm in terms of bill of matieral pricing. CDMA bill of matieral is higher than the analog BOM. analog chipsets have been around since 1980's and are on like the 10th -15th generation. It would be even more relevant to compare selling price to the CARRIER. this is the only one that matters. the carier can add any amount of subsidy they want on any given day for any reason. Consumer selling price is only a function of the day of the week.

To: Clarksterh who wrote (18213)	11/11/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: Rajala	Respond to of 152472

Clark, Dave, Valueman, >Unbelievable - Is anyone paying attention? We need to compare >apples to apples (i.e. list price, not wierd variable contract >prices with service commitments). > >Non-CDMA Startacs can serve as a substitute for CDMA Startacs in >this regard only in so far as the CDMA Startac is almost certain >to have a list price higher than or equal to the cheapest >non-CDMA Startac's. I think this interesting discussion about mobile prices forgets one fact: THE HIGHER THE PRICE THE BETTER. The lesson Phillips learned the hard way here is that it is not enough to have similar production cost than the competitors if you have to discount 50% or more to move the stock (their phones suck like Lewinsky). Another interesting thing is that initially - I generalize a bit here - it costs just as much to produce a snazzy, sexy, small phone with long battery life than to produce some edsel. And, very soon, the sexy phone is CHEAPER to produce, since you get the economies of scale. - rajala