3G not so hot
It might seem like I’m contradicting myself after posting this, but the recent 3G World Congress and Exhibit wasn’t as hot as people were expecting. Sure, people are willing to pay more bucks for cooler content but these are the few who actually get to jump across the financial pitfall of having enough cash to buy a 3G phone, while maintaining an acceptable way of life.
I mean to be quite honest, the best 3G there is now is .. err .. porn?
I love using my country as an example for the Philippines has always been a developing country with first world perks. We’re one of the first to acquire the latest phones which not everyone can afford, mind you. The Nokia N90 for instance costs roughly as much as a low end laptop, which is the gross salary of two months’ worth of pay of an above average office employee. Eek!
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Cellphone9.com - The b5media Cellphone and Mobile Blog » 3G phones will be cheaper next year?
Nov 23, 2005 at 7:10 pm
[…] It turns out, 3G phones are predicted to do not so well this Christmas, says Gartner. So who’s fault is it? The telcos? Or the content providers? A few days ago I posted something about the 3G World Congress and Exhibit — which really didn’t stir much of the mobile airwaves. Yes, people in general are open to the whole 3G streaming multimedia thing but not everyone can afford it and the content may just seem to boring. Why spend on something on a small screen when I can just get the bigger thing on the daily paper and the news when I get home? […]
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