The lowdown on low-cost wireless handsets
Posted Jan 22nd 2007 4:22PM by Brian White
Filed under: Cellular, Hardware
Every wireless handset maker is trying to bring down the cost of handsets these days -- for lower costs of manufacturing (of course) and also to feed the need for emerging markets that need low-cost handsets -- and hundreds of millions of them.
When supplying entry-level handsets to customers in emerging markets, are companies like Motorola and Nokia building brand loyalty that will bring those same customers back to those brands when they are ready to "upgrade" to nicer and more feature-packed handsets?
What do you think?Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.
When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.
To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br> tags.
