RANT! rant ！ What Is The Point Of Retail Pricing For BlackBerry Devices什么是点零售价格为黑莓设备
Have you ever tried to buy a phone at the retail prices?您是否曾经试图购买手机的零售价格？ I have.我有。 I purchased an 8700 once from AT&T for $450.我购买了一台8700 ，一旦从AT ＆ T为450元。 Then the 8800 came around with an even higher retail price.那么8800左右，来到一个甚至更高的零售价。 On top of that Sprint just upped the retail price once again.最重要的是短跑刚刚通过设定的零售价格再次。 Their upcoming device the 8330 will retail for $749.99!!!他们即将到来的装置8330零售价将为749.99美元！
The crazy part is that after a contract the device price goes down according to疯狂的一部分，是一项合同后，该设备价格下降据 Mobile Magazine移动杂志 . 。
Go for a two-year contact involving a service plan of at least $60 a month and the BlackBerry Curve 8330 can be yours for $179. 去一项为期两年的接触，涉及的服务计划，至少60元，每月黑莓曲线8330可以为你179美元。 Choose a plan under $60 and the price goes to $199 for the phone. 选择一个计划下， 60元的价格到199美元的电话。
The $179 and $199 price point are for new service agreements, it seems, because existing Sprint customers will have to fork up $229.99 for the Curve, assuming that they have already fulfilled an existing two-year contract. 该179美元和199美元的价格点是为新的服务协议，似乎，由于现有的Sprint的客户将不得不交岔路口最多229.99美元为曲线，假设他们已完成了现有的为期两年的合约。
The general argument that carriers make is that they need the contracts to subsidize the phones. 一般的说法是运营商，使他们需要的合约，以补贴手机。 There is no way in hell that Sprint can make the argument that they are recovering $550 over a 2 year contract. 是没有出路的在地狱认为，短跑，可以使的说法，他们正在复苏中550元，超过2年的合同。 This is just another way carriers are forcing customers to get tied into their contracts. 这只是另一种方式运营商正迫使客户获得并列成为他们的合约。
The funniest part is that even our friendly Canadian Telus carrier is claiming a $549.99 retail price. 该funniest的一部分是，即使我们的友好加拿大TELUS的承运人声称549.99美元的零售价格。 Does it cost $200 for Sprint to get their logo on the phone? 它的费用200元，为Sprint ，以获得他们的标志在手机上呢？
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April 29th, 2008 12:19 2008年4月29日12时19分
I work for a Telus Dealer, and the reason for the retail pricing is when a customer wants to buy it straight out, and doesn’t want us to activate it for them.我工作的一个TELUS公司的经销商，原因为零售价格是当客户要购买直，不希望我们能够激活它给他们。 If we don’t at least activate on a MTM term, then we don’t get subdized.如果我们不至少启动一个母语教学来说，然后我们不subdized 。 At least that’s the reason they told me.至少的原因，他们告诉我。
April 29th, 2008 13:46 2008年4月29日13时46分
I’m always a bit shocked when I read stories on sites like this, about the cost of BlackBerrys and the cost of internet charges.我一直有点震惊，当我看到故事的网站上这样，有关的成本在Blackberrys和成本互联网的收费。 I’m in the UK.我在英国。 I just got a Curve 8310.我刚买了一台曲线8310 。 It costs £30 (about $60US) a month for everything.它的费用30英镑（约60us ）一个月的一切。 Internet is unlimited.互联网是无限的。 I get 200 minutes and 400 texts each month and the hanset is free.我得到二○○分钟和400文本每个月和hanset是免费的。 This is standard in the UK.这是标准的，在英国。 I can’t understand why it’s not in the US or Canada.我不明白为什么这不是在美国或加拿大。 Also, taking into account the differences between the US and UK economy (I don’t know about Canada), £30 wouldn’t actually be $60.此外，考虑到之间的分歧，美国和英国的经济（我不知道加拿大） ， 30英镑不会其实是60元。 More like $50.更象50元。 For example, a laptop costing £500 wouldn’t be $1000, more like $800.举例来说，一台笔记本电脑成本500英镑将不会超过1000美元，较像800元。
April 29th, 2008 14:17 2008年4月29日14时17分
Totally agree with the rant!完全同意与rant ！ but blame manufacturers for not selling them direct!但责怪制造商不卖，他们直接！ not carriers for ripping people off.没有载体转存人民的小康。
April 30th, 2008 00:34 2008年4月30日0时34分
Here Down Under (Australia), mobile telecommunications equipment can be purchased one of three ways…在这里下（澳大利亚） ，移动通信设备可以购买下列三种方式之一…
• Outright. •买断卖断。
If a customer would like to purchased a handset on its own, unlocked and without a service plan, they can do so at the “outright” price, which can anywhere from $AU200 ($US186.96)-$AU2,000 ($US1869.68), depending on the handset selected… The customer can then sign-up to a month-to-month (no contract) or 12/18/24-month contract, depending on the service provider.如果客户想购买的手机对自己的，没有上锁，并没有一个服务计划，他们可以这样做，在“买断”价格，它可以在任何地方从au200元（ $ us186.96 ） -$ a u2， 0 00（ $ us1869.68 ） ，取决于选定的手机…顾客便可以注册一个按月（没有合同）或12/18/24-month合同，这取决于服务提供商。
In some cases, service providers in-directly discourage month-to-month (non-contract) plans by charging a higher rate or not including as much value, compared to other options…在某些情况下，服务供应商-直接劝阻按月（非合同）计划收费较高或不包括很大的价值，相比于其他选项…
• Repayment option. •还款的选择。
Whilst the exact term differs from service provider-to-service provider, the most popular choice for local customers is to “pay-off” the “outright” cost of a device over 12 or 24 months (usually the latter) - this is in addition to one’s service plan, and usually there is a “minimum” service plan that a customer can connect to with an individual device, based on a range of factors including (but not limited to) the outright price and popularity of a device.虽然确切的任期不同，从服务提供商到服务提供商，最热门的选择，为本地客户是“薪酬小康” ， “买断”的成本装置超过12或24个月内（通常是后者） -这是在除了一个人的服务计划，而且通常是有“最低限度”的服务计划，客户可以连接到一个单独的设备的基础上，一系列的因素，包括（但不仅限于）买断卖断的价格和受欢迎程度，装置。
• Subsidised handset. •资助的手机。
Usually reserved for older, cheaper or less-popular handsets, subsidised handsets are included in the cost of one’s service plan over 24 months (a small number of service providers also do this over 36 months), essentially making the handset “free”…通常为老年人，更便宜或不太流行的手机，资助手机都包括在成本一的服务计划24个月以上（一个小数目，服务供应商也为此超过36个月） ，主要是使手机的“免费” …
Such a system was once used by virtually all of the Australian service providers, however most service providers either directly or in-directly discourage such plans, in favour of the repayment option above.这样一个系统曾经使用的几乎所有的澳大利亚服务供应商，不过，大多数服务供应商，直接或在-直接阻止此类计划，在赞成的还款选项以上。
So as you can see, despite having more cellphones-per-capita here, we are also amongst the most expensive for these and other reasons…所以你可以看到，尽管有更多的手机-人均在这里，我们也当中，最昂贵的为这些和其他原因…
Sadly, it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.可悲的是，它的不可能随时更改很快。
~ Posted wirelessly from my BlackBerry 8800 ~ 〜张贴无线从我的黑莓8800 〜
April 30th, 2008 21:15 2008年4月30日21时15分
You notice the “retail” price of all berries is going up now?你的通知“零售”的价格，所有的浆果是不断上升，现在呢？
Personally, its all marketing mumbo-jumbo, so carriers can put a sign on devices in the store with a huge price tag and then “their” price to convince lemmings what a “deal” they are getting by going with longer contract.我个人来说，其所有的行销mumbo -珍宝，因此，运营商可以把签署的设备上，在商店和一个庞大的价格标签，然后“他们的”价格，以说服lemmings何谓“交易” ，他们获得了去，用较长的合同。
But reason aside, if we weren’t getting subsidized handsets, we’d be paying at a minimum iPhone-ish prices for a berry.但原因之外，如果我们没有得到资助的手机，我们愿意付出的最低拥有- ISH展览会上的价格为一浆果。 Wouldn’t surprise me to see $500 or more though I DO think $750 for a curve is ridiculous.会不会感到奇怪，我见$ 500或以上，虽然我确实认为， 750元为一曲线是可笑的。 Combine that with occasional “sales” though (maybe $200 off for an occasional 1 week sale) like all other consumer electronics, and we’re in the ballpark.相结合，与偶尔“销售： ”虽然（可能是200元，小康为偶尔一周出售）象所有其他消费类电子产品，我们正处在球场。