RANT! rant ！ What Is The Point Of Retail Pricing For BlackBerry Devices什麼是點零售價格為黑莓設備
Have you ever tried to buy a phone at the retail prices?您是否曾經試圖購買手機的零售價格？ I have.我有。 I purchased an 8700 once from AT&T for $450.我購買了一台8700 ，一旦從AT ＆ T為450元。 Then the 8800 came around with an even higher retail price.那麼8800左右，來到一個甚至更高的零售價。 On top of that Sprint just upped the retail price once again.最重要的是短跑剛剛通過設定的零售價格再次。 Their upcoming device the 8330 will retail for $749.99!!!他們即將到來的裝置8330零售價將為749.99美元！
The crazy part is that after a contract the device price goes down according to瘋狂的一部分，是一項合同後，該設備價格下降據 Mobile Magazine移動雜誌 . 。
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. 去一項為期兩年的接觸，涉及的服務計劃，至少60元，每月黑莓曲線8330可以為你179美元。 Choose a plan under $60 and the price goes to $199 for the phone. 選擇一個計劃下， 60元的價格到199美元的電話。
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. 該179美元和199美元的價格點是為新的服務協議，似乎，由於現有的Sprint的客戶將不得不交岔路口最多229.99美元為曲線，假設他們已完成了現有的為期兩年的合約。
The general argument that carriers make is that they need the contracts to subsidize the phones. 一般的說法是運營商，使他們需要的合約，以補貼手機。 There is no way in hell that Sprint can make the argument that they are recovering $550 over a 2 year contract. 是沒有出路的在地獄認為，短跑，可以使的說法，他們正在復甦中550元，超過2年的合同。 This is just another way carriers are forcing customers to get tied into their contracts. 這只是另一種方式運營商正迫使客戶獲得並列成為他們的合約。
The funniest part is that even our friendly Canadian Telus carrier is claiming a $549.99 retail price. 該funniest的一部分是，即使我們的友好加拿大TELUS的承運人聲稱549.99美元的零售價格。 Does it cost $200 for Sprint to get their logo on the phone? 它的費用200元，為Sprint ，以獲得他們的標誌在手機上呢？
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April 29th, 2008 12:19 2008年4月29日12時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.我工作的一個TELUS公司的經銷商，原因為零售價格是當客戶要購買直，不希望我們能夠激活它給他們。 If we don’t at least activate on a MTM term, then we don’t get subdized.如果我們不至少啟動一個母語教學來說，然後我們不subdized 。 At least that’s the reason they told me.至少的原因，他們告訴我。
April 29th, 2008 13:46 2008年4月29日13時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.我一直有點震驚，當我看到故事的網站上這樣，有關的成本在Blackberrys和成本互聯網的收費。 I’m in the UK.我在英國。 I just got a Curve 8310.我剛買了一台曲線8310 。 It costs £30 (about $60US) a month for everything.它的費用30英鎊（約60us ）一個月的一切。 Internet is unlimited.互聯網是無限的。 I get 200 minutes and 400 texts each month and the hanset is free.我得到二○○分鐘和400文本每個月和hanset是免費的。 This is standard in the UK.這是標準的，在英國。 I can’t understand why it’s not in the US or Canada.我不明白為什麼這不是在美國或加拿大。 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，考慮到之間的分歧，美國和英國的經濟（我不知道加拿大） ， 30英鎊不會其實是60元。 More like $50.更象50元。 For example, a laptop costing £500 wouldn’t be $1000, more like $800.舉例來說，一台筆記本電腦成本500英鎊將不會超過1000美元，較像800元。
April 29th, 2008 14:17 2008年4月29日14時17分
Totally agree with the rant!完全同意與rant ！ but blame manufacturers for not selling them direct!但責怪製造商不賣，他們直接！ not carriers for ripping people off.沒有載體轉存人民的小康。
April 30th, 2008 00:34 2008年4月30日0時34分
Here Down Under (Australia), mobile telecommunications equipment can be purchased one of three ways…在這裡下（澳大利亞） ，移動通信設備可以購買下列三種方式之一…
• Outright. •買斷賣斷。
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.如果客戶想購買的手機對自己的，沒有上鎖，並沒有一個服務計劃，他們可以這樣做，在“買斷”價格，它可以在任何地方從au200元（ $ us186.96 ） -$ a u2， 0 00（ $ us1869.68 ） ，取決於選定的手機…顧客便可以註冊一個按月（沒有合同）或12/18/24-month合同，這取決於服務提供商。
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…在某些情況下，服務供應商-直接勸阻按月（非合同）計劃收費較高或不包括很大的價值，相比於其他選項…
• Repayment option. •還款的選擇。
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.雖然確切的任期不同，從服務提供商到服務提供商，最熱門的選擇，為本地客戶是“薪酬小康” ， “買斷”的成本裝置超過12或24個月內（通常是後者） -這是在除了一個人的服務計劃，而且通常是有“最低限度”的服務計劃，客戶可以連接到一個單獨的設備的基礎上，一系列的因素，包括（但不僅限於）買斷賣斷的價格和受歡迎程度，裝置。
• Subsidised handset. •資助的手機。
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”…通常為老年人，更便宜或不太流行的手機，資助手機都包括在成本一的服務計劃24個月以上（一個小數目，服務供應商也為此超過36個月） ，主要是使手機的“免費” …
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.這樣一個系統曾經使用的幾乎所有的澳大利亞服務供應商，不過，大多數服務供應商，直接或在-直接阻止此類計劃，在贊成的還款選項以上。
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，儘管有更多的手機-人均在這裡，我們也當中，最昂貴的為這些和其他原因…
Sadly, it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.可悲的是，它的不可能隨時更改很快。
~ Posted wirelessly from my BlackBerry 8800 ~ 〜張貼無線從我的黑莓8800 〜
April 30th, 2008 21:15 2008年4月30日21時15分
You notice the “retail” price of all berries is going up now?你的通知“零售”的價格，所有的漿果是不斷上升，現在呢？
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.我個人來說，其所有的行銷mumbo -珍寶，因此，運營商可以把簽署的設備上，在商店和一個龐大的價格標籤，然後“他們的”價格，以說服lemmings何謂“交易” ，他們獲得了去，用較長的合同。
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，如果我們沒有得到資助的手機，我們願意付出的最低擁有- ISH展覽會上的價格為一漿果。 Wouldn’t surprise me to see $500 or more though I DO think $750 for a curve is ridiculous.會不會感到奇怪，我見$ 500或以上，雖然我確實認為， 750元為一曲線是可笑的。 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.相結合，與偶爾“銷售： ”雖然（可能是200元，小康為偶爾一周出售）象所有其他消費類電子產品，我們正處在球場。