Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013)
by FearlessNebula on Monday November 07, 2022 @08:25AM
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Do those sub $300 phones sell well in the EU? My only experience with a $150 USD phone, Samsung A10, was that it was so slow it was nearly unusable. I wasn’t really sure who the market is for that phone. Maybe at €250 the A32 is a much better experience, and I know the 6a is great but that’s also nearly the price of the SE
Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013)
by uni_rule on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:05PM
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I am under the impression that they do because Europeans tend to buy phones unlocked up front at retail much more often than their American counterparts. Sadly a lot of phone manufacturers trying to break into the US market still don't know a vast majority get their phone in installments via their carrier.
Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013)
by benhurmarcel on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:24AM
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Yes those phones sell well in Europe. In fact I got the list by looking at top selling phones on some online retailers like Amazon.
Most of them aren’t very good you’re right, but most people aren’t willing to pay more. Keep in mind that the north in most of Europe is to pay for the unlocked phone upfront, not finance it though the carrier.
And the SE is €200 more expensive than the Pixel 6A as I detailed. Not even the same ballpark.
A Samsung A13 is €156, a Xiaomi 9A is €100, a Google Pixel 6A is €365, a Samsung A32 is €250...
So yes Apple is significantly more expensive than most of the Android phones, at least looking at the ones that sell well.