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Re:Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data sug... by lutusp on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @11:54AM (#8232756)
> ... to a large degree no-one in the US knows or cares how much their phone costs so reducing the price has little to no impact.

But it's worse than that. Many Americans are such complete consumers that they'll pick the higher-priced item solely because it has a higher price, "reasoning" that, if it has a higher price, then it must have a higher value.

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Re:Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data sug... by DanBC on Thursday August 28, 2014 @08:55AM (#8236957)
> Many Americans are such complete consumers that they'll pick the higher-priced item solely because it has a higher price, "reasoning" that, if it has a higher price, then it must have a higher value.

App stores and the rush to freemium with IAPs are a counter to your point.

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