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T68i estimated prices revealed! |
allexdos
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www.mphone.co.uk are taking pre-orders for the T68i in which they estimate delivery in May!
I would not regard that as a reliable estimate. Mphone are dealers that either estimate themselves or receive info from the distributors e.g Data Select UK. Distributors do not know when stocks will arive accurately. Factory dispatch dates and distributor delivery dates may vary a lot due to slow shipping by sea etc...
My guess is that first T68i shipments will be receieved in the UK my end of march! We will see.
Prices of the T68i at initial launch, will be higher than the current T68m! T68i is a new product and will be at a higher price like the T68m at launch due to intertemporal price discrimination. Prices should be around 10-15% initially higher than current T68m prices.
But i do think T68i prices will fall much faster and more as SE will probably learn from excess demand condition that the T68m exhibited and will supply f**k loads of T68i that should satisfy all the eurozone demand unlike T68m supplies now!
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XBone
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If by that "shipping by sea" you're tending to some US-oversea shipping, forget about that. AFAIK the new SonyEricsson are ALL built in the brandnew factory in France... |
allexdos
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France? Are you sure mate? How do you know? |
XBone
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Read that in a newspaper where there were some details about that sony-ericsson fusion. If I'm not wrong they mentioned that the two firms together had built a new factory somewhere in france, where the new phones would be produced. Maybe you can go get a T68i and see where it was made  |
allexdos
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The other thing is... when a distributor makes an order for the manufacturer, delivery of the product depends on the manufacturer solely. Manufacturer has f**k loads to send to different locations and channels.
It is a first come first served basis in that you need to strike a deal with SE first to receive stocks first. A late GSM arrival in certain parts of area would indicate very large stocks sold to other parties such as networks etc. |
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Posted: 2002-03-06 23:47
