Odd

[Darth Mike 420]

Why is it that you can buy the KRZR for cheaper through Motorola (unlocked, brand new) than from cricket directly? That seems odd to me.

http://www.store.motorola.com/mot/e...etail&productID=88518GHBPA&showAddButton=true

http://www.mycricket.com/plansphones/motorolamotokrzrk1m

It would make sense if they were the same price.. We all know cricket doesn't discount their phones.. but why would they charge a premium for their phone?

 

[Riin]

$10 is a premium?

Different carriers. Verizon being a slightly larger company selling just a few more phones, may have a little bit more bargaining power when it comes to negotiating the price for their hanRABets.

Bottom line is you cant compare a verizon phone to a cricket phone as apples to apples even though they are the same model. They have different software and as a result they are different. Hence the different price. Also the different subsidy models (contract vs no contract) of the companies in question play into it as well.

 

[luke666808g]

Weird, the first phone I looked at there said unlocked, not verizon... same price.

I'm not complaining about the price difference.. it just seems odd that cricket charges more than motorola does for the exact same phone...

 

[koriek361]

doesn't verizon cripple the bluetooth on their phones? that would make it not the same. also someone convinced me that the touch controls don't work yet on verizon's due to lack of implementation in the firmware version they are shipping.

and i'm not about to QQ over $10