[asterisk-users] Hardphone SIP phone costs

[John Faubion]

 > when you look at the iPhone with all its amazing features for less than
$500.00 it just doesn't make sense.  Am I the only one that thinks this?  
 
Remember that the service providers such as AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, Verizon
and so forth, subsidize the cost of the phones because they make it up over
the course of the contract. Hence the reason that some phones that have an
initial cost when sold with a 1 year contract may be free initially with a 2
year contract. Even some VoIP phones and ATA's are done this way but only
through service providers. Take the subsidies away and that iPhone is pretty
pricey.
 
John
 
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