

AT&T is finally rolling out its LTE service








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By kidboodah on 9/16/2011 2:17:07 PM , Rating: 2
It's similar pricing to the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 on Verizon, but it has a 1.5ghz dual core processor compared to it's 1ghz dual core. Plus the camera is better. AT&T also offers the Acer tablet for about $330 with contract - it's not like you don't have cheaper choices. I'm sure if HTC could manufacture the Jetstream for $300, then AT&T would offer it for much less. You act like the carrier dictates the price simply based on how much they can extort out of customers and cost of materials have nothing to do with it.

As far as the TMobile purchase, people who know nothing of the regulatory processes related to cell phone towers are primarily the ones that think that a wireless carrier can just pop up a tower wherever there is poor coverage in a month or two. To sit there and go, well AT&T just isn't spending enough money on new towers know nothing of the process. I know of one tower that TMobile waited 2 years on approval just to add another antenna on. An antenna on an already existing tower! It's not a matter of capital -- what AT&T is trying to do with the merger is to bypass the years of local government processes that it would take to build the thousands of towers to serve their customers the merger would give them, basically overnight.


By cknobman on 9/16/2011 5:18:38 PM , Rating: 2
you forgot to sign your post

"sponsored by AT&T"

You are 100% wrong about HTC having anything to do with the outrageous price AT&T is charging for the tablet. The reason the price is so high is because AT&T is raping the sh!t out of customers who want 4G and because AT&T figures there are enough suckers out there to pay up.

By kidboodah on 9/16/2011 9:33:05 PM , Rating: 2

If anyone is doing the would be HTC. Check out the link above and read about how implementing LTE would cost Apple about 23% more to put LTE into their cellphone. Do you think there is a substantial difference in the extra cost LTE brings to a tablet?

And you're ignoring the fact that wireless carriers stand to benefit more if a tablet like the Jetstream is $100...$200...because that means mass adoption...more data $$$ on a monthly basis. Carriers don't care about the equipment unless it's a matter of an exclusive model that will drive subscribers to that particular carrier. I'm sure Verizon and AT&T would LOVE to sell the Galaxy Tab and Honeycomb for $99.99.

