subject: Mobile Prices Are Decided By What Factors? [print this page] A decade back, buying a mobile phone was viewed as an act of extravagance. Today, no more is it a matter of luxury or grandeur. With greater availability of technology and with an overall spurt in demand, mobile prices keep falling by the day. Today, even kids with no income can afford to buy a mobile phone with saved up pocket money!
Communication technology has made such advancements, that today mobile communication has become a matter of necessity more than a sign of opulence. We know that the price of any commodity is inversely proportional to the growth in demand. This is the reason why cell phone prices are on the decline, despite the fact that mobiles today offer more technologies than just basic calling and messaging facilities.
The prices of mobile phones depend on the number and the type of features it boasts of. Mere utility phones are becoming almost extinct with the advent of smartphones and touchscreen phones.
A smartphone brings a lot on board. Apart from calling and messaging, you can also browse the web, attend video conferencing, use social networking forums, click pictures on the camera and listen to music.
Hence these cells charge a lot of bucks as well. You may be amazed to know that brands such as Apple and HTC produce mobiles which are more expensive than even a few laptops.
The other factor deciding mobile prices is the brand. For brand-specific and brand-obsessed people, this is a major criterion of selecting a mobile. The features, technologies and facilities offered in two discrete mobile phones may be the same, but the cost will vary with difference in brand-reputation.
For instance an Apple iPhone or a Sony Ericsson smartphone may cost you a fortune, whereas a lesser known brand producing a cell with similar features may not be as expensive.
Mobile prices as you must have surely realized by now, depend on the brand and the features on offer. So choose wisely while buying one!
