Whats ATTs cost per phone/unit ea.@?

even if the phone were to cost $400 you also have to factor in advertising, labor, etc.

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@Tilt-A-Rama wrote:
I betcha the Inspire doesnt cost ATT more than $2-250. per unit. If it costs them $400.,theyre sellinit for $600 ferkrIstsakes! Whatev. Itsa biz.

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often than not when I look at the unbranded versions of the same device from the manufacturer for sale they usually cost MORE than the unsubsidized price for the carrier version.

Just the fact that manufacturers charge more for unbranded versions shows that carriers don't always dictate the pricing of the devices.  Also some of those bloatware apps may reduce the price of the devices to carriers which offsets some of the money they pay.  Without actually knowing the agreements between manufacturers, and/or carriers we will never know.

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@Tilt-A-Rama wrote:
Who dictates the price is not my question. Just wondering if anyone knows or might wanna guess how much HTC charges ATT for each Inspire?

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No one will know without knowing the deal they have with each other.  🙂  So asking in this forum is kinda moot as no one who would know would ever visit a customer to customer board.  Mods won't know as they are probably not high enough on the food chain to know.

Att pays more then a dollar and less then a thousand for a no contract full price phone. doesnt; really matter what they pay for each unit, they are not a charity and pricing is set to make a profit on the purchase of a no contract phone. Contract phones are discounted greately becasue the profit margin comes from the required service contract being fullfilled or the etf + the used portion of the required service contract.