Comments on: UK: Nokia 1208 is only £24.99 SIM-free at MobileFun! http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/25/uk-nokia-1208-is-only-2499-sim-free-at-mobilefun.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:05:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: mphone http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/25/uk-nokia-1208-is-only-2499-sim-free-at-mobilefun.html/comment-page-1/#comment-330219 mphone Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:07:23 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=25510#comment-330219 Truth of the matter is that Mobile Phones like DVD players are actually very cheap to manufacture and we have all been paying for products that are over valued in relation to their "actual" manufacturing cost. I call it the Big Mac Theory. i.e. A Big Mac only costs 20p to make (yep, that's right! the meat, the cheese all the ingredients, etc..) but sold for £2.00. It's about time all these technological devices dropped their price. Also, mobilefun buy from the same suppliers as us and we are both paying 18 GBP (ex Vat) from DataSelect. (insider info) Truth of the matter is that Mobile Phones like DVD players are actually very cheap to manufacture and we have all been paying for products that are over valued in relation to their “actual” manufacturing cost.

I call it the Big Mac Theory. i.e. A Big Mac only costs 20p to make (yep, that’s right! the meat, the cheese all the ingredients, etc..) but sold for £2.00.

It’s about time all these technological devices dropped their price. Also, mobilefun buy from the same suppliers as us and we are both paying 18 GBP (ex Vat) from DataSelect. (insider info)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/25/uk-nokia-1208-is-only-2499-sim-free-at-mobilefun.html/comment-page-1/#comment-318830 Andrew Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:42:34 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=25510#comment-318830 Actually Asda had an offer on last year where they were selling DVD players for £9. Not sure if you can still get them for that price. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23382984-details/A+DVD+player+for+just+%C2%A39+at+ASDA/article.do Actually Asda had an offer on last year where they were selling DVD players for £9. Not sure if you can still get them for that price.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23382984-details/A+DVD+player+for+just+%C2%A39+at+ASDA/article.do

]]>