Filed in archive Motorola by Rico Mossesgeld on July 21, 2006

The Motorola Q was launched last May, before this blog went online. It's been generating buzz for over a year before its release, impressing with its ultra-thin profile and full qwerty keyboard.

Currently only Verizon Wireless offers it, costing $199 (with $100 rebate and a 2 year contract).

At such a low price, you can't help but wonder if Motorola and Verizon are absorbing losses on each unit sold. Business Week Online reports on the Q's production costs. The Q is also available under a 1 year contract, but at $349.

Are the heavy subsidies by Verizon and Motorola worth it?

Related Entries:

New Motorola Q Update Available - 14 December 2006
OPEC Production Cuts in 2007? - 02 January 2007
Make Your Motorola Q Go Black Without Verizon's Help - 04 January 2007
Will the Motorola Ming Switch to Windows Mobile? - 15 July 2007
How the BBC uses Linux for its TV production - 19 March 2008
iPhone production to be cut? Blame the economy - 04 November 2008

« Syncing Your Handheld to ... | Main | Intel Shows it Can Be Don... »

Permalink: Motorola Q's Production Costs

Tags: Motorola Q production costs

Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/29771

Addthis

Ask

Blinklist

del.icio.us

Digg

Fark

Facebook

Google

Lycos

Ma.gnolia

Mr Wong

Netscape

Netvousz

Newsvine

StumbleUpon

Slashdot

Tailrank

Technorati

Wink

Yahoo

Vote for Motorola Q's Production Costs:

Currently 9.80/10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Rating: 9.80 out of 5 vote(s) cast.

Add your response to Motorola Q's Production Costs:

Name: *

Email: (will never be shown)*

URL:

(* marked fields are required)

Notify me if more comments appear?

Subscribe to The Smart PDA newsletter? (Newsletters are sent out weekly).

Remember me

Security Code: *
(Please help us to sort out spam.)

Please enter your comment here: (Sorry, no HTML is allowed - URLs will be made clickable automatically if you add http:// to your URL.)

We welcome your comments, however all comments are moderated. Offensive or off-topic comments will be deleted and not displayed.

Share It

Marketplace

mobile broadband

Use the search to look for other interesting posts

How it works | Vision & Calls | Cost

What's on

Have you seen what you can get with BT's digital tv?

BT Vision and Calls

Did you know that BT offers great deals in cheap mobile calls and cheap international phone calls? If you have a phone line with BT, come and see how we can reduce your bill of your home phone.

Get one of our broadband telephone packages to get even more entertainment at a great value.

How it works

With BT Vision now you can enjoy Freeview digital tv channels, radio channels and a great range of on demand entertainment.

Cost

Get a deal at a great value with our digital tv packages. Visit our website to find out more.

What you need

BT Phone line

BT Total Broadband

A TV and aerial

Freeview coverage

Speed test | Availability | Support

BT Total Broadband

Want fast, broadband wireless internet? Get BT Total Broadband.

Speed test

If you are unsure of how fast your line is, have a broadband speed test. You just have to enter your telephone number or postcode below. You will need a minimum of 2MB speed to be able to get BT Vision.

Enter phone number
or postcode

Availability

Want to see check broadband availability in your local area? Enter your postcode in our broadband postcode checker below and find out what is available to you.

Enter postcode

Support

BT offers great support with broadband services. Do you need broadband help? Contact us and we will be more than happy to help you.