Retail price to be $587

[Trusstopher]

We don't have Costco's here in Oklahoma, but we do have Sam's Club and from what I understand, they have pretty similar business models. I know that a majority of revenue at Sam's is membership fees and their profit margins on products are extremely low; especially in electronics (I believe they mark up is around 1% on TVs, if that). I've heard a lot of people talk about going to Costco to buy their phones, but what kind of price difference do you see between Costco and a VWZ store on the majority of top-tier phones? What ever that difference is should give you a good idea of VZW's markup on phones and what kind of kick up might be seen on this 587 price point...

[Tuktanuk]

Honestly...... 587.00 for a phone is just too expensive. My new every 2 is up and I am just waiting. I can tell you this; no way am I spending over 250.00 for a phone. I don't care what it's got.

[Howling]

I wonder what the price will be with a 2 year contract.

[Trusstopher]

I wonder what the price will be with a 2 year contract.

The generally accepted theory is $299 with a secondary hope at $249...

[Liderc]

We don't have Costco's here in Oklahoma, but we do have Sam's Club and from what I understand, they have pretty similar business models. I know that a majority of revenue at Sam's is membership fees and their profit margins on products are extremely low; especially in electronics (I believe they mark up is around 1% on TVs, if that). I've heard a lot of people talk about going to Costco to buy their phones, but what kind of price difference do you see between Costco and a VWZ store on the majority of top-tier phones? What ever that difference is should give you a good idea of VZW's markup on phones and what kind of kick up might be seen on this 587 price point...

When I bought my younger brother the Droid Inc 2, I got it for $69 at Costco and it was still $179 at my Verizon store.

[Trusstopher]

When I bought my younger brother the Droid Inc 2, I got it for $69 at Costco and it was still $179 at my Verizon store.

I'm assuming those were 2-year contract prices?

[Liderc]

Correct

It also came with a car charger and a case.

Costco has great deals on phones, I was going to buy the Bionic from Costco, but I wasn't aware that the big box stores don't get phones until a week or two after their normal release.

[Arkbird]

Looks like it's going to be the $299 we all dreaded. Oh well, I'll still get it unless my family switches to Sprint beforehand (ugh).

DROID Bionic Hits MAP at $299 Starting September 8 - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

[sk102704]

Looks like it's going to be the $299 we all dreaded. Oh well, I'll still get it unless my family switches to Sprint beforehand (ugh).

DROID Bionic Hits MAP at $299 Starting September 8 - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

I'm disappointed but not surprised at this price. I would expect the price of the next big phones (Vigor, iPhone, Prime, SG2 if 4glte) to be at least the same. Guess I'll have to wait on buying some of the accessories.

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