Sentences with phrase «expensive than any useful»

I checked my cell phone carrier's website, and found that by the end of my planned travel for this winter and spring, the Solis would be less expensive than any useful international roaming plan I could sign up for — that includes the cost of the device and day passes, though factors in my travel companions who can also avoid the pricey roaming plans.

Not exact matches

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

It seems ridiculous to say that the 21 - year - old Lancastrian is currently more useful than one of the most expensive players in world football, but Pogba's sloppiness after entering the fray in place of Marouane Fellaini was painful to watch.

It has useful information in it about the products but also information about why they are better... eg the amount of twists in the thread and why it's important to have more rather than less twists but how that makes a more expensive product as it uses more thread.

This high chair is more expensive than some, but has some features that may make it useful for a longer time.

Since ultrasound is less expensive than commonly used imaging methods like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the technique could be useful in lowering the costs to patients being treated for cancer.

I believe that its developer and the team behind it have taken a long and dedicated time to actually make such a useful app for all gay men, which is different than other apps out there that are almost useless and expensive.

Parents commented that they found it very interesting, useful and a lot less expensive than shop bought playdough!

And while the interior offers premium materials, and the 2016 Mercedes - Benz B250e — as it's now called — offers a better driving experience than many other EVs, it's more expensive than plug - in hybrids like the Volt and i3, but without the useful range of a base - model Tesla.

It has more useful features than the more expensive readers on the market, and I'm not tied to one source of ebooks.

Developers involved in this iPad app mentioned that the deals are in initial stages as the upscale restaurants still want to make sure that iPad apps can be really useful and be cost effective as it is obvious that it is a bit expensive than paper menus.

It may be a bit more expensive than other smaller tablets, but TG claims it has «a lot of features that set it apart from the pack,» in addition to excellent battery life and «useful multitasking controls.»

This is useful in a directional selection programme because improvements may be achieved by indirect selection, for example, by using alternative tests that are readily available rather than direct selection for traits that may occur later in life or that may be difficult or expensive to measure.

It's MORE expensive than standalone blu - ray players so the Blu - Ray in it is only useful to people who are TRULY buying it as a game player as well.

Non-hydro «renewable» electrical energy is also more expensive to produce from a system viewpoint than most fossil fuel energy; non-hydro «renewable» sources have a much shorter useful life and operate for much less of each year at much less of their rated capacity.

a. Prenuptial agreements will be far more expensive than would otherwise be the case because lawyers will need to analyze the parties» current and prospective circumstances in order to be able to provide any kind of useful advice, and will need to draft contracts with loose terms and enormous disclaimers in order to handle such uncertainty.

Or do they think that lawyers might not have to pay the full cost of regulation if the government did it, or that the government would not get involved in expensive frills like subsidizing law libraries or running parental leave programs or paying benchers... or define whatever cost of the law society you happen to think is a frill rather than useful.

This is useful in a few instances, but the vast majority of people shy away from purchasing cash value insurance because the premiums are significantly more expensive than Indiana term life insurance policies.

At $ 349, the smart speaker, released February 9, is leaps and bounds more expensive than similar (and perhaps more useful) products from other companies like the Amazon Echo and Google Home.

Tech companies in general haven't figured out what smartwatches are useful for other than being expensive fashion objects.