That arguably leaves Spotify needing to offer something different — perhaps some sort of
subsidized price for its device, based on listeners having a Spotify Premium subscription — if it's to differentiate its own hardware versus other options already out there.
Not exact matches
This would entail lowering the
price even more
for a
device that is believed to already have been
subsidized to keep initial costs low.
As principal analyst at The Enderle Group, Rob Enderle, points out: «This is a
subsidized device that comes with advertisements that make money
for the company and offsets that manufacturing
price, giving Amazon its profit margins.»
Subsidized pricing was not disclosed in the memo obtained by BGR; the
device will retail
for $ 499.99.
Sprint has not announced its
subsidized price for the Galaxy Note Edge, but the
device will cost $ 840 off - contract, and $ 0 down and $ 35 per month
for 24 months under Sprint's Easy Pay plan.