And did the Finance minister remove the taxes on mobile phones? Or I am just wrong and engaging in wishful thinking.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:53 AM, ndungu stephen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ndungustephen@gmail.com">ndungustephen@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">When you watch the iPhone 3G first introduction speech on &quot;youtube&quot; for 70 countries by steve jobs :</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fspQQ8TzobU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fspQQ8TzobU</a></span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

<br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Kenya is one of the countries mentioned and he said that they shall make iPhones affordable at $199-USD for 8GB</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">and $299 for 16GB. And that included Kenya.</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Now i dont think anyone has got any of these phones at that price - and that is where some business men in Kenya go wrong.</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">And may be where Safaricom and Equity got it right.</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">&quot;Volume in sales creates popularity and eventually increase in business&quot;</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

<br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">I dont know whether its greed or some sort of bureaucracy but selling the iPhone at USD. 1000 has never occured in the history of the iPhone. The first iPhones were worth USD.499 and that was because of premier product research recovery.</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

<br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">So what is the deal with selling them at x5 the price ? You should see the prices at sarit center Apple store.</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">

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