After they buy a smartphone or tablet, most people buy extras such as cases, apps and so on.
For you, roughly how much are these "extras" as a percentage of the orginal cost of the phone or tablet?
For my work iPhone, I've just bought an armband from eBay for < $10 and for my work iPad, I've just bought a Geckogear case for $5. The extras % in my case would be around 1% each to date (if I had paid for the phone and tablet).
That was rude, Escimojoe…
and to answer your question ihbh, 1% sounds about right.
Rude but gotta say, I agree with him.
It's not rude. Read his previous posts, comments etc. This guy is trolling for free information for a purpose. It's not in the spirit of Ozbargain and you're just oblivious to it. Ozhunter..i accidentally negged you didn't mean to.
Just asking out of curiosity. Definitely not trying to get into the case manufacturing or similar business. Friends typically buy extras up to 20%.
I"ll do a quick calc
Phone: Samsung SIII 32 GB $550
Spare Batteries: $10
Cases: $20
Screen Protector: $1
Apps, etc: $0
Chargers: $5
MicroSD(64gb): $60
Extras: Roughly $100
So roughly 20%; I don't know how you guys got 1% though; seems really low.
However, I did notice that used iPhone/iPad as a comparison for yours; which
1) Will most likely be more expensive than my S3
2) Does not offer expandable memory (without that, my percentage would be around 6%)
3) No 'replacable batteries'
It pays to be bargains savvy..or in my case, to know people who are:)..Thanks OZBARGAINERS!!!! Can't remember the last time I've bought something at RRP. Must have been before sept 2011
Yeah, the S3 at the time was quite cheap; was at around $600 or so at Kogan; and had a RRP of around $800. Found an Aus stock(by request) at eglobal for $550; which I considered quite cheap; as my friend ordered a 16gb S3 from Kogan at $500. So for $50 I got an extra internal 16gb as well as (possible) 1 extra year warranty
2) Does not offer expandable memory (without that, my percentage would be around 6%)
3) No 'replacable batteries'
Those are the biggest money burners
Chargers: $5
Why do you need an extra charger for? O_O
It's just the USB to MicroUSB cables; you can never have too many; just have one in the car, other room computers, work and whatnot
True true, I'd say $3 until they break ($1 each) :)
Still, the biggest factor is the expandable storage for "accessories"
My phone was $799 or so and I have maybe $20 worth of apps, so about 2.503128911138924%, I can go to more decimal places if you need.
my friend lost her charger on an old samsng glaxy 5 and had to pay $30 for phone and car chargers!
newbie dummies may get more ripped off?
newbie dummies may get more ripped off?
No, just people who don't look in the right places.
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