It’s been just over a month since Rogers started selling Android phones and the prices are coming down already. Both the HTC Magic and HTC Dream can be picked up for only $99 with a new three year contract. The first though to cross my mind is that a price drop like this is great for android and for consumers. But after taking a step back an assessing the situation, there might be something bigger at play. Last month, Rogers also launched the iPhone 3G S for $99 as well. Rogers could be working with HTC to lower the cost so that their Android phones match the price of the iPhone. It’s hard for any phone to compete against the iPhone if you can’t event beat it on price.
A second scenario could be that Rogers will soon be launching the HTC Hero with the new and improved Sense UI. Rogers would first want to deplete their current stock of Android phones since I’m quite sure no one would want to buy either of there handsets if they had the option of picking up the Hero.
Whichever way you look at it, the consumer definitely benefits from this price drop on both handsets. Lets just hope that T-Mobile USA drops the price of the myTouch 3G a month after launching it.
