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Smartphone prices have been around $450-$550 for as long as I can remember. I think its less of a market demand, r&d, advertising (until a little bit ago how often did you see a smartphone advertisement) and more of that's just how it is. I understand R&D costs but HTC made this phone using nothing they haven't used before so its not that high. That goes for most of HTCs phones. But hey that's why you got contracts and ebay.