Should not be voting for a phone that already markets itself as a cheap phone (OnePlus). We have seen price drops of the LG G2 showing that there is potential for it to be cheaper, and the Galaxy S5 is also overpriced.
This way, we get more value as the % difference in actual retail vs mass drop price is greater.
hmmm...yeah. I assume it's because good smartphone companies tend to have existing and very profitable ties with Internet Service Providers so they're already selling in bulk at huge trade discounts to said networks. Plus, with their robust distribution networks (save for the OnePlus One which is still a little bit too young to have a developed global logistics operation which means if it does get here...it'll be damnably expensive). There's obviously much less of an initiative to sell it to a site that will buy in bulk like the Internet Service providers (except these guys buy a helluvalot more), and risk the chance of not selling whereas selling to retailers or in their own retail stores would easily wash their hands of the products, and at a larger profit at that. My 2 cents on the situation
just reasonable worldwide shipping would be great. I had an invite, but by the time I would be done with duty, taxes, sipping and brokerage it would cost more than something like the Xperia Z2 or HTC One M8.