Impact of AT&T Value Plans on Premium Smartphones
Last week, AT&T announced lower pricing options for their contract subscribers by splitting device subsidy costs from service plans. This seems like a direct result of T-Mobile’s move to eliminate subsidies and slash contract prices. This move should have major repercussions for operating margins at carriers and the sales of premium smartphones.
With this announcement, it is becoming increasingly clear that the basis of competition among US carriers is shifting. Previously, large carriers like AT&T and Verizon could leverage their service quality to charge higher prices. But as service quality has improved, the basis of competition (starting with more price sensitive customers) is shifting to price and flexibility in contract structure. As a result, low-end disruptors like T-Mobile have been able to challenge the status quo. With the threat of increased subscriber churn, leading carriers like AT&T and Verizon have no choice but to follow suit in this “race to the bottom”.
Impact on Premium Smartphone SalesAs I’ve shown before, US carriers typically conceal smartphone pricing from consumers. This model gave premium smartphones, like the iPhone and Galaxy flagships, an unnaturally high share of the region’s smartphone market. AT&T’s new pricing model is a stark departure from that — Compare AT&T’s new pricing model (shown in the chart at the top of this post), with their original pricing (shown below):
On contract, the most expensive smartphone was previously just 14% costlier than the cheapest. This disparity has now grown to 37%, which is similar to the disparity at T-Mobile.
We already know that premium smartphones owned a lower sales share at T-Mobile in Q2 and Q3 2013, as compared to AT&T. This was undoubtedly a result of greater pricing disparity between premium and mid-range smartphones. As other major carriers begin to adopt this model, the market is likely to begin shifting from premium to mid-range smartphones as well. More precisely, a change in pricing from the Tier-1 model to the Tier-2 model is likely to cause the basis of competition in the US smartphone market to shift.
Source: http://www.tech-thoughts.net/2013/12/t-mobile-att-smartphone-pricing-opaque.html
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