song 65 : Recession killing phones?

jeez, recently a lot of walkman phones stopped production. So these are the 3 cheapest phones left.


This is W200i, price around 300+ for AP
I will definitely not buy this phone no matter what
Worst walkman phone ever! (Pardon me, Jacy, for condemning your phone)
-VGA camera
-128x160 pixel
-65,536 color CSTN
-No bluetooth
-Infrared port
-M2 Card Extension

This is W350i. Second cheapest phone, 400+ fo AP. Has all the same functions as W380i
But the design is like one of those ancient motorolla phones.
Maybe it was meant to have the retro look...

This is the third cheapest phone, W380i, currently 460 for AP (the price is dropping very fast)
Got a feeling the price might drop a lot more.
Not a popular model really...







I realise that the prices of phones are getting flushed down the bowl recently. Could it be due to the recession? Cause in economics, low sales will cause prices to be cut to encourage more sales...
Or am I wrong about that economics thing?

Now all the 3G models are so much cheaper compared to two months ago.
Even that Sony Ericsson Cybershot phone with the round buttons (forgot the name of the model)
is now 700+ only for midland phone. So i think the price for AP around 590+