pricing (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-03-19 02:17 (#57GY) Some further digging shows that list price in USA is $500 each and the base unit is $1,665.00 -- but this dealer http://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2015/01/is_the_icom_ip100h_radio_worth_the_price.aspx is already discounting (on application). Since there are no license fees, the prices can't be compared directly to the lower cost for other similar sized radios which do require license fees.I found this in a car racing magazine -- ICOM is sponsoring a race team in Australia who use the system for communication between pit crew members. They must be using with headphones and maybe even noise canceling mics for that very loud environment?? Re: pricing (Score: 1) by imaponyimapony@pipedot.org on 2015-03-21 18:30 (#5DGB) Maybe that's on par with prices for licensed radio equipment, don't know. I can't help but think there's a $2.99 app that does the same thing. Re: pricing (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-03-22 03:05 (#5E28) I was thinking just about the same thing. But companies buy the $200+ Motorola radios because you can submerge them, bounce them off the pavement, stand on them, etc., and they'll keep working. That feature is worth quite a bit of extra money. A cellphone isn't nearly as durable or as reliable.
Re: pricing (Score: 1) by imaponyimapony@pipedot.org on 2015-03-21 18:30 (#5DGB) Maybe that's on par with prices for licensed radio equipment, don't know. I can't help but think there's a $2.99 app that does the same thing. Re: pricing (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-03-22 03:05 (#5E28) I was thinking just about the same thing. But companies buy the $200+ Motorola radios because you can submerge them, bounce them off the pavement, stand on them, etc., and they'll keep working. That feature is worth quite a bit of extra money. A cellphone isn't nearly as durable or as reliable.
Re: pricing (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-03-22 03:05 (#5E28) I was thinking just about the same thing. But companies buy the $200+ Motorola radios because you can submerge them, bounce them off the pavement, stand on them, etc., and they'll keep working. That feature is worth quite a bit of extra money. A cellphone isn't nearly as durable or as reliable.