Sony Ericsson S710a

The price of this phone doe's make sense considering all the things it has on it but man carriers need to start making there phones cheaper, when WCDMA comes out there phones are goin to be 500 and over and people in the UNITED STATES aren't going to nesaricly spend that much money on a phone. I know in japan there high tech phones are a lot cheaper then what they sell them for in america so whats goin on, also cingular sells there phones to high, i don't like verizon but there plans and phones are much cheaper then cingulars. O well i'll still get the s710a but its goin to be my main phone for a long time cause this mess is costly lol