When the original Razr first game out the price was also ridiculously. $1500 in 2000s money. The design was literally cutting edge. Laser cut keypad as sharp as a razor. By mid-2000 it had been commodified and you could get one free on most 2 year contracts.
They only revived that trend in the Razr, but learned it with the StarTAC, which retailed for $1000 in 1996, or about $1600 in today's money. I'm sure the DynaTAC was no better before it.
