It's not 100 bucks. It really is 600, the other 500 is covered in your plan when you are forced to join. Lucky for me its much more simple to these costs out thanks to the plans out here (Australia), they're much fairer and cheaper.

Btw, I dont think anyone should upgrade to the Atrix2 when compared to the competition or cheaper offers.

I think the best phone in 2011 was the original Motorola Atrix 4G.
You could've bought that phone for $840 outright and enjoy using it from Feb to November. That's NINE MONTHS and the phone would still be up there among the best.

And the current best is only marginally better say the iPhone 4S or SGSII. The Tegra2, although inferior, blazes fast with the gig of ram. The gpu is "good enough" and there's heaps of battery life. The cameras are great (1080p@30fps) and the screen is gorgeous. Not to mention the heaps of storage (thanks microSD) all in a good form factor. They've also managed to cram some nifty features (fingerprint scanner, HD-dock, WebTop/Laptop).

If I can get one today for $350 outright, what reason would I pay $800 for a 16GB iPhone 4S ??

(and now remember the ICS/Galaxy Nexus should be available in mid-November, which means the iPhone 4S will be behind the curb in a month, and it will keep falling further and further behind the curb for the entire ~11 months)