Thread: $199 iPhone 2 (3G & GPS and exchange)
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2008-06-09 , 22:19
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Originally Posted by stjuste View Post
You can purchase an iphone. You just can't use it without signing up for a contract and activating it or unlocking it.
Well, that's not really purchasing though is it, unless I want to use it as a paperweight.

If I have to pay extra to activate it, then $199 can't possibly be described as a purchase price. All it is is an initial installment, a downpayment.


Yes, there are many smartphones that can be had for $0 plus contract but those phones don't offer the user experience of the iphone.
You're missing the point: this $199 figure everyone's getting so excited about is meaningless, because the total price of the iPhone has barely changed.

Add up all the total costs of the contract and it's pretty much what it was before, they've just chipped a bit off the initial payment.

In fact I'm surprised they didn't go for the $0 deal themselves, now THAT would have made headlines.

What I want to know is how much this costs on its own without a contract. I'm willing to bet it's exactly what the previous model costs.
Last edited by krisse; 2008-06-09 at 22:24.