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Over 24 months, what will a N900 phone and service need to cost?
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allnameswereout
2009-06-10 , 17:03
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People apparently like to compare a (speculated) Nokia N900 phone with the Nokia N97 which is about to be released. The Nokia N97 is probably somewhere inbetween the Android G1 and Palm Pre/Apple iPhone 3GS for non SIMlocked one. [EDIT]Price wise inbetween I meant but I read it will cost 700 USD. We'll see exact details when it is available.[/EDIT]
One thing I know for sure, and that is that I apparantly phone a lot less than the average person. 100 USD for voice a month. WTF?!?! That is for average consumers? And I thought 24 months 30 EUR for an iPhone 3G 8 GB and 150 min phone_minutes/sms a month was already a lot, and that was the cheapest subscription available.
I've seen this funky commercial targetted at business on TV, saying it has one bundle for 'phone, e-mail, sms, and internet'. Maybe I'm from the past but I wonder what the difference is between e-mail and internet. Probably thet refers to push-mail. The nice thing though, is that one can spread the costs with colleagues.
What is the difference between data and messaging in the iPhone subscription? Does the latter refer to visual voice mail or SMS or something?
Nike+ is more a gimmick; if you mention that there are a lot of other things to compare, hardware-wise. It remains to be seen how good BlueTooth is on either; I also do not see tethering mentioned.
If I ever tend to phone a lot more while in home country I will subscribe for 5 EUR more the data plan which allows VoIP (total for 15 EUR a month), or use VPN. If N900 supports OpenVPN (I dont' see why not possible) that is for me a great value over S60-based phones. I also do not believe these subscriptions stated are really 'unlimited'.
From a site claiming to save your pockets I'd rather expect cheaper subscriptions and explain the status of VoIP, or include information about applications on the device which can help you tracking down your pocket (such as the fuel analyzing program for Maemo). Or explain how you can phone cheap via landlines because from what I remember that is cheap or even free in USA.
So what this site does is trying to make it easy for a consumer to chose, but I see several elements where they're biased or unclear. The Misc elements are incomplete. We all know the MP doesn't say much about the quality of the camera, and is video editing really such a big deal for the average customer, will it be impossible on Palm Pre and Android G1? I rather prefer reviews by professionals where there is some kind of community-based peer review.
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