10 I assume you missed the last line of my post?

Are we still talking in the same context here?
I was answering Mattbutts' post, where he was referencing 'the deal' for the 'clueless'.

I also calculate the cost of a phone as Purchase price - Resale price. Obviously you'd have to tack on operational cost (monthly bills), which I assume would be similar if we start off with unlocked phones without contract.

I think there's plenty enough of iPhone vs XXXXXX threads out there, I don't think we need to rehash any of those here;

My point was that the iPhone is a good fit for the mass. And why should 'we' care about this? Because we need those f'in mass too.

If n900/maemo/MeeGo is a cow, then the masses is a huge green pasteur where it can grow and multiply and thrive. They can fund Nokia/Intel/Our Overlords, and we can tag along for the ride, assuming Nokia doesn't become an assh*t and close the platform.

ps: yes, you can get a status-bar-like app for the iPhone where you can toggle things from anywhere, without going in/out of the settings app.

pps: no, you don't need to always change the brightness manually on iPhones, because they have auto-brightness setting which works rather well.

So at the end of the day, you're paying $4-500 for the n900.

Whereas someone who bought the iPhone at full price $600-ish can probably resell it for $3-400 when they upgrade, bringing their cost down to $2-300.

GOTO 10