Who would buy a $500 phone and pay $100 a month or more to feed it? And why?
An iTard? LOL
Mr. Peel bought an HP "smart phone" (model 6513?) Bluetooth *almost* worked. WiFi *almost* worked. The Phone part - so-so. Price: Over $550.00. After playing with it for 10 days, he decided to return it to T-Mobile. Reason: T-Mobile decided to drop support for the phone as it was *almost* good enough to support.
Paying $550.00 for something that *almost* worked versus $600.00 that is expected to work flawlessly is a no-brainer. (Now, of course, if the iPhone doesn't work, that's a different story -- it goes back!)
Gee, I can remember when a phone was something you used to call someone. Didn’t do anything else, just rang when someone was calling you (had no clue who). (I can even remember party lines … old is not a state of mind, just being able to remember things that others are to young to remember). ;-)
I suspect vanity plays a large part of it. No shame in that though. My dad is getting one, I’m waiting. Not because of price, but worries about the touch screen. Combining my cell phone and nano will be nice, not to mention double the space for songs.
$500 for a phone? $100 a month payment?
LOL!
Ask the 1 million+ people who already pre-ordered it.
The iPhone is the Paris Hilton of the smart phone genre.
The same people that would kill you for your new sneakers.
And why?
Bad wiring?
Now, that’s my question. The answer is: We have a generation of people who need toys at hand all waking hours, the cost be danged.
(I went to Lowe’s for a gallon of custom paint. The young man at the desk was very knowledgeable, but addicted to text messaging. I’ll bet he read and sent text messages 15 times between the time I first spoke to him and the time he gave me my bucket of paint.)
The list price of the RAZR is around $400-$500, and they sold 50 million of ‘em. It’s a very nice phone, with a lot of nice features that I use every single day. Plus it’s tax-deductible as a business expense.
"Apple and AT&T today announced service plans for iPhone, 4 days before its release in the US at 6pm local time on Friday, June 29. The plans are $59.99/mo for 450 minutes, $79.99 for 900 minutes, and $99.99 for 1350 minutes, and all include unlimited data, 200 SMS messages, rollover minutes, and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. Any other standard AT&T service plan may also be used. A two year service plan is required, with a $175 cancellation fee if terminated early. In addition, activations are done via iTunes, so only the hardware is purchased in the store. Interestingly, activation of a contract via iTunes is required to enable the iPod/syncing functionality of the phone as well. (It will remain to be seen whether there are workarounds for this for those who only want the iPod functionality of iPhone, and whether the iPhone is easily unlockable for those who wish to try it on alternate carriers, and so on.)"