[George W. Bush]

I just bought my brother a TMobile,prepaid phone. He got it ripped off and got one exactly like it at Walmart for $39.95. He calls me from Oregon and I hear him just fine.

Attention Wal-Mart shoppers, the iPhone will never ever be in stock in this location.

We're talking about luxury goods here. Not some crapola mass-market phone. Apple doesn't even want to beat everyone. They just want the upscale customers. And all of their money of course.

A lot of people don't know it but you can buy cellphones for up to $40,000. And they just make calls and have platinum shells and such. There is a market for luxury goods, you know.

[MediaMole]

The one very real problem with the iPhone in the high-end market is the iPhone’s inability to work with a Microsoft Exchange server. That will keep a lot of business users away from the iPhone.

[philetus]

A lot of people don’t know it but you can buy cellphones for up to $40,000.”

I don’t care how wealthy they are, anyone who would pay $40,000 for a cell is stupid.

(Paris) “Nicole, look at my $40,000,Platinum, cell.
(Nicole) “OOOOOOOOOOAAAAHHHHHHHHH, how does it work?
(Paris) “I don’t know.

[6SJ7]

A lot of people don't know it but you can buy cellphones for up to $40,000.

I presume the $40k model comes with a butler to answer the phone!   ;-)