Comments on: True cost of the iPhone – CenterNetworks does the math!

By: kk kool

kk kool — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:18:55 +0000

i still dont get it i mean i have the i phone can anyone explain to me do any of the apps on the i phone cost money? no website can give me an answer ive been let down

By: AT&T DEALER

AT&T DEALER — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:34:54 +0000

So as you all know the above calculation is no longer valid if it ever was. The Iphone say 3g is 97.00 in the store. The cheapest rate plan is 39.99 plus 5 dollars in taxes plus unlimited data plan. Now with that rate plan you also get unlimited mobile to mobile, free nights and weekends, rollover minutes and the best coverage worldwide. Now for the real cost of this extremely impressive phone over the course of a year, here it is.
Over the course of a year with the cost of the phone you are paying $997.00 THATS 1,000 DOLLARS LESS THAN WHAT THEY SAID ABOVE!!! TREAT YOURSELF TODAY!

By: Geezer

Geezer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:34:12 +0000

All this nonsense about iPhones, Blackberries, and apps represents a disappointing twist in the evolution of homo sapiens (as do the clueless comments by the majority of the children replying to the article.) I don’t feel so bad now about that comet that’s coming to wipe out life as we know it. It can only be an improvement. . .

By: Dogg

Dogg — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:01:55 +0000

This was a fun read! I love reading the apple fanboi comments here. A buddy of mine is a fanboi too… he paid $600 to cancel his current contract, $200+tax for an iphone 3g s and $100/month on a 3 year contract.

He insists his investment is $200 + tax.

My math says he is hooked into paying just over $4400 for his iphone. WHY?????????????

By: eat your words?

eat your words? — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:36:40 +0000

so 2 years larer are you ready to eat your words? sure lookslike the iphone made it and is doing great!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Reality. Hah! I was doing that math Tuesday afternoon and already have the money budgeted. It’s not actually that bad when you consider I will be getting rid of an existing cell phone, and will be paying for the iPhone out of my tech budget. I do think Cingular is going to either offer a special iPhone all-inclusive plan, or drop the price of the iPhone. The last thing in the world they want is to be the company that killed the iPhone.

By: Glen Raphael

Glen Raphael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The cheapest iPhone is $499, not $599.
The cheapest plan Cingular offers is $39, and their cheapest data plan is $9.99. People for whom cost is an issue will pick some of these options.

Your math boils down to “people who can’t afford a cellphone will find it hard to afford this one – especially if they buy the most expensive model.”

By: willfe

willfe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So people are going to drop $500 on this phone but then hobble it with a 450 minute monthly plan and a data plan that will *eat them alive* on usage fees if they try to actually *use* the phone’s data features? That $9.99 data plan doesn’t hand out a lot of data in a month — it’s trivial to blow past that limit on a device like this.

By: polysage

polysage — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s wifi, so you could restrict yourself to only using the data features when you’re in a hotspot.

Its cellular data capability is slow; Edge. 2.5G. 128Kbps on a good day. So that will be frustrating in any case.

Also: wtf? No 3rd party software? That kills it for me right there.

Jobs is just too controlling. Woz had to fight him to get expansion slots in the original Apple and ][, and now that Woz isn’t around, Jobs can do what he loves best: controlling everything closing the box.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Glen yea, and people who buy a MB car go for the base model. Yea :)

The 9.99 data plan will be worthless and the $39 might work but I doubt it.

By: Dennis Eusebio

Dennis Eusebio — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Isn’t the cingular deal only for a year or two? As in, maybe after a year or two after this comes out, could we possibly see this phone an different carriers?

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yes Dennis it appears to be for 2 years... by then we will have 100 of these devices with other letters first :)

ephone

mphone

zphone

123phone

etc

By: David H Dennis

David H Dennis — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m a very light cellphone user, but love being able to browse web pages and check my email on the go when I’m not near a computer or don’t feel like taking my laptop out of my bag.

So I’m a realistic customer for this device – I’ll get a lot out of it – even though I rarely make phone calls and don’t send or receive text messages that much either. (I really don’t like phones, preferring email).

As a result, a viable plan for me would be like this:

* $39.95/month basic plan.
* $19.95/month unlimited data
* $4.95/month basic texting

This amounts to about $65/month. This is about the same as T-Mobile charges for the Sidekick II under similar conditions, and I think the data service I have for the Sidekick is considerably slower than EDGE.

By: one1time

one1time — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow you did some math!!?!? Amazing!!! New phones are ALWAYS pricey give it up. When the Nokia 8801 first came out unlocked no plans connected to it, the price was about $800-$900. No one made a spaz about that phone. What about the Moto Razr when it came out. Around the same price as the iPhone. Get off your soapbox calculator and stop bashing the phone. So the AVG American can’t afford it… and your point is??????? The average American coudn’t afford those other phones either. Also Cingular does have other plans. Don’t post this garbage without really thinking first.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

as a member of the under-18 crowd, my parents pay my phone bill. however, I’m going to have to buy the iphone with my own money – get a job, etc. I’m not a super sweet 16-er, and that’s how I’m going to afford it…