iPhone

[wingo]

I am writing this post from my girlfriends new iPhone

This thing is sweet

[Keith]

Man they look too cool, but the price and cost of service is just outrageous.

[wingo]

Man they look too cool, but the price and cost of service is just outrageous.

I agree, but this was a gift from her mother. It will cost her $20 more a month just for having the phone. 

I've never had a cell phone myself, talking on the phone just isn't my thing, BUT I couldn't stop playing with this thing lol, definatly the coolest electronic gadget I've ever seen. 

[Keith]

I hear a lot of people are having problems with the phone.

[Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo]

Man they look too cool, but the price and cost of service is just outrageous.

I agree, but this was a gift from her mother. It will cost her $20 more a month just for having the phone. 

I've never had a cell phone myself, talking on the phone just isn't my thing, BUT I couldn't stop playing with this thing lol, definatly the coolest electronic gadget I've ever seen. 

I ALWAYS take all monthly bills and annualize them to put things in prospective...

$440 per year. Nope. Sorry, take it back and give me a gift certificate.

 

 

Oh, don't drop it. The gizmos inside that thing that sense the angle it's being held at are pretty sensitive.

[Keith]

I found this and though it was interesting. 


Ever wonder what the iPhone will really cost? I decided to pull my accounting suit out of the closet (man it was dusty) and give it a shot. $599 for the device is just only the beginning. I still don't believe the average American can afford this device, no matter how great the majority of bloggers believe it is. You have to factor in things like a phone plan, data plan, text messaging plan, etc.

So let's take a look at the math.

• $640 Phone - $599 plus tax (~8%)
  
• $60/mo Voice Plan - cheapest plan with unlimited nights and weekends
  
• $40/mo Media Max 3000 Bundle - includes 3000 texts and unlimited MediaNet which I assume will work as the browse function on the iPhone
  
• $8/mo Fees - lovely fees

So doing the math, and looking at a year of usage on this device, the total comes to (ATT rate plans):

 

Man that is a lot of money, I get a new phone every two years so the average cost would be $3,232 for two years or $134.66 per month thats just insane.

Over a ten year period including replacement every two years would run $16,160 what a deal. Does anyone look into this before purchasing or are people just using the basic $60 phone contract with another $8 in fees.

[Djaric]

Wow, thats way too much for a phone and service.
This is just another apple gimick thats already having reports of early failures.
I don't know why it takes them a few trys to get anything right.  Lots of companies make batteries.  Lots of products use batteries.  All of those products don't fail after a few weeks of use when brand new to the market. (I think thats what is already failing anyway)

[Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo]

and the kicker is...

 

Samsung, LG, Nokia and all the other manufacturers are scrambling for a competitor that will do everything the i-phone does only better, cheaper and without all the fees.

That's why I waited 2 yearsbefore I got my first VCR, a year before I got my first DVD, etc etc...

[Keith]

Man I paid $869 for the last DVD player I bought 2 years ago and now blue ray comes out.

[Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo]

Man I paid $869 for the last DVD player I bought 2 years ago and now blue ray comes out.

what is it made of gold??!!!

I paid $59 for a JVC (normally $99). I bought 4, one for my son, one for Deb's dad, 2 for me (1 is still in the box)

 

 

By the way, Wingo, after all is said and done, that is a very very cool widget.