Subject: RE: IphoneThe price of cool - from "light reading" - techie web site
So if you go with the 4-Gig model and the cheapest plan, that's $580, plus tax and fees, up front before you turn the thing on. Let's add another $100, assuming you'll also want a carrying case, some cables, and a new Bluetooth headset so you can drive around without killing anyone.
What are we up to, $780?
Oh, there's an activation fee? Tack on $36. So that's $816 for the first month and about $660 for the next 11 months of service. Two-year minimum contracts? Okay, make it $816 plus $1,380 for about two years of service, assuming prices don't jump and you don't go nuts with texting or anything...
You're looking at a committment of $2,200 for a cool new phone.
And you can't put a price on cool.
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