how the half-price iPhone 3G actually cost's you more!
Not mentioned in today's you-can't-get-away-from-it iPhone 3G announcement: AT&T's service plan jumps $10 a month. What's this? Did Apple finally figure out what the rest of the retail world did: That when you give away the razor you can charge through the nose for the blades?
Let's look at the math.
Old iPhone: $399 (for 8GB of storage), plus $60 per month for 450 voice minutes and unlimited data. Two-year total (since you'll be signing a two-year deal for either handset): $1,839.
New iPhone: $199 (for 8GB of storage), plus $70 per month for a basic voice plan (presumably the same 450 minutes) and unlimited data. Two-year total: $1,879.
That's $40 more over the course of your contract, which is really not that bad in the grand scheme of things. Had AT&T and Apple raised monthly fees just another $5 per month, the total cost of service would have hit $1,999 over two years (not including taxes and fees).
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We dont need a seperate thread for it Mani. You should have posted it in the iphone thread. and yes I have found a loop hole for iphone 3g. In US, it is bieng offered with a 2 year contract with AT&T. In UK, it is bieng offered with O2 with an 18 months contract and its will also be offered with *Pay as you go (prepaid)* service. So it wont require store activation I guess. But it will be highly priced as compared to the 2 year contract 199 version. The tariff would be out by evening today..lets see
how the half-price iPhone 3G actually cost's you more!
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