Linked by David Adams on Wed 2nd Jul 2008 16:09 UTC, submitted by tbutler
"A year ago, page after page of ink was spilled by prophets of doom fretting about the iPhone and how it would surely not be as good as this or that other phone. Were they right or did the first year of the iPhone live up to its hype?"
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The new plans announced by AT&T for the iPhone are now EXACTLY THE SAME as all other subsidized phone plans they have.
Up to now, iPhone 1.0 people were getting a price break on data and SMS usage every month as they had paid for non-subsidized phones. That's now over.
Since the iPhone 3G is a subsidized phone, you now get to pay what every other AT&T subscriber already pays.
These are not 'price increases', they are 'Ending AT&T's subsidy pricing'
All I know is I went down to the At&T store and asked them if they had a booklet on the new Iphone. He said they didn't have them yet but they have the old ones and handed me the pamphlet. He said the plans were basically the same but add $20 to the plan.
The Pamphlet in my hand reads:
450 anytime minutes
5000 nights and weekends
Additional minutes .45 cents a minuite <-- lol
per month $59.99
After $20 the employee told me to add that brings it to $79 right?
I dont care if all phones are $20 more in a week. what I do think is messed up is we're going to be paying a total of 2100-2300 over two years plus taxes. To what check e-mail on the way home from work? or to get GPS directions 5 times a year?
I understand this fits a certain market of people but the rest of us should be scoffing at cell phone pricing. And really take a look at what stupid suckers we are.
Edited 2008-07-02 19:45 UTC