The. Plan. Was. Jacked. Up. To. Account. For. The. Lower. Cost. Of. The. Phone.
Got it? Good.
one final time. THE PLAN IS NOT THE PHONE. the actual thing you hold in your friggin hand IS cheaper. apple did not lie or bait and switch anyone there.
The. Plan. Was. Jacked. Up. To. Account. For. The. Lower. Cost. Of. The. Phone.
Got it? Good.
The. Plan. Was. Jacked. Up. To. Account. For. The. Lower. Cost. Of. The. Phone.
Got it? Good.
one final time. THE PLAN IS NOT THE PHONE. the actual thing you hold in your friggin hand IS cheaper. apple did not lie or bait and switch anyone there.
No offence to you personally, but I am getting so sick of this comment. I have read it literally 30 or more times on many many threads.... The 3G service is what costs more, not the iPhone. We very well could have had $499 iPhone plus $79.99 per month and people would have still bought it.....
One final time:
It is a subsidized phone, which means you pay for it over time. Like financing.
Get it now?
One final time:
It is a subsidized phone, which means you pay for it over time. Like financing.
Get it now?
That's fine. You're right, it is only 40 bucks.
However:
Just don't advertise it as being cheaper.
That's all.
The 3G service is what costs more, not the iPhone. We very well could have had $499 iPhone plus $79.99 per month and people would have still bought it.
with Apple taking NO profits (apparently in excess to 80%) from the monthly service of the iPhone, I would expect that AT&T could keep the prices low...
3G definitely does not cost THAT much
Huh? Do you honestly think 80% of the iPhone plan was going to Apple?
And yes, 3G does cost THAT much. Just look at every other 3g plan. Here is a hint for AT&T, the iphone plan is the 3G plan.
By much of the logic seen here, every mortgage is a bait and switch. Every car loan is a bait and switch.
Sure, you can have this house for $200,000. Or we can loan you the money, and you can pay it off over time. Never mind that over time you are paying like $450,000 for the house.
The concept of spreading costs out over time is nothing new. Really, you get to pay a smaller amount up front, and pay a little more out over time...to a whopping $6.67 a month grand total extra spread over 2 years. This hardly qualifies as some huge conspiracy or scandal in my book. The previous data deal was a STEAL.
If they gave the phone away for free, but data cost $43.30 a month including 200 texts, what would be anyone's response to that?
I want an unlocked iPhone. That's all.
No, a mortgage wouldn't be a bait and switch according to the logic here. Here's a mortgage: You buy a house for, let's say, $400,000, and make an initial down-payment of, let's say, $50,000. You then owe $350,000 plus interest, which you pay over time. They don't advertise the price of the house as $50,000.
No, in that case, they advertise the house at $400,000. And by the end you will have paid close to, if not more than, $1 million. Sorry, I stick to my idea. You can have yours.
The new deal is not a huge rip-off. It's not a conspiracy. It's not a scandal. In my opinion, it's a perfectly good way of doing things. You pay much less in the beginning, but pay a little more over time. This, to me, is more affordable. One may not be able to plop down the larger initial amount, but can easily handle the monthly fee. In the end, it's a win-win for a large segment of the population. You can say that Steve should have said something about the new data cost. Maybe he should have.
What it boils down to is that it's now a device with much higher data speeds than its predecessor, and a device that uses that data a lot more than many other phones. But people are crying that it costs just a little more.
Except it always does when it comes to Apple products. The new, updated product is always priced at the same price-point as it's predecessor. See the history of iMacs, MacBooks, MBPs, iPods, etc......People want more for the same price, and it doesn't always work that way.
Oh well, this is another argument that will always have two sides, and those two sides are fully entrenched in their beliefs. The two sides will more than likely never come to an agreement, so I guess there's just really no reason to argue.
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That's fine. You're right, it is only 40 bucks.
However:
Just don't advertise it as being cheaper.
That's all.