um the iphone is NOT cheaper than an ipod touch. the 199$ price point for an iphone is clearly subsidized in exchange for 2-3 year long contracts.
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um the iphone is NOT cheaper than an ipod touch. the 199$ price point for an iphone is clearly subsidized in exchange for 2-3 year long contracts.
Subsidized or not, it's still cheaper if one was planning on paying for that level of cell phone service for the next 2-3 years anyway.
I compleatly agree with this.
I don't really understand the thread starters questino though. It seemms that he just dons't want the data (nothing to do with having 3g on or off).
Most providers with do this as long has you han'e signed a contract agreeing for a data pacakage for a fixed period.
Make sure you switch off your mail abd don't use any apps that need data however because casual data can be very expensive.
Read the post you quoted. I already had a cellphone, and I am going to have one for the next 3 years regardless. I just put the iPhone on my existing plan (actually that's a lie, I negotiated a better plan while I was ordering my iPhone). It's not like I'm suddenly paying $50 a month out of the blue, it was an expense I already had and would have had, iPhone or not.