Reduced iPhone costs?
I had the play-by-play sites up from Macrumorslive.com and appleinsider.com during the Apple WWDC keynote speach. Let me commend Apple on the fantastic innovations. I really liked all of the updates to OS X and the MacBook Pro. It makes me want to go out and buy one. You can really see that Apple listens to their customers. The new iPhone 3G S is an update to the 3G, while it has some compelling new features like video recording, longer battery life, speedier app launch (all of which I would love to have), I’m not going to run out and upgrade my 3G yet.
One thing that perturbed me was Apple wanted to “reduce” the cost of the iPhone. While it sounds good on the surface, most phone are subsidized through the carrier calling plans. The calling plans are really the bulk of the cost of the phone. At $70/month (with no texting) for 24 months, that total is $1680, without taxes , fees etc.. If someone is willing to fork over $1680 over a two year span for the calling plan (I am willing to do that though) , what really is the differnence spending $299 for the 32GB 3G S phone vs. $99 for the 8GB 3G? A couple of percentage points in the total cost of the service? I am not saying that folks who should by an iPhone should always get the most expensive model, but just understand the total cost of what you are buying over the lifetime of the device/service.
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