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iPhone 3G - The only cellphone that gets to beat the iPhone
I can’t help but make this shout-out post confirming the rumors that I want it. Really badly. The new iPhone 3G. 200 USD. UMTS. 8 GB. Available July 11.
Is it me or does the new iPhone look even more fancy?
- Watch the new ad on apple.com/iphone - Not iPhone style, if you ask me.
- Take a glimpse at the ridiculously high set monthly plans of T-Mobile Austria. If they keep their plans like that, I will pass on the iPhone, once again… I am paying 25 EUR a month with unlimited talking, so what the heck?! The new plans are said to be “more flexible.”
- Apple conversion of 199 USD to EUR: 199 EUR. Haha! Turned out one (Austrian carrier) uses a fairer conversion factor. See below.
- Finally, I get over the Post-Keynote-Craze and realize I signed a contract that continues until October ‘09.
What will US Americans have to pay for the iPhone plans? AT&T have monthly plans for about USD 59.99 - consumer.
The Unoffical Apple Weblog writes… “the base iPhone monthly cost for most consumers will go from $59.99 a month (that’s the base first gen iPhone plan with unlimited data, 450 minutes a month, and 200 text messages) to $69.99 a month. High speed networking costs money, people!”
The Austrian carrier for the iPhone are one and T-Mobile.
- One offers the 8GB for EUR 149, the 16 GB for EUR 229 with a monthly plan of EUR 39 (Große Plaudertasche + iPhone Pack) - Further conditions on one.at (click the iPhone 3G banner). Until the end of 2008 the monthly costs are reduced to EUR 24.
- T-Mobile has confirmed there allegedly more “flexible” plans and prices. Classic is EUR 39 a month (35 for the first 10.000) and the Supreme EUR 55 a month (with a EUR 10 discount a month for the first 10.000, so it’s EUR 45). The iPhone costs either EUR 149 (8GB) or EUR 229 (16 GB) with the Classic plan (EUR 39/month). It’s “only” EUR 99 (8GB) and EUR 179 (16GB) with the Supreme plan (EUR 55/month). I now want to know where their deal is more flexible…?
I’m angry at T-Mobile. Let’s see if the iPhone plans get adjusted and live up to their promises (flexible, remember?) at some point. Maybe choose how much Internet volume you can choose or so. Preferably after April 1st 2009. That’s when I can get a new plan with a new cell.
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- Date · June 9th, 2008
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I know you’re an Apple/Mac fan, so you might not agree with me.. :P
I don’t like Apple taking shots at Microsoft like they did in the keynote. MS has to work about backwards compatibility, legacy systems and not pissing off half the world. MS can’t just go and change some paradigm because they can. Sure if MS starting something from scratch, they would do things right - IE, the XBOX.
Back to the iPhone topic - It is again over hyped. In Canada, Rogers is going to offer plans for that. I read that they won’t be lowering their data plans for the iPhone, and given how much data the iPhone like to use, I’ll be broke.
Also, I don’t like phones that are locked. I want to be able to do whatever I want with MY PHONE. I’m paying 200$+ for it.
I’m waiting to see how much noise the iPhone creates, and what the data plans look like, but I’m leaning towards the HTC Diamond. It’s web surfing is 2x as fast as the iPhone.
Also, did you hear the Active Sync joke? Calling it Active Stink!! - Cheap Shot.
The joke was funny. I saw the keynote. I had to lol :)
I think that I would really appreciate the conveniences that come with the iPhone. Of course, it would be locked, but so are all phones in Austria. If the plans they come with are okay, I might get it next year. I have to wait anyway… :)
I like the iPhone as it is now, I didn’t exactly like the first version.
Oh, Puraz, don’t forget that Apple is one big accumulation of freaks and imagine what kind of sociopaths (we? nahh) they would be, if they couldn’t pick on Microsoft… Keep that in mind… :)
HAHA.. So Apple uses MS as a gauge to see how insane their products have to be? Interesting view point. I’ll remember that.
I love the product design - no keyboard/buttons, multi-touch… but other companies are catching on, and making the phone more open to development - HTC for example.
Well, I wouldn’t want to marry it though… :)
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1116.html
Haha.. That is hilarious. Love the comic.
If you do buy one, I hope to see a review and reaction post. :D
Oh, I hope to see it in action, too. Looks like T-Mobile won’t let me buy it until next fall (that is 2009 - man we are growing old!)…