DesdinovaPremium
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Gaithersburg, MD | Ya Just Can't Argue Against Gimmes I also suspect that these things will probably sell very well. I have a number of friends with iPhones and not one of them bought one because they thought it was a superior piece of finely engineered communications technology (though I don't doubt there are folks out in the world who do). Each one bought one because it was pretty and the touch screen was "cool". With emotional positions like that, logic just don't stand a chance and they're very happy to pay through the nose for the ability to play with their new toy. There are many more folks out in the world like them.
Okay, that's their privilege. They feel it's money well spent and they have fun, so no harm no foul. I, however, will continue to use my much loved Nokia N95...  |
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| Yeah, except N95 is much more expensive ($749 for 8GB last time I checked) than what iPhone 3G 8GB costs without contract.
To be fair, N95 specs are better than iPhone 3G, so the price premium may be worth it to some. You pay for what you get, I suppose. I only hope that some U.S carrier will subsidize N95, just so we have an option to buy the phone at a lower price. |
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DesdinovaPremium
join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD | I picked up an unlocked standard N95 on Tiger Direct for $500 along with an 8 gig MicroSD card then popped my SIM chip in and have been using my AT&T account with Media Max with no issue. I didn't have to extend any contracts or pay any more money so it worked out well for me.
That's not to say that your observations on price of performance are inaccurate, only that there are some less expensive ways to get a performance boost.  |
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| Not exactly a fair comparison since I was referring to the one with 8GB built-in. Also, $500 is still not something I would pay without some serious thinking.
I wish the data plan was cheaper, but if you look at what other countries (Canada) are offering, AT&T isn't looking too bad. |
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