iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| I'll bet the investors have iPhone... All of a sudden even investors are up in arms, feeling entitled to get special treatment with the iphone by getting a full discount of $400 rather than $200 as would be somewhat nromal halfway through the contract.
Heck, usually carriers only subsidize a phone about $300 (for a smartphone) or $150 (for a regular phone) over two years, with a $75 subsidy at one year. AT&T is probably making a tidy profit selling iPhones at full retail since an iPod Touch of similar capacity costs about $300 less. Still, a $200 per year subsidy is no small potatoes. Though the $10 per month data plan fee increase over the first-gen iphone means that the net discount is $80ish per year, in line with other AT&T phones.
OTOH, other smartphones don't get a $200 discount per year and they also need a $30 package for data.
Which gets me thinking...seems like the 1-year-into-the-contract pricing for the 3gs is about what you'd pay for a comparable first-gen iphone after the price cut. Since a new iPhone comes out every year, the math works out.
So why is everyone whining, other than being entitled Apple brats? Apple isn't giving away the farm on this one but nobody's getting screwed. If you're *that* worried about money, sell your iphone. I'm sure it'll bring in at least $200 unless you've abused it, so you effectively get the same price as new contract buyers. Simple! |
