Originally Posted by skyman
So how many Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile etc.. customers are going to fork out the following? Please sound off...
iPhone = $500
Voice plan $40 * 24 months = $960
Data plan $40 * 24 months = $960
Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile early termination fee $175.00
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TOTAL $2,595.00
If you are currently a Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile etc will you be willing to fork out $2,595.00?? Sound off.
I am tired of hearing these figures tossed around. As was mentioned earlier, the costs of the Verizon Blackberry 8830 is $300 instores (200 online, but lets use 300), service is the same cost, (40+40)*24 months. The difference is 200 more for an iphone. Your logic of the pricing is flawed by this. The difference in price over two years is $200!! Furthermore, do you think that anyonewho has been dying to get an iPhone and who has more than enough cash to cover the cost would be held back by an early termination fee??? For me this is not an issue because my contract with verizon has been up for months, but I can say as someone who has been waiting for this phone, I would pay the cancellation fee if I had to.
From my perspective and all the **** I have read about the actual cost of an iPhone, it seems to me that the people producing these figures are the haters, people who want to see apple fail, AND these are the people who will not be able to afford the whole package on June 29th.