AT&T annnounces iphone plans

desiibond · 02-07-2008, 09:02 AM

iPhone users that used to pay 20$ for unlimited data should now pay 70$. That's pure robbery.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/a...pricing-plans/

iPhone 3G will be available for $199 (8GB) and $299 (16GB) for iPhone customers who purchased an iPhone prior to 7/11, customers activating a new line with AT&T and current AT&T customers who are eligible for an upgrade

Existing AT&T customers who are not currently eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement.

greedy Apple!!!!

that means you pay

$199 as the iphone base price
$69 for unlimited data option and additional 20$ for unlimited texting.

Which means you are going to pay $59 extra every month when compared to similar package (30$ per month for AT&T 3G package with unlimited data considered normal by apple fanboys)

24 multiplied by $59 = $1416. add to this 199$.

That rounds up iphone 3g price at $1615.

PS: Please correct me if the calculation is wrong.

hellgate · 02-07-2008, 09:20 AM

i think this sud be a sign of wat we sud expect from tariff plans from Vodafone and Airtel when they launch iPhone.

desiibond · 02-07-2008, 09:40 AM

I think the base price of iphone will be much more higher and rentals at a decent levels with not umlimited data plan in India.

Pathik · 02-07-2008, 09:44 AM

Such plans will never work in India. The base price will be 16-24k and the plans much cheaper IMO.

desiibond · 02-07-2008, 10:20 AM

$299 - 16GB iPhone w/contract
$36 - Activation
$175 - Early Termination Fee
$70 - One month of service

Total Price Using The Shady Method: $580

and you have unlocked iphone 3G. It's better to go this way than to pay hefty rentals every month

t3chg33k · 02-07-2008, 11:58 AM

I read it in TOI 2 days back, both Vodafone and Airtel have admitted that they cannot subsidise the handset in India because call rates in India are 2-3 cents/min compared to 25 cents/min and data usage too is much lower over here due to the non-availability of 3G. Also it has been mentioned that AT&T is subsidising $300 for every handset, so if it were to be sold separately it would cost $499, though it has also been mentioned that it costs apple $173 to make the phone (only the hardware,not the software,Greedy Apple indeed!). So expect it be priced between 21-25k in India.

aryayush · 04-07-2008, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by desiibond

iPhone users that used to pay 20$ for unlimited data should now pay 70$. That's pure robbery.

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that means you pay

$199 as the iphone base price
$69 for unlimited data option and additional 20$ for unlimited texting.

Which means you are going to pay $59 extra every month when compared to similar package (30$ per month for AT&T 3G package with unlimited data considered normal by apple fanboys)

No, you idiot. You pay $30 for unlimited data and $40 for the voice minutes. The original iPhone customers paid $40 for voice minutes and $20 for unlimited data, so iPhone 3G owners will be paying $10 more for unlimited data, not $50. Also, the original iPhone plans only included 200 text messages, not unlimited, and 200 texts now cost $5 extra per month, not $20. So, in total, iPhone 3G owners will be paying $15 more per month for exactly the same plans but will now be getting the device itself for half the price and access to a five times faster network.

Furthermore, the previous plans were specially conservatively priced for iPhone users because the phone wasn't subsidised. Now that it is, and heavily so, they've brought the plans up to par with all the rest of their standard plans for smartphones. iPhone users don't pay even a penny extra than what all other AT&T smartphones customers do. And they get unlimited 3G access, GPS and visual voicemail. And the JesusPhone.

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Originally Posted by desiibond

24 multiplied by $59 = $1416. add to this 199$.

That rounds up iphone 3g price at $1615.

No, that's the coat of iPhone + two years of talking + two years of unlimited 3G access to the Internet + GPS + visual voicemail. Did you expect to get all those for free? Why don't you just buy a car and ask the petroleum companies to keep refilling it for you for free?

Not to mention the fact that now that the phone is subsidised and there is no revenue sharing agreement between Apple and the carriers, the phone now essentially belongs to the respective carriers to so with it what they will. Apple has no say in how much they charge customers for using the services they make available for the device owners.

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Originally Posted by desiibond

Please correct me if the calculation is wrong.

Hah! Could it be any more wrong! :LOL:

BTW, try getting a life one of these days. Your entire mission statement now seems to be to lure unsuspecting potential iPhone buyers into not buying it. Generally, it wouldn't have bothered me one bit, but you've developed this annoying habit of going around creating new threads based on unscrupulously false information, based on the plans of a U.S. carrier which has nothing to do with India, intent on spreading FUD all over the place. Stop polluting the forum with your crap; this has got to be stopped.

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