ROFL! Too funny. No doubt…I avoided the temptation to buy one on the first round and I am tempted (severely) now to replace a well worn Treo 650…but think I may wait for a couple of months and see if the “calendar effect” works in my favor yet again (grin).
As Apple refunded $100 to early iPhone buyers, the initial premium was effectively $100, not $200. (The refund was in Apple credit, but pretty much everyone who bought an iPhone when they were first released could use $100 in Apple credit.)
And original iPhones are actually selling for surprisingly large sums right now on eBay; in auctions ending today, I see a 4GB original iPhone going for $300; 8GB models for $405, $365, $475, and $500; and 16 GB ones for $425, $510, $465, and $510. In many cases, these prices are higher than what the things sold for new, because the used phones come with no contract obligations.
The only accurate assertion is the one about the ’15 to 25 percent increase’ in the AT&T charges is roughly accurate; since all plans have effectively gone up by $15, it’s actually 12.5% to 25% depending on your level. $10 of this is just a price rise, which I suppose is fair because with a faster networks theoretically you’re getting more value. The other $5 increase results from none of the new plans including any SMSes, which is just nuts. $5 gets you (the formerly bundled) 200 SMS messages.
So: If an additional $15 a month is going to get you evicted or resulting in you not being able to eat, then maybe the iPhone isn’t for you. Good to know.
Yeah, I understand that this is allegedly comedy and satire and all, but isn’t good satire supposed to be based in truth? This comes off instead as generalized whining about a fictional product that looks like the iPhone but that cost more originally and that has a significantly lower resale value than the actual iPhone.
I can’t think of another specific product where people put so much effort into elaborately complaining about deficiencies the thing doesn’t have.
Video is classic…. I am about to upgrade my phone but I will stick with Verizon, which in my opinion is the friendliest as far as Open Source apps go. I will never again in my life have ATT as my wireless provider, if I can help.
That is the reason I will never buy one, they are so not worth the price you pay in the end for all of the “features” you have to have to get it to work.
Thomas Johnson says:
I am glad I am not the only one. By the way, he didn’t mention if it makes phone calls or not.
July 16, 2008 — 11:46 am
Eric Blackwell says:
@Greg-
ROFL! Too funny. No doubt…I avoided the temptation to buy one on the first round and I am tempted (severely) now to replace a well worn Treo 650…but think I may wait for a couple of months and see if the “calendar effect” works in my favor yet again (grin).
Best;
Eric
July 16, 2008 — 12:01 pm
Tino says:
As Apple refunded $100 to early iPhone buyers, the initial premium was effectively $100, not $200. (The refund was in Apple credit, but pretty much everyone who bought an iPhone when they were first released could use $100 in Apple credit.)
And original iPhones are actually selling for surprisingly large sums right now on eBay; in auctions ending today, I see a 4GB original iPhone going for $300; 8GB models for $405, $365, $475, and $500; and 16 GB ones for $425, $510, $465, and $510. In many cases, these prices are higher than what the things sold for new, because the used phones come with no contract obligations.
The only accurate assertion is the one about the ’15 to 25 percent increase’ in the AT&T charges is roughly accurate; since all plans have effectively gone up by $15, it’s actually 12.5% to 25% depending on your level. $10 of this is just a price rise, which I suppose is fair because with a faster networks theoretically you’re getting more value. The other $5 increase results from none of the new plans including any SMSes, which is just nuts. $5 gets you (the formerly bundled) 200 SMS messages.
So: If an additional $15 a month is going to get you evicted or resulting in you not being able to eat, then maybe the iPhone isn’t for you. Good to know.
Yeah, I understand that this is allegedly comedy and satire and all, but isn’t good satire supposed to be based in truth? This comes off instead as generalized whining about a fictional product that looks like the iPhone but that cost more originally and that has a significantly lower resale value than the actual iPhone.
I can’t think of another specific product where people put so much effort into elaborately complaining about deficiencies the thing doesn’t have.
July 16, 2008 — 2:29 pm
Vlad says:
Video is classic…. I am about to upgrade my phone but I will stick with Verizon, which in my opinion is the friendliest as far as Open Source apps go. I will never again in my life have ATT as my wireless provider, if I can help.
July 16, 2008 — 6:36 pm
Design Chick says:
That is the reason I will never buy one, they are so not worth the price you pay in the end for all of the “features” you have to have to get it to work.
July 17, 2008 — 12:23 pm