Da-Chief
07-16-2008, 10:30
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Just in case you thought that Rogers iPhone data prices and low caps (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/95675) were ridiculous, Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/5024989/three-iphone-carriers-that-make-att-look-like-a-deal) points out a few countries where users have it much worse. In Belgium, all phones must be sold unlocked, but Mobistar customers must shell out 615 ($982) for the 16GB iPhone, sign a two-year contract, and then pay $96 per month for the company's most generous plan: a 1GB data cap and 540 minutes of talk time. In Spain, things get worse:Movistar hits you up either 15 or 25 per month for their iPhone plans on top of a minimum voice charge per month that ranges from 9 to 90, depending on usage...Movistar's "unlimited" data plans have an evil twist: after consumption of your first gigabyte under the Plus plan (or a paltry 200MB for the standard), your speeds are capped at 128kbps down/64 kbps up.
You know you're doing a bang up job when you make both AT&T and Rogers pricing seem like immense bargains. On a related note, iSuppli says (http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=9072&m=7&y=2008) it costs Apple about $174.33 to manufacture each 8GB iPhone, plus $50 on IP royalties per unit. Of course that doesn't include marketing costs, though Apple clearly gets a lot of that for free. Also of note: Apples recent announcement that they sold 1 million iPhone in three days appears to be over-inflated (http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/did_apple_reall.html).
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Just in case you thought that Rogers iPhone data prices and low caps (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/95675) were ridiculous, Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/5024989/three-iphone-carriers-that-make-att-look-like-a-deal) points out a few countries where users have it much worse. In Belgium, all phones must be sold unlocked, but Mobistar customers must shell out 615 ($982) for the 16GB iPhone, sign a two-year contract, and then pay $96 per month for the company's most generous plan: a 1GB data cap and 540 minutes of talk time. In Spain, things get worse:Movistar hits you up either 15 or 25 per month for their iPhone plans on top of a minimum voice charge per month that ranges from 9 to 90, depending on usage...Movistar's "unlimited" data plans have an evil twist: after consumption of your first gigabyte under the Plus plan (or a paltry 200MB for the standard), your speeds are capped at 128kbps down/64 kbps up.
You know you're doing a bang up job when you make both AT&T and Rogers pricing seem like immense bargains. On a related note, iSuppli says (http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=9072&m=7&y=2008) it costs Apple about $174.33 to manufacture each 8GB iPhone, plus $50 on IP royalties per unit. Of course that doesn't include marketing costs, though Apple clearly gets a lot of that for free. Also of note: Apples recent announcement that they sold 1 million iPhone in three days appears to be over-inflated (http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/did_apple_reall.html).
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