3G iPhone announced

[aryayush]

Nope, no speculation at all. That’s how it’s going to happen. Wait and watch.

 

[Pat]

New iPhone to sell for $599-$699 without contract:

*www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN01745820080701

Something tells me that this is the price that we would have to pay here in India.

 

[desiibond]

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

Total Price Using The Shady Method: $580

 

[Pat]

^^ If you terminate your contract, you also have to pay the subsidised cost of the iphone. That makes it 580 + 200 = $780

 

[desiibond]

that $580 is everything inluded. $175 is what you are paying as subsidized cost of iphone.

 

[Pat]

$175 is the Early Termination Fee (or penalty for breaching the contract) and $200 is the subsidised cost of the iphone!

 

[SunnyChahal]

The price of the iPhone 3G 8GB is $199. It’s expected to retail for less than Rs. 10,000 in India.

iPhone 3G 8GB for <10K? No chance!

Keep the slang out please. - Goobi

 

[aryayush]

iPhone3G. A Guided Tour.

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[goobimama]

Is the guided tour worth going through? Anything worth watching for someone like me?

 

[aryayush]

It’s still being downloaded right now. I’ll report back after I’ve watched it.

 

[Pat]

This is close to what its going to cost!

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[goobimama]

^^ What does the rest of the article say? The iPhone is coming here without a contract?

It’s still being downloaded right now. I’ll report back after I’ve watched it.

(taps foot on the floor, slowly, but repeatedly) Well...?

 

[Pat]

^^ No idea..Got this from some other forum.

If anyone has read this edition of mid-day (its todays), please let us know!

 

[preshit.net]

If it's 20K, I think it'll be a 'choose-any-plan-you-want'.

Although, I still think it will be postpaid only and tied to the carrier.

 

[Pathik]

Google, my friends. And it is just a speculative article.
*www.mid-day.com/news/2008/jul/030708city1.htm

And actually if it is going to be this way, then IMO it will be better. No contracts.

 

[Pat]

^^ Prolly not. The non-contract iphones will be sold for around $600 in US, so I dont think its possible that it would be sold for 20k without contract in India. I think it will be with contract but the plans will be starting from very low range ($15 per month maybe?)

 

[aryayush]

(taps foot on the floor, slowly, but repeatedly) Well...?

My Internet connection has been down since the morning today, resurfacing every once in a while for a scant few minutes and going down again.

There isn’t anything new in the video. You can skip it. The one or two tiny little things that are new, I have covered them in an article for Apple Matters that should be published any time now. I’ll give you the link when it does.

 

[FilledVoid]

^Did you come out with your iPhone Guide. I am looking forward to reading it .

 

[aryayush]

It will be authored tomorrow and go live on Monday. Hopefully.

 

[din]

Downloaded that video. As I have never seen an iPhone in real and I am planning to buy when they launch it in India, I liked it.

I fear I will become an iPhone fanboy when I get one