Daniel Eran Dilger
How does one out-do Steve Ballmer’s insistence that the iPhone is “the most expensive phone in the world,” a claim he televised knowing full well that his own Windows Mobile TyTN costs around $800? Well, if you’re the shameless Brett Arends of TheStreet.com, you publish a headline that claims the iPhone costs $17,670.

Why does The Street want you to think the iPhone is so expensive? Is it hidden costs, secret fees, or some sort of damages only suffered by iPhone users? No, it turns out Arends is just grasping for straws, but his motivation isn’t just reader titillation, despite the Digg links.
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