Comments on: Details emerge of iPhone 3G international launch

By: lmasanti

lmasanti — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:25:24 +0000

quote:
“and as many have noted, with the $10 per month increase for AT&T service, the total 2008 iPhone price is really going up, not down as hyped by Jobs. not too much - $40 more grand total over a two year contract.”

Did you adjust the prior contract by inflation?
Although you are right, I feel that you are exagerating a bit: oil prices went far up.

quote:
“once the initial AT&T two year contract is over, we can legally unlock the phone for use with any another GSM carrier, right? that’s next year for the 2007 buyers.”

Is this you speculation or is it written down somewhere?

By: Berend Schotanus

Berend Schotanus — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:46:43 +0000

So that’s what you’re doing in Europe: live experiencing the second iPhone roll-out.

Not bad :-)

By: John E

John E — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:11:59 +0000

well, the downside is the in-store activation requirement. many of us hate dealing with the salespeople, especially at the AT&T stores where they try to talk you into extra services etc. the ‘do it at home’ activation of the 2007 iPhone was a welcome Apple innovation, now fading away. i understand why - it’s “just business” to protect Apple’s share of the AT&T revenue. but it is a loss.

and as many have noted, with the $10 per month increase for AT&T service, the total 2008 iPhone price is really going up, not down as hyped by Jobs. not too much - $40 more grand total over a two year contract.

once the initial AT&T two year contract is over, we can legally unlock the phone for use with any another GSM carrier, right? that’s next year for the 2007 buyers.

By: JohnWatkins

JohnWatkins — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:47:17 +0000

I imagine things are or will be crazy there now that Spain beat Russia and is in the finals. Have fun.

By: blacktalonz

blacktalonz — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:50:24 +0000

What’s up with all this talk about the iPhone?

I thought this was an automotive blog :)

By: afternoonsandwich

afternoonsandwich — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:37:34 +0000

Just wish while they were rolling out the iphone in 22 countries we could have it in North Dakota. South Dakota and New Hampshire would probably appreciate it as well.

I understand Apple’s deal with AT&T but it is unfortunate that they did not make allowances for those who live in states that do not have AT&T service.

By: PerGrenerfors

PerGrenerfors — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:33:59 +0000

How’s Spain? I went to Madrid two years ago and it was amazingly great. Oh, and it doesn’t look like we get flat rate here in Sweden with the iPhone. Which sucks bigtime.

There’s no exact pricing info available as of now but Telia has posted a pricing model (numbers of course correspond to the included free minutes, SMS and data):

iMini
100 min
100 SMS
100 MB

iMidi
250 min
250 SMS
250 MB

iMaxi
1000 min
1000 SMS
1000 MB