In comparison to other phones on similar subscription plans $199 is quite a steal. That never ending list of specs! I'm no appleguy but I gotta hand it to 3G.
Rahul J On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Kalle Happonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I won't coment on the techical specs, but the pricing is in no way > comparable. The iPhone v2 might be 199$, but that's with a 2 year AT&T > subscription. If you want a real comparison of the real device price, at > least double the iPhone price. There was some country where Apple had to > sell the original iPhone separately too because of the law (france? > gremany?), and then it was priced 799€ or thereabouts iirc. So to > compare the actual phone price, I think iPhone is even more expensive. > > Cheers, > Kalle > > Ron K. Jeffries wrote: > > > > [I trust this will not initiate a flame war.] Please? > > > > iPhone v2 announced today. I'd like to understand > > on a hardware basis ONLY (I grok the value of > > free and open source) how does > > the entry level $199 iPhone with 4GB > > compare with Freerunner GTA02. > > > > where I get lost is how much RAM iPhone > > has vs Freerunner. I realize I can buy > > high capacity microSD flash card to match > > iPhone flash capacity > > > > are these assertions correct? > > > > Apple has: > > > > -- 3G data [much faster than Freeruner's GPRS] > > -- faster processor > > -- larger physical screen size (but about the same dpi?) > > -- 2 megapixel camera > > -- proximity sensor (knows when held to face, can dim screen) > > > > the two smart phones are aprox equal on > > -- wi-fi > > -- accelerometer > > -- bluetooth > > > > Ron K. Jeffries > > http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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