arne anka wrote: >> It's 8GB not 4 and it's $199 with a 2yr contract. Regular retail prices >> have yet to be announced. >> > > as i understand, 199 is apple's price -- providers may subsidise the > iphone, too. > No, 199$ is a operator subsidised price.
from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/the-cost-of-the-199-iphone-10-more-per-month-for-data/ "According to a press release from AT&T, the carrier will no longer give a portion of monthly usage fees to Apple. Instead carriers will pay Apple a subsidy for each phone sold, in order to bring the price from $399 down to $199 for the 8 Gigabyte model." later in the same "Now Apple will get its money, say $500, up front and it no longer has to police what people do with them." which I guess is a fair estimate. What this means is of course significantly higher monthly fees. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community