Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-11 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You are totally right.At T-Mobile Germany you can reserve an iPhone 3G. You can only get it with an contract thant is far more expensive than comparable contracts of T-Mobile Germany. The "cheapest" (24 month-) contract Complete S is 5 € more expe

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear - what market

2008-06-11 Thread Kalle Happonen
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:16:40 + "Jorge ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > >> Robert Taylor wrote: >> >>> On the new Iphones, you HAVETO get a 2 year contract. >>> If you decide to quit you will pay a fee that will total up greater than >>> th

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor wrote: > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > >> > Precisely. And if you want to quit your contract you will pay A FEE > that will make your phone far more expensive than $600. > > I wish people would stop saying nonsense. > > It really doesn't matter if you unlock the

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread Robert Taylor
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > now it changes with the 3g iphone. you must sign up when you buy. sure - you > can now take that phone, unlock it, re-sell it, but you are stuck with a > contract you must keep paying for... with no phone to use on that contract > unless you buy another pho

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread Robert Taylor
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > not so simple. i think he business plan is changing because before this > happened with the 1st iphone. people could buy without contract. it was > assumed > that the phone lock would force people to get a contract anyway and apple bore > the risk by los

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:16:40 + "Jorge ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > Robert Taylor wrote: > > On the new Iphones, you HAVETO get a 2 year contract. > > If you decide to quit you will pay a fee that will total up greater than > > the $600 the phone is worth. > > The first iPhone was r

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread ramsesoriginal
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jorge . wrote: >> Hello, >> >> This post is going further my expectations :) so, lets put the things in >> order: >> > Okay. >> 1) FreeRunner and its freedom is the best, so we dont need an argue about >> the good reason

RE: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread Jorge .
Robert Taylor wrote: > On the new Iphones, you HAVETO get a 2 year contract. > If you decide to quit you will pay a fee that will total up greater than > the $600 the phone is worth. The first iPhone was released june 29/2007 and the first hacked that allow you to use it with any operator was

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread john
As someone who owns an unlocked iPhone I understand how 3) works on the old iPhone. What is not clear is the deal on the new iPhone. The reports are that the person who buys it will have to enter the contract when they buy it. Note, this is different than 3). The reality is we don't know for sure w

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread Robert Taylor
Jorge . wrote: > Hello, > > This post is going further my expectations :) so, lets put the things in > order: > Okay. > 1) FreeRunner and its freedom is the best, so we dont need an argue about the > good reasons to buy one :) > Right! > 2) In countries where you have to sign a two year con

RE: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price - Things clear

2008-06-10 Thread Jorge .
Hello, This post is going further my expectations :) so, lets put the things in order: 1) FreeRunner and its freedom is the best, so we dont need an argue about the good reasons to buy one :) 2) In countries where you have to sign a two year contract, the iPhone 3G will be more expensive at t