Yawn (was Re: Alan's chickens come home to roost...
- From: Alan Baker <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:26:55 GMT
In article <1183392755.977462.228120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Edwin <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Alan Baker responded:
"And it costs $499 with a rebate of $150 which you only get if you add
a
service to your phone package that costs a minimum of $15/month for a
two year contract; i.e. you have to spend $360 to get that $150
rebate. "
IOW, a phone for $350 plus $360 for two years of phone service = $710.
The iPhone is either $500 or $600.
AT&T plans are $60, $80, or $100 per month.
That's $720, $960, or $1200 per year.
That means to get the same deal as I showed for Sprint and the PPC6601
you have to pay at least:
iPhone $500 + $1440 for two years of service = $1940.
If you get the full package, your cost for the iPhone plus two years
of service is a staggering $3,000!
You're still as dishonest as ever, Edwin.
The "total" you quoted for the Sprint phone and plan is incomplete. That
$15/month was an *add-on* to your phone plan. In addition to the $15,
you had to have a sprint cellphone plan, the cheapest of which appears
to be $30.
As of right now, you can get the Sprint PPC-6700 for $299, but:
"A data plan of $25 or more must be purchased along with the handset in
order to receive the $100 mail-in rebate." (there's a mfr's rebate you
appear to get regardless).
As far as I can see, the cheapest data plan (which is data only -- no
included talk time), is $40. Add that on to Sprint's least expensive
talk time plan ($30) and that's $70/month.
Or $1680 + $300 (for the phone) = $1980.
Or, IOW, just a little more than an iPhone will cost you.
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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