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Originally Posted by Evostance
Microsoft announced their base Windows 7 package would be like $30 a few weeks ago or something
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I presume you are referring to
this story about the Best Buy promotional price leak. That's only good for a very short time window, is pre-sale only, and does not include Ultimate. Personally, I need (want) an upgrade to Ultimate, since I'm running Vista Ultima x64 now.
But in the larger conversation, Microsoft has not revealed any official pricing for Windows 7, I don't think.
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Originally Posted by lordikon
iPhone price includes a contract that'll add about $40-50/month to your phone bill, for 2 years. So the iPhone costs $200 + ~$45*24, or $1280. Of course...you'll have internet on your phone. Many other high-speed internet capable smart-phones also require data contracts as well, so it isn't just Apple.
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That's the "epiphany" I finally had...as much as I don't think I need internet service on my phone, that's obviously the direction the world is heading. I'm surrounded by people far less tech savvy than me that have full internet-enabled devices, and I'm slumming around with a "crappy old" Razr. (I've got a nice BlackBerry for work I should mention, but the internet on a BlackBerry = THE SUCK). Upgrading to iPhones will only cost me about $50 more per month for a two-line family plan...that's not that much, I suppose. Will we get $50 more use out of it? Meh, probably not...but who knows, you hear people talk all the time about how the iPhone is one of those devices that changes the way you live...I guess I'll see.
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Originally Posted by MOCAMBO
So this will be $299 for 16gb ON CONTRACT most likely right?
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Correct...the prices shown at the conference are only for new AT&T customers or existing customers eligible for a new upgrade, and will require the 2-year contract.
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Originally Posted by thejamesman
I work for AT&T.
The issue with the iPhone is not AT&T's support for our MMS service. There is an issue with our content-delivery system not playing nice along-side Apples' service.
Who to blame?
Apple.
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Um, no. The rest of the world is getting these features (MMS and tethering) in the iPhone GS...only the US is not, and only because AT&T isn't delivering on the back end. The only fault Apple made was signing an exclusivity contract with a carrier that is clearly incapable of providing the network services Apple wants and intends to provide.
Let me be clear:
nobody cares about AT&T. Apple has "cool stuff"...AT&T is going to be viewed at the bottleneck for that cool stuff not being in customers' hands, whether it's true or not! Any AT&T exec who doesn't get that needs a serious reality check.
[Giz] NEW iPhone - Apple WWDC 2009 Updates
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