iPhone 3G for $199 or even free - but what's the catch?

10 June, 2008
Well, yesterday we cheered about the new iPhone 3G - it failed to deliver on all asking points just as the first-gen one...

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  • mrk
  • 13 Jun 2008

Cheaper by buying it in europe? You pay 569 euros which is 900 dollars just to have it. And then you need your rate plan.

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    • Anonymous
    • M@T
    • 13 Jun 2008

    Tom Cruz, 12 Jun 2008The iPhone 3G 8GB will retail at 499 euro, while the iPhone... morelmao, sucks for u if ur over there

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      • aldosari
      • pu7
      • 13 Jun 2008

      Hell with it .. I will get myself a Nokia N96
      Its missing decent camera .. video call .. bluetooth file transfer

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        • lisa
        • kxY
        • 12 Jun 2008

        how we can get this phone?

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          • Natty
          • Q}m
          • 12 Jun 2008

          Not so cheap anymore!!! hahahahahaha

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            • Tom Cruz
            • UFI
            • 12 Jun 2008

            The iPhone 3G 8GB will retail at 499 euro, while the iPhone 3G 16GB will cost you 569 euro.
            >>> What a joke. Apple can keep their I-phone for that kind of $$$. What a rip off!

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              • Anonymous
              • TmH
              • 12 Jun 2008

              Guys listen anyone can tell me if i can order from apple site


              and the second how much it is goonna cost?

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                • 3Gprice
                • kNZ
                • 12 Jun 2008

                The analysis is completely off the mark. Where does the author learn his finance. Come on, you get the services here! No service is offerred for free. Even when you get the iphone in the blackmarket you still need to pay for service to uses it. So adding all those service cost to the iphone and compare it to the black market price to buy one i "wrong". To be correct, you would need to compare the cost to obtain the phone with the service cost outside.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 12 Jun 2008

                  Niflas, 12 Jun 2008i guess s doing big mess here with contract and all , da pr... morec902 is already in market at 600$.... now we r waiting for c905

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                    • Niflas
                    • w9J
                    • 12 Jun 2008

                    i guess s doing big mess here with contract and all , da price tag is do high which will make most of them to go 4 a usual mobile wander , many choices for us in the market , theres is Nokia N78 , N96 , 5320 , sony ,Samsung , Motorolola , LG . iphone will jsut slased out of the market if they dont reduce the price . ending days of iphone will shortly arrive when N96 ,C902 on market .

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                      • Niflas
                      • w9J
                      • 12 Jun 2008

                      I hoped to buy a iPhone as my new mobile but its since no ways to use the iphone with out a contract and the bucks it will likely to cost though it says 199USD , i just depand with my favorite and usual Nokia , fck off iphone

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                        • Shou Ji
                        • M@T
                        • 12 Jun 2008

                        From cheaper to the most expensive smartphone in market. Apple iPhone is the real phenomenon.

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                          • Alex
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                          • 12 Jun 2008

                          silence, 12 Jun 2008well guys dont worry abt the cntract things as what i know ... moreyeah i saw sum whr that SN Traders is gona get the unlocked iphone at the end of june......

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                            • UjP
                            • 12 Jun 2008

                            well guys dont worry abt the cntract things as what i know sim free iphone will b available very soon in USA market and it will b around 750$ at first and then it will go down
                            look at here these people sale unlcoked phones and they have this phone with coming soon status.
                            http://sntradersonline.com/phone_details.php?product_id=snp885
                            so its mean it is gona come there

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                              • Belgrade_Serbia_Euro
                              • M}6
                              • 12 Jun 2008

                              Really strange that this model does not have front camera for video calls. A big miss...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 4FK
                                • 12 Jun 2008

                                the data plan is optional and can actually save big bucks. Check out my experience with it at http://impeached.blogspot.com/2008/06/iphone-3g-isnt-as-expensive-as-you.html

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                                  • Steve Jobs
                                  • QI%
                                  • 12 Jun 2008

                                  Why buy an expensive crappy phone when HTC touch pro is way better and from the looks of it, CHEAPER!

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • TIE
                                    • 12 Jun 2008

                                    [deleted post]absolutely right! With high price w/o contract, I will surely go for samsung omnia. bye bye i ph

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • MY4
                                      • 12 Jun 2008

                                      Vodafone Italy have set an out-of-contract price for the iPhone 3G at 499/€569 ($773/$881) for the 8GB/16GB models, respectively.

                                      SOURCE: En gadget

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                                        • 4fb
                                        • 12 Jun 2008

                                        well i dont really care about wat sim the iphone carries. Besisde AT&T aint that bad, but the fuck up part is 18-24 months contract. wow this is like 2 yeahrs in jail, people will get bored of it after 1 year, jsut like iam with mine now..