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Originally Posted by Damion Chaplin
OK, seriously, you're saying that a MS-based device is too expensive and that's why people don't want it? And how much will it run you to buy an iPhone? So please enlighten us as to how an MS-based device is not economical...  |
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I'm not sure I understand your math. The iPhone data plan is $30/month, same as the Fuze is. If I look at the ATT Family plans for the iPhone, you can get 3 lines, plus unlimited internet on the iPhone for $100.00/month. Same cost as you're paying now. Of course the Fuze is $100.00 more upfront than the 8 GB iPhone, despite having 7.5 gigs less storage space, and a screen that is more than a 1/2" smaller.
Then don't even get me started on cost of ownership. For $9.95 or less, you can buy almost any iPhone application you want, comparable iPhone apps are typically 50% the cost of Windows Mobile apps AND you don't have to mess with entering a 27 digit activation code, or worry that the app won't work when you upgrade to a new device, because you already activated it.
Apple is winning consumer mind-share because they have made it easy AND cost effective for consumers to chose their device. I don't know how or why developers have decided to price their apps they way they have on Apple, but it's been a huge boon for Apple, they seem to have figured out a way to lock-in consumers to their phone much the same way they did with the iPod by making it easy to use.